Linden Crain (left) and Bill Petruniak squared off in a debate Oct. 8 at the McGregor Columbian Club. Both are vying for the position of deputy mayor. The debate was presented by the Amherstburg Chamber of Commerce (ACOC). The two candidates to be the next deputy mayor of Amherstburg faced off in a debate Oct. 8 with viewpoints and a few barbs exchanged between them. Linden Crain and Bill Petruniak went back-and-forth in a debate at the McGregor Columbian Club last Thursday e

Candidates for councillor get ready to face off prior to an all-canadiate night presented by the Amherstburg Chamber of Commerce Oct. 7 at the McGregor Columbian Club. The Amherstburg Chamber of Commerce (ACOC) hosted the first two all-candidate nights Oct. 7 with the councillor candidates taking centre stage. The 15 candidates for councillor – Shawn LeBlanc, Stephanie Pouget-Papak, Keith Boussey, Wes Ewer, Dhaval Prajapati, incumbent Peter Courtney, Sonya Elliott, Frank Clem

Essex County Civic Centre This past summer residents of Essex County experienced somewhat of a rare occurrence – poor air quality due to wildfire smoke. While the Windsor-Essex Health Unit (WECHU) was able to provide a lot of guidance in how to stay safe, the county itself has gone one step further. The Emergency Management Plan came up for its annual review and adoption at the Oct. 7 meeting and the 2026 version included how to handle wildfire smoke in the air. How to prepar

Candidates are asked to have their answers to the RTT's questions returned by Oct. 10 at 10 a.m.

The issue of e-bikes and those who operate them returned to Amherstburg town council. Not only was the discussion at the Sept. 28 meeting a follow-up to town council’s previous meeting, the issue of vandalism was also raised. Councillor Molly Allaire asked about e-bikes and questioned Staff Sgt. Jeff Taylor about whether officers were able to patrol the parks council had specified at the Sept. 14 meeting, namely Pat Thrasher Park and King’s Navy Yard Park. Taylor said a file

Councillor candidates were the subject of an all-candidates question-and-answer session at the Columbus Community Hall Sept. 30. From left: Lorne Dupuis, Lena Lazanja, Shawn LeBlanc, Sonya Elliott, Jen DeLuca, Stephanie Pouget-Papak, Armand Anderson, Saurabh Katara, Molly Allaire, Dhaval Prajapati, Frank Cleminson, T.J. Botsford, Keith Boussey, Peter Courtney and Wes Ewer. The 15 candidates for councillor in the Oct. 26 municipal election fielded questions drawn at random las

Amherstburg town council’s representatives on the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) board of directors will be allowed to continue until the amalgamation of conservation authorities by the province. It took an amended motion for the request to be granted as Councillor Don McArthur had concerns with the wording of the original motion that called for the continuation of Councillor Molly Allaire and Councillor Peter Courtney until Feb. 1 “subject to the current appointe

Infrastructure work in the town's southeast quadrant, pictured here from a previous town report, will soon get underway after town council approved a tender for work in the area. A tender for infrastructure work in the town’s southeast quadrant has been approved by Amherstburg town council. Town council authorized administration to execute an agreement with Rudak Excavating Inc. in the amount of $7,068,601.88 plus HST for work that includes new watermains, sanitary mainline

A plaque will be erected in front of the Front Road North home that formerly housed the late Senator Eugene Whelan, his wife Elizabeth and their family to remember “The Walk that Changed the World.” The Whelan home was the site of a visit from Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and ambassador Alexsander Yaklovlev and it is believed to have been the site of the walk. Pouget said a plaque was originally approved by town council in 2016, adding she called for an upset limit of $15