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Lanark County Media Release - June 8, 2022

Here are the highlights from the Lanark County Council meeting held Wednesday, June 8.

Changes to Planning Consent Process: Council has approved a by-law to allow the county planner to grant consents and validation certificates as part of the land use planning process.

This follows various presentations to the economic development committee regarding the process for certain planning applications. Staff had been directed to examine the process of consent approvals in other municipalities and to report...

Rideau Canal - Water Level Management Update - June 10, 2022

Parks Canada's water management team continues to actively monitor water levels, flows, and weather forecasts across the Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada. These factors are used to determine dam operations on a daily basis for the Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada.

Parks Canada maintains the Ontario Waterways Water Management InfoNet on the Rideau Canal website at www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/info/infonet

The InfoNet contains background information on water management...

Hockey Registration - Now Open!

Tay Valley Hockey Hockey Registration is Now Open!

Registration forms are available at the Municipal Office and online at https://www.tayvalleytwp.ca/Hockey/

2022-2023 sessions will begin:

• October 2nd, 2022 for U8 (ages 6-7) and U11 (ages 8-10)
• October 6th, 2022 for U14 (ages 11-13), U16 (ages 14-15) and U18 (ages 16-17)

Early Bird Registration is only $200.00 per player!($225.00 after September 9, 2022)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - contact 613-267-5353 ext. 110

MVCA - Water Safety Statement - June 10, 2022

Lakes and rivers higher than normal due to recent rains

June 10, 2022 - Flows and levels in the upper part of the Mississippi Valley watershed have been steadily increasing over the last week due to significant rainfall over a period of days. Levels on the majority of the upper lakes are above target levels; and flows downstream of our dams are significantly higher than normal for this time of year. As water from the upper lakes flows downstream:

• Dalhousie Lake water levels are expected to...

RVCA - Media Release - June 10, 2022

New weather stations to improve forecasts, flood warnings across Rideau Valley

RIDEAU VALLEY, June 10, 2022 – A new network of industrial weather stations will advance the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority’s capacity to track local weather, model future floods and track local climate change impacts into the future.

The RVCA has installed 11 new all-season weather stations across the watershed. These will fill gaps in the current data network, expand RVCA’s list of tracked weather parameters and...