The Gargoyle: Ottawa South NDP candidate reports lawn signs vandalized
The campaign workers of Ottawa South NDP candidate George Brown were piqued Sunday morning to learn that the candidate’s lawn signs on Alta Vista Drive had been vandalized. From Pleasant Park Road to...
View ArticleFrom snowsuits to a house to share: Ottawa group prepares to welcome refugees
Old Ottawa South resident Marc Rand decided he wanted to do something to help a Syrian refugee family that is being sponsored by a community group in his neighbourhood. But he needed the OK from his...
View ArticleReevely: Wynne embraces McGuinty's ghost
Dalton McGuinty haunts the Ontario Liberals. He was premier for nearly a decade and his successes are the Liberal party’s successes as they campaign to stay in power. But his failures — especially the...
View ArticleAre all-candidates debates an endangered species?
Are all-candidates debates an endangered species? And if they are, should anyone care? With the Ontario election campaign nearing its mid-point, only two public all-candidates debates — one in Ottawa...
View ArticleReevely: Patrick Brown's Tories catch a break with a tidy nomination in...
The Progressive Conservatives in Ottawa South have nominated former city councillor Karin Howard to run against Liberal John Fraser in next year’s provincial election — a quiet success for a party...
View ArticleElection primer: Ottawa South
After having been firmly conservative for 60 years, the seat of Ottawa South was held for more than 25 years by two generations of McGuinty’s under the Liberal banner. (**The McGuinty family fief since...
View ArticleOn the ropes, Liberal John Fraser turns to black and yellow anti-Ford signs
John Fraser was out of the red and into the black Wednesday. The Liberal incumbent in Ottawa South rolled out simple black and yellow campaign signs bearing no resemblance to Liberal election material....
View ArticleOttawa South: John Fraser holds off challenges from both Karin Howard and...
An exultant crowd of Progressive Conservative supporters fell silent at 9:15 Thursday night when the early polls showed that Conservative candidate Karin Howard was third in the Ottawa South polls...
View ArticleReevely: Ontario Liberals turn to Ottawa MPP John Fraser to pick up the...
Ontario Liberals need to look closely at how they fell so far out of contention in this spring’s election before they stand any chance of climbing back, says the party’s new interim leader, Ottawa...
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