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McNaughton out of PC leadership race
April 9, 2015
Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton is out of the race to become leader of the Provincial Conservative Party.
He stepped aside this morning. McNaughton signed up 12,000 new members to the party, third in the leadership race of three.
“Our campaign has stood proudly by offering strong conservative ideas and by telling people exactly where I would take our province and our party,” says McNaughton in a news release. “From balanced budgets, repealing and refunding Kathleen Wynne’s ORPP pension scheme, to ending expensive wind energy and significantly reforming our party, our ideas have attracted thousands of new people to our cause.”
McNaughton, and his campaign chairman Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey, have endorsed Barrie area Conservative MP Patrick Brown over Whitby area MPP Christine Elliot.
The leadership race will be in May.
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Marriott declared Lambton warden
December 4, 2024
Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott is Lambton’s 161th Warden Marriott was acclaimed at a ceremony steeped in tradition in the Lambton County council chambers Wednesday. Marriott told reporters while he’s ready for the challenge he is a bit nervous because of some of the major issues the county faces. “We made affordable housing and homelessness our number one priority, so that’s
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Rural policing relief coming from province
December 3, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent Concerns about rising OPP costs are easing in Lambton after the province announced $77 million in funding to offset the bills which are up at least 15 per cent for most municipalities. In late October, the OPP released its 2025 projections for the 327 municipalities it covers across the province. The provincial police service will spend $445,679,925
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Part history, part retail; Petrolia’s plan for the Scotiabank building
December 3, 2024
Heather Wright/The Independent Petrolia is hoping a new business will call the former ScotiaBank building home in 2025. In March, the bank closed the historic branch. The Bank of Nova Scotia had been on Petrolia’s main street since 1911. The town expressed its frustration with the closure, but later struck a deal to purchase the building for $200,000. Mayor Brad
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