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

The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) has a significant role in the County Wide Active Transportation System, however what the future holds for that system has some unknowns facing it. Sometime in 2027, authorities across the province will merge and at last week’s Essex County council meeting, concerns were brought forward about how that will impact CWATS. “This may be premature to answer, but with the uploading and the consolidation of ERCA into whatever the provin

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