durhamregion.com | This Week | Thursday, August 25, 2022 | 2 P: 905-430-4300 E: info@whitby.ca whitby.ca What You Need To Know This Week in Whitby What You Need To Know This Labour Day Long Weekend Residents are reminded fireworks are not permitted for the Labour Day Holiday and all Town facilities will be closed on Monday, September 5. The Town's splash pads, parks, trails and many other outdoor recreation amenities are open to enjoy. When visiting please do your part to keep these spaces clean - pick up after pets and use garbage cans, or take waste home with you. Scan this QR code to view an interactive map of amenities or visit whitby.ca/Parks Help Keep Our School Zones Safe When driving through school zones, stay safe and help support your neighbourhood crossing guard. Remain fully stopped until all pedestrians and the guard have cleared the crossing and are safely on the sidewalk. whitby.ca/SchoolZoneSafety We're Hiring Crossing Guards The Town is hiring a number of Crossing Guards for the fall. Make a difference in your community and help keep kids safe on their way to and from school. Scan this QR code to apply or visit whitby.ca/CrossingGuards 5 Bump a Day! 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 September Holiday Waste Collection Schedule Yellow Collection - Areas 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Blue Collection - Areas 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 mon tue wed thu fri sat 1 2 3 5 Bump a Day! 6 7 8 9 10 mon tue wed thu fri sat Indicates Holiday Collection Change Plan Your Vote Use the Town's 'Plan Your Vote' tool to find information on your candidates and available voting locations. You can also add yourself to the Voters' List or correct and update your information. Plan Your Vote Today! Scan the QR code or visit whitby.ca/PlanYourVote Re-Elect JoAnne Drumm for Centre Ward 3 Whitby Go with Jo joannedrummforcouncil@gmail.com joannedrumm.ca 289-314-1147 Your Full-Time Councillor Caring Connected Committed As the list of municipal election candidates is finalized, Whitby residents will be choosing among three candidates for their new mayor. Candidates for mayor include current councillors Deidre Newman and Elizabeth Roy as well as Evan Griffiths. Battles are also on deck for all other regional and local council seats except in the North Ward, where Steve Lee is the only candidate and is therefore acclaimed. The municipal election will be held Oct. 24. MAYOR Evan Griffiths Deidre Newman Elizabeth Roy Durham Region Chair Laurie Blaind Mackie John Henry Peter Neal Kurdil-Telt Patch REGIONAL COUNCILLOR (FOUR ELECTED) Michael G. Emm Ron Kapuscinski Chris Leahy Vasu Mallula Rhonda Mulcahy Dave Sansom Maleeha Shahid Steve Yamada NORTH WARD (ACCLAIMED) Steve Lee West Ward Matt Cardwell Lori Lopes Kamlesh Patel Jim Skenderis Anjali Thorve Centre Ward JoAnne Drumm Niki Lundquist East Ward Victoria Bozinovski PG Case John Rinella Rajat Sharma DURHAM DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (THREE ELECTED) David Babalola Tracy Brown Melike Ceylan-Leamen Akuah Frempong Srikanth Mylavarapu Tyler Smale Scott Templeton Christine Thatcher John Wakelin DURHAM CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (TWO ELECTED) Trevor Aitcheson Olivier Camara Robert De Souza Janelee Emanuel Jeffrey Hoben Conseil scolaire Viamonde Kristine Dandavino Serge Paul CONSEIL SCOLAIRE CATHOLIQUE MONAVENIR (ACCLAIMED) Marcellin Kwilu Mondo WHITBY VOTERS GUIDE: THREE BATTLING TO BE NEW WHITBY MAYOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION Owen Birchall has plenty of reasons to be smiling these days. The Whitby resident won $100,000 in the Lotto 6-49 draw on July 20. He matched the last six numbers in the Encore portion of the draw for the win. The winning ticket was bought at Circle K on Carnwith Drive East in Whitby. OLG photo $100K WINNER FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL EVENTS LEARN MORE AT DURHAMREGION.COM PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER