Stanko leaves mayoral race in Sarnia, two withdraw in The Point
Alvinston woman NDP candidate in LKM by-election
February 16, 2024
A former educator from Alvinston will carry the NDP banner in the yet to be called Lambton-Kent-Middlesex by-election.
Kathryn Shailer, a life-long educator and former VP of academics at Mount Royal University who now lives in Alvinston became the party’s candidate at a meeting Thursday in Watford.
Shailer says faster, better, publicly-funded, and publicly-delivered health care is one of her main priorities. She’s also listed cost-of-living crisis, stronger investments in education, housing, and environmental sustainability as her concerns heading into the by-election to replace Monte McNaughton, who resigned in Sept. 2023.
Shailer joins Steve Pinsonneault of the Progressive Conservatives, Cathy Burghart-Jesson of the Liberals and Keith Benn from the New Blue Party in the race for the seat.
A by election must be called by April.
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Stanko leaves mayoral race in Sarnia, two withdraw in The Point
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Cathy Dobson/The Independent The number vying to be elected Sarnia mayor has dropped from five to four after George Stanko announced he is withdrawing his candidacy. “A serious family crisis requires my full attention, and, at this time, my responsibility is to be present for the people I love,” Stanko said in a statement Thursday. The semi-retired chemical engineer was
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Van Gorp closing in on triple digits in OHL scoring
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