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Section Emergency Coordinator
VA3RX Bob Gammon (CEC)
3640 Byng Road
Windsor ON, N8W 3H9

Tel: (519) 250-1452  Business: (519) 919-1424
E-mail: va3rx @ rac.ca

Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator

VE3ZBG Brett Gilbank

225 Periwinkle Road

London ON  N6M 1B7

Tel: (519) 668-1185

E-mail: bgilbank @ rogers.com
 


Albany (formerly Agawa) District
City of Sault Ste. Marie, Districts of Algoma and Cochrane

District Emergency Coordinator
VE3JX Dave Hayes  (CEC)
48 Northwood Street
Sault Ste. Marie ON  P6B4M4
Tel: (705) 759-2008
Email: ve3jx @ sympatico.ca

Emergency Coordinators

Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District
VE3RQR Robert Rayner
P.O. Box 208
Beaumont Trailer Park
Heyden ON  P6A 5K7
Tel: (705) 777-3274
E-mail: ve3rqr @ sympatico.ca

Sault Ste. Marie Emergency Operations Centre
VE3JX Dave Hayes
48 Northwood Street
Sault Ste. Marie ON  P6B 4M4
Tel: (705) 759-2008
E-mail: rd.hayes @ sympatico.ca

Echo Bay and Laird Township
VE3FOD Roy Brocklebank
RR #4
Echo Bay ON   P0S 1C0
Tel: (705) 248-2821
E-mail: ve3fod @ rac.ca

City of Elliot Lake
VE3SUT George D. Sutherland
3 Denison Road
Elliot Lake ON   P5A 1L6
Tel: (705) 848-7232
E-mail: ve3sut @ rac.ca

Kapuskasing
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

Cochrane
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

Timmins
VE3HOL Donald J. Tambeau

Box 856

491 Carium Road

Schumacher ON  P0N 1G0

Tel: (705) 360-1885  Cell: (705) 266-7369

E-mail: tambeaud @ personainternet.com

Hearst
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)  

Moosonee
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)


Amethyst (formerly Woods) District 
City of Thunder Bay, Districts of Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay 

District Emergency Coordinator 
VE3FAL Frederick A Lesnick  (CEC)
2060 Hwy 61
Thunder Bay ON  P7J 1B9
Tel: Home: (807) 577-0789; Bus: (807) 624-2426
Email: flesnick @ tbaytel.net
Email: ve3fal @ rac.ca

Emergency Coordinators 

Atikokan & District
VE3FYN Warren Paulson
144 Willow Road
P.O. Box 2106
Atikokan ON,  P0T 1C0
Tel: (807) 597-6989
E-mail: ve3fyn @ rac.ca

City of Thunder Bay

VE3MXJ Brad Harris

307 Southgate Court

Thunder Bay ON  P7A 7Z5

Tel: (807) 767-0628

E-mail: ve3mxj @ rac.ca 

Dryden
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

Sioux Lookout
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)  

Red Lake
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)   

Fort Frances & Area
VE3CZG Dennis Collins

134 Third Street West

Fort Frances ON  P9A 3A3

Tel. (807) 274-0748

E-mail: ve3czg @ rac.ca

Greenstone
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)  

Kenora & Area 
VA3ECO Chris Bigelow

125 4th. Street North

Kenora ON  P9N 2M6

Tel: (807) 468-6236

E-mail: cbigelow @ voyageur.ca


Bruce District – Part of former Saugeen District
Counties of Bruce, Dufferin, Grey and Wellington  

District Emergency Coordinator
VE3RHJ Brad Rodriguez

RR# 7

Markdale ON  N0C 1H0

Tel: (519) 986-4266

E-mail: ve3rhj @ rac.ca

Emergency Coordinators

Kincardine and Bruce County

Vacant - If you are interested in this important position, please contact the SM or SEC

City of Orangeville/Dufferin County
VE3PWZ Paul W Chantree 
R.R. # 5
Dundalk ON  N0C 1N0
Tel: (519) 925-5010
Packet Radio: VE3PWZ @ VE3INF
E-mail: honeybee @ beeline.ca
Website: www.va3gy.ca/ares/index.html

Grey County
VE3LKD Bob Droine
242 - 7th Street
Owen Sound ON  N4K 1H9
Tel: (519) 371-2257 
E-mail: ve3lkd @ rac.ca
Website: www.aresgrey.net

Grey County East 
 
Vacant - If you are interested in this important position, please contact the SM or SEC

Grey County South  
Brad Rodriguez, VE3RHJ
P.O. BOX 84 RR# 7
Markdale ON   N0C 1H0
Tel: 519-986-4266 
E-mail: ve3rhj @ rac.ca

City of Guelph and Wellington County

Vacant - If you are interested in this important position, please contact the SM or SEC  


Capital DistrictParts of former Ottawa & St. Lawrence Districts
City of Ottawa, Counties of Renfrew and Lanark, Township of South Algonquin

District Emergency Coordinator 
VE3IPC Michael Hickey
2768 Chartrand Road
Levaivre ON  K0B 1J0

Tel: (613) 679-4474
E-mail: ve3ipc @ rac.ca
Website: www.pr-ares.org

Assistant DEC For Ottawa District
VA3LP  Lance Peterson
7 Lasalle 
Rockland ON   K4K 1K7
Tel: (613) 446-4302 
E-mail: lance.peterson @ sympatico.ca

Emergency Coordinators

City of Ottawa
VE3UNH Richard Hagemeyer
5 Wolmsley
Nepean, Ottawa ON K2G 1J3

Tel: (613) 816-7000
E-mail: Hagemeister @ gmail.com
 

Renfrew County East
VA3COG Paul Dowdall
2069A Hwy 132 RR#4
Renfrew ON K7V 3T7
Tel: (613) 432-6213
E-mail: paul.dowdall @ ontario.ca 

Renfrew County West
VE3YX
Bob Howard
RR # 1 

146 Ezylyfe Lane  
Deep River ON  KOJ 1PO
Tel: (613) 584-2398 
E-mail: howardr @ magma.ca

 

Lanark County

VE3BSB James Barrie Crampton

Glen Tay

RR #4

Perth ON  K7H 3C6

Tel: (613) 264-8836

E-mail: barrie.crampton @ sympatico.ca

 


Golden Horseshoe District - Parts of former Grand North & South and Saugeen Districts
Cities of Brantford and Hamilton, Counties of Brant and Haldimand- Norfolk, Regions of Niagara and Waterloo

District Emergency Coordinator 
VA3DDB Ken Dobson
3 - 9 Brenda Court
Brantford ON  N3R 2L8

Tel: (519) 758-1758  Bus (519) 757-7291
E-mail: ken @ dobson.com

Assistant District Emergency Coordinator
VE3HM Peter Vince 
20 Baxter Street
Thorold ON  L2V 4R6
Tel: (905) 227-6326  Cell (905) 347-2612
E-mail: va3pkv @ cogeco.ca

Emergency Coordinators

Towns of Port Colborne & Welland
VE3JDF Doug Frame
895 Lakeshore Road East
R. R. # 1

Port Colborne ON  L3K 5V3
Tel: (905) 834-2210 
E-mail: ve3jdf @ rac.ca
Website: www.qsl.net/va3nag/index.html

 

City of St. Catharines  
VE3DVE Dave Flarity

718 Sawmill Road

RR #3

Fenwick ON  L0S 1CO

Tel: (905) 562-3956

E-mail: dave.flarity @ gmail.com

City of Hamilton & area 
VE3JSO Jerry Osborn
2 Bellingham Drive
Hamilton ON    L8V 3R1
Tel: (905) 388-7419
E-mail:  ve3jso @ rac.ca

Western Niagara Region
(Vacant If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

City of Thorold & area 
VE3HM Peter Vince 
20 Baxter Street
Thorold ON  L2V 4R6
Tel: (905) 227-6326 Cell (905) 347-2612
E-mail: va3pkv @ cogeco.ca
Website: http://www.qsl.net/va3nag/index.html

Kitchener/Waterloo
VE3LGN Larry Gorman
549 Fallingbrook Drive
Waterloo ON  N2L 4N2
Tel: (519) 884-6782 
E-mail: ve3lgn @ rac.ca
Website: www.kwarc.org/ares/index.html  

Cambridge

VE3OAV Robert Alan Varcoe

540 Vine Street

Cambridge ON  N3H 2Y8

Tel: (519) 650-0846

E-mail: robin.varcoe @ sympatico.ca

 


GTA District - Parts of former Toronto, Scugog and Grand North Districts
City of Toronto, Regions of Durham, York, Peel and Halton

GTA South/North/East
City of Toronto, Regions of Durham & York

District Emergency Coordinator
VA3PRW Peter Wetton

53 Raymond Avenue

Toronto ON  M6S 2B1

Tel: (416) 769-1324

E-mail: peterogof @ sympatico.ca

Emergency Coordinators

Central/East Toronto/EMO PEOC
VA3KU Jim Taylor
10 Sanford Avenue
Toronto ON,  M4L 2E7
Tel: (416) 314-4634   Cell: (647) 502-8623
E-mail: jim.taylor @ emoares.org

South/West Toronto
VA3PRW Peter Wetton
25 Raymond Ave.
Toronto ON   M6S 2B1

Tel: (416) 769-1324
E-mail: peterogof @ sympatico.ca

North/West Toronto
VA3SUG Dean Cassar  (CEC)
2 Spadina Road #12
Toronto ON  M5R 2S7
Tel: (416) 992-3326
E-mail: mopadean @ hotmail.com

Scarborough
VE3IEL Bob Chrysler
225 Markham Road
Apt. 1517
Scarborough ON  M1J 3C6
Tel: (416) 264-2872
E-mail: ve3iel @ rac.ca

York Region 
VE3OTR Bernie Roche

Suite 802, 8 Godstone Rd

Toronto ON M2J 3C4

Tel: (416) 497-9789

E-mail: broche @ tcn.net

Durham Region 
(Vacant If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)  

North York

VE3OV Joe Cusimano

2480 Bayview Avenue

Toronto ON  M2L 2E7

Tel: (416) 445-8156

E-mail: ve3ov @ rac.ca

 

Etobicoke

VE3ETZ James King

501-57 Widdicombe Hill Blvd.

Toronto ON  M9R 1Y4

Tel: (416) 245-4730

E-mail: jamesking1 @ sympatico.ca

 

GTA WEST
Regions of Peel & Halton

District Emergency Coordinator 
VE3FOX Vic Henderson
56 Chatsworth Drive
Brampton ON  L6X 2L9
Tel: (905) 454-0980 
E-mail: ve3fox @ rac.ca

Emergency Coordinators

Cities of Brampton/Caledon 
VA3PB Paul Allen
11 Matterdale Avenue
Brampton ON  L6Y 4J6
Tel: (905) 216-5073
E-mail: va3pb @ rac.ca
Website: www.peelarc.org

City of Burlington  
VA3KRA Kevin R. Andrews
329 Middlesmoor Crescent
Burlington ON  L7P 3X3
Tel: (905) 332-7931 Bus (905) 525-9140 ext 23608
E-mail: va3kra @ cogeco.ca

Halton Hills/Georgetown 
VA3VI Lyle Winfield 
76 Lynden Circle
Georgetown ON  L7G 4X8
Tel: (905) 873-2551 Bus (416) 896-2488
E-mail: va3vi @ rac.ca

City of Mississauga  
VE3NI Daniel Goodier

41 Ontario Court

Mississauga ON  L5M 2K5

Tel: (905) 858-9464  Bus. (416) 205-6100

E-mail: daniel @ goodier.ca

City of Oakville
VA3NV Rick Harrison
425 Third Lane
Oakville ON   L6L 4A6

Tel: (905) 825-1530  Cell (905) 808-0432
E-mail: radio62 @ idirect.com
Website: http://www.oakvilleamateurs.net/ARES.html

 

Killarney District - Parts of former Vermillion & Agawa Districts
City of Greater Sudbury; Districts of Sudbury, Timiskaming and Manitoulin

District Emergency Coordinator
VE3LBX Stiig Larsen
1732 Lansing Ave
Sudbury ON  P3A 5M6
Tel: (705) 560-6654
E-mail: ve3lbx @ rac.ca

Emergency Coordinators

Sudbury Region
VE3HZQ Pat Dopson 
6000 Onwatin Lake Road
Hanmer ON P3P 1J5
Tel: (705) 969-6602
E-mail: dopsonp @ vianet.ca

Manitoulin Island & the North Shore area
VE3LJM Jim McLean

P. O. Box 120

Kagawong ON  P0P 1J0

Tel: (705) 282-0789

E-mail: chalet @ manitoulin.net

New Liskeard
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)


Lakes District - Part of former Georgian District
District of Muskoka, County of Simcoe

District Emergency Coordinator
(Vacant If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

Emergency Coordinators

City of Barrie
Patricia Barrett VE3RNH  CEC
212 Lillian Crescent
Barrie ON    L4N 5Y5

Tel: (705) 737-3438  
E-mail: patbarrett @ rogers.com

District of Muskoka
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

City of Orillia & North Simcoe County
VE3ODR Robert Simpson
Box 492
Washago ON  L0K 2B0
Tel: (705) 684-6545 
E-mail: rces @ sympatico.ca

South Georgian Bay & West Simcoe County
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)


Loyalist District - Part of former Georgian District
City of Kingston, Counties of Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, Hastings and Prince Edward

District Emergency Coordinator
VA3WOW  Bill Milligan
P.O. BOX 20100 
Belleville ON  K8N 5V1
Tel: (613) 969-7154 
E-mail: va3wow @ rac.ca
Website: http://tcarc.ca/TDARES

Emergency Coordinators

Kingston and Area
VE3RXE Rod Ellis
760 Sussex Blvd. 
Kingston ON   K7M 5B1
Tel: (613) 634-1329 
E-mail: ve3rxe @ sympatico.ca
Website: www.qsl.net/kingstonares/

Frontenac County

Vacant - If you are interested in this important position, please contact the SM or SEC

Hastings County including the Cities of Belleville and Quinte West
VE3UR Peter K. Hodgson  (CEC)
11 Baldwin Street 
Belleville ON  K8P 2V1
Tel: (613) 962-1386  Bus (613) 967-3200 Ext 3518 
E-mail: phodgson @ kos.net
Website: www.qsl.net/va3pkh/ares1.html

Prince Edward County
VE3ZDG  Douglas Monk
14 Queen Street
Picton ON   K0K 2T0
Tel: (613) 476-5593 
E-mail: dmonk @ kos.net


Magnetawan District - Part of former Georgian & Vermillion Districts
Districts of Parry Sound and Nipissing

 
District Emergency Coordinator
VA3PC Paul Caccamo

331 Keeling Drive

Callander ON  P0H 1H0

Tel: (705) 752-1683  Bus: (705) 495-7090

E-mail: va3pc @ ciinet.org

 

Emergency Coordinators

Town of Parry Sound
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

Town of Burks Falls and East District of Parry Sound
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

North Bay and Area
VA3SPT Bill Silver  (CEC)
66 Whitney Ave
North Bay ON   P1A 1Y3

Tel:  (705) 476-4752  Bus (705) 495-6871
E-mail: silver @ onlink.net
Website: www.ciinet.org/nbares

Temagami
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)


St. Clair District - Parts of former Thames East & West Districts
Municipalities of St. Thomas, Tillsonburg, Tecumseh, Windsor, Chatham and Sarnia. Counties of Kent, Elgin, Essex and Lambton

District Emergency Coordinator 
VE3UCY Michael Ciacelli  
43 Sturgeon Meadows
Leamington ON  N8H 5H5
Tel: (519) 322-9936
E-mail: mciacelli @ sympatico.ca

Emergency Coordinators

City of St. Thomas and Elgin County West 

(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)  

Town of Tillsonburg and Elgin County East

(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

Tecumseh and Area
VE3CTP/VE3ZO Chris Pitre  (CEC)
1190 Belle Isle View Boulevard  
Windsor ON   N8S 3G7
Tel:  (519) 945-7126  Cell  519 564-1118
E-mail: cpitre1 @ cogeco.ca

City of Windsor 

 

Vacant - If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.

City of Chatham and Area, Kent County
VE3NCQ Austin
Wright
40 Tasan Crescent
Chatham ON  N7L 4V1
Tel: (519) 351-0832  Bus (519) 352-2226  Cell (519) 401-4145
E-mail: austin @ ve3ncq.ca

City of Sarnia, Lambton County
VE3DPG Bill Hoad
1343 Severin Drive North
Sarnia ON  N7S 2C2
Tel: (519) 542-5165
E-mail: bhoad @ xcelco.on.ca


Seaway District - Formerly part of Ottawa & St. Lawrence Districts
City of Cornwall, Counties of Prescott-Russell, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SDG), Leeds & Grenville.

District Emergency Coordinator
VE3IPC Michael Hickey
2768 Chartrand Road
Levaivre ON  K0B 1J0

Tel: (613) 679-4474
E-mail: ve3ipc @ rac.ca
Website: www.pr-ares.org

Emergency Coordinators

City of Cornwall
VE3IMP Earle Depass
17437 Kings Road
St. Andrews ON K0C 2A0
Tel: (613) 930-2145
E-mail: earfran @ cogeco.ca
 

United Counties of Prescott & Russell
VA3OV Henry Jarzyna
101 Carillon Crescent
Hawksbury ON   K6A 2T8
Tel:  (613) 632-1022   Bus: (514) 457-7509
E-mail: va3ov @ hotmail.com

United Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G)   (Excluding the City of Cornwall )
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

United Counties of Leeds & Grenville
VE3UNJ Michael Charles Larocque  (CEC)
42 Davidson Avenue
Brockville ON   K6V 3C2

Tel: (613) 342-5659  Bus (613) 342-8772 Ext 462
E-mail: finance @ recorder.ca

South West Lanark - North Leeds
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)


Severn District - Part of former Trent District

City of Kawartha Lakes, Counties of Northumberland, Peterborough and Haliburton

District Emergency Coordinator
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

Emergency Coordinators

Northumberland County Eastern - Trent Hills, Cramahe & Brighton
VA3VRI Terry Noble
199 Park Lane 
P.O. Box 456 
Hastings ON  K0L 1Y0
Tel: (705) 696-1761  Bus (705) 876-3142 
E-mail: va3vri @ rac.ca

Peterborough City & County
VE3KEA Robert Kearns
721 Kingsdale Drive 
Peterborough ON  K9L 1B2
Tel: (705) 745-9982
E-mail: rjak @ sympatico.ca
Website: www.karg.ca

Kawartha & Haliburton, Haliburton County
VE3FI Russ Hemphill  (CEC)
P O Box 1277
Haliburton ON  K0M 1S0
Tel: (705) 457-3062  Cell (705) 854-0100
E-mail: va3fi @ rac.ca

Kawartha and Haliburton
(see above)

Central Ontario Amateur Radio Club Repeater System
VE3ATP Douglas Peckhover  *
75 Moorcrest Drive
Aurora ON  L4G 6C6
Tel: (905) 727-6912
E-mail: doug @ communitronics.ca
Website: www.coarc.on.ca


Tecumseh District - Parts of former Thames East & West Districts
City of London, Counties of Huron, Middlesex, Oxford and Perth

District Emergency Coordinator
VE3CGN Scott Carter
(CEC)

P.O. Box 481 Station B

London ON  N6R 4W8

Tel: (519) 686-7258

Email: ve3cgn @ emergencyteam.ca

Emergency Coordinators

Newbury-Middlesex County West
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

Huron County (Goderich, Wingham & Exeter area)
(Vacant. If you are interested and able to fill this position, please contact the SEC.)

City of London, Middlesex County
VA3DAE Doug Elliott
39 Chalfont Road
London ON  N6H 4Y1
Tel:  (519) 471-8832  Cell (519) 670-3503  Bus (519) 963-4244
E-mail: va3dae @ rac.ca
Website: www.larc.ca/public.htm

Middlesex County East

Vacant - If you are interested in this important position, please contact the SM or SEC

City of Woodstock & Oxford County South

Vacant - If you interested in this important position, please contact the SEC

City of Stratford & Perth County
VE3CWL Alle Brander
P.O.Box 37 
Sebringville ON  N0K 1X0
Tel: (519) 393-6517
E-mail: allebrander @ yahoo.ca

 

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