2022 Provincial Election News

The costs for prostate cancer-screening blood tests have made the rounds on social media lately from people opposing the Progressive Conservative government, although these costs have been in place for some time and pre-date the current Doug Ford government

The local chapter of the organization asked the provincial election candidates what they would do ‘to challenge systemic racism faced by Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) within our province’ 

A day before the vote, party leaders stick close to southern Ontario

Last full day on the campaign trail sees leaders making their final pitches to voters

Voting kits have been mailed out to 126,135 eligible residents who sent in requests before last week's deadline

After a strong performance during the leaders debate, Schreiner tells 'Inside the Village' he is confident more Green Party candidates could soon join him at Queen's Park

The Green, NDP and Liberal candidates in Sudbury have all pledged financial support for the city’s supervised consumption site and supported transitional housing complex, if elected, while Progressive Conservative candidate Marc Despatie did not return our call for comment

As of Monday, 15,919 of the 136,071 eligible voters in the Sudbury and Nickel Belt electoral districts had cast their ballots for the June 2 provincial election, which is a significant jump from the 9,928 voters who took advantage of advance voting in 2018

The longstanding shortage of health-care workers in the region has prompted numerous calls for significantly increased investment in the sector to address local shortfalls, often accompanied by warnings about the consequences of inaction on the issue