Voters cast ballots across GTA with polls set to close at 8 p.m.
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- Voting is underway and most polls in Toronto are open until 8 p.m. tonight with some closing later due to "disruptions" earlier in the day, the city says.
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- Toronto’s mayoral race is a dead heat between incumbent Olivia Chow and Coun. Brad Bradford, recent polls suggest.
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- In Mississauga, incumbent Carolyn Parrish, former mayor Bonnie Crombie and city councillors Alvin Tedjo and Dipika Damerla are vying for the job of mayor.
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- In Oshawa, it's an open race for mayor, while Brampton features 12 candidates — though incumbent Patrick Brown is expected to win a third consecutive term.
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- You can catch the mayoral results as they come in by visiting CBC's pages for Toronto, Mississauga and Oshawa.
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Chow and Bradford go head-to-head on transit.
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Brad Bradford's promises surrounding transit are largely related to safety measures and increased policing.
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Meanwhile, Chow's focused on affordability, promising to keep fares frozen for the fourth year in a row and to expand fare capping.
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If elected, Chow wants to cap TTC fares after you pay for 10 rides a week.
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As mayor, she introduced a pilot project that saw crisis workers added to Line 1 subway stations between Spadina and Bloor-Yonge stations.
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Bradford is promising a police presence at every TTC station and wants to install platform edge doors.
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He's also promised to refund fares if your bus, subway or streetcar does not arrive within 15 minutes.
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- Dale Manucdoc
Bradford HQ set-up in downtown Toronto
Good evening, I’m Dale Manucdoc, a reporter with CBC Toronto.
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Tonight I’ll be covering the Brad Bradford election night headquarters from inside the Imperial Room at the Fairmont Royal York hotel.
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Green lights flood the event space, with most guests set to arrive after 8 p.m. ET, according to campaign staff.
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We don’t expect to hear from Bradford until after 9 p.m. ET.
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The podium sign reads "Thank you Toronto," which works win or lose.
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- Christian D'Avino
Inside Oshawa mayoral hopeful Tito-Dante Marimpietri’s HQ
Good evening, I’m Christian D’Avino, reporting from the campaign headquarters of Tito-Dante Marimpietri in Oshawa.
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The band is busy setting up their instruments and the room is currently empty and quiet, save for the soft hum of anticipation and vacant chairs waiting for election night.
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Marimpietri’s team says he’s still out working the voting stations until the last minute.
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- Arrthy Thayaparan
11 polling stations extend voting hours:
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If you're scrambling to get out and vote tonight, then you might be in luck.
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Some polling stations have extended their hours past the 8 p.m. closing time.
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The following locations have delayed closing times "due to disruptions earlier in the day," per a city news release:
- Ward 11, Wigwamen Terrace closes at 8:05 p.m.
- Ward 7, Driftwood Public School closes at 8:08 p.m.
- Ward 11, Casa 2 closes at 8:08 p.m.
- Ward 11 & 13, St. Joseph's College closes at 8:08 p.m.
- Ward 8, The Allenway closes at 8:10 p.m.
- Ward 11, Aura at College Park closes at 8:15 p.m.
- Ward 13, The Selby closes at 8:17 p.m.
- Ward 16, Valley Park Middle School closes at 8:18 p.m.
- Ward 2, Chartwell Scarlet Heights Retirement Residence closes at 8:20 p.m.
- Ward 5, Country Club Towers A closes at 8:20 p.m.
Eligible voters can only cast their ballot in the ward they live in.
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Oshawa is reporting results in 1 dump
Hi, I’m Rochelle Raveendran, a reporter based in Durham Region.
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I’ll be watching as results roll in.
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Municipalities across Durham Region will be posting poll by poll updates online, after voting closes.
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But the City of Oshawa says it will be releasing all its unofficial results in one go, as soon as possible after polls close at 8 p.m ET.
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Check out our story here to see how Oshawa’s mayoral candidates compare on key promises.
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Here are Mississauga’s mayoral front-runners
Hi there, I’m Isha Bhargava, a reporter for CBC News in Peel Region.
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I’ll be watching as results pour in across Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon.
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Mississauga’s mayoral race has a lot of eyes on it.
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The four front-runners include incumbent Carolyn Parrish, former mayor Bonnie Crombie, councillors Dipika Damerla and Alvin Tedjo.
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The four have faced off in several debates focusing on police budgets, data centres and a new arts facility plan that would cost over $100 million in deferred maintenance.
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Though there have been several points of separation among them, the four leading candidates unanimously agree that Mississauga pays too much for policing compared to Brampton.
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The city pays around 62 per cent of the Peel Regional Police budget, saying it subsidizes Brampton when it comes to law enforcement.
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Damerla wants a funding formula based on population and service demand, while Crombie favours a model that factors in the number of police calls.
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All four candidates say they would negotiate with the province to change the current split if elected mayor.
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Toronto showed up big for advance voting
Torontonians head to the polls on Monday to elect the next mayor.
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…and 22 more, not listed.
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