Mechanicesville native, 5th Degree Black Belt Tony Walby carries torch for the 2015 Pan/Parapan American games !

Tony Walby was Born and raised in Mechanicsville. and holds a 5th Degree Black Belt in Judo.

A Multi Time Able Bodied National Judo Champion and medalist, Bronze Medal 2011 Para Pan American Games winner, while placing 7th Place 2012 Paralympic Games

 

Tony was born sighted, over time due to a degenerative cone dystrophy Tony has lost a majority of his sight. Tony competes and represents his country in visually impaired judo. Ranked among the top ten fighters in the world in his weight class.

Tony will represent Canada next at the Para Pan American Games in Toronto this summer. On Monday June 8th Tony had the honour of carrying the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Torch in the Town of Whitby ON.

Good luck Tony, Mechacsville is very proud of you!



Posted on June 10, 2015 by Mechanicsville Community Association.

Ward results

Ward results

Katherine Hobbs 4197
Jeff Leiper 7557
Ellen Lougheed 272
Michelle Reimer 1530
Larry Wasslen 95

Eligible voters: 28685

Ballots cast: 13849

Turnout %: 48.28

 

The people of Kitchissippi Ward again voted for change Monday, turning out incumbent Katherine Hobbs in favour of community activist Jeff Leiper.

His runaway victory capped an election that developed into a bitter, personal contest between Leiper, the former president of the Hintonburg Community Association, and Hobbs, a councillor who sold her car in order to better understand the life of the city’s transit users.

 In the end, Leiper captured 55 per cent of the popular vote.

 “When I started this campaign, I said the voices of the people in Kitchissippi were not being heard at city hall,” Leiper told his jubiliant supporters at the Carleton Tavern. “I wonder if they can hear us now?”

 Leiper, who left the podium to cries of “Jeff, Jeff, Jeff,” becomes the fourth different councillor to serve the ward since 2003.

In an interview, Leiper said that unlike Hobbs, he will offer Kitchissippi residents meaningful consultation on key issues before votes are cast. “I’m going to be bringing people in before my mind is made up,” he said.

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Mechanicsville Community Association.