Headlines:
Voters cho-cho-chose PC candidate Raymond Cho in Scarborough Rough-River last night. The PC candidate won handily, with 38.5 per cent of the vote to the Liberal's 28.9 and the NDP's 27.4. It breaks the Liberals' decades-long hold over the area. You can relive the ups and downs with QP Briefing's Twitter play-by-play or read our full report on the events of the evening.
Meanwhile, the mystery of who actually wrote the Patrick Brown sex-ed letter deepens, as Cho's campaign co-manager Doug Ford said he also did not write it, The Canadian Press reports.
(Tip of the hat to @btaplatt and @mikepew for the Cho-themed pop culture references.)
Meanwhile, a court case will be heard in British Columbia next week that could have ramifications for health care across the country, the Star reports. Dr. Brian Day is leading a constitutional challenge aimed at the heart of the single-payer system.
CPC leadership contender Kellie Leitch is being accused of channelling her inner Donald by wondering if the country should screen immigrants for anti-Canadian values. But her campaign manager says her question is based on a popularly held point of view.
See fig.13 https://t.co/jXT7HDi4Uz 65% think "There are 2 many immigrants coming into this country who aren't adopting Canadian values"
— Nick Kouvalis (@NickKouvalis) September 1, 2016
The woman who was to be Brock University's first female president until she suddenly wasn't was the focus of a probe into bullying allegations at Ryerson, the Star reports.
Hector Macmillan, the Trent Hills mayor who's been raging against the provincial government over OHIP's denial of out-of-country coverage for cancer surgery, is appealing that decision and inviting the public to come.
In China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is coaching a kids' basketball game and gently calling for human rights including freer speech.
Premier Wynne, meanwhile, is still in Mexico. She's signed a climate change declaration that says Ontario and Mexico will have a beautiful cap-and-trade future together, and today she's meeting with business leaders and dignitaries today. No word on if she's going to get to work in a little holiday time while she's there.
In the opinion pages:
- The Sun's editorial writers do not trust the Ontario Liberal chickens to guard the fundraising henhouse
- Andrew Coyne gives a first-past-the-post history lesson of tumult and strife
Events
None. Have a great long weekend.
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