Rural election races off to mixed start
HARLEY (Staff) – As summer progresses, a few rural candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the fall municipal election.In Harley Township, incumbent Marc Gosselin and newcomer Paul Labonte will run for councillor seats.In Kerns Township, incumbent Terry Phillips will seek re-election as reeve.In
Temagami candidates file
TEMAGAMI (Staff) – The election race has begun in Temagami.Incumbent mayor Lorie Hunter has said she’ll seek re-election.Incumbent councillor Debby Burrows has also announced her candidacy for one of six councillor seats.Municipal elections will be held across Ontario October 27.
Vanthof increases margin to return as MPP
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – New Democrat John Vanthof is returning as Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP with an even bigger margin of victory.The incumbent was re-elected to a second term last week with 14,651 votes, or 55 per cent of all votes cast. That’s up from the 50 per
From Parliament Hill
Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Jay AspinParliamentary Session shows great progress for all Canadians including my constituents.In June, the second session of our 41st Federal Parliament came to a close. It was a very busy session in which our government used its stable, majority status to pass a number of