October 6, 2024

Where Cambridge Ward 3 candidates stand on homelessness

The race for the open seat is a crowded field of five candidates, including former Cambridge MPP Belinda Karahalios, 2021 federal Green Party candidate for Cambridge Michele Braniff, and first-time candidates Nate Whalen and Corey Kimpson.

Two young candidates vie to unseat incumbent in Cambridge Ward 2 city council race

It’s a three-person race for city council in Cambridge’s Ward 2 in the upcoming municipal election.  Two young candidates, Piyush Nanda, 27, and Matt Rogers, 19, are hoping to unseat incumbent Councillor Mike Devine. Ward 2, which encompasses the village of Hespeler, has been represented by Devine since 2014.

OPINION: Cambridge pedestrian-only season is a boom for Hespeler

This is a sort of energy and vibrance that one never really felt in Hespeler, despite all its small-town charm, until the introduction of the on-street patio program in the summer of 2020. The program was initially conceived to help businesses – especially restaurants – that were most heavily impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns.