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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) posted a recall notification dated Sept. 23, 2026, for Richters brand dried lemongrass sold online in Ontario, citing the presence of stones. For people who bought herbs or spices online, the notice provides a specific lot number to check to avoid using a product
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The Town of Smooth Rock Falls provided $2,269.05 in Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) funding to Smooth Rock Falls Minor Hockey for its annual 4-on-4 Hockey Tournament, held Sept. 19, 2026, in Smooth Rock Falls. The funding is part of the town’s 2026 MAT program. In its announcement,
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The Town of Smooth Rock Falls says it received $1,255.15 from SADC North Claybelt CFDC through its Special Initiative Fund to buy materials for a cemetery cross replacement project. The work affects the town’s municipal cemetery, where the town says deteriorated grave markers are being replaced with
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The Concession 6&7 Bridge, also known as the Lillabelle Lake Bridge, is scheduled to be replaced from Monday, Sept. 28 to Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, and through access will not be permitted at the bridge during the work, according to the Town of Cochrane. The bridge is currently
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Smooth Rock Falls will hold its 2026 municipal election on Monday, Oct. 26, with voting scheduled from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the SRF Community Centre. An advance voting day is set for Saturday, Oct. 3, from noon to 5 p.m., also at the community centre.
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it has recalled certain packages of R.J. King Fisheries Ltd. and Moncton Fish Market brand frozen cooked lobster meat because of microbial contamination with Staphylococcus aureus. The CFIA lists distribution as New Brunswick; the recall is classified as Class 2 and is
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Water service will be shut off in Timmins’ Mountjoy area west of the Mattagami River Bridge from 10 p.m. on Sept. 24 to approximately 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2026, followed immediately by a precautionary boil-water advisory for all properties in that area, according to the City
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled So Delicious Dairy Free Salted Caramel Non-dairy Frozen Dessert, Cashew Base after reports of “plastic-like and gravel-like fragments” in the product. The agency lists the recall as Class 2 and says the product was distributed nationally. The notice may matter to residents who
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The public washroom in the Municipal Pool Building at Liz McCafferty Park in Smooth Rock Falls is closed for the remainder of the season, the Town of Smooth Rock Falls said in a public notice. The closure affects people using the park and municipal pool building who would normally rely
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The federal government has introduced Bill C-38, a proposal that would extend the current suspension of the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline, diesel and certain aviation fuels through Jan. 31, 2027, and then cut the tax rates in half from Feb. 1 to March 31, 2027. For people in
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The City of Timmins will lower flags to half-mast at all municipally owned facilities from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, to mark Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day. The memorial day is observed annually on the last Sunday of September. It honours police and peace officers
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The Town of Cochrane is accepting applications from residents who want to serve on municipal committees and boards for the 2026–2030 term, with applications due by 4 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2026. The town says the committees and boards provide advice and recommendations to council on municipal matters.