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Friday’s event is a rallying cry for revisiting a conversation abruptly left behind, and its relevance to Canadians, now more than ever, Mohammad Ferdosi and Deirdre Pike write.

Ontario NDP candidate Sarah Jama won a provincial byelection Thursday in Hamilton Centre, securing a party stronghold represented for many years by former party leader Andrea Horwath.

Ontario NDP candidate Sarah Jama has won a provincial byelection in Hamilton Centre, the riding held for many years by former party leader Andrea Horwath.

Ontario NDP candidate Sarah Jama has won a provincial byelection in Hamilton Centre.

Residents in Hamilton Centre head to the polls today to vote for a new provincial representative to replace Andrea Horwath.

Residents in Hamilton Centre head to the polls today to vote for a new provincial representative to replace Andrea Horwath.

A downtown Hamilton riding held for many years by former Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath is expected to remain in the partys hands after a byelection Thursday, despite their candidate being put on the defensive over some of her activism.

The leading candidates running to be Hamilton Centre’s next MPP bring a wide range of experience from policing to environmental protesting to advocating for residents who live with disabilities or experience homelessness.

A provincial by-election has been called to fill Andrea Horwath’s vacant seat in Hamilton Centre following her departure from provincial politics.

Hamilton Centre residents will vote in a provincial byelection on Thursday, March 16, a vote that will replace former NDP member of provincial parliament Andrea Horwath, who stepped down to run for mayor in August.