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Understanding Homelessness Community information session:
Thursday, 07 March 2024
Join virtually for an informative session with Iain De Jong on Understanding Homelessness. Iain is determined and ruthlessly honest in helping communities work toward ending homelessness. Compassionately, he provokes people to think about homelessness differently and respond to it in such a way that evidence and data is favoured over…
Health Unit promotes Dietitians during Nutrition Month
Tuesday, 05 March 2024
MEDIA RELEASE:Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health UnitMarch 4, 2024 March is Nutrition Month and this year’s theme is “We are Dietitians”. The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is raising awareness of what dietitians do in your community. Nutrition information is all over the internet, in books, and…
Make a difference: Become a Member of the Lanark County OPP Detachment Board
Tuesday, 05 March 2024
The new Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 for the Province of Ontario comes into effect April 1, 2024. The Township of Drummond/North Elmsley is recruiting one (1) resident to be a Community Appointee to the OPP Detachment Board for a term commencing April 1, 2024 and expiring November 15,…
Health Unit reminds public of safety during the April 8th solar eclipse
Thursday, 29 February 2024
MEDIA RELEASE:Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health UnitFebruary 28, 2024 On April 8, 2024, parts of Leeds and Grenville Counties will be within the path of totality of the solar eclipse. This makes for great viewing but there is cause for a public health concern. Although the Moon will be covering…
Measles Vaccine and March Break travel
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
MEDIA RELEASE:Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health UnitFebruary 27, 2024 In a statement released on February 23, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer urged Canadians to get up to date with their measles vaccine as spring break approaches. The concern is that the global surge in measles activity, combined with the decline in measles vaccine coverage…
Warm temperatures and rain to cause early melt across Rideau Valley Watershed
Monday, 26 February 2024
Rideau Valley Conservation AuthorityFebruary 26, 2024 Unseasonably warm temperatures combined with significant rainfall are expected to trigger a widespread melt across the Rideau Valley Watershed this week. Temperatures are expected to rise significantly on Tuesday, February 27 and last until Thursday, February 29, with daily highs exceeding 10°C. Widespread…
Warm temperatures and rain to cause early melt across Rideau Valley Watershed
Monday, 26 February 2024
Rideau Valley Conservation AuthorityFebruary 26, 2024 Unseasonably warm temperatures combined with significant rainfall are expected to trigger a widespread melt across the Rideau Valley Watershed this week. Temperatures are expected to rise significantly on Tuesday, February 27 and last until Thursday, February 29, with daily highs exceeding 10°C. Widespread…
ACTIVATION OF REDUCED LOAD PERIOD ON ALL TOWNSHIP ROADS - EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Friday, 16 February 2024
Drummond/North Elmsley's Public Works Department would like to advise all residents that reduced load restriction of five (5) tonnes per axle, will be in force on all Township roads effective Tuesday, February 27th, 2024. It is an offence, under section 122 of 'The Highway Traffic Act', to transport loads in excess of five…
Warm Temperatures to Cause Increased Water Levels Across Rideau Valley Watershed
Friday, 09 February 2024
Rideau Valley Conservation AuthorityMedia ReleaseFebruary 9, 2024 Caution is advised as above normal temperatures are forecasted for the Rideau Valley Watershed this weekend. Environment Canada’s short-term weather forecast indicates above-zero temperatures approaching 10 degrees Celsius on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday and Monday, the temperatures are forecast to approach 5…
Groundbreaking report highlights environmental concerns, shifts across Rideau Watershed.
Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Rideau Valley Conservation AuthorityMedia ReleaseFebruary 5, 2024 RIDEAU VALLEY, February 5, 2024 – A new detailed analysis from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) has found many parts of the Rideau River Watershed are changing fast – and not always with positive results. The RVCA’s 193-page Watershed Conditions Report is the first of…