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Chloë Ellingson
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We've had a commitment to photojournalism all through our election issue at @thelocal.to, and last night may show most acutely what the medium brings to a story. As each city awaited election results, our photographers were there.

Nick Hune-Brown@nickhunebrown.bsky.social

Amazing work throughout this election by photographers at @thelocal.to led by @chloeellingson.bsky.social. These contrasting images from last night are really something. Nic Hotchkiss at the Chow party. Laura Proctor at Bradford HQ. thelocal.to/olivia-chow-...

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Eight years into a scandal-filled tenure as Brampton’s mayor, one version of Patrick Brown is a tireless public servant who transformed a dysfunctional city hall. The other is something else entirely, writes Ali Amad. thelocal.to/patrick-brow...

thelocal.toThe Two Patrick Browns | The LocalEight years into a scandal-filled tenure as Brampton’s mayor, one version of Patrick Brown is a tireless public servant who transformed a dysfunctional city hall. The other is something else entirely.
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In our final story before Monday's vote, Inori Roy confronts an underreported facet of the election: AI. "I’ve looked at nearly every candidate running for municipal election across three cities. A lot of their campaigns look the same. What does it mean for democracy?" thelocal.to/toronto-firs...

thelocal.toLessons From Covering Toronto's First AI Election | The LocalI’ve looked at nearly every candidate running for municipal election across three cities. A lot of their campaigns look the same. What does it mean for democracy?
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The race for regional councillor in Brampton's Wards 9 and 10 is one of the most crowded in the city. One frontrunner is campaigning in spite of a lingering controversy at city council. thelocal.to/brampton-ele...

thelocal.toIn Brampton’s Northeast, Old Allegations Loom Over the Race for Regional Councillor | The LocalThe race for regional councillor in Wards 9 and 10 is one of the most crowded in the city. One frontrunner is campaigning in spite of a lingering controversy at city council.
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Jonathan Goldsbie followed Olivia Chow over a summer of announcements and events to try to understand how she's fared as a leader. What he came back with was a more fundamental question about what it means to be mayor of Toronto when real power lies elsewhere. thelocal.to/olivia-chow-...

thelocal.toHas Olivia Chow Been an Effective Mayor? | The LocalI followed Olivia Chow over a summer of announcements and events to try to understand how she's fared as a leader. I came back with a more fundamental question about what it means to be mayor of Toron...
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Despite being rocked by one of the biggest scandals in its history, the city’s police force is getting nothing but support from major candidates in the municipal election. Wency Leung reports: thelocal.to/toronto-poli...

thelocal.toThe Biggest Winner of This Election: The Toronto Police | The LocalDespite being rocked by one of the biggest scandals in its history, the city’s police force is getting nothing but support from major candidates in the municipal election.
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With thousands of new units coming, Danforth Village in the corner of Beaches-East York is a microcosm of a changing city. Local fellow Victoria Hincapie Gomez asks: in today’s sprawling wards, can voters make their local issues heard? Photos by fellow Nic Hotchkiss. thelocal.to/beaches-east...

thelocal.toNorth of the Tracks: The Election From Main and Danforth | The LocalWith thousands of new units coming, Danforth Village in the corner of Beaches-East York is a microcosm of a changing city. In today’s sprawling wards, can voters make their local issues heard?
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Frances Nunziata, Toronto’s longest serving city councillor, is ready for another term in office. One candidate, Chiara Padovani, is on her third turn trying to unseat the incumbent. Local fellow Jessica Kim on the fight for York South-Weston. Photos by Nic Hotchkiss: thelocal.to/ward-5-york-...

thelocal.toIn York South-Weston, Old Opponents Face Off for a Third Time | The LocalFrances Nunziata, Toronto’s longest serving city councillor, is ready for another term in office. Do her constituents feel the same?
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Local fellow Gabrielle McMann walks through Toronto-Danforth with Dianne Saxe, the former environmental lawyer and University-Rosedale councillor who jumped into a new ward race just minutes before registration closed. thelocal.to/dianne-saxe-...

thelocal.toDianne Saxe Needs to Convince Danforth Voters She’s No Outsider | The LocalA walk through Toronto-Danforth with the former environmental lawyer, who jumped into the ward race just minutes before registration closed.
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Scarborough North was the first suburban ward to legalize building sixplexes as-of-right. Now, in a race between incumbent Jamaal Myers and former Liberal MPs Shaun Chen and Han Dong, it’s this election's defining issue, writes Matthew Braga. Photos by Sid Naidu. thelocal.to/scarborough-...

thelocal.toThe Battle Over Sixplexes in Scarborough North | The LocalLast year, the ward became the first suburban ward to legalize the construction of sixplexes as-of-right. Now, in a race between incumbent Jamaal Myers and former Liberal MPs Shaun Chen and Han Dong, ...
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In a rematch of a close 2023 by-election in Scarborough Southwest, incumbent Parthi Kandavel and Kevin Rupasinghe offer very different visions of a growing suburb. From Wency Leung, with photos by Chloë Ellingson. thelocal.to/scarborough-...

thelocal.toThe Incumbent Is Under OPP Investigation. In Scarborough Southwest, Voters Are Focused on Other Issues | The LocalIn a rematch of a close 2023 by-election, incumbent Parthi Kandavel and Kevin Rupasinghe offer very different visions of a growing suburb.
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Mississauga’s immigrant communities made Ridgeway Plaza one of the city’s most vibrant cultural spaces—and also one of its most contested. Zahra Khozema on how this municipal election could decide its future. thelocal.to/mississauga-...

thelocal.toHow a Suburban Strip Mall Became a Buzzing Community Hub, and a Political Flashpoint | The LocalMississauga’s immigrant communities made Ridgeway Plaza one of the city’s most vibrant cultural spaces—and also one of its most contested. This municipal election could decide its future.
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To win, Diana Chan McNally will have had to convince not only tenants and homeless people to give her plan a chance, but parents, seniors, and at least some of the voters in her ward’s $5-million mansions. Emma Paling covers her campaign, with photos from Nic Hotchkiss: thelocal.to/diana-chan-m...

thelocal.toToronto’s Most Well-Known Defender of the Unhoused Runs for Council | The LocalAs a teenager, Diana Chan McNally was briefly homeless. She’s since worked in drop-in centres and become a prominent advocate for homeless people. In the race for Parkdale-High Park, she’s going to ne...
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On September 16, Mississauga city council unanimously passed a bylaw pausing new large-scale data centre development for up to one year, pending a review by the city. Prarthana Pathak on what it took to get there: thelocal.to/mississauga-...

thelocal.toThe Data Centre Backlash Has Come to Mississauga—and It’s Swallowing the Municipal Election | The LocalAhead of this week’s vote on whether to freeze data-centre development for a year, city councillors seeking re-election are suddenly taking a firm stance in response to public outcry
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How has the province's takeover of the four major Toronto and Peel region school boards affected the trustee election? Wency Leung checks in on the races in Toronto: thelocal.to/tdsb-catholi... and Peel: thelocal.to/peel-school-...

thelocal.toWho Wants to Be a Toronto School Trustee? | The LocalThe Ford government has cut their pay, disempowered them, and taken over the board. But some candidates say vying to represent their community’s education concerns is more important than ever.

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Nick Hune-Brown
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I'm incredibly biased, of course, but this easily the best election tool around, especially for councillor and trustee. No AI garbage, no questionnaires that let candidates say whatever they want regardless of their history or record—genuine public service journalism.

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Election day is tomorrow, and Candidate Tracker is the only place for reported, fact-checked information about every single candidate for mayor, councillor, and school trustee in Toronto: thelocal.to/candidate-tr.... Mississauga: thelocal.to/candidate-tr.... And Brampton: thelocal.to/candidate-tr...

thelocal.toCandidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The LocalThe only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.
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Election day is tomorrow, and Candidate Tracker is the only place for reported, fact-checked information about every single candidate for mayor, councillor, and school trustee in Toronto: thelocal.to/candidate-tr.... Mississauga: thelocal.to/candidate-tr.... And Brampton: thelocal.to/candidate-tr...

thelocal.toCandidate Tracker: Toronto Election 2026 | The LocalThe only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies and platform summaries for every candidate running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election.
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First it was AI-generated advocacy against bus lanes and encampments. Now it’s vague election campaigns from unknown candidates making big promises. How is AI shaping the future of local democracy in Toronto? thelocal.to/toronto-firs...

thelocal.toLessons From Covering Toronto's First AI Election | The LocalI’ve looked at nearly every candidate running for municipal election across three cities. A lot of their campaigns look the same. What does it mean for democracy?
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How has AI shaped local democracy this election? What we've seen at The Local, @royinori.bsky.social writes, is a lot of noise: fairly anonymous candidates with vague, AI-generated campaigns that make it harder for voters to tell the serious candidates from the others. thelocal.to/toronto-firs...

thelocal.toLessons From Covering Toronto's First AI Election | The LocalI’ve looked at nearly every candidate running for municipal election across three cities. A lot of their campaigns look the same. What does it mean for democracy?

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Nick Hune-Brown
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What a profile by Ali Amad—a portrait of an ambitious politician operating in a suburban municipality that, despite being one of the largest cities in the country, too often feels like it operates like a small town.

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Talk to enough people in Brampton and two distinct versions of Patrick Brown emerge. The first is a tireless public servant who transformed a dysfunctional city hall. The second is something else entirely. thelocal.to/patrick-brow...

thelocal.toThe Two Patrick Browns | The LocalEight years into a scandal-filled tenure as Brampton’s mayor, one version of Patrick Brown is a tireless public servant who transformed a dysfunctional city hall. The other is something else entirely.

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Barry Lavallée - VE3YZV
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This is a good read for anyone interested in Brampton politics. It isn't an attack story, nor a gushing one, just the facts presented for consideration on the eve of another election. Good journalism.

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Talk to enough people in Brampton and two distinct versions of Patrick Brown emerge. The first is a tireless public servant who transformed a dysfunctional city hall. The second is something else entirely. thelocal.to/patrick-brow...

thelocal.toThe Two Patrick Browns | The LocalEight years into a scandal-filled tenure as Brampton’s mayor, one version of Patrick Brown is a tireless public servant who transformed a dysfunctional city hall. The other is something else entirely.
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Talk to enough people in Brampton and two distinct versions of Patrick Brown emerge. The first is a tireless public servant who transformed a dysfunctional city hall. The second is something else entirely. thelocal.to/patrick-brow...

thelocal.toThe Two Patrick Browns | The LocalEight years into a scandal-filled tenure as Brampton’s mayor, one version of Patrick Brown is a tireless public servant who transformed a dysfunctional city hall. The other is something else entirely.

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Jonathan Goldsbie
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In which I tried to understand what it means to succeed in a context in which you're permanently — Constitutionally! — set up to fail: thelocal.to/olivia-chow-...

thelocal.toHas Olivia Chow Been an Effective Mayor? | The LocalI followed Olivia Chow over a summer of announcements and events to try to understand how she's fared as a leader. I came back with a more fundamental question about what it means to be mayor of Toron...
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Brampton’s Wards 9 and 10 regional council race features former councillor Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, lawyer-turned-candidate Sukhman Sangha, political outsider Michael Dancy, and more. With no incumbent, and a crowded field of candidates, this race could be anyone's game. thelocal.to/brampton-ele...

thelocal.toIn Brampton’s Northeast, Old Allegations Loom Over the Race for Regional Councillor | The LocalThe race for regional councillor in Wards 9 and 10 is one of the most crowded in the city. One frontrunner is campaigning in spite of a lingering controversy at city council.
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In Brampton’s northeast, a former councillor wants his seat back. But in a race shaped by old allegations and questions of accountability, will the past stay in the past? @prarthanapathak.bsky.social reports: thelocal.to/brampton-ele...

thelocal.toIn Brampton’s Northeast, Old Allegations Loom Over the Race for Regional Councillor | The LocalThe race for regional councillor in Wards 9 and 10 is one of the most crowded in the city. One frontrunner is campaigning in spite of a lingering controversy at city council.