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).

CRAFT SHOW AT THE R.C.L. BR. 479 ON JUNE 13TH AT 10 AM TO 4 PM.

AMAZING ARTISTS AND CRAFTERS.  GREAT GIFT IDEAS.  VERY LARGE

PENNY TABLE.  COME FOR LUNCH. HELP SUPPORT OUR VETERANS.

YMCA of Oakville offers online tools to keep you connected and active
during the temporary closure
Watch our social channels for online workouts from our trainers, and family activities and resources
from our educators and camp staff.

In an effort to keep our members active and connected our team is sharing daily social media posts that
include Workout-a-day videos, Y Thrive Home online workouts, daily family activities from our Summer
Camp Staff and recommendations from our early childhood educators.

Stay connected and active! The YMCA of Oakville online resources can be found at
• ymcaofoakville.org
• @Facebook.com/YMCAOakville
• @Twitter.com/YMCAOakville
• @Instagram.com/YMCAOakville.

Join the Leamington District Chamber of Commerce on Friday, April 3 at 9am for a Zoom Meeting with Leamington Mayor Hilda MacDonald.

Register at info@leamingtonchamber.com. Mayor MacDonald will provide updates on how the municipality has been combating the COVID-19 crisis.