Food banks across the nation are being used more and more year over year and even month to month in many cases.
Since 2019, the change in total visit to food banks across the nation has risen nearly 100 per cent (99.37 per cent) according to Food Banks Canada.
According to Patty Latour, Bridgenorth food bank volunteer, in 2025, the Bridgenorth United Church Food Bank helped an average of 89 households and 240 family members every month.
She said that the number of food insecure families in our local community continues to rise explaining that in December they had 116 households, 320 family members, and many new households use their services.
Latour said that their most needed items were pancake mix and syrup, peanut butter, canned tomatoes, canned pasta, cookies, tea bags and toothpaste.
It’s been quite a few years since there was a New Year’s Eve party at the Lakefield Legion. This year ,members Rose and Dave Coones, hosted a great party with a good time had by all.
As of January 1, 2026 the province of Ontario fully moved into the producer responsibility model for recycling. This change was intended to make producers responsible for depositing of the recyclable materials they create while also putting the entire province on the same page in regards to what materials are able to be recycled and what are not.
n 2023, the province first introduced this new legislation in an effort to improve the Blue Box system by providing consistent recycling service to reduce litter and allow more materials to be recycled in more communities. Before this legislation was introduced, municipalities across the province allowed for the collection of different materials depending on where you lived.
Continue ReadingWith the new year in full swing, many people may be feeling drained after the holidays, stuck in a rut, or grieving the loss of loved ones.
The Lakefield Literary Festival (LLF) is hosting a special event this month to help bring these feelings to light and discuss how to cope with certain feelings through a book launch and Bell Let’s Talk day event featuring psychotherapist and author Kate Robson and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Thomas Piggott.
On January 21, at the Peterborough Showplace Cogeco Studio Theatre, LLF will host a moderated discussion between Piggott, and Robson who will launch her new book
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.
