Campaign season begins in earnest

Plus: Fourth-dose plans, Gravelle's cancer puts candidacy at risk, Bethlenfalvy's pre-budget postponement, meet the press...and Ontario's angriest emu

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BOOSTERS — Ontario’s 60-plus crowd can soon get a fourth dose of the Covid vaccine. Health Minister CHRISTINE ELLIOTT lays out the fine print later today, including the timeline for intervals between doses.

Elliott teased the lower age eligibility after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended boosters 2.0 be made available to folks aged 80 and up.

It’s an “added level of protection” based on advice from medical officials, Elliott said, as the province grapples with increasing hospitalizations in this sixth wave.

GRAVELLE’S CANCER PUTS CANDIDACY AT RISK — Veteran Thunder Bay—Superior North MPP MICHAEL GRAVELLE’s cancer is back, and threatening to upend his candidacy for the June 2 election.

The longtime Liberal says he and his family were devastated to find out that the cancer he battled almost a decade ago is back, following a recent biopsy. He starts chemotherapy today — and says a decision on whether he’ll vie for an eighth term is coming “very soo…