Set your clocks, check your stocks this weekend

Don’t fall behind in an emergency, make sure to check your emergency supply kits when you are changing your clocks this weekend  

When it’s time to change your clocks this weekend, use that extra hour of daylight to check your 72-hour emergency preparedness kit.

Oxford County’s Set Your Clocks, Check Your Stocks campaign reminds everyone to refresh their emergency supplies now before disaster strikes. The coming months can bring unpredictable emergencies, including ice storms and power outages.

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Flag notice: Wrapped in Courage and Women Abuse Prevention Month

The Oxford County Administration Building is flying the “Wrapped in Courage” End Gender-Based Violence purple flag in recognition of November being Woman Abuse Prevention Month. The Wrapped in Courage campaign seeks to build awareness, connect survivors to services, and to call on decision makers about the social change that is needed. The flag will fly at the Oxford County Administration Building for one week.

Domestic Services Abuse Oxford (DASO) and Ingamo Homes joined Deputy Warden Jerry...

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Notice of Master Plan: 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan

Oxford County has completed the 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan (W/WW MP) Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Study. The W/WW MP has identified the preferred water and wastewater servicing solutions to meet Oxford's growth needs to 2046 as well as provide effective ongoing continuity to existing serviced settlements.

The Class EA Study was undertaken in accordance with the master planning and design process of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment...

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Notices of completion: Transportation Master Plan and Water and Wastewater Master Plan

Final reports for the Transportation Master Plan and Water and Wastewater Master Plan have been posted online on the public record for a 30-day review period starting November 1 and ending November 30, 2023.

• The 2024 Water and Wastewater Master Plan identifies the preferred water and wastewater servicing solutions to meet Oxford's growth needs to 2046 as well as provide effective ongoing continuity to existing serviced settlements. It can be reviewed at www.oxfordcounty.ca/wwwmp.  
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Water service interruption in Mount Elgin (Oct 27)

Oxford County staff are responding to a temporary water service interruption in Mount Elgin.

The Mount Elgin water distribution system experienced a loss of water pressure this afternoon but water pressure has since been restored. The County is in the area now flushing the water distribution system as a precaution.

Southwestern Public Health is advising residents to flush their taps as a precautionary measure. To flush your taps:

• Turn on a cold water tap not connected to a water softener or filter

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