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Sioux Lookout, ON – It is Treaties Recognition Week in Ontario, a week where we are all encouraged to learn about the Treaties in place across our region – and across Canada.

“For the Municipality, beginning each Council meeting with an acknowledgment that we are located on the lands of the Treaty 3 territory is a key way that we recognize Treaties on an ongoing basis,” explained Mayor Doug Lawrance. “We also have the honour of servicing many communities in Treaties 5 and 9, the Nishnawbe-Aski...

The Municipality of Sioux Lookout is now accepting written donation requests from organizations for the 2022 budget year.  If you are interested in submitting a request, please complete an Application form which can be obtained from the Municipal website: http://bit.ly/SLKTdonationReq or the document can be picked up at the Municipal Office, 25 Fifth Avenue, Customer Service Desk.

Deadline for submitting a request is Tuesday, November 30^th, 2021  @ Noon

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The following is a summary of the proceedings of the Statutory Public Meeting and Regular Council Meeting held Wednesday, October 20th, 2021:

• At the Statutory Public Meeting: Council received a Planning Report respecting a Zoning By-law Amendment No. Z08-2021. Council passed By-Law No. 97-21, Being a By-law to amend By-law No. 85-18, A Comprehensive Zoning By-law for The Corporation of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout, as amended (89 Voyageurs North Road East) at their Regular Council Meeting.

NOTICE OF PASSING OF BY-LAW NO. 103-21,
BEING A BY-LAW TO DISSOLVE WARD 1 (HUDSON)
AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM CONSISTING OF SIX “AT-LARGE” COUNCILLORS AND ONE MAYOR

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout adopted By-law No. 103-21, Being a By-law to Dissolve Ward 1 (Hudson) and to Provide for an Electoral System Consisting of Six “At-Large” Councillors and One Mayor, at its Regular Meeting held on October 20, 2021.

Pursuant to Section 222(3) of...

Proclamation
National Waste Reduction Week in Canada
October 18 – 24, 2021

WHEREAS           as a Municipality, we are committed to conserving resources, protecting the environment and educating the community; and

WHEREAS           the generation of solid waste and the needless waste of water and energy resources are   recognized as global environmental problems; and

WHERE AS          Municipal governments...

The Sioux Lookout Municipal Accommodation Tax Committee:
Community Appointee Required

Would you like to help steer the future of tourism in Sioux Lookout and influence the funding of local tourism projects? Here is your chance!

The Municipality of Sioux Lookout is set to appoint a Committee to determine which tourism-related projects to fund with the 50% of the Municipal Accommodation Tax that is collected annually. The Municipality is required, by law, to spend 50% of the funds collected on projects...

Please be advised that due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, the Municipality of Sioux Lookout will be holding the following meetings electronically: 

Sioux Lookout, ON – The Municipality of Sioux Lookout is taking its first steps toward renaming Umfreville Park. This starts with the Mayor and Council lobbying the Provincial government for permission to rename sites within the Municipality.

“The Municipal Truth and Reconciliation Committee has been discussing how the Municipality can recognize the Indigenous history and culture of our community by renaming sites like Umfreville Park,” explained Sioux Lookout CAO, Michelle Larose. “We want to...

Please be advised that due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, the Municipality of Sioux Lookout will be holding the following meeting electronically: 

Meeting will be live-streamed on the Municipality’s Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/municipalitysiouxlookout

For further information, please contact:
Jackie Trenholm, Deputy Clerk
737-2700, ext. 2223 or...