Amherstburg Municipal Building. A ruling has been made regarding conflict of interest allegations regarding Deputy Mayor Chris Gibb and Councillor Linden Crain and it clears both of them. A three-page letter from Principles Integrity stated that the complaint alleged that Gibb and Crain were in a conflict of interest in relation to Item 18.2 of the Feb. 9, 2026 and did not declare those respective conflicts of interest. The item in question was correspondence from the Amherst

Essex County Civic Centre. There was a lengthy debate at county council last week on whether or not the county should send out a Request for Proposal (RFP) to obtain the services of a new closed meeting investigator. Clerk Katherine Hebert brought forth a report noting the current provider will no longer be available and gave council the option of replacing the investigator or having the service done by the Ontario Ombudsman office. “The county has rarely needed this service,

T.J. Botsford After talking it over with family and friends, T.J. Botsford has entered the race to become a town councillor. Botsford has filed to run for a spot on Amherstburg town council in the Oct. 26 municipal election. As of press time, he was one of three candidates for a councillor seat with profiles on Lena Lazanja and Tony Pietrangelo coming in the upcoming weeks. “I’ve been living here for six years. I’ve been coming to town for 12 years,” said Botsford. “I have fr