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Colleen Green
Oct 6, 20221 min read
Wilma Wotten holding community talks with acclaimed councillors, Ward 5 candidates
DAN CEARNS, The Standard SCUGOG: Scugog residents will have a chance to meet and hear from acclaimed council members, as well as...
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Colleen Green
Oct 6, 20223 min read
Mayoral candidates state their ideas and promises at Lindsay all candidates’ meeting
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Lindsay and District Chamber of Commerce held an all-candidates meeting at the Victoria Park...
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Colleen Green
Sep 22, 20222 min read
Kathleen Seymour-Fagan looking to keep Kawartha Lakes on the right track
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: After serving eight years as a ward councillor, Kathleen Seymour-Fagan feels she is ready for a...
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Colleen Green
Sep 15, 20223 min read
Politicians at every level mourn the loss of Queen Elizabeth II
DAN CEARNS, The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA LAKES: A number of political figures at every level of government in Canada are expressing their...
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Colleen Green
Sep 15, 20222 min read
Political vacancy
In my last couple of columns, I’ve written about the state of different levels of government across Canada. But, following the now...
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Colleen Green
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Bridge the divide
In the last few years, I have noticed a shift in the way people across Canada view and react to politicians and politics. There is more...
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Colleen Green
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Faye McGee hopes to get community involved in local politics again, if elected
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Faye McGee is looking to restore the City of Kawartha Lakes’ personal connection with its...
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Colleen Green
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Chief Administrative Officer, Ingrid Svelnis Contract Extended
BROCK: The Township of Brock announced, on Tuesday, August 23rd, the extension of CAO Ingrid Svelnis’ contract to the end of December...
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Colleen Green
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Kawartha Lakes council enters lame duck phase
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: City of Kawartha Lakes council is now in lame duck position, following the closing of municipal...
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Colleen Green
May 20, 20221 min read
Mini Batra named the Durham Green Party candidate
DURHAM: Mini Batra is the Durham riding’s Green Party of Ontario candidate. “Mini Batra joined the Green Party of Ontario to be a strong...
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Colleen Green
May 13, 20222 min read
Chris Borgia to be the NDP’s Durham riding candidate
DAN CEARNS, The Standard NORTH DURHAM: The Durham riding NDP candidate for the 2022 provincial election has been selected. At a...
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Colleen Green
May 4, 20221 min read
Donald McBey named Kawartha Lakes Liberal candidate
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Ontario Liberals have nominated Donald McBey as their candidate in the Haliburton-Kawartha...
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Colleen Green
May 4, 20222 min read
Kerstin Kelly to stand as the Ontario Party candidate
Kerstin Kelly to stand as the Ontario Party candidate by The Standard | May 5th, 2022 https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/...
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Colleen Green
May 4, 20222 min read
Elizabeth Tallis and the New Blue Party of Ontario
COURTNEY McCLURE, The Standard NORTH DURHAM: Elizabeth Tallis from the New Blue Party of Ontario is running for the Ontario provincial...
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Colleen Green
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Federal election to be held September 20th
DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA: Canadians will be going to the polls for a federal...
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Colleen Green
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Local politicians excited about federal, provincial broadband funding
DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES/DURHAM: Officials from Kawartha Lakes and Durham Region...
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Colleen Green
Sep 12, 20192 min read
Elizabeth Fraser hopes residents vote Green
KAWARTHA LAKES: 21 year old Elizabeth Fraser is ready to face the challenge of trying to win the federal Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock...
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Colleen Green
Sep 5, 20191 min read
Cyma Musarat hopes for a blue wave in fall election
UXBRIDGE: Cyma Musarat, a federal Conservative candidate running in this fall’s election in the riding of Pickering-Uxbridge is confident...
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Colleen Green
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Sarah Whalen-Wright believes NDP gives Durham voters another option
SCUGOG: Sarah Whalen-Wright is the federal NDP candidate for the Durham riding. Ms. Whalen-Wright told The Standard while she loves her...
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Colleen Green
Aug 29, 20192 min read
Durham Region calls for provincial investment and partnership to help address regional issues
DURHAM: Representatives from The Regional Municipality of Durham met with provincial cabinet ministers—during the 2019 Association of...
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