Updates on Covid-19

March 20, 2020 The municipal office will be closed to the public. The office will be taking phone calls from 8:30 am to noon Monday to Friday. Emails will be monitored continuously. To reach staff:

CAO – Alton Hobbs ahobbs@assiginack.ca

Treasurer – Deb MacDonald dmacdonald@assiginack.ca

Tax/Utility Manager – Freda Bond fbond@assiginack.ca

March 19, 2020 the municipal office will be limiting its office hours to 8:30 am to 12 pm Monday-Friday until further notice.

Bank of Montreal hours are now Mon/Wed/Fri 10 am to 1:30 pm.

** Tax bills are due this week (March 18), in an effort to try and reduce contact, we kindly ask that you use alternate methods to pay. The first by setting it up through your bank, or you can pay online from our website on this page, please note when paying online the account number you insert is your roll number and you start with the first ‘0’ and end with the last ‘0’. If you are coming in to pay, please put your cheque and tax stub in an envelope and we will receive that. If you are bringing in cash, please try to have the correct change and insert that into an envelope with your tax stub. We truly appreciate the effort our ratepayers are making in working together as a community!

FREE WIFI can be found in the parking lot of the Information Booth on Hwy 6 and outside the Assiginack Library and Arena.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS if you are able and willing to volunteer to help seniors run errands etc. Please email info@assiginack.ca and give your name and phone number.

SENIORS/THOSE SELF ISOLATING WE ARE HERE TO HELP! Volunteers in conjunction with the Township of Assiginack would like to reach out to the seniors/those in need in the community to offer help.
If you need errands run, or grocery shopping done etc, please call the office at 705 859-3196. If we are closed, please leave a message with your name, phone number and your request. Or email info@assiginack.ca with the above details.
Someone will get back to you as soon as possible. The goal is to protect our community and keep everyone safe!

March 17, 2020 Council meeting is cancelled

March 15, 2020 Dr. Bedard of the Assiginack Family Health Team gave a live video presentation on Covid-19. The video can be found here: http://tiny.cc/afpdlz

Dr. Bedard gave a few links that may interest people:

Dr. Seheult

Dr. John Campbell

Public Health Sudbury & Districts

Public Health Agency of Canada

March 13, 2020 All events in Assiginack are cancelled. The library and arena are closed. You can still get an Overdrive account from the library so you/your children can download books on your device. Call 705 859 2110 and leave a message. This opportunity is only open to Assiginack ratepayers. If you are unwell, we ask that you do not visit the library or return your books for a two week period. During the suspension of library services no fines will be incurred to library patrons.

Dietitian Advice and Recipes from Nola Thompson

How To Stay Active At Home with Given Cortes

Easy Tutorial on How to Make Face Masks

The Use of Cloth Masks and DIY without sewing

Covid-19 Music

EVENTS CANCELLED:

FACEBOOK LIVE VIDEOS

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