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Cain Foster (Right) had no trouble helping Lincoln Coun. JD Pachereva load up a truck with food gathered for the Beamsville & District Lions Food Drive last Saturday. The event raised 28,000 lbs of food and supplies for the Community Care of West Niagara’s food bank. For more on this event, turn to Page 5. Marks - Photos
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Allison triumphant in Niagara West By Mike Williscraft the vote (15,968). NewsNow On election night, AlAfter whirlwind cam- lison said early results paign, a tight federal look like things would election run brought be the exact same. Canadians right back ““This looks to me around to where they like it’s going to be started - including in the exact same result Niagara West with the as the last election, re-election of Dean Al- which blows me away lison on Monday night. because we’ve been all With a turnout in the over the place,” said Riding just under 71 per Allison. cent, it was clear Ni“It was the election agara West voters had no one wanted. That’s something to say with what we heard from their ballots. people over and over Allison earned his at the door, and peoHouse of Commons ple sent us back with seat garnering nearly the same numbers as 46 per cent of the vote before.” (24,250). Liberal candiThe reason for this, date Ian Bingham was he said, is Canadians a distant second with are angry with Prime just over 30 per cent of See ELECTION, Page 3
Former MP, humanitarian Shirley Martin dead By Mike Williscraft NewsNow There are pillars of the community and then there are those who comprise the base on which those pillars stand. The Honourable Shirley Martin was a big portion of the base on which Niagara West is formed. Shirley died last Thursday, Sept. 16, 21 days after her husband of 69 years, Jack, after a long battle with cancer.
While she was many things to many people, in her public life Shirley was most noted as a highly respected Member of Parliament for Lincoln, being elected two times, serving nine years during which she served in Cabinet with responsibilities that included Transportation and Indigenous Affairs. Whether one was a farmer, a teacher, an event volunteer or the Prime Minister of Canada, Shirley was known for always be-
ing a positive influence and someone ready to roll up her sleeves and
get to work. This left an impression on all who knew
Then MP Shirley Martin with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
her. even the most inIn her work life, Shirfluential people in the ley spend 36 years nation. at Bell Canada and “What attracted me helped on the family’s most, and the reason Winona fruit farm, but I decided to put her her superior people in the Cabinet, was skills allowed her to she was such a people command a presence person,” said former in any situation. Prime Minister Brian “Shirley knew how Mulroney. to handle herself in the “She knew every- House of Commons, in thing that was going Caucus and around the on in her Riding and Cabinet table,” said Mr. her community but Mulroney. “She always put othmost of all she was a very valued friend and ers first. She was a great a very effective Mem- person and superb ber of Parliament.” See COMMUNITY, Page 2