Jeffrey Carroll Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jeffrey Carroll Municipality: Montague Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I work for the Upper Canada School Board as an educational assistant Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I sit on the Police Services Board for Montague […]
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Vince Carroll Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Vince Carroll Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Deputy Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): Presently serving my second full-term as township councilor. I am also employed in the agriculture industry. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I have served as a councillor in Montague Township since 2010. Community volunteer experience […]
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Pat Dolan Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Pat Dolan Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Deputy Reeve in Montague 2010-2014. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I served 28 years with Montague Fire Department and Fire Fighters Association where I participated in […]
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Klaas Van Der Meer Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Klaas Van Der Meer Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Deputy Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working in horticulture Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Deputy Reeve Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Chairman Horticultural adviser at Algonquin College Ottawa (five years), a life member […]
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Karen Jennings Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Karen Jennings (Francis) Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I currently work in municipal government (27 years). Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I ran in 2014 for the first time & lost by 14 votes. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, […]
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Jim Abbass Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jim Abbass Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Deputy Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): I have worked in our family business for 50 years – Ron Abbass Electrical Ltd. and now co-own it with my brother, Terry. I am a certified master electrician. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Currently […]
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Ian Streight Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Ian Streight Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am currently employed in the agriculture sector. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I am completing my first term as councillor in the Township of Montague. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): […]
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Bonnie Leach Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Bonnie (Burson) Leach Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working in insurance. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I served two terms on council from 2006 to 2014. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I have held many positions while part […]
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Bill Dobson Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Bill Dobson Municipality: Montague Township Position Sought: Reeve Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired from teaching and publishing. Currently an organic beef farming and antiques dealer. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Elected reeve for the last two terms and was elected deputy reeve for one term before that. […]
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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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