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        Huntingdon
                                                              Kraft Hockeyville 2018
                                        OVER 9 MILLION VOTES IN TOTAL



        Mona ROCHON                         Lucan, Ontario, the Big Winner
                                              Huntingdon was not selected among of the
        Canadians have voted more than 9 million  four finalists to win the $250,000 grand prize.
       times in support of one of the four finalists at  The  Huntingdon  Promutuel  Regional  Arena
       the  Kraft  Hockeyville  2018  contest,  which  won $25,000 in renovations, as did the other
       ended on March 31st. We still do not know how  two finalists. Added to the $443,000 offered
       many votes were recorded for the Municipality  by  the  government,  nearly  half  a  million
       of  Huntingdon.  But  the  population  has  been  dollars is still missing in order to change the
       mobilized like never before!         arena’s cooling system, which has reached the
                                            end of its useful life.
        People could vote unlimitedly for the city of
       their choice. A voting centre was set up at the  Never mind, the members of the organizing
       Huntingdon Adult  Education  and  Community  committee of the contest in Huntingdon have
       Center  (HAECC)  on  Châteauguay  Street  in  set up a crowdfunding campaign, whose goal
       Huntingdon, and several computers were made  is $250,000. At the time of writing, the pot
       available  to  the  citizens.  People  took  turns   amounted to $10,900 after a single campaign  our  valiant  Huskies,”  on  the  page  of  the   In  the  wake  of  this  movement,  the
       during  the  voting  period,  from  March  30  at  day. The  Mayor  of  Sainte-Barbe  wrote: “The  campaign,  which  can  be  found  by  writing  Maisonnette grocery store in Huntingdon also
       noon to March 31 at 8:30 pm, casting hundreds  determination,  the  strength  of  the  number  “Aréna  régional  Promutuel  Huntingdon”  in  accepts  donations  from  its  customers.  The
       of  votes  each.  Everyone  was  invited  to  come  and  a  deep  conviction  that  together  the  search  bar  of  www.gofundme.com.  All  Southwest  News  will  follow  this  campaign
       with  their  tablets  or  cell  phones  to  vote   everything  can  happen  …  these  are  the  donations, even the smallest, are accepted.  closely, as the weeks go by. n
       together in a festive atmosphere.    reasons  why  I  give  to  Promutuel Arena  and                                                                April 5, 2018




























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