Brian Dowdall Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Brian Dowdall Municipality: Beckwith Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I currently do contract work related to data entry. (high tech). Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Beckwith councillor – 2014. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Canadian Cancer Society, former board member of the […]
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Tim Campbell Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Tim Campbell Municipality: Beckwith Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): No response Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Beckwith councillor – 2014. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): No response Top 3 issues facing your municipality and its residents that council has control or […]
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Kerri Nicholson-Watson Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Kerri Nicholson-Watson Municipality: Beckwith Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am currently employed full-time as the finance and accounting manger for a large landscape and snow removal company Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): RMMHA hockey team […]
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Joe Dowdall Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Joe Dowdall Municipality: Beckwith Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Yes, I am currently working full-time in the municipal construction field. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Junior Chamber Of Commerce and Minor Hockey Top 3 issues facing […]
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Faye Campbell Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: C. Faye Campbell Municipality: Beckwith Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am semi-retired and still run a small construction business with my husband Lyle. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I have served as a councillor in Beckwith Township since 2003. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local […]
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How is a person with disabilities, mental health issues and addictions supposed to improve their lot in life when the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits get clawed back whenever they go out and work for extra income. We discriminate because we don’t understand the struggle is real for so many Canadians trying to live […]
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When the president of Eastern Ontario Development Association, J.A. (Joe) Perkins, addressed a large crowd at the grand opening of Perth Municipal Airport on August 30, 1956, he could not have realized his remark that “such an airport would be as necessary as a railroad” would prove to be so prophetic, although not in the […]
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I think it is a fabulous idea to write your own personal political manifesto. Am I the only one that gets annoyed when leaders speak ”on behalf of all Canadians or Ontarians”? How is that even possible? What I learned through the US election is that the mass media is tilting society towards ‘crazy town’ […]
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Pretty Things opens at 18 Russell Street this week in Smiths Falls. It is a small shop with a world of fantastic purchases inside; it has a cool vibe with quirky finds at a variety of price points. It is a great place to find unusual delights: from Snot Bad handkerchiefs to beard balm, from […]
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