Russell was born at Iroquois Falls and moved to the 4th Concession of Huntington Township at the age of five years. Both attended the local public school and then Stirling High School. Russell took over the home farm, Sills Valley Farm, from his father and over the years the farm expanded...
“We want to encourage revenues from other sources, like solar,” he noted. “The more we grow non-property tax revenue, the less people have to pay — or the less we have to raise property taxes.” Property taxes hold the most significant of the six major budget funds, supporting 54.5...