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Canada’s longest-serving city councillor, Joseph Kushner, is retiring after an astonishing 49 years on St. Catharines council — and his legacy is being immortalized in a new biography. At 85, he’s stepping down to focus on his wife and health, while also leaving his professor role at Brock University. Known for his razor-sharp fiscal discipline — earning him nicknames like “Doctor No” — Kushner spent public funds with the precision of a budgeting guru. Historian Wesley Turner compiled the updated memoir, filled with interviews and photos, capturing Kushner’s journey across seven mayoral administrations. His story? A testament to quiet, stubborn conservatism that shaped local governance for nearly half a century.

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