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Copy by Craig Foster – It appears Ontarians will be headed back to the polls on Feburary 27. Despite holding a 20-seat majority and with 16 months left in a mandate, Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election. Three of the four candidates in the Bay of Quinte riding are already in place after running in the September by-election. MPP Tyler Alsopp for the Conservatives will run against NDP candidate Amanda Robertson and Lori Borthwick of the Green Party. Liberal candidate Sean Kelly, who picked up more than 4,400 votes over the 2022 Liberal results. says he and his family have made the decision he will not run next month, opening the party to a new candidate.
A large amount of contraband was seized last week at Warkworth Institution. Between January 12 and 20, 2025, packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Warkworth Institution, a medium security federal institution. The items seized included marijuana and tobacco. The total estimated institutional value of these seizures is $146,970. The contraband was the result of a suspected drone drop.
Hamas is expected to hand over to Israel the names of four hostages to be released on Saturday under the Gaza ceasefire deal. It is thought they will be soldiers and civilians, all female. They will be freed in exchange for 180 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. It will be the second exchange since the ceasefire came into effect last Sunday. Three hostages and 90 prisoners were released in the first swap. The ceasefire halted the war which began when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken back to Gaza as hostages. More than 47,200 Palestinians, the majority civilians, have been killed in Israel’s offensive
A ketchup giant is seeing red after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought up its past exit from Canada while discussing a potential Canada-U.S. trade war. Speaking with reporters after a Wednesday meeting with the premiers, Trudeau urged consumers to seek out Canadian-made products to avoid U.S. imports that could soon be more costly because of retaliatory tariffs. Kraft Heinz Canada kept nothing bottled up in a statement issued Thursday, saying it is “deeply disappointed” that Trudeau made “misleading statements” about its product. In 2014, Heinz sold off its hundred-year old tomato processing plant in Leamington, Ont., leaving local farmers and workers in the lurch and setting off a rivalry with French’s. But after fierce consumer backlash, Heinz returned to producing ketchup in Canada in 2020.
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Toronto Junior Canadiens scored 3 times in the second period to beat the Dukes 5-2. Jayden Levesque (14th) and Ethan Murray (18th) scored for Wellington who are right back in action tonight (Fri) to host the North York Rangers at 7:30.
In Provincial Junior “C” play in Picton the Pirates edged the Lakefield Chiefs 3-1. Cole Stevenson, Parker Mattis and Colby Leaver scored for Picton. It was the front end of a home at home series. The Pirates return the visit on Tuesday.
Dylan Larkin had a power-play goal and an assist in his 700th career NHL game and the Detroit Red Wings snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens
Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves against his former team, David Pastrnak set up Morgan Geekie’s goal and added an empty-netter and the Boston Bruins beat the Ottawa Senators 2-0
Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist and Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-2
Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal, two assists, and was a plus-four on Thursday to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.