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Vote for your Favourite Float at this Year’s Santa Claus Parade

Uxbridge parade-goers will have a chance to vote for their favourite entry in this year’s Santa Claus Parade. The inaugural “People’s Choice Award” will be given to the entry that receives the most votes following the parade.

The public can vote by scanning a QR code with their phone to access and submit a ballot. QR codes will be displayed on posters in store windows and on signs within the downtown. Paper ballots will also be available at the Uxbridge Public Library (9 Toronto St. S.). Voting...

Public Encouraged to Attend Council’s Budget Review Meetings

The Township of Uxbridge Council continues to work on the 2025/2026 Municipal Budget and will be hosting a series of budget review meetings. Budget negotiations are open to the public and community members are encouraged to attend.

The budget review meetings will be taking place on the following dates:

-          Tues. November 26th, 2024, from 1:00-5:00pm

-          Thurs. November 28th, 2024, from 6:30-10:00pm

Meeting will be held in a hybrid format; those wishing to attend may do so virtually...

Township Page, Cosmos November 7, 2024

November 7, 2024 issue of Township Pages of Cosmos Newspaper

Uxbridge Celebrates Completion of Its First Mini-Forest Project

The Township is pleased to announce that the first Mini-Forest in Durham Region was installed at the Fields of Uxbridge on Saturday, November 2, 2024. With the help of over 80 pre-registered volunteers, 600 native trees and shrubs, comprising 22 species, were planted in just two hours.

In preparation for the planting, volunteers laid out a grid of twine to define 1x1 meter sections. The plants were organized and tagged by canopy level, ensuring that each species was uniformly represented yet...

Ontario Marks Woman Abuse Prevention Month

November 01, 2024
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

TORONTO – Michael Parsa, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services and Charmaine Williams, Associate Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, issued the following statement:

“November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month, an opportunity to raise awareness of gender-based violence and to take a stand against this heinous crime in all its forms. Sadly, one in three Canadian women will experience at least one...