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Fire Chief encourages residents to prioritize preparedness for all emergencies

May 7 to 13 is Emergency Preparedness Week, an annual event dedicated to making sure you and your family are prepared in the case of an emergency. In Ontario, this year’s theme is “A Safe, Practiced, and Prepared Ontario.”

“Being prepared is crucial in ensuring a positive outcome during any type of emergency,” said Lakeshore Fire Chief Don Williamson. “From using applications like what3words to having a 72-hour kit in...

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County Road 42 from County Road 19 (Manning Road) to Pike Creek will be temporarily closed to traffic due to construction May 2 to May 11.

Digital message signs have been placed on County Road 42 at County Road 19 (Manning Road) and Pike Creek to notify the public of the temporary closure. Access to residences and businesses will remain open, but no vehicles travelling through the area will be able to cross Pike Creek on County...

Today, the Municipality of Lakeshore teamed up with several local sports organizations to conduct clean-ups at six local parks.

The “Our Lakeshore Earth Day Clean-up" saw volunteers and members from Woodslee Baseball, Belle River Soccer, Lakeshore Minor Baseball, and Stoney Point Soccer Club cleaning up baseball diamonds, soccer fields, and public areas at Optimist Park, Millen Park, Centennial Park, Lions Park, Atlas Tube Recreation Centre, and Stoney Point Community Park. The groups also added...

The special tree branch pickup service offered to Lakeshore residents will be completed by Friday, April 21. 

The service was provided to residents after an ice storm in late February caused extensive damage to local trees.

The following remaining roads will receive branch pick-up services this week:

• County Road 2, east of Belle River to Comber Sideroad
• County Road 22 from County Road 2 to County Road 31
• County Road 42 from County Road 27 to Comber Sideroad
• County Road 31, north of County Road 42

The Municipality of Lakeshore is undergoing a phone system upgrade that could impact some calls over the coming week.

The system upgrade requires backend technical changes that may result in a small percentage of callers receiving a busy signal or no answer. If that happens to you, we have other options to help during this changeover.

Residents can use Report A Problem online, email publicservice@lakeshore.ca or come in person to the Atlas Tube Recreation Centre from 6:00am-5:00pm, Monday to Friday.