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Up Front Area residents won’t be hungry Friday night both Jordan Lions and Beamsville Legion will host very popular events, all-you-can-eat wings and pickerel fish fry, respectively. Lions Park in Jordan will be the scene of the wing event, running from 5-8 p.m. Cost is $18pp, kids 6-12 $8pp and includes: four flavours of wings, fries, rolls, celery, carrots & blue cheese dip. Cash bar available. Beamsville Legion will be serving up all-you-can-eat pickerel with all the fixins’ from 6-8 p.m. Tickets $20pp. Get tickets in advance by calling 905-563-4612. Live entertainment. The Reflections, 6-10 p.m.
Busy Saturday at Peach King
Peach King Centre will host both FORT’s Dogs 4 Youth pet show and Grimsby Kinsmen & Kinettes Family Mini-Putt events on Saturday. FORT’s event runs from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and includes a pet marketplace, entertainment, food vendors, activities and more. There is still room for a few foursomes, $20 per team, for the miniputt, which starts with registration at 10 a.m. in the auditorium. See full mini-putt details on Page 13.
Newly re-elected Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff - with brothers Tim (left) and Aaron - listens to Premier-elect Doug Ford’s victory speech with a full house of family and supporters at the Smithville Legion Thursday night. The PCs took the provincial helm from the Liberals’ 15-year rule to form a majority government with 76 seats in the 124-seat legislature. McDonald - Photo
Oosterhoff, PCs power to majority By Joanne McDonald For NewsNow Taking a seat as the youngest MPP in provincial history in 2016, PC incumbent Sam Oosterhoff, 20, was returned to power Thursday in a definitive provincial election win in Niagara West. The province changed directions as the PCs took the helm from the Liberals’ 15year rule to form a majority government with 76 seats in the 124-
seat legislature and the NDP became the Official Opposition for only the second time history. Oosterhoff won the riding with 24,361 votes against NDP Curtis Fric, 13,744 votes; Liberal Joe Kanee, 4,933 votes; Green Party Jessica Tillmanns, 2,578 votes; Libertarian Stefanos Karatopis, 451 votes; and Multicultural Geoffrey Barton, 127 votes. He will have the sole
PC voice in the Niagara Region. Three of the four ridings selected NDP candidates including Jeff Burch winning in Niagara Centre, Wayne Gates in Niagara Falls, and Jennie Stevens in St. Catharines. To the west, Hamilton went NDP as well. “I am honoured by the mandate given by the constituents of Niagara West and will work each and every day for their interests,
concerns and priorities,” said Oosterhoff on Thursday while celebrating with family and supporters at the Smithville Legion. He was back at his desk Friday morning drafting a letter to be sent to Premier-elect Doug Ford, outlining priorities including a new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. “I will keep fighting until West Niagara gets the new hospital we deserve,”
said Oosterhoff, adding the list of Niagara needs includes, “GO Train service to Niagara through Grimsby, Beamsville, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls; reduced taxes on job creators, less red tape, competitive industrial hydro rates, more long-term care beds in Niagara West and a more affordable life for all constituents in the riding and across Ontario. See PCs, Page 3