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Mandatory Mask By-Law Comes into Effect in Leamington

Leamington Council has passed a by-law making it mandatory to wear a cloth mask in indoor public spaces within the Municipality of Leamington. This is an added health measure to reduce the risk of further COVID-19 infections as additional businesses and services begin to reopen in the community.

This requirement is effective immediately and means that, with some exemptions, all persons, including staff, customers or visitors entering an indoor public space are required to wear a mask or face...

Leamington Awarded Grain Rescue Equipment by Corteva Agriscience Canada and the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association

The Municipality of Leamington is pleased to announce that it has been awarded grain rescue equipment by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), in partnership with Corteva Agriscience Canada.

Leamington Fire Services participated in BeGrainSafe (CASA’s grain safety program) in the fall of 2019. The BeGrainSafe training consists of one day of theory and a second day of practical training and evaluation, with an emphasis placed on firefighters learning how to extract a person trapped...

Council Considers - August 11, 2020

Leamington Council will hold an electronic Council meeting on August 11, 2020 at 6:00 PM to consider the following items:

COVID-19 Related Reports

• Receive a report with regard to the return to use and gradual and safe re-opening of Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre.

• Consider the authorization of entering into an agreement with the Branding Loft for the creation and implementation of a Tourism Regional Recovery Fund Plan.

• Consider a by-law to require masks in public spaces.

Regular Business...

Statement from Leamington Mayor Hilda MacDonald

This week, Medical Officers of Health in Chatham-Kent and Windsor-Essex identified the Low German speaking community as having a surge of COVID-19 positive cases. Like other groups that have been identified in the past with the same risk, it is important to understand that this is a health issue.

We are concerned for the health and well-being of this community and it should not be anyone’s intention, and it is certainly not ours, to assign blame to this or any other group specifically impacted...

Council Considers - August 5, 2020

At the Special Council meeting to be held on August 5, 2020, Council will consider the following:

• A Public Meeting held under the Drainage Act to consider adopting the engineer’s report for the changes in assessment, extension of existing access on roll # 590-06500 and the new petition for the easterly extension of the E.F. Ives Drain, prepared by Rood Engineering Inc.

• A Public Meeting held under the Drainage Act to consider adopting the engineer’s report provided by Rood Engineering Inc. to...