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One person, two votes? What would the Ontario election look like with a different voting system? 

The vote also exposed some of the oddities in our electoral system, as the Progressive Conservative majority came despite the party winning only 43 per cent of the popular vote. In an election where only 45 per cent of eligible voters showed up to the polls, the party won a strong majority with only 19 per cent of eligible voters....
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Perth laments Algonquin’s uprooting of heritage building program ‘that’s going to save the planet’

Algonquin College will shutter its satellite campus in the historic town of Perth at the end of August 2026 because of severe financial challenges facing many Canadian colleges and universities following the federal imposition of new international student cap. The Perth campus has been home for more than a half-century to the Algonquin College Heritage Institute, which offers a flagship...
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Controversial Rockcliffe Park residence once again ready for construction

Residents of Rockcliffe Park have lost a fight to halt the redevelopment of a property in the upscale Ottawa neighbourhood. A Divisional Court appeal panel has rejected the Rockcliffe Park Residents Association’s bid to prevent the construction of a large home at 480 Cloverdale Rd. According to the RPRA, the home is oversized and too contemporary for the heritage district. ...

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