Dion visited the Norwood Fall Fair in Peterborough riding this afternoon. He spent about an hour touring the fair and meeting voters. I went and snapped pictures as best I could through the crowds.

Liberal supporters start gathering in anticipation of Dion’s arrival.

A canine supporter

Dion and Peterborough candidate Betsy McGregor kindly pose for a photo.

Dion waves goodbye as he gets back on the campaign bus.

(Cross-posted at my blog)

Peterborough Conservative candidate Dean Del Mastro has been having a few problems with the spelling of the word “re-elect” on some of his signs. Surprisingly, no one in his office noticed until supporters started bringing the signs back. This isn’t the first time Del Mastro has been criticized in the local media for his spelling, last spring he came under fire when a few of his numerous mail-outs where found to contain typos.

Peterborough, being a bell weather riding, is always destined to be a close race. Lawn signs for both the Liberals and Conservatives started appearing almost instantaneously after the writ was dropped and have been appearing in roughly equal numbers ever since.

Both parties have also already brought in high profile MPs for campaign events, Martha Hall-Findlay for the Liberals and Jim Flaherty for the Conservatives. The Conservatives are also pushing a rail transit line exclusively for Peterborough. However, when they initially made the announcement about it in the last budget neither GO Transit or Via Rail wanted anything to do with it making the promise a little more than an attempt at a vote grab.