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Media Release following the Municipal Emergency Control Group Meeting held on May 11, 2020.

Be advised effective Friday May 8th, 2020 at 8:00am, the Total Open-Air Burn Ban has been LIFTED by ALL municipalities within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, including the separated municipalities of Brockville, Gananoque and Prescott. The Ontario Fire Code states thatALL Open-Air Burning must be approved by the Chief Fire Official of your municipality, therefore residents are reminded to follow their municipalities Open Burning Regulations.

Please note half loads will be lifted on Friday, May 1, 2020.

Media Release following the Municipal Emergency Control Group meeting of April 27, 2020.

Some households in Rideau Lakes Township will soon get access to reliable, high-speed internet through a new private-municipal partnership.  Read the full story.

Media Release of the Municipal Emergency Control Group Meeting held on Monday, April 20, 2020.

The highlights of the Special Council meeting held on Thursday, April 16th are: Counties COVID-19 Pandemic Service and Programming Updates for Maple View Lodge, Emergency Child Care Centres, Social Services Emergency Relief Fund, Counties Paramedic Service, Economid Development, and Emergency Declaration; Counties reporting a Surplus from the 2019 Budget; and Public Works Projects to Begin as Scheduled.

Please find attached a Media Release dated April 15, 2020 regarding our facility, Maple View Lodge.

Maple View Lodge, the Counties long-term care home, was placed in a Respiratory Outbreak by the Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Health Unit on April 3. A total of four residents exhibited one or more upper respiratory symptoms.

A State of Emergency due to COVID-19 has been declared by the Warden of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. Sand Bay County Park is CLOSED to visitors effective immediately.