Westport councillor Marty Crapper was first out of the gate when nominations opened for the municipal election May 1. He’s running for re-election as a councillor. He said he believes he can continue to make a positive contribution to the community. Four years in, he said experience on council counts for a lot. Despite his previous experience as a health-sector CEO, he said municipal government is a unique type of business. It’s been a learning curve, but he said he knows a l

From left: The Honourable Michael Barrett, M.P.; Mayor Arie Hoogenboom; Jen Pryal and Tim McMichael of Recess Café (Business of the Year); Joe Chase of Clearly Auto Glass (Small Business Award); Kim Lulashnyk of Stone Manor Studios (New Business Award); Carole Fuller of KPMG MSLP (sponsor); Terry Wills of Wills Transfer Ltd. (sponsor); Kevin Tackaberry of G. Tackaberry & Sons Construction Ltd. (sponsor); Sandra Houle, Matt Piche and Prithi Pal Ratti of RBC Royal Bank (sponsor

Q-Mack entertaining students at St. Edward Catholic School with astonishing balancing skills. Photo Credit: Tanya Hammond “Canada’s most experienced school performer,” Quincy Mack, or Q-Mack for short, made a stop in Westport recently to entertain and encourage students to be an ALL-Star. The high-energy entertainer brought his popular presentation to St. Edward, where students from kindergarten through grade eight were fully engaged from the moment they entered the audito