The Gatineau, Que. curler hasn't competed at Canada’s top men’s curling tournament since 2017. But after a short-lived retirement, he’s now headed to the 2025 Brier — with a World Mixed Curling Championship win under his belt.

The NDP failed to notify election officials that its candidate in the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London had withdrawn, according to Elections Ontario, resulting in over 4,700 votes going nowhere.

The Town of Kingsville asks residents and school buses using gravel roads to drive extra cautiously. Recent weather fluctuations have caused a constant freeze-thaw cycle that has resulted in large potholes and ruts along our gravel roads.

The roads must dry out before we can grade them or add more gravel. We will address these repairs as soon as weather permits. In the meantime, please significantly reduce your speed when travelling or avoid those roads entirely if possible.

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With Ottawa voters sending just two Progressive Conservative MPPs to Queen's Park, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe isn't stressing about the city having fewer voices in government.

Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath, city staff and representatives from the Good Shepherd were on hand at the Barton Tiffany shelter site to provide media with a  first look at the facilities which started receiving residents two weeks ago.

Though much of the shelter site was cordoned off, media did see one cabin open that was ready for double occupancy. There is no firm date for all of 40 shelters to be occupied. Some units still need to be completed to make them ready for occupancy. Residents with potential to move in quickly are being interviewed. So while the encampment is still in a state of flux officials are hoping to put the rocky start behind them.

At a meeting of the General Issues Committee this week there was an extended question-and-answer session between councillors and staff over the exact timeline for the removal of tent encampments from Pier 4 and Bayfront Parks. The current encampment protocol ends next week and several councillors told staff they expect those to parks to be given priority when it comes to clearing encamped residents to either the Barton-Tiffay shelter or other shelters.

Large numbers of public servants working in the federal government's three biggest departments aren't following Ottawa's three-days-per-week office work rule, federal data shows.

Wrestling’s new era is coming to Toronto this weekend, as the WWE returns to the city’s largest venue for the first time in more than two decades.

A Toronto man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years after he was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend in an underground parking garage.

The union representing roughly 30K city workers could go on strike or be locked out as early as March 8, just ahead of March Break. In the event of a strike or lockout, the city says most key services will continue to operate under contingency plans.

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The Town of Kingsville Regular Meeting of Council that was scheduled for March 3, 2025 from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. has been cancelled.

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The Town of Kingsville is dedicated to expanding our recreational programs. See what’s happening in Kingsville the week of March 3, 2025

Monday, March 3

• Drop-In Indoor Pickleball – 7:30 am to 1:00 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Adult Skate – 9:00 am to 9:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Sweat and Shine! – 9:30 am to 10:15 am – Kingsville Arena
• Shinny – 10:00 am to 10:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Home School Skate – 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Home School Shinny – 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Tai Chi All Levels – 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm – Lakeside Park Pavilion

Tuesday, March 4

• Senior Shinny – 8:00 am to 8:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Parent and Tot Skate – 9:00 am to 9:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Drop-In Parents & Tots (10mnts – 4 years) – 9:30 am to 12:00 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Chair Exercise and Stretch – 9:30 am to 10:15 am – Kingsville Arena
• Little Ninjas (4-5 Years) – 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm – Kingsville Arena – Registration Required
• Little Ninjas (6-8 Years) – 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm – Kingsville Arena – Registration Required
• Open Mic – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm – Grovedale Arts and Culture Centre

Wednesday, March 5

• Drop-In Indoor Pickleball – 7:30 am to 1:00 pm – Kingsville Arena
• FUNctional FITness – 8:00 am to 8:45 am – Kingsville Arena
• Adult Skate – 9:00 am to 9:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Shinny – 10:00 am to 10:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Home School Skate – 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Home School Shinny – 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Public Skating – 3:00 pm to 4:20 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Little Athletes (ages 7 to 10) – 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Kingsville Painters Guild – 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm – Grovedale Arts and Culture Centre

Thursday, March 6

• Drop-In Indoor Pickleball – 7:30 am to 12:00 pm
• Drop-In Indoor Badminton – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
• Public Skating – 3:00 pm to 4:20 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Drop-In Corn Hole Toss – 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Board Game Café – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm – Grovedale Arts and Culture Centre

Friday, March 7

• Drop-In Indoor Pickleball – 7:30 am to 12:00 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Adult Skate – 9:00 am to 9:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Shinny – 10:00 am to 10:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Parent and Tot Skate – 11:00 am to 11:50 am – Kingsville Arena
• Home School Skate – 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm – Kingsville Arena
• Home School Shinny – 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm – Kingsville Arena

Saturday, March 8

• Little Dancers (4-5 Years) – 9:00 am to 9:45 am – Kingsville Arena – Registration Required
• Gymnastics Beginner (Parents and Tots) – 9:30 am to 10:15 am – Kingsville Arena – Registration Required
• Gymnastics Beginner (2-3 Years) – 10:30 am to 11:15 am – Kingsville Arena – Registration Required
• Gymnastics Beginner (4-6 Years) – 11:30 am to 12:30 pm – Kingsville Arena – Registration Required
• Public Skating – 4:30 pm to 6:10 pm – Kingsville Arena

Sunday, March 9

• Drop-In Parents & Tots (10 Months to 6 Years) – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm – Kingsville Arena: Auditorium A

Visit our online recreation portal at Kingsville Click and Play to register and to see specific details (such as fees). Drop-in programs do not require registration.

Explore Kingsville’s Community Calendar to discover more events hosted by various groups in the area. We can’t wait to welcome you next week!

Image by GregReese from Pixabay

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It was a mixed bag for the NDP in Hamilton in yesterday’s provincial election. In a race that many thought would be closer, owing to vote-splitting, the NDP coasted to an easy victory in Hamilton Centre, where Dr. Robin Lennox ended up 5,700 votes ahead of her nearest rival, Liberal Eileen Walker. Incumbent Independent Sarah Jama finished a distant fourth with just under 5,000 votes or 15 percent of the votes cast. It was a much closer race on Hamilton Mountain as The Conservative Candidate, Monica Ciriello captured the seat marking the first time in 30 years that a PC has won the riding that had been held by NDP Monique Taylor through four elections. Ciriello, a lawyer, is Director of Licensing and Bylaw Services for the City of Hamilton. She won, despite not participating in campaign debates. Liberal Dawn Danko finished second after doubling her party’s vote from the 2022 election but still came up 2,000 votes short. Kojo Damptey finished third, as the NDP vote dropped by over 5,000 votes. Elsewhere in Hamilton-West-Ancaster-Dundas, NDPer Sandy Shaw defeated PC John Demik by 2,600 votes.

Ciriello, joins Hamilton PC MPP’s Donna Skelly and Neil Lumsden in the Conservative caucus as they both won their seats by comfortable margins—Lumsden by over 4,000 votes against Liberal Heino Doessing, and Skelly, who won by the widest margin of all candidates in Hamilton ridings with an 8,600 margin over Liberal Joshua Bell. Skelly came within less than a percentage point of outpolling all of her opponents combined.

Hamilton’s three PC members will join a Ford caucus which only lost three seats in a sweep of the province, ending up with 80 seats.  The NDP lost four seats from their 2022 total but still retained officials opposition status. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie brought her party back to official party status, picking up four seats to 12, but suffered personal defeat in her Mississauga riding. She told supporters on election night that despite the loss, she will stay on as Liberal Party leader. She increased the Liberal popular vote by 400,000  to 1.5 Million and seven percentage points to just under 30 percent. Green Party Leader Mike Shreiner won his own seat in Guelph and easily retained the party’s second seat in Kitchener Centre.

In Burlington PC MPP Natalie Pierre is ahead of Liberal Andrea Grebenc by just 40 votes with all polls reporting . Grebenc congratulated Pierre on election night, suggesting she was not going to ask for a recount.

Doug Ford may want to re-think his attitude towards Independent Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady. The voters there provided her with a nearly 21,000 vote victory over PC candidate Amy Martin. Brady who was a riding assistant to long-time PC member Toby Barrett was denied the PC nomination in the 2022 election but won as an independent and has now been returned by more than double her 2022 tally.

Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory Friday for the Greater Toronto Area and parts of southern Ontario, warning there may be reduced visibility in heavy snow. Between five to 10 centimeters of snow is expected to fall, starting around noon.

A health-care worker and two experienced municipal politicians constitute a trio of new faces from Ottawa who are headed to Queen's Park after Thursday's provincial election.

Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservatives’ thumping victory in Thursday’s Ontario election came as the result of a campaign that focused ruthlessly on the one issue capturing the minds of Canadians right now, a leader who worked relentlessly to make the most of his opportunity, and perfect political timing. 

A union representing federal Immigration Department employees is warning planned cuts that would lay off 60 litigation branch analysts could further impact the already strained courts dealing with hundreds of delayed immigration cases in the country's three biggest cities.

On a night when Doug Ford cruised to a third straight majority in Thursday's Ontario election, the NDP managed to hold off PC challengers and retain their orange core in London's three central ridings.

Crombie's stunning defeat was one of several close races in the Greater Toronto Area on Thursday night. Here are the highlights from how Toronto and the 905 voted.

As provincial election results rolled in across the London region Thursday night, politicians from all parties alongside their supporters and campaign teams watched on in anticipation. CBC News captured that anticipation — and the excitement that followed.

Former Ottawa city councillor Stephen Blais will build on more than two decades of Liberal wins in this east Ottawa riding.