Matthew Konhauser 0:03 Good evening, TMU. I'm Matthew Konhauser. Addie Tiller 0:06 I'm Addie Tiller, Janna Abbas 0:08 and I'm Jenna Abbas. Matthew Konhauser 0:09 Welcome to the Final Word news report for Friday, February 28. Addie Tiller 0:14 Today, the results of the Ontario election and the race to replace outgoing Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. Matthew Konhauser 0:21 Then details about the Wavelength Festival's second night of performances and the reunion of Toronto band ControllerController. Janna Abbas 0:29 Also, details about an exhibit for Canada's LGBTQ plus archives. Matthew Konhauser 0:35 Now to Addie for political news. Addie Tiller 0:37 Student journalists reporting live from the Doug Ford headquarters were asked to leave after they refused to disclose who they voted for. Amber Ranson and Sidra Kahn were covering the story for TMU Votes, a local broadcast put on by Journalism and RTA production students. Journalism professor Bill Reynolds says it's never okay to ask someone who they voted for. Reynolds says it also goes against accepted media practice in Canada. Incumbent Ford was re elected for his third consecutive term. Meanwhile, in federal politics, the Liberal leadership candidates took to the stage for the second and final time on Tuesday. Former CBC journalist Hannah Thibedeau moderated the debate between Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney, Karina Gould and Frank Bayless. She covered four main themes, including international relations, the economy, affordability and climate change. Carney said strengthening the economy would be one of his top priorities if he was at the helm of the federal Liberal Party. He clarified he would end the consumer Carbon Tax Freeland and Bayless said they would do the same. Bayless said he would quote, bring fiscal discipline back to Ottawa. He was also the only one to say he would build two new liquid natural gas pipelines. Gould distanced herself from both businessman Bayless and former Bank of Canada Governor Carney by saying, quote, the economy is about people, not points on a graph, and, quote, you can't bring a calculator to a knife fight. She also reiterated that she would put us on the path towards universal basic income. Freeland said she would make Canada more productive by investing in physical infrastructure like high speed rail and social infrastructure like child care. On the topic of health care, Gould and Freeland vowed to recognize foreign trained doctors and nurses. Carney and Freeland pledged to cut the GST for first time home buyers, while both Bayless and Freeland said they would increase the amount of money Canadians can store in their first home savings account. According to the firm Main Street research, Liberal supporters favor Carney, followed by Freeland. Advanced voting started on Wednesday, and the party will choose its leader on March 9. Turning to the federal election. A new poll was released on Tuesday. According to Ipsos, the Liberals are ahead of the Conservatives for the first time since 2021 although their advantage is marginal at just two points. Turning it over to Matthew with news on an upcoming Music Festival in the West End. Matthew Konhauser 3:09 St. Anne's parish hall on Dufferin Street is hosting a celebration of local and international music. The Wavelength Festival's 25th anniversary continues tonight and tomorrow. Local indie rock icons, Controller, Controller, are headlining tonight's show. They are reuniting for the fourth time in 20 years. I spoke to guitarist Scott Kaya. Kaya says despite the band's hiatus, he is excited, albeit anxious, for the show, but he says he is also excited to celebrate the unique bond and chemistry the band shares. Kaya says, quote, We are older, perhaps a little slower, but I know the songs still sound good, and we cherish the opportunity to perform them again. Wavelength was once a weekly club show series in the 2000s. It is now grown into a non profit, multi format festival with an array of era spanning artists covering every genre, the festival is suitable for everyone. Other headliners include Montreal garage punk band, Priors and neo classical composer Owen Palette. Doors open at 7pm tonight. Single tickets are $25 while a weekend pass is $55 the festival ends tomorrow night. For more information, visit wavelengthmusic.ca next to Janna for news on an upcoming exhibit. Janna Abbas 4:32 The kinship exhibit at Canada's LGBTQ plus archives is still looking for participants. Jay Kim is a U of T graduate student in information, specializing in archives and records management. He is curating an exhibition about the Asian trans community. Jay Kim 4:50 My exhibit focuses on trans and gender diverse Asian people so like across the continent of Asia, and their ideas on kinship. So what kinship means to them? And just like how they formed, non traditional, you know, connections, especially when you're maybe like geographically or like physically in a different location from what you might call home. Like, how have they sort of like survived, and what is like kinship mean to them in those contexts? And so it's been a lot of trying to tie together contemporary narratives from participants and doing research with archival materials on site at the archives, and sort of just trying to start a conversation by combining the two, and just emphasize that, you know, like translation, people have always existed and we always will. So that's sort of the main goal of the exhibit. Janna Abbas 5:37 The kinship exhibit will open at the archives on May 29 and will run until july 11. The call for participants can be found on the Archives website. Matthew Konhauser 5:48 Thank you for tuning in to the final word news wrap. I'm Matthew Konhouser. Addie Tiller 5:53 I'm Addie Tiller. Janna Abbas 5:54 And I'm Jenna Abbas. Stay warm.