Video taking off 137x its usual first day

Lococo and Tedjo unseat mayors in Ontario election special

CHCH News captures municipal upsets across southern Ontario, alongside a different result in Burlington, where Marianne Meed Ward secures another term.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 44,468 views a day, 137 times a normal first day on this channel (325).

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8:03Early unofficial Niagara results put Tim Whalen ahead in Thorold and Tom Insinna ahead in Fort Erie.
13:56CHCH declares Marianne Meed Ward re-elected as Burlington mayor for a third term.
20:04Meed Ward's victory speech emphasizes public service and priorities for future generations.
28:34CHCH announces Lori Lococo's Niagara Falls victory and Alvin Tedjo's win in Mississauga.
37:18Meed Ward answers questions about housing affordability and council dynamics.
39:23The Halton update reports George Minakakis defeating longtime Milton mayor Gord Krantz.

Burlington's mayor was celebrating re-election while results elsewhere were ending incumbents' runs. CHCH News's municipal election special moves between those contrasting stories, from Marianne Meed Ward's victory speech to mayoral upsets in Niagara Falls and Mississauga.

The broadcast drew about 44,000 views in its first day, far beyond the few hundred that a longer CHCH News upload usually receives. Anchors Matt Ingram and Taz Boga lead coverage across Hamilton, Niagara, Halton and Brant, with reporters at campaign gatherings as the results come in.

The major announcements arrive together: Lori Lococo defeats Jim Diodati in Niagara Falls, and Alvin Tedjo defeats Carolyn Parrish in Mississauga. Later, the coverage reports George Minakakis unseating Milton's Gord Krantz. For Milton, that means a new mayor for the first time since 1980.

Burlington provides the counterpoint. CHCH calls Meed Ward's re-election before carrying her victory speech and a live interview about housing affordability and working with council. "I don't see myself as a politician and I know that sounds odd. I see myself as a public servant," she says.

Hamilton's change of leadership also drew attention across the channel's separate uploads. CHCH posted outgoing mayor Andrea Horwath's remarks after her defeat and a Short carrying mayor-elect Keanin Loomis's victory speech, both with unusually strong starts. Its follow-up interview with Loomis turns from the election result to a specific promise: supporting Hamilton's steelworkers.