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Open council races are supposed to be among the most competitive because there's no incumbent advantage, but experts say the name recognition and campaign experience that come from previous runs for political office — successful or not — gives certain candidates better odds of winning.
When word got around that I had contracted squamous cell cancer in my neck, several well-meaning cancer survivors reached out and advised me to immediately head for MD Anderson in Houston, one of the nation's premier cancer treatment centers.
When I first walked into the Toronto Sun 31 years ago, executive editor Les Pyette called me the "feisty girl from Gravenhurst."