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Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you
Read by hand. We read White River's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.

Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

White River is run by an elected council of 5 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

  • MayorTara Anderson Hart
  • CouncillorDwijen Bharad
  • CouncillorRaymond St Louis
  • CouncillorRodney Swarek
  • CouncillorRob Sedore

Names and official email addresses from the town's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

How open is White River?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 7, 2026.

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    The Documents page links audited statements for 2019 to 2024. We did not find 2025 statements. The auditors' report on the 2024 statements is dated July 7, 2026, and the report on the 2023 statements is dated May 12, 2025. Both opinions are qualified. Source

  • No
    Budgets posted online

    We did not find a 2026 or 2025 budget, a budget book or a budget report on the Documents page, the Council Business page or the Property Taxes page. The Property Taxes page links the 2025 tax rates by-law only. Source

  • Partly
    Council agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes are posted as PDFs for November 2022 through July 2026, but agendas list item titles only and most 2025 and 2026 meeting packages are not posted. Many 2025 minutes files are pictures of pages with no readable text, so we used only the minutes that have a readable text layer. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay (remuneration) report

    The Town Council page links a council remuneration report for 2023 only. That file is a picture of a page with no readable text, so we did not use it. We did not find reports for 2024 or 2025. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

White River's official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.