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Meet Our Board


President - Colleen Green
Durham/Kawartha, The Standard
84 Water Street
Port Perry, ON  L9L 1J2
Tel: 905-985-6985
E-mail: colleen@thestandardnewspaper.ca
thestandardnewspaper.ca
Term Ends 2027

Vice President - Stewart Grant
Goderich Sun, Paris Independent, Simcoe Advocate,

St. Marys Independent, Stratford Times, Tillsonburg Post,

Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette & Woodstock Ingersoll Echo

36 Water Street S., Box 2310

St. Marys, ON  N4X 1A2

Tel: 519-284-0041

E-mail: stew@granthaven.com

granthaven.com

Term Ends 2027


Secretary/Treasurer - Lisha Van Nieuwenhove

Uxbridge Cosmos
38 Toronto St. N
Uxbridge, ON   L9P 1E6
Tel: 905-852-1900
E-mail: lvann@thecosmos.ca
www.thecosmos.ca
Term Ends 2026




Past President - Dave Adsett
Fergus Wellington Advertiser & North Wellington Community News
905 Gartshore St.
Fergus, ON  N1M 2W8
Tel: 519-843-5410 
E-mail: dave@wellingtonadvertiser.com

wellingtonadvertiser.com

Term Ends 2026



Mohsin Abbas
Lakeshore News Reporter, Lasalle Post Reporter & Tilbury Times Reporter 
P.O. Box 21053 Campus
Guelph, ON  N1G 4T3
Tel: 416-900-2852
E-mail: publisher@diversityreporter.ca
lakeshorenews.com     lasallepost.ca      tilburytimes.ca
Term Ends 2027


Craig Barnard
Postmedia Network Inc.
365 Bloor Street East, 12th Floor
Toronto, ON  M4W 3L4
Tel: 416-383-2315
E-mail: cbarnard@postmedia.com
postmedia.com
Term Ends 2026

John Hueston
Aylmer Express
390 Talbot St. E., Box 160
Aylmer, ON N5H 2R9
Tel: 519-773-3126
E-mail: jhueston@aylmerexpress.ca
aylmerexpress.com
Term Ends 2026

Patrick Merlihan
Elmira-Woolwich Observer

20B Arthur St. N.

Elmira, ON N3B 1Z9

Tel: 519-669-5790 Ext. 105

E-mail: pmerlihan@woolwichobserver.com

www.observerxtra.com

Term Ends 2027



Deb Sholdice
Blyth/Brussels Citizen

405 Queen Street

Blyth, ON N0M 1H0

Tel: 519-523-4792 

E-mail:deb@northhuron.on.ca

www.huroncitizen.ca

Term Ends 2028


Ray Stanton
London Publishing Inc.
5404 Eglinton Avenue West, Suite 214
Toronto, ON M9C 5K6
Tel: 416-505-0707
E-mail: rays@londonproperty.ca
lpcnews.com      midwesternnewspapers.com     haliburtonecho.ca    
mindentimes.ca     bancroftthisweek.com     essexfreepress.com    
fftimes.com    independent.on.ca     speaker.northernontario.ca
Term Ends 2028


Linda Vogel
Chesterville Record
Box 368
Chesterville, ON   K0C 1H0
Tel: 613-448-2321
E-mail: lindavogel@etceterapublications.ca
www.therecordnews.ca
Term Ends 2028







Ontario Community Newspapers Association

Box #348

6-1500 Upper Middle Rd. W.

Oakville, ON L6M 0C2
Tel: 416-923-7724
Email: info@ocna.org

Departments

Executive Director - ext. 4428

Ad*Reach - ext. 4423

Better Newspaper Awards - Conferences Training - ext. 4432
Junior Citizens Awards/Communications - ext. 4432



Accounts Payable/Receivable - ext. 4423

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