County Council has revised the by-law around how many terms one member can run for Warden consecutively.
During the last term of County Council, in 2022, a by-law was put in place to limit the number of terms a member can consecutively hold the position of Warden and Deputy Warden. The limit was set at two consecutive terms of two years.
Every two years, county council has an election for the position of warden who then appoints a deputy warden. The term of County Council as a whole, is four years and that council is made up of mayors and deputy mayors of all eight lower tier municipalities.
Coun. Carolyn Amyotte introduced a notice of motion during the March 18 County Council meeting requesting that staff review the Procedure By-law, recommend necessary changes for the upcoming election and to remove all wording in the by-law that would restrict an individual from holding the position of Warden for more than two consecutive terms.
The Notice of motion was seconded by Coun. Jim Whalen, however many councillors requested extra time to consider the motion before voting to change the by-law. The motion was then presented at the April 8, at which point Whalen withdrew his seconding.
The Lakefield Literary Festival hosted Maurice Switzer for a special spring event on April 9 at the Lakefield College School.
Peterborough County has created an Alto Strategic Working Group with engagement principles for a unified approach aimed at ensuring transparency and accountability from the high speed rail project to County residents.
At a County Council meeting on April 8, Emmanuel Pinto, government relations coordinator for the County presented a report outlining a five step recommendation for engaging with Alto High Speed rail.
Through his report, Pinto
told council that currently there no unified strategy across the County for the five impacted lower-tier municipalities to advocate or negotiate with Alto High-Speed Train.
The proposed corridor, which is set to connect cities including Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Laval, Montreal, Trois-Rivieres, and Quebec City, could potentially run through Ashphodel-Norwood, Cavan Monaghan, Douro Dummer, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, and Otonabee-South Monaghan.
Trent Lakes is holding a second public meeting on May 5, 2026 to discuss a proposed subdivision at 168 County Road 49 at Moon Line Road North.
The proposed subdivision is on a 48 acre property with a plan to build 59 homes by Jeffery Homes Limited.
Peterborough County is the authority that approves plans of subdivision and this application requires both Official Plan Amendment (OPA) from the county and a zoning bylaw amendment from Trent Lakes to zone the lands to hamlet residential and Environmental Protection Zones..
The zoning bylaw amendment is to designate, zone and subdivide the southern portion of the land for residential use. An application to turn this area into a subdivision were already submitted in 2019 but ownership of the land has changed.
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.
