Voters in Scarborough Southwest, York–Simcoe and Hamilton East–Stoney Creek will choose new MPPs on Sept. 3. The results cannot threaten the Progressive Conservative majority, but each riding presents a different test of Ontario’s changing political landscape.
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Progressive victories in Minnesota and Florida are changing the Democratic debate, but establishment candidates continue to win major races. On the Republican side, Donald Trump’s endorsement remains powerful—just no longer invincible.
Concerns about water, electricity and public costs are legitimate—but online debate has blurred together an existing Cambridge project, a potential Wilmot investment and a regional study that has not approved any new development
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