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On Monday night, Oakville welcomed it's youngest ever town and regional councillor Mackenzie Grant. If the last name sounds familiar, that's because Mackenzie is the daughter of the late Marc Grant, who spent 23 years as Oakville's ward 5 town councillor. Nikki Wesley caught up with Mackenzie right after her win to chat about following in her father's footsteps and what the future holds for the 25-year old newly elected councillor.

Aideen Barry is concerned with recovering voices and histories that have been silenced. Nikki Wesley spoke with the Irish artist before she opened the new Oakville gallery exhibitions.

Libraries across all of the communities in Halton play an important role. Creating a space where people of all ages can discover new ideas, develop skills, access resources and connect with each other. Those are some of the ways in which Milton's MPP described it during an event to celebrate Ontario public library week. Others, who shared their thoughts, spoke of libraries in another way, from their own experience.

In 2022, Marianne Meed Ward achieved a remarkable near 78% of the popular vote... This time around, her competition was much stronger with city councillors Rory Nisan and Lisa Kearns taking aim for the mayor's seat... However, when the polls closed, 45% of the vote went to the incumbent Marianne Meed Ward who will now begin her third term as Burlington mayor. Craig Mcnicholl caught up with the mayor right after the official announcement was made.

The Halton Hills election was a race of three candidates... the incumbent Ann Lawlor faced tough competition last night from councillor Jason Brass, and it turns out a strong campaign from Brass has led him right into the mayor's chair. Chris Cox was there to get Mayor Brass's reaction right after Ann Lawlor conceded the race.

The mayoral race in Oakville was a tight one, but when the dust settled, a strong campaign by a 26-year council veteran, and owner of Film.ca proved superior to the competition... and on his birthday, Jeff Knoll was named Mayor of Oakville. Nikki Wesley caught up with the new mayor at his election party at the Film.ca theatre.

Gord Krantz has been mayor since 1980... he is the longest serving Mayor in Canadian history. Jessica Kaitting got his thoughts upon hearing of the end of his tenure and asked what his message was to milton residents, many of whom have supported him over the past 21 elections.

George Minakakis took over Ward 1 by winning a by-election when Kristina Tesser Derksen took the position as a member of parliament. As the votes came in it became evident that there would be a new mayor for the first time in nearly half a century... Jessica Kaitting caught up with Mayor Minakakis mere minutes after the announcement was made.

The 2026 Milton excellence awards gala, hosted by the Milton chamber of commerce, took place on last week at the rattlesnake point golf club... Here are some of the highlights from the event.