Ricardo Veneza

4 days ago | ctvnews.ca | Ricardo Veneza

Police have confirmed a crash involving a motorcyclist in Chatham-Kent on Monday afternoon proved fatal. A news release from Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police OPP on Monday reported that a man was found at the scene of the crash around 3:30 p.m. at Communication Road and Fairview Line in Chatham-Kent. OPP say the man was sent to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police have not confirmed the number of vehicles involved in the crash nor confirmed the motorcyclist as the fatality.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Ricardo Veneza

The Liberal campaign in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore has applied for a judicial recount of the April 28 election results that awarded the riding to the Conservative candidate by just 77 votes. On Monday, Irek Kusmierczyk, who ran for re-election in the riding, told CTV News his campaign had filed for the review to ensure there was no doubt about the result. “We felt very strongly that we owe the residents of this community to make sure that every vote is valid,” said Kusmierczyk.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Ricardo Veneza

Voters in Chatham-Kent—Leamington have returned Conservative Dave Epp to office for a third straight term. CTV News has declared Epp as the winner in Chatham-Kent—Leamington. Epp topped Liberal challenger Keith Pickard to keep the seat blue. Epp has served as MP in the riding since he was first elected in 2019, winning the seat previously held by Dave van Kesteren – also a Conservative. The riding was held by the Liberals since its inception in 1988 until 2005 when Jerry Pickard was the MP.

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Ricardo Veneza

A report heading to city council shows Windsor’s Residential Rental Licensing (RRL) pilot program achieved the aims of improving safety conditions of rental units but expanding it city-wide may be prohibitively expensive. On Monday, council will discuss the options to move forward or kill the RRL program administration, pegged at a $4.3 million cost should it be rolled out across Windsor in its current format.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Bailey Shakyaver |Ricardo Veneza

The federal election will use a majoritarian system we know as first past the post, that means the candidate with the most votes in a riding wins. However, critics of the first past the post system say that it poorly represents voter intent. As an example, the recent provincial election saw Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives return to power with a third straight majority, securing 80 seats with only 43 per cent of the vote across the province.