1.0The Turtle Island Newshttps://theturtleislandnews.comLynda Powlesshttps://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/author/lynda/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iO4p6pjidP"><a href="https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2025/02/04/whos-running-in-haldimand-county-byelections/">Who’s running in Haldimand County byelections?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2025/02/04/whos-running-in-haldimand-county-byelections/embed/#?secret=iO4p6pjidP" width="600" height="338" title="“Who’s running in Haldimand County byelections?” — The Turtle Island News" data-secret="iO4p6pjidP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://theturtleislandnews.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator Six weeks after the provincial  election, voters in two Haldimand County wards will return to the polls  to choose their next municipal councillor. There are byelections scheduled for April 10 in wards 1 and 4. Both seats are vacant following the deaths of former councillors Stewart Patterson in Ward 1, who succumbed to an illness in late November, and Marie Trainer in Ward 4, who died in late October after being in a serious car accident months earlier. The  remaining councillors voted to hold byelections rather than appoint new  representatives to finish the remainder of the current term. The newly elected councillors will serve until the next municipal election, currently scheduled for October 2026. Three  candidates have so far registeredhttps://theturtleislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/facebooklogo.jpg725483