The leader of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, on Wednesday triggered a snap election, saying he needs a strong four-year mandate to fight the tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump.

As party leaders launched their election campaigns with prepared speeches Wednesday, NDP Leader Marit Stiles was ready with lengthy criticisms of her opponents on the ballot, while the only politician Doug Ford mentioned outside his party was U.

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.

The Ontario premier says he's ready for a street fight if Trump makes good on threats of a trade war with Canada

As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to troll Canada about becoming the 51st state, some Conservative politicians want to respond with an olive branch, while others want to fight back.

An online gambling brand that operates in Ontario is reversing course on an apparent proposed offering that could have let people place wagers on the future of Canada.

The federal government advised Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives to reroute their signature Highway 413 project to protect endangered species, internal documents reveal. The r

Ontario premier Doug Ford has triggered an early election in the province, saying he needs a strong mandate to take on the tariff threat.

For Doug Ford, this will be the top issue of the campaign and the one he is likely to focus on — and he likely hopes voters will focus on it, too. Amid political chaos in Ottawa, the provincial leader has been at the forefront of Canada’s pushback as Trump threatens 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods.

Pierre Poilievre has staked out policies for his Conservative Party of Canada in stark opposition to those of the ruling Liberals ahead of this year's federal election, but social media users claim a screenshot of his voting record proves he sided with the government on hundreds of parliamentary motions.

Ontario’s take-no-prisoners Premier Doug Ford is threatening to ban U.S. alcohol in stores and cut power to American homes and businesses close to the border in his war on Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.

TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, said Friday that he would call an early election, because he says he needs a mandate to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.