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Foley Family Fun Day offers safe, fun option to celebrate the long weekend

The Foley Agricultural Society is capping off the summer season with a fun-filled day outdoors, offering farm-inspired activities, delicious food, interactive games, local music, art and more.

Foley Family Fun Day will be held on Saturday, September 4. The event will be a 2021 version of the beloved Foley Fall Fair tradition with roots going back almost six decades. While the celebration was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, the annual event typically serves as a last chance for post-secondary...

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Highway 518 at Bear Creek culvert now open

The Ministry of Transportation wishes to advise that Highway 518 at the Bear Creek culvert, located 17 kilometres east of Orrville and 28 kilometres west of Highway 11 is now open. A single traffic lane controlled by temporary traffic signals will remain in place until the completion of the construction this fall.

 Public safety is the ministry’s top priority. The closure was undertaken for the safety of the travelling public for emergency culvert repairs inside this construction zone. The emergency...

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New grant funding expands Cogeco high-speed internet services in Seguin

Another $5.9 million has been allocated towards improving internet connectivity in Seguin Township.  These funds come jointly from the Federal Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), the Provincial Improving Connectivity for Ontario Fund (ICON) and a Cogeco Connexion contribution.

Cogeco will be installing fibre to approximately 750 Seguin homes and businesses in the areas of Port Cockburn, Hamer Bay, Gordon Bay and Stanley House. “Fibre is the most reliable, future-proof form of connectivity available...

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Health Unit Offering Free Hepatitis A Vaccines Related to Recall On Frozen Mangoes

NIPISSING & PARRY SOUND, ON – As a result of the recall on various frozen mango products associated with a possible Hepatitis A contamination, the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is offering eligible individuals a free Hepatitis A vaccine. The recall has been issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and includes the following products:

• Two-kilogram bags of Nature’s Touch frozen mangoes with a best before date of November 9, 2022 (UPC 873668001807);
• 600-gram...

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Hydro One Forestry to perform routine maintenance in parts of Seguin

Hydro One Forestry Services has informed the township that they will be working on their distribution lines in the region, including some sections of Seguin Township, starting this month (August 2021) and into 2022.

Hydro One performs routine maintenance to ensure the safety and reliability of their power lines. The work will involve the removal of incompatible vegetation, including brush (vegetation less than four inches in diameter) and dead, diseased or hazardous trees. Vegetation that requires...

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