Dear Westport Residents and Business Owners A province wide shutdown will go into effect as of Saturday, December 26, 2020, at 12:01 am. The restrictions are in effect for all of Ontario from Saturday, December 26, 2020 to Saturday, January 9, 2021. The restrictions will remain in effect from Saturday, January 9, 2021 to Saturday, January 23, 2021 for Southern Ontario. The number of people in Ontario infected with COVID-19 has been increasing, people are moving from high tra

The Village of Westport requires a Treasurer / Deputy Clerk. The job advertisement notice and the position description are listed below. Closing date is January 15, 2021 at 4:00 pm

Thank you block captains. You have been very successful encouraging your neighbours to add a light, or two, or many to their outside Christmas decorating this year. The block captains are: Joyce Acton, Joan Barrett, Mary Anne Bishop, Kim Bonner, Jacky Brady, Barry Card, Judy Fielding, Robin Jones, Ami Merkley and family, Rob Roberts, Paul Thorp and Tara and John (Dancing Moon). Please give them a “tip of the hat” when you see them. I also want to give a shout out to the decor

In the heavily regulated world of water and waste water operations, it is a long path of learning, applying and passing examinations to becoming an ORO – Overall Responsible Operator. The ORO is the person responsible for all facets of the water and waste water systems. For Westport, this is Mr. Peter Evans. In the past year, the Village hired two hard working employees who are learning the trades. Last week, Jamie Day and Brandon Monaghan passed the first big hurdle and now

Today the government of Ontario announced that the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark region will move from the Green–Prevent level to the Yellow – Protect level of the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open COVID-19 Framework. The sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in LGL over the past two weeks means that the region meets the criteria for the Yellow – Protect level, with a weekly incidence rate between 10 and 24.9 cases per 100,000. The move to the Yellow – Protect level means that strengthened

On Tuesday, Director Stephen SLIWA, UCDSB and Superintendent Marsha MCNAIR met with me (virtually) to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak in the village and area. Recognizing the need to be in sync with our containment and mitigation strategies, we shared our plans and concerns. I always fInd Director SLIWA to be a good listener and strong leader for the Board and this was consistent during our meeting. I shared that I have been asked several times what COVID-19 school bus cleaning

The Community Emergency Control Group met this afternoon to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak in Westport. The meeting included a briefing from Dr Paula Stewart, Medical Officer of Health for Leeds, Grenville & Lanark Health Unit. This outbreak of COVID-19 requires measures to contain community spread and mitigate its impact on the community. One of the strategies is to reduce opportunities for people to gather. With this in mind, the CECG recommended that all municipal buildin

Upper Canada District School Board Media Release – 06DEC20 @ 6:10 P.M. Parents/guardians and staff at Rideau Vista Public School received notification today that an individual at the school has tested positive for COVID-19. The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is closely monitoring the situation and has followed up to isolate all students and staff who have had a high-risk exposure. Both the health unit and the school are taking all necessary steps to preven

I have attached below the letter that is being sent to staff and students at St Edward Catholic School. Due to test results, the Board of Health now considers the situation at St Ed’s an outbreak. At this point in time, I encourage everyone to be actively involved in reducing community spread and infection control. Until we get a sense of the number of people testing positive, please consider all of the containment and mitigation strategies that have been practiced since Marc

The province of Ontario has posted that one adult has tested positive at St Ed’s Catholic School. https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-cases-schools-and-child-care-centres It is more important for all of us to follow public health measures. Continue to stay home when possible and wear a mask/face covering when out in public, practise physical distancing of 2 metres and wash your hands frequently.