Canada Post employees walked off the job as of Friday, November 15, 2024 at 12:01 a.m.
All operations will stop throughout the duration of the strike
Obviously the strike is beyond the control of the Lakefield Herald and Canada Post is the only way we can distribute our publication to your post box.
That being said the Lakefield Herald has made the paper available for pick up at the Lakefield Herald office located at 74 Bridge Street in Lakefield. The Herald will also be available for pick-up at the Bridgenorth, Ennismore, Buckhorn, Galway and Douro libraries during their regular hours of operation.
Throughout the duration of the strike the full version of the Herald will be available on-line at: www.lakefieldherald.com.
The Herald will also extend everyone’s subscriptions by the number of weeks the Post Office is walking the picket line.
We would like to thank everyone for their understanding during these trying times. We will continue to offer these services as long as we can survive financially.
Silver Cross mother, Kathy Bulger, escorted by Lakefield Legion President, Jim Marsden, laid the first wreath at the Lakefield Remembrance Day service on November 11. There was a large crowd that came out to the service, with the rain (almost) holding off until the end.
Members of Peterborough County Council received an update on funding from the province during last week’s meeting.
MPP Dave Smith gave a delegation at County Council on Nov. 6, providing an update on the funding allocations through provincial funds for the five municipalities in his riding.
This update from Smith came to council as municipalities gear up to finalize their budgets for next year.
Smith started by telling councilors that the province would not allow him to share numbers for the other municipalities within the County of Peterborough outside of his riding but that MPP Laurie Scott and MPP David Piccini would be providing them with updates at a later date.
Smith explained that in terms of funding provided to municipalities by the Province, there are a few different fund programs that are used to deliver these monies which are to be used for specific streams of services within municipalities.
Selwyn Council has passed a motion that would see the expansion of Love Sick Lake Trailer Park in Smith Ward.
During the Nov. 12 council meeting, Selwyn council voted to approve the amendment of the current zoning and endorse an official plan amended at the county level to allow for 40 additional sites at Love Sick Lake Trailer Park.
According to a report submitted to council, the trailer park property is currently developed with 39 seasonal recreational trailer sites and three seasonal cabins along the shoreline of Lovesick Lake. The proposed 40 new sites would be located south of the existing developed sites on vacant lands located on top of the escarpment running through the subject lands. The lakeshore constraint overlay applicable to the subject lands would remain inplace.
A public meeting was held on June 17, 2024 to get public comments on this expansion.
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.
