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The provincial election campaign kicks off in less than a month. And the ruling Progressive Conservatives are confident that will capture more seats in northern Ontario than any race in recent memory. 

The Sudbury PC Riding Association has announced that its Sudbury candidate for the 2022 provincial election has officially launched his website.

class and compassion. more on her legacy. >> it was a solemn and sad day of remembrance in palm desert, california as betty fords funeral procession made its way. ford personalized the role of first lady. >> she is an institution loved by everybody here in town. >> got to use this word, class. >> reporter: in her hometown of grand rapids, michigan. >> it is cool to be a part of history and to teach my children to show respect and honor to people. >> women are no longer ashamed of havin...

nervous right now. coming up, myriam king will have tips about some services offered to you you may not even know about and lent. 40 days until easter. what did you give up? soda, chocolate, and maybe swearing. maybe social network is something you want to think about. we will look at that. time to move into the hot topic for today. its 9:01 on this thursday. taking care of special needs students takes a special person. someone who can adapt easily to a child with quickly changing mood...

interest of children and society. that is why were in favor of that. >> reporter: either way both sides of the issue say the time is now to put pressure on state lawmakers. >> i think thats important. i think thats what legislators do, they make public policy for constituents. constituents can talk about the harm they endure because they dont have the legal protections of civil marriage. >> the church will always speak out on this regardless of what the legislature does. we hope for th...

to gain a more definitive answer but we want the public to know that we are doing everything in our power to what happened during this fire. >> reporter: last mondays fire destroyed 404 baltimore street and the businesses inside and damaged several others. but the atf says it needs to find out q-úwhat touched off t fire. the fire was so intense that it collapsed a part of the wall behind the building. investigators say to determine what caused the fire they literally had to dig vvwit...

affected by wednesday mortgages storm. abc 2 news fred slade shows us how the red cross is making a difference. >> reporter: the constant drone of again raytors provide a powerful supply of electricity at frederick f lewis high school. >> i dont have any dry ice at all. the only ice i have is ice chips. >> reporter: the red cross and their vans have been out here since wednesday morning providing meals, drinking water and food to the residents of dutch village. >> the red cross is a no...

deter land lord owners using their clients as bait. >> reporter: they declined to comment on the suit. they moved to a new apartment but they lost most of their belongings. the couple is seeking $150,000 from the company. thanks rosie. it is still unclear why a freight train ran into a marked passenger train outside of washingtons union station. the train had passengers on it no one was seriously hurt but the trains bumped shortly after 9:00 this morning but did not overturn. 6 amtra...

surveillance and all the electronics used by solders in the field and on base. it will be under one roof instead of scattered all around new jersey. >> its not only where we have 70 some odd separate buildings they were scattered across different little parts of the post, and you pretty much routinely if you wanted to go see anybody you had to get in car and drive there. here its a walk across the courtyard up a floor. we are all in close proximity. what does that mean? it means the am...

sizes and shapes and stuff. >> lets get this one. >> you like there one? >> yeah. >> you want a big pumpkin or little one. >> reporter: earlier this year there was concern about the pumpkin crop. >> about the first or second week of august we had a nice shower of rain that all the pumpkins that were set on the blooms just got really nice size and were set underneath those vines and theres no complaints from us about the pumpkin crop this year. >> . >> every year we come here to get our...