Trevor Matkovich knows what it’s like to be in throes of addiction. Now a trained mental-health and addictions counsellor with a private practice he recently started from his home in St. Marys.

St. Marys council is speaking out against a provincial plan to bolster mayoral decision-making powers across the province.

With 140 of 222 polls reporting by just before midnight April 28, Conservative incumbent John Nater has been elected member of parliament for Perth-Wellington and will serve his fourth consecutive term as a member of the opposition party.