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TORONTO — Polls are open for Torontonians to vote for their pick for the next mayor of Canada’s most populous city, capping a hotly contested byelection campaign to replace scandal-departed John Tory. It’s the second mayoral election for the city since October, after Tory admitted to having an affair with …

Toronto residents will elect a new mayor today, four months after former leader John Tory admitted to having an affair with a staffer and stepped down from the city’s top job. Voters heading to the polls will face a crowded ballot with a record 102 candidates to pick from. Here …

The mayoral race has entered its final sprint as arguably the two biggest names in Toronto politics weigh in with competing robocalls. On Thursday, the voices of both former mayor John Tory and sitting premier Doug Ford could be heard in robocalls, urging voters to support competing candidates. The two …

TORONTO — Before the last high-profile debate of Toronto’s mayoral byelection campaign, Olivia Chow was prepared for attacks from the other candidates on stage. She was leading the polls, and in the crosshairs of her political rivals. What she was not prepared for was the large heart-shaped red card her …

Here’s a look at where candidates looking to be Toronto’s next mayor stand on issues that matter most to voters, including affordability, transit and safety. News Source link

Former Mayor John Tory is expected to officially endorse Ana Bailao, Global News has learned, in a last ditch effort to give the mayoral candidate a boost ahead of election day on Monday. Sources with direct knowledge of the situation said Tory and the Bailao campaign have been formalizing the …

Global News is holding one-on-one interviews with the top seven polling candidates vying to become Toronto’s next mayor on June 26. Candidates were asked to choose an interview location to talk about their policies and campaign promises. Links to each of the interviews can be found below as they are …

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he will vote for Mark Saunders in Toronto’s upcoming mayoral byelection, but maintains he is staying out of the race. Ford recently put up a sign for Saunders, the city’s former police chief, on his lawn. “I’ve always said I’m staying out of the race …

The race to become Toronto’s next mayor is frontrunner Olivia Chow’s to lose as she enters the final stretch of the campaign with a seemingly unassailable lead, a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News and the Toronto Star suggests. The polling, completed between June 9 and June 13, …

From boardrooms, to the cabinet table, to mayoral debates, Mitzie Hunter has long fought to ensure her ideas are heard — a mission she says began as a young girl growing up with three brothers. “I absolutely know I have a voice because it started at home around that dinner …