PoliticsSurprise result from Doug Ford’s win: There are now more women in Queen’s ParkNot as surprising, given the new PC majority: A lot of them are conservatives
PoliticsIs Doug Ford’s victory a ’lifeline to Wynne’s Liberals’?The plain-talking, folksy new PC leader will appeal to growing populist leanings, but he may also struggle to win over key urban Ontario voters
OttawaFor Ontario’s Conservatives, another fine messPaul Wells: The night ends with a Doug Ford win—ha-ha, nervous laugh. If there’s a lesson it’s that Ontario conservatism is a complex coalition.
PoliticsIn this Ontario PC leadership race, Christine Elliott’s experience might finally countA new Angus Reid Institute poll sees Elliott with more appeal beyond the PC base than rival Doug Ford
PoliticsChristine Elliott and the PipsPaul Wells: The other candidates in Wednesday’s PC leadership debate spent much time focused on Elliott. Like backup singers to a possible premier.
PoliticsOntario PC leadership debate: Watch it hereLeadership candidates Christine Elliott, Doug Ford and Caroline Mulroney debate each other today. Watch the broadcast here.
OpinionScrapping carbon taxes leaves a gaping hole in the Ontario PC platformOpinion: The Ontario Progressive Conservatives have created a fiscal and environmental hole for themselves they have no clear way to fill
OttawaThe Commons: A mysterious stranger enters the storyAllegations about Guergis "came forth from a third party"
GeneralLiberals raise money in bank vaultToronto Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay held a fundraiser in an old downtown Toronto bank vault that has been converted into an...
UncategorizedOh fudgeNever mind its series on our declining democracy, surely the Toronto Star is due a National Newspaper Award for its continuing...