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Gettin’ on the soap box
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SPEED DEMONS The seventh annual Wellesley Soap Box Derby Classic was held on Labour Day, with more than a hundred drivers competing in the event as well as hundreds of supporters cheering them on. See more photos on pg. 08.
And the race is on in Kitchener-Conestoga Candidates kick into high gear as writ drops for Oct. 6 provincial election
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ntario voters are poised to return to the polling booths for the third time in 12 months as the provincial election officially got under way on Wednesday morning. Premier Dalton McGuinty
started the campaign for the Oct. 6 election with a visit to Lt.-Gov. David Onley to formally dissolve the legislature. It stands to be one of the more interesting provincial elections in recent memory as the Tim Hudak-led Con-
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servatives look to match the success of their federal counterparts and end McGuinty’s eight years of Liberal leadership. Meanwhile, both the NDP and the Green Party look to ride on the wave of optimism and success that their
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parties enjoyed back in May when the NDP were named the official opposition and the Green Party under Elizabeth May secured their firstever seat in Parliament. Locally, Kitchener-Conestoga candidates have been knocking on doors for weeks
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– and in some cases, months – trying to get a jump on the election. Voters should be prepared to see some familiar faces, as Liberal MPP Leeanna Pendergast, PC candidate Michael Harris, and
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