Moving the Lakefield Campground operation to an in-house, township run organization will create extra funds for the parks and recreation department as well as a whole new staff position for Selwyn.
During the Tuesday afternoon council meeting Janice Lavalley, CAO for the township, gave a report to council recommending, based on a preliminary conservative budget, the hire of a new Recreation Services Coordinator position for the Parks & Recreation Department.
Lavalley told council that as it stands right now, the township is facing staffing shortages and taking on the operations of the Lakefield Campground would be too much for the staffing numbers that they have currently.
In her report to council it was stated that the existing staff capacity in the Parks and Recreation Department is not sufficient to accommodate the additional volume of work required to manage the ongoing administrative requirements of the campground operation, such as seasonal rental agreements, winter storage agreements, advertising and promotion, camper inquiries, etc.
Curve Lake First Nation held their annual Traditional Pow Wow over the weekend. Pictured here is a traditional dancer taking part in the community dance where visitors were encouraged to participate in the festivities.
Peterborough has been promised a station for a federally funded high speed rail train system but it may be the County that is chosen for the location of the site.
At the Sept. 10 county council meeting, Alexis Doyle, Manager of Community Relations for Ontario with Alto gave a presentation on the high speed rail project to councilors.
The high speed rail project aims to connect seven cities across 1000 km including: Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, Laval, Trois-Rivieres and Quebec City.
Doyle told county councilors that the project would see a passenger only train operate at speeds of 300 km/h on nearly 1000 km of electrified track.
The passenger rail network will connect major cities and allow more than 24 million people living along the corridor with the hope of having 20 to 30 daily departures in some markets.
This project would allow passengers to get from Toronto to Ottawa in just over two hours whereas now it would take about four and a half hours. It would also allow for passengers in Peterborough to go to Toronto in about 40 minutes whereas now it takes about an hour and a half.
Many parents were faced with lengthy wait times this year with securing a spot for their children on bus routes.
Currently, within Peterborough County there are about 10 children still waiting to be placed on a bus. This means their parents are facing challenges of getting their kids to and from school each day, oftentimes having to leave work early or start later to ensure their kids get to school on time.
Roy Wierenga, CAO of Student Transportation Services of Central Ontario (STSCO), said that this wait time is due to many parents opting-in to student transportation later than expected.
He explained, “Parents are required to... register their children to ride the bus in September if they are eligible for transportation. This process starts in early spring, and we remind and encourage parents to ‘opt-in’ by the end of June so STSCO staff can include them in our annual route planning process over the summer months.
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.
