TORONTO – After spending Monday in the Toronto area, all three major party leaders take their campaigns into southwestern Ontario today.
Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne visits a farm in Paris, attends a plant opening in London and ends her day in Windsor.
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak holds a town hall this morning in Toronto, has another at a farm in Woodstock and visits a company in Sebringville.
And NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is to make a campaign announcement at Queen’s Park before heading to London for a pair of events.
WEATHER
Mainly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers late this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h late this afternoon. High 19 except 14 near Lake Ontario. UV index 6 or high.
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TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT
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Sports:
- S&P/TSX composite down, U.S. markets mixed ahead of tech earnings and economic data
- Big warm-up to follow blast of cold air in southern Ontario
- 1 deal falls through but Toronto FC completes another in Derrick Etienne Jr. trade
- No more sick notes? Why the Ford government wants to eliminate doctors notes for illness
NBA:
The NBA charged Donald Sterling with damaging the league and its teams with his racist comments, setting up a June 3 hearing after which owners could vote to terminate his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers.
IN THE NEWS…
Police have arrested a male suspect following a double shooting in Toronto’s east-end overnight.
Two people are in hospital after an early morning knife attack in Mississauga.
Canada’s war history and its achievements as a country became central themes of Prince Charles’s visit as he spends today with his wife Camilla in Charlottetown for the second full day of their Canadian tour.
Oscar Pistorius will start a period of psychiatric evaluation at a state institution next week, while the murder trial is postponed until June 30.
ALSO COMING UP TODAY…
Air Canada conducting media tours of its 787 Dreamliner (7:30 a.m. at 6420 Silver Dart Drive)
Active Healthy Kids Canada presents the Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children. Through May 22. (The Westin Harbour Castle, 1 Harbour Square)
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