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At their regular meeting this evening, Tuesday, October 13, 2026, Brockville City Council will vote on a request to proclaim October 21 as Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day.
Read MoreThe new waterfront pavilion under construction at Reynolds Park will honour former Brockville mayor Ben TeKamp, whose leadership helped secure the property for public use.
Read MoreMunicipal elections will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in communities across Ontario, including Brockville. At the Friday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m. nomination deadline, 16 candidates had put their names forward for mayor and council. Cameron Wales and Tom Linton are competing for the mayor’s seat, while 14 candidates
Read MoreAt the regular meeting of the Planning and Development Committee on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, the Brockville Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committee (BMAAC) will present its 2026 Annual Report, outlining the work completed during the 2023-26 term and identifying priorities for the year ahead.
Read MoreMunicipal elections will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in communities across Ontario, including Gananoque. At the Friday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m. nomination deadline, 13 candidates had put their names forward for mayor and council. Four candidates are competing for the mayor’s seat: Colin Brown, Ted Lojko, Clifford Feltham
Read MoreEditor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Brockvilleist has sent invitations to profile all of Gananoque’s mayoral candidates in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. We will publish the profiles as we receive responses. Below is our profile of candidate
Read MoreEditor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Brockvilleist will be asking the same five questions of all Elizabethtown-Kitley council candidates in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. Questions were sent to all candidates on Sept. 21, 2026. We will publish
Read MoreEditor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Brockvilleist will be asking the same five questions of all Leeds and the Thousand Islands council candidates in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. Questions were sent to all candidates last month. We
Read MoreGananoque council will get a look Wednesday at how the town handled nominations for the 2026 municipal election, with staff recommending changes to accessibility and public information before the next election in 2030. The report from clerk and chief emergency management co-ordinator Penny Kelly was postponed from council’s Sept. 16
Read MoreGananoque could be one step closer to transforming its long-dormant BMX track into a modern pump track, with town staff now identifying a potential provincial funding program that could help pay for the project. Council will consider supporting an application to the province’s Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF)
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