Marine Le Pen extended her lead in a voter preference poll ahead of next April’s French presidential election after appeal judges cleared her to enter the race for a fourth time by shortening a previous ban on her standing.

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The far-right National Rally candidate would get between 34% and 35.5% of the vote in the first round if it were to take place this Sunday, according to the poll of 1,503 adults by Elabe for BFM TV and La Tribune Dimanche newspaper. That’s a gain of 3 points from a survey in March.

Her closest rival would be Edouard Philippe, a former centrist prime minister under President Emmanuel Macron, who was favored by as many as 19% in one of six scenarios tested. Far-left France Unbowed leader Jean-Luc Melenchon would trail him in third, except in one line-up where rival centrist former premier Gabriel Attal also is in the running.

Le Pen would beat all three in the runoff, according to the online poll conducted Thursday and Friday with a margin of error of between 1.4 and 3.1 percentage points. The runoff is on May 2.

“She’s in the lead among retirees and in major urban areas, and is neck and neck with Edouard Philippe among the working population,” said Bernard Sananes, head of Elabe. “What used to be her areas of weakness are no longer.”

Le Pen declared her candidacy on Tuesday after the Paris court of appeals upheld her conviction for embezzling European Union funds but reduced a ban on her standing for election from five years to 15 months — time that has already expired.

She was also handed a one-year jail term that judges said wouldn’t involve prison but would likely require wearing an electronic tag for part of it. She said she is appealing to the country’s top courtand has calculated that she will be in a position to be elected president.

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Two people are dead following separate collisions in Durham Region on Saturday.

Durham Regional Police said one of the fatalities involved a 68-year-old man who died after being struck by a vehicle in a Pickering parking lot.

Officers responded at about 10:15 p.m. to a collision involving a motor vehicle and a pedestrian in the parking lot at 1105 Kingston Rd.

Police said that a black Ford SUV was driving through the parking lot when it struck a pedestrian. The pedestrian was trapped under the vehicle for a period of time. Responding police officers lifted the Ford SUV to extract the pedestrian and performed life-saving measures.

Despite the efforts of emergency services personnel, the pedestrian succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

The driver of the motor vehicle remained at the scene and was cooperating with police.

In the other fatal incident, police said a 64-year-old woman died after being struck by a dump truck in Ajax.

Officers responded at about 3:50 p.m. to a collision involving a dump truck and a pedestrian at Hunt St. and Harwood Ave. S.

Cops said the dump truck was making a right turn from Harwood Ave. S. to go west on Hunt St. when it struck the pedestrian.

Life-saving measures were performed by emergency services personnel; however, the pedestrian succumbed to their injuries at the scene.

The driver of the dump truck remained on scene and was cooperating with police.

Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call pollice at 905-579-1520 ext. 5216 (toll free 1-888-579-1520). Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 and tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward.

5 hurt in waterfront-area shooting

Five people were injured and five people have been arrested following an overnight shooting near Toronto’s waterfront.

Toronto Police said the incident happened shortly after 3 a.m. in the Polson and Cherry Sts. area.

It was not immediately clear what led to the shooting. Cops said when officers arrived they found three people with gunshot wounds, while another two sustained “other injuries.”

All five were reportedly transported to hospital, one of whom was in critical condition.

It was not clear whether there were any outstanding suspects.

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Toronto man, 30, charged with threatening

A 30-year-old Toronto man is facing charges tied to a probe into threatening.

Toronto Police said officers responded on June 20 at about 2:22 p.m. to a call for a person with a knife in the Donlands and Mortimer Aves. area of East York.

Police said that there was an altercation between the suspect and the victim and the suspect produced a knife, then chased the victim and swung the kniife at them.

Cops alleged that the suspect also threatened to harm or kill the victim’s pet.

On Saturday, Zola Zenguele was arrested and charged with break and enter, possess weapon dangerous, assault with a weapon, and three counts uttering threats.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5500, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or 222tips.com .

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