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With Ford’s Progressive Conservatives winning the 2022 Ontario election, expect new highways, battles over farmland and lower climate targets

The leader of Ontarios Greens says his party is “here to stay” despite failing to capture the riding the party saw as its best hope of a second seat in Thursdays election.

All eyes north of Barrie are focused on the riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka after a recent poll suggested that with no incumbent, the cottage country race could be a close call.

With just three full days left before the June 2 general election, Ontario's political parties are campaigning hard to shore-up support in key ridings. Here are eight races CBC News will be watching close this week and on election night. 

The Green Party has set its sights on the riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka, ramping up resources as early polling puts the party in a close race to earn a seat at Queens Park.

The Liberal candidate for Barrie-Springwater-Oro Medonte issued a challenge Sunday to all Progressive Conservative candidates, urging them to fill their reserved seats at debates across the province.

Four of seven parties no-shows at debate

The NDP and Liberal candidates running in Nickel Belt say their parties would take a very different approach to Laurentian University.

Four of seven parties no-shows at debate

Also, the Accion Venture Lab will have a new co-managing partner, and Kenneth Roth is retiring as leader of Human Rights Watch.