As Amherstburg approaches the next municipal election, I believe it is important to recognize and thank Councillor Diane Pouget for her many years of dedicated service to our community. Through her years on council and involvement on numerous committees, Diane has consistently demonstrated a commitment to listening to residents, asking difficult questions, and working to make Amherstburg a better place. When concerns were raised about AI data centres, Diane listened and took

I think it wonderful that Town Council made the decision to have saplings planted on public property throughout the town. Further, I was happy to see that the varieties chosen are indigenous to the Carolinian forest species i.e. native to our region. What I am disappointed in, and where this initiative falls short, is the lack of attention and follow up as to how these saplings have taken, or not taken. In my travels around town, both afoot and by car, I see far too many of

In respond to my colleague Terry Hall regarding recognition of our heritage in Amherstburg, Terry describes how we should honor the Indigenous heritage with an elaborate statue on our grounds. I’m all for any heritage recognition but I’d like to point out that our heritage in Amherstburg is very diverse. I, for one, have been trying to put a scope on the Italian immigrant heritage in our town.It goes all the way back before the depression and carries on where Paul Marra an I