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The star of the show was an empty chair at a debate last week in the Toronto riding of Don Valley West—as the NDP candidate made a point to highlight that Progressive Conservative candidate Mark Saunders was absent.

Windsor-Essex has become a battleground region in the lead-up to the June 2 Ontario election as the Progressive Conservatives try to pick up several ridings that have traditionally been Liberal or NDP.

The writs have been drawn up and Ontario’s 2022 election is now officially underway.

As protests stretch into their third week in the nations capital, police response has drawn considerable criticism. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson have maintained that, as elected officials, they cannot direct police. So, if politicians dont have a hand in policing, who commands Ontario police forces?

  TORONTO -- Democrats took back control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after winning two hard-fought runoff elections in Georgia, granting president-elect Joe Biden far greater leeway to turn his campaign promises into reality. The victories by Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock give Democrats and Republicans each 50 seats in the U.S. Senate. That means any ties on the Senate floor will be settled by vice-president-elect Kamala Harris. Biden and Harris campaigned on a platform that experts say...