IMPORTANT NOTICE : United Counties of SD&G, United Counties of P&R and City of Cornwall Declare State of Emergency Over Spread of COVID-19
March 31 2020 – COVID-19 Assessment Centre in Winchester to Open on April 1st
https://eohu.ca/en/article/2020-03-31
March 31 2020 – Please read what the OPP can enforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 28 2020 – Increase in COVID-19 cases in Eastern Ontario.
https://eohu.ca/en/article/2020-03-28
People returning from abroad and not isolating risk up to $1 million in fines and three years in prison.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mandatory-quarantine-hajdu-1.5509508
Statement from The Nation Mayor regarding COVID-19
On going services : (call office at 613-764-5444 for information)
- Garbage and recycling pickup
- Garbage green stickers (call the office at 613-764-5444)
- By-law services
- Public Works
- Municipal taxes
- Dog tags
Services on hold or closed until further notice :
- The Nation Municipality offices (Note that our secure exterior drop box is available to deposit payments)
- Community Centres (you can contact us at 613-524-2522 or at scollard@nationmun.ca)
- Arena
- Libraries
- Landfills
- Parks
- Spring Clean Up
Municipal taxes and water and sewer
In order to minimize the financial impact that COVID-19 can have on our citizens, some adjustments have been made to payments for water and sewage and municipal taxes. Please share and follow this link. https://nationmun.ca/en/covid-19-municipal-taxes-and-utility-billing/
Council Meetings : closed to the public
- Please note the The Nation Municipality Council Meetings will be closed to the public. After consultations, we must take exceptional and necessary measures to counter the spread of COVID-19. The meetings will be recorded and available on YouTube. Also, the minutes will be accessible as usual on our website under Our Council & Staff. We are confident that these measures will allow you to continue being informed of the discussions held at the meetings. Thank you for your understanding. Questions? Call us at 613-764-5444 extension 235 or email jbrizard@nationmun.ca.
- The recreation department, in partnership with the fire department, is inviting all children in the Nation to participate in our weekly challenges – starting now! We will announce our weekly challenge every Friday, and participants will have until the following Tuesday at noon (12 pm) to send in submissions.
- Challenge #1 is an in-house scavenger hunt. All you have to do is collect as many items from our list as you can, snap a picture and send it in! We will be announcing the winners every Wednesday so be sure to follow our Facebook page to keep up to date. Consult the list and…Good luck!
March 31 2020 – CONGRATULATIONS! The Nation’s recreation and fire departments congratulate Julianne Bourgon from St-Isidore (3 years old) and Ciaran (5), Greyson (7) and Owen (10) Stevens from Lemieux, the winners of the Scavenger Hunt, the first Nation weekly game.
We invite all Nation children to participate in our next game, which will be unveiled this week.