Just minutes before Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie’s 10 a.m. launch of her party’s election campaign in Barrie, that city’s mayor expressed support Wednesday for Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives.

Province and country entering period of unprecedented economic uncertainty and lengthy negotiations Windsor, — Today, Doug Ford asked the people for a strong mandate to protect Ontario, its workers, businesses and communities from the unprecedented economic uncertainty caused by the threat of President Trump’s tariffs.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles launched her campaign in Toronto, pitching herself as the best person to fight back against Mr. Trump, while Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie appeared in Barrie, an hour north of Toronto, and focused on improving health care. Both have dismissed the early election as needless.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is sending voters to the polls 15 months early, with a snap election he says is needed to deal with the threat posed to Ontario’s economy by U.S. President Donald Trump and his avowed tariffs on Canadian exports. Key things to know ahead of Wednesday’s expected election call:

Ontario Court Justice Juliana Martel will now decide whether Windsor police Sgt. Deler Bal will be found guilty of assault. Bal was off-duty at the time of the Sept. 23, 2023, altercation inside Ottawa’s Prohibition Public House.

The Ontario government is investing $1.8 million into the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA) Local 494, with a focus on expanding its training centre in Windsor.

An Ontario court has thrown out a Charter challenge of a controversial long-term care law that allows hospitals to move people into homes they didn't choose, or charge them $400 a day if they refuse and want to stay in hospital.