Buckhorn Public School will soon be getting an upgrade thanks to provincial funding intended to create more student spaces.
On Monday June 15, MPP Dave Smith along with local dignitaries were at Buckhorn Public School to make the announcement of $6.4 million for a new addition which would create 98 new elementary student spaces and 49 new licensed child care spaces.
Currently, Buckhorn Public school has 176 students. They have three portable classrooms each of which houses about 20 students each for the school day.
Smith said during the announcement, “The school truly is the center of the community. This is where friendships are formed. You have relationships that go an entire lifetime. And it’s all formed at the elementary school itself…It’s the growth of this community, the number of young families that have moved in, the number of people who have decided that this is where they want to raise their family.
Wren Finley enjoyed her evening at the Lakefield District Public School Fun Fair on Thursday June 11 as she to met a new furry friend: an alpaca!.
The Joint Fire Hall Public Works Building in Douro-Dummer took another step forward at a special meeting held on June 11 in the council chambers.
The project was first considered by council in 2015 when issues were brought to the attention of council by department heads.
At the meeting on Thursday evening CAO Todd Davis gave a chronological history of the project sighting hurdles such as upper tier government funding, the COVID pandemic and the change in CAO’s during the process.
The public meeting was held to update the community on the status of the project and give the public a chance to comment.Following the presentation by Davis the public had the opportunity to voice their opinions with five minute presentations.
Seven people took the opportunity to speak during the public comment period.
The general consensus was that the municipality required the building for health and safety reasons, but there was concern raised by some that the price was too high and that transparency throughout the process was lacking.
The volunteers at Christ Church Community Museum (CCCM) are excited to announce that the museum at 62 Queen Street, Lakefield will be open for the summer to welcome visitors again this year commencing on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Open hours are daily, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM until Monday, September 7, 2026.This summer season, we are pleased to present some new exhibits and some that were very popular the past year:
Sons and Daughters: The Second Generation Moodie family (NEW)Susanna Moodie, one of Canada’s best known 19th century authors and an early settler in the Lakefield area, is prominently featured in our museum. She penned “Roughing It In The Bush” and “Life in the Clearings,” probably two of the most descriptive narratives on early Canadian pioneer life ever written. Susanna Moodie was also a wife and mother, who with her husband, John Dunbar Moodie, bore seven children, five of whom survived to adulthood. The lives of these “second generation” Moodies are generally not well known. Through photos, pictures and brief biographies, we will introduce you to them.
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.
