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Rowe and her husband, Greg, run Aging Together in Community, or ATC, an organization that helps engage seniors across Haliburton County through educational events, the sharing of information, advocacy, and collaborating with local community partners.

Part of the Rowes' work now heading into the upcoming municipal election on Monday, October 26th, is to encourage members to take part, ask questions, and get to know the candidates in their municipalities.

Municipal politics impacts residents the most of any level of government, and with talk of amalgamation seeping into this election cycle, Rowe says it's even more important for everyone to understand who of the 56 candidates running for 23 council seats [notification chime] is going to serve their needs the best.

Voting, Rowe says, is a freedom everyone, not just seniors, should participate in.

I unfortunately can't go to the Haliburton one, e- I'm a resident of Minden.

But the Haliburton one I'd like to go to as well, because this all affects us.

This is part two of what will be a multi-episode series on the voices of Haliburton County as we inch ever closer to the upcoming municipal election.

The series, entitled What Matters Here: Listening to the Voices of Haliburton County, will cover the issues that matter to various demographic groups in our region.

So there's several elections coming up in Canada over the next month.

Here in BC, there's a snap provincial election.

At the same time, there's almost 200 municipal elections happening across the province.

In Ontario, they're doing the same thing.

They're having over 400 municipal elections across that province.

So in a lot of these places, there are politicians campaigning on fear, trying to stampede voters with, Fears about public safety, fears about drug users, fears about homeless people, all of that shit.

It sometimes feels like they're campaigning against us, not against other candidates.

Welcome back to Crackdown.

Yeah.

Last year we ha- our last municipal election, we had a less than 40% participation of eligible voters in Victoria, and I don't know what the demographics are of that, but I know that it, the people who did vote probably aren't representative of every person in, in our beautiful city we live in.

Yeah.

And that's the thing, is, like, city council should be reflective of the people who live there.

The Minutes recaps what happened at Thunder Bay City Council and standing committee meetings.

With no city council meetings scheduled until after the municipal election, we'll be using this time to connect with city staff and spotlight some of the important work happening around the organization.

This week, I'll be joined by Crystal DePeuter, the city's 2026 election coordinator, to talk about the upcoming municipal election, including when and how to vote, where to find reliable election information, and why it's important to make your voting plan.

You can find The Minutes wherever you get your podcasts, including our YouTube channel and our website, thunderbay.ca/theminutes.

If you wanna keep your finger on the pulse of what's happening at City Hall, hit that subscribe button.

Now, let's tune into my conversation with Crystal to learn everything you need to know about voting in Thunder Bay's 2026 municipal election.

[gentle music] Joining me today is Crystal DePeuter, the 2026 election coordinator, to talk about the upcoming municipal election, where voters can find information, the different ways to vote, and how to make a voting plan.

Hi, Crystal, welcome to the podcast.

Now, the question isn't simply whether we understand these problems, the question is, what are we actually going to do about them after October 17th, Election Day? And today, we are honored to have our guest on the show today.

We are having a one-on-one conversation with Dr. Rebecca Hasdell, public health leader, researcher, community advocate, and Vote Vancouver candidate for city council in this month's October 17th municipal election.

Today, we'll talk about the state of Vancouver, the pressures facing families, renters, businesses, and neighborhoods, and what Rebecca and the Vote Vancouver team would do differently at City Hall.

Rebecca, thank you so much for doing this.

First up, uh, we welcome back to this broadcast Dr. John Ashbaugh, longtime San Luis Obispo resident, former two-term city council member here in San Luis, and now a regular contributing columnist at New Times.

His current column, Don't Throw Your Votes Away in SLO's Municipal Election, is raising some eyebrows, including mine.

John covers a lot of things about, um, the mayor and the city council and the Residents for Quality Neighborhoods, but it's the last sentence that drew my attention.

I quote, "I despise the circumstances that led the city of San Luis Obispo to remove our right to choose how to fill both open seats in this election.

Uh, Friday, Cassie D. makes her case for reelection to Grover Beach mayor's race.

Just some of the segments we're working on, on Hometown Radio.

Dave Congalton in conversation with former St. Louis City Council member John Ashbaugh and his, uh, current column in New Times called Don't Throw Your Votes Away and Slows Municipal Elections.

John was explaining City Council was facing a choice of going to a district system.

Before casting a ballot on October 26th, it is good to learn about candidates.

It is even better when you can review past promises from the 2022 municipal election.

Here is a portion of an interview done with Angela Grogan, who is taking her second shot at the mayor's chair.

You can hear the full version on the Consider This website under the Municipal Election 2026 tab.

Have a listen and compare her past platform to the current one.

There are some people who may not know who you are, so let's begin with you introducing yourself as a candidate for mayor.