Public Notices

Sand Bags Available

With the changing temperatures and participation patterns, residents may notice runoff from snow or ice, or water pooling near their homes. To support residents with controlling excess water, the City is providing sandbags for residents to fill and take home as needed. 

Sandbags can be picked up at Fire Hall Station 1, 100 Fourteenth Street North and can be filled at the stockpile on the North side of Fourteenth Street North, down from the Fire Hall, near the Operations Centre. 

Also, the City...

Snow Operations

The City has received 25cm of snow over the past five days. City crews are actively performing snow and ice control activities, including sanding and salting, City-wide to improve traction on roadways and bridges. City crews have been working overtime in addition to their regular hours to keep up with the changing road and sidewalk conditions. 

Slush and snow-covered roads can make driving dangerous. Also, at this time of year where freezing/thawing conditions occur, it creates ice each morning...

Reduced Sunday Hours at the Transfer Station

Please be advised that starting from Sunday, November 5, the Transfer Station, which includes the recycle depot, will operate on reduced hours on Sundays during the winter season. The Sunday hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will resume our extended Sunday hours in the spring of 2024.

Gould Road Closure for Culvert Replacements

Please be advised that Moncrief Construction Limited (MCL) will be completing culvert replacements on Gould Road commencing Thursday, October 5, and continuing until the end of October 2023. 

During the construction, a section of Gould Road will be closed approximately 300m north of the intersection with Transmitter Road. 

Local traffic will be able to access Gould Road from both Railway Street and the Transmitter Road. 

We thank the public for their patience and cooperation during this...

Recycling Depots Collector Bin Changes

In alignment with the Province of Ontario’s Blue Box Regulation under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016, recyclable materials brought to the Transfer Station Recycling Depot or dropped at the Rural Recycle Depots no longer need to be sorted by material type. All of the recycling bins at the Depot can accept mixed recyclables, excluding glass. Glass continues to be collected in a dedicated bin. 

Customers will experience shorter wait times at the Depot as there is no longer a...