The Windsor Public Drop-Off Depot at 3560 North Service Rd. East and Transfer Station #2 at 2021 Albuna Townline (in Kingsville) are both CLOSED to the public. Recycling collection is running normally at this time. Please check website for further updates as the situation has the potential to change.

Due to the COVID-19 virus, the Wallaceburg and District Museum will be temporarily closed until further notice. Unfortunately they will not open April 7th as they had hoped. All events and activities are cancelled.

United Way is working along side the CK Student Nutrition Program organizers, community partners, donors & volunteers to help kids in CK have the food they need.

The COVID-19 CK Student Nutrition Food Assistance Fund has been set up to support families experiencing financial hardship to help purchase groceries.

Families wishing to sign -up are asked to visit ckgives.ca

 

Call Chatham-Kent Employment & Social Services for income support during this crisis at 519-351-8573. If you have lost income and are in financial hardship but not eligible for ongoing social assistance, Ontario Works can pay up to 48 days of "emergency assistance" within 4 days of your application. If you are already receiving Ontario Works Assistance but have higher expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may also call your Case Manager for 'discretionary benefits' to help with extra costs of food, transportation, cleaning supplies etc.

In a continued effort to limit exposure and reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Municipality of Leamington has temporarily closed playground equipment located within municipal parks and the Leamington Skatepark, effective immediately until further notice.

This closure focuses on areas that have multiple touchpoints that are not sanitized, and have the potential to draw large crowds of people together.

As we recognize the importance of getting fresh air and daily exercise when not required to self-isolate, Leamington parks and trails remain open for your use. The public is reminded to maintain the appropriate physical distance of two metres from other users, as recommended by public health officials.

Signage at all municipal parks indicating these closures will be installed within the next week.

Anyone with concerns about large social gatherings and the lack of physical distancing during park use, is asked to call the Municipality at 519-326-5761 or report the issue online, rather than taking matters into their own hands or sharing images on social media.  

The City understands how important the transit services are for our community and have taken new precautions to continue.

City Transit has modified services:

Effective Monday, March 30, 2020, Brockville Transit will continue with the modified transit service and only operate the “Evening Route” (Yellow). Starting 6:45 am and will operate on a 30-minute (loop) route until 6pm. 6pm to 9pm is on an hourly (loop) service. The Blue, Red and Green Routes will not be in operation. 

• 40-Ride Passes are to be returned into the fare box by the rider when presented.
• The Transit Driver will issue the rider 40 paper tickets. This removes the need for physical interaction between rider and driver.
• People will be able to transfer busses very easily, however, the actual paper transfer will no longer be issued.
• As a safety precaution, additional cleaning of busses will also take place. 
• Other transit related information can be found here: https://brockville.com/transit

To protect the health and safety of our front-line workers, please note that from the weeks of March 30th to April 3rd AND April 6th to the 11th, there will be No curbside collection of recyclable (blue box) materials in the City of Brockville. Garbage collection will continue as scheduled*.

Many blue box materials carry the risk of contamination by the coronavirus and are handled in close contact by the collection staff. Therefore, to reduce the risk, recycling collection will cease for the next 2 weeks, and the situation will be re-assessed at that time.

Garbage collection will continue, and any loose garbage (ie. in garbage cans) MUST be bagged and tied closed in order to be collected. Loose garbage will not be handled by collection staff. In addition, please try to double-bag any tissues, gloves, masks, and hygiene products within the garbage for extra protection. 

The public recycling containers at the Waste Management Transfer Station (on California Avenue) will also be closed at this time as well due to the amount of people who have congregated in close proximity at the bins. This is to ensure safety for the public and for staff. 

It is recommended that extra recyclable materials be stored until blue box collection can resume. This time also allows the risk of contamination to lower.

* please note that there is no collection on Good Friday, it is moved to Saturday, April 11th; and
** please also note that garbage collection WILL RUN on Monday, April 13th (no change due to Easter Monday).