Trent Lakes council has approved giving $8,500 to the Cavendish Community Ratepayers Association (CCRIA) to support removing abandoned docks from seven lakes in the municipality.
They also agreed to review the grant policy because Trent Lakes already gave the organization a grant of $5,600 for this purpose in the 2026 municipal budget.
The CCRAI has put together an inventory of abandoned docks that will be removed and consulted with local cottage, lake and road associations as well as government agencies and estimates the cost of the project will be $15,300.
The lakes where this will be done are part of the Catchecoma-Mississauga lake chain.
Performing Arts lakefield hosted the Happy Pals on Sunday April 19 at the Lakefield United Church. The Happy Pals performed New Orleans Jazz to a packed house. The audience was clapping, singing, and dancing along to this energetic performance.
Selwyn Council has officially approved a zoning by-law amendment to allow for a chiropractor business at a home occupation within the township which has become quite controversial over the last several weeks.
The issue first arose during a public meeting held at the February 24 council meeting. During the public meeting the zoning by-law amendment was presented to council. However, the recommendation from staff was that council defer any decision on the amendment to a future date, allowing for consideration of public comments
According to a report presented to council on Feb 24 from Per Lundberg, planner, the Township of Selwyn has received a complete Zoning By-law Amendment application to amend the Lakeshore Residential (LR) Zone applicable to the subject lands at 2731 Tedford Drive. The applicant proposes to utilize an existing accessory structure on the lot for a home occupation to provide chiropractic services. The facility will include chiropractic tables and a gym for treatment purposes intended to be used by one practitioner being the owner and resident of the property.
Douro-Dummer will no longer include detailed accounts payable reports on the council agenda.
Treasurer, Stacy Grenier submitted a report requesting that council direct staff to bring forward an amendment to the Procedural By-law to remove “Accounts” from the Order of Agenda; and that staff continue to provide financial oversight information through summary financial reporting, budget reporting, procurement compliance reporting, and the audited financial statements.
This recommendation is intended to support sound municipal governance, maintain appropriate financial oversight, reduce unnecessary disclosure of detailed transactional information, and ensure that Council’s review remains focused on strategic and policy-level matters rather than routine administrative processing according to Grenier.
Grenier gave some background on why the report was generated and it stemmed from a council meeting from September 2025 where correspondence was received which asked why the accounts were no longer included in the agenda.
This short documentary is a portrait of a tiny town, Lakefield, Ontario, and its independent weekly, the Herald. Across North America, newspapers are dying, but in Lakefield, Terry McQuitty, the town paper’s publisher, carries on a rich, 150-year-old tradition. Set to the pace of small-town life, Unheralded is a testament to the vital role newspapers can still play, and the close bond between reporter and reader.
