Niagara Area councillor Sandi Bellows has died after a “courageous battle with most cancers,” based on the area’s chair.
In a press release, Jim Bradley mentioned Bellows died Sunday night time and conveyed his condolences to family and friends mourning the “vital loss.”
“Councillor Bellows was a valued member of our council and her presence shall be missed in our conferences, and by her associates, household and constituents,” mentioned Bradley.
The councillor had beforehand represented the ward of Grantham in St. Catharines between 2014 and 2018 and was most notably an advocate for a lot of authorities and regulation enforcement companies, together with conferences for the Ontario and Canadian Police Chiefs, hostage negotiators and American regulation enforcement companies.
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The work resulted in an invitation to the Victims Invoice of Rights ceremony in 2015 throughout the period of prime minister Stephen Harper.
Bellows was the survivor of a kidnapping and rape in 1990 through which she obtained quite a few stab wounds from her attacker.
The councillor was additionally a commissioner with the Niagara Parks Board and held board positions with the Niagara Grape and Wine Competition, Crime Stoppers of Niagara, St. Catharines Minor Hockey Affiliation Board, Vic Teal Worldwide Event and Might Courtroom Membership of St. Catharines.
St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik described Bellows as “hardworking, caring and a real group participant” in tribute on Twitter whereas St. Catharines MP Chris Bittle paid tribute to her “unimaginable power” as an advocate and survivor of sexual violence.
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