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Enhanced COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate with QR Code and Verify Ontario App Available for Download Starting October 15

Ontario Making it Easier and More Convenient to Show Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination

October 15, 2021
Premier's Office

 

TORONTO — In advance of October 22, the Ontario government is making the enhanced vaccine certificate with official QR code and the free, made-in Ontario verification app, Verify Ontario, available for download. Together, these tools...

Lanark County Media Release Oct 13, 2021

Here are the highlights from the Lanark County Council meeting held Wednesday, Oct. 13.

County Approves Expansion of Urban Settlement Area in Almonte: Council has passed a by-law approving an official plan amendment (No. 11) to its Lanark County Sustainable Communities Official Plan (LCSCOP), as well as a modified approval of Official Plan Amendment No. 22 of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills Official Plan, allowing for the expansion of the urban settlement area of the Almonte community.

This...

Tay Valley Municipal Office and Waste Sites Thanksgiving Hours

MUNICIPAL OFFICE & WASTE SITES
HOLIDAY HOURS - THANKSGIVING DAY

MUNICIPAL OFFICE

The Municipal Office will be CLOSED on Monday, October 11th for Thanksgiving
and will re-open Tuesday, October 12th at 9:00 a.m.

WASTE SITES

ALL Municipal Waste Sites will be OPEN on Monday, October 11th, 2021
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

LDD Moth Challenge

Lanark County issues challenge to help reduce LDD moth defoliation

Lanark County – are you up for an egg mass scraping challenge? There are prizes!

Over the last couple of years, local forests have experienced defoliation due to a high infestation of LDD moths (formerly known as the European Gypsy moth and now known by its Latin name: Lymantria dispar dispar or LDD.)

This year, Lanark County is issuing a challenge in an attempt to help reduce next year’s defoliation by removing as many egg masses...

Rideau Valley Conservation Authority Watershed Conditions Statement

Low Water Status Returned to “Normal” in Rideau Valley Watershed

October 6, 2021

Watershed conditions in the Rideau Valley Watershed have returned to “Normal’ under the Ontario Low Water Response Program.

With above average rainfall amounts across the watershed over the last month, stream flows and water levels have recovered from the previous low water status and are now above average for this time of year.

Parks Canada continues to closely monitor the water levels throughout the Rideau Canal system...