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Huron Shores Area Transit Announces New Fare

Huron Shores Area Transit (HSAT) has announced a new system-wide fare as of November 15, 2021. The new system-wide fare is $5, allowing riders to board and exit anywhere on a route within the serviced locations for one price.

Children ages 12 and under will continue to ride for free.

More information and a route map can be found on the HSAT website.

Huron Shores Area Transit is made possible through an Ontario Community Transportation Grant (CTA program) of $2-million. The grant program supports...

New Accessible Dugouts and Fencing Upgrades Made to Forest Sports Park

Upgrades to the Forest Sports Park and Rick Goodhand Memorial Baseball Diamond are now complete after crews worked on installing new covered accessible dugouts and outfield fencing this summer.

The project was funded in part thanks to the Jays Care Foundation and a $54,800 grant through their 2021 Field of Dreams program, which supported the cost of two covered accessible dugouts and fencing on the Rick Goodhand Memorial Baseball Diamond.

“We were thrilled when we heard that our community would receive...

The Municipality of Lambton Shores Lifts Declaration of Emergency

Lambton Shores, October 29, 2021 – The Municipality of Lambton Shores has officially lifted the Declaration of Emergency, effective 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 29, 2021. The state of emergency was declared on March 18, 2020, in response to the global pandemic. The Province of Ontario lifted its declaration of emergency on June 9.

The decision to lift the emergency declaration was made by Lambton Shores Mayor Bill Weber after the Lambton Shores Emergency Operations Control Group met on Thursday, October...

Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week: Take Action and Beat the Silent Killer

Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week is November 1-7, and the Municipality of Lambton Shores Fire and Emergency Services is reminding residents about the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) and encouraging them to take action to protect their homes from the silent killer.

CO is known as the silent killer because it is an invisible, tasteless, and odourless gas that can be deadly. CO is produced when fuels such as propane, gasoline, natural gas, heating oil, or wood do not burn completely in fuel-burning appliances.

“In...

Council Highlights: October 19, 2021

Council and staff met at the Legacy Centre on October 19, 2021. The public continues to be invited to view meetings on the Lambton Shores website.

Council Meeting Highlights:

• A Public Meeting was held for Zoning By-Law Amendment application for 10072 Huron Drive to permit a second dwelling in a detached building, subject to a limit of 2 dwellings on the lot and neither being used for a short term rental. The ZBA was approved
• The Railroad Way Storm Sewer Project tender was awarded to All Season Excavating...