A Washington State Patrol officer conducting a traffic stop was struck by the impaired driver of a stolen pickup truck on Highway 101 near Discovery Bay.
TORONTO The Progressive Conservative Party has a significant financial foothold a year ahead of the next provincial election, as political strategists say the 2022 vote will serve as a referendum of Doug Ford’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was in 2018 that Ford and the Progressive Conservative Party overturned 15 years of Liberal governance in Ontario with the promise of economic growth and “prosperity the likes of which this province has never known before.” Four years later, Ford’s future in provincial politics will likely be dictated by his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic instead a fact not lost on the Progressive Conservatives as they worked over the last six months to solidify political contributions through email campaigns and $1,000-a-ticket virtual fundraisers.