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2025 Trent Lakes Christmas Hamper Program

This year, take part in the Trent Lakes Christmas Hamper program!

Looking to apply for a hamper?
Applications are available at the Municipal office and local transfer stations for pick up and drop off. Alternatively, you may fill out the application online and email your completed form to info@trentlakes.ca. 

Please return your filled out form no later than Wednesday, December 10, at 4 p.m. Hamper pick-ups will take place on December 20, from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. at the Buckhorn Community Centre.

Looking to provide a donation?
Food, toys, and money donations may be dropped off at the Municipal office or one of the following locations:

Media Release by Lakelands Public Health:

City of Peterborough, ON (November 17, 2025) – The Township of North Kawartha and the Municipality of Trent Lakes will pause their seasonal well water test sample drop-off program locations for the winter. The last day to drop off test samples at these municipal offices is Thursday, November 27, 2025. Seasonal service at both locations will resume in early April 2026.

During the winter months, residents who would regularly use the seasonal drop-off sites can drop off their well water test samples at the following nearest location(s):

Please note the Trent Lakes municipal office will be closed on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in observance of Remembrance Day.

The municipal office will reopen on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.

There are no changes to the hours of operations for transfer stations.

Each quarter, the Municipality creates a report of completed initiatives throughout each department.

The Q3 2025 Report is now available.

Peterborough, ON – As part of its week-long celebrations for Small Business Week 2025, Community Futures Peterborough (CFP) is launching Entrepreneurship 101: County Edition, a condensed version of its popular Entrepreneurship 101 workshop series delivered in-person in Peterborough County. This three-part series will help local entrepreneurs spark ideas, strengthen business skills, and connect with peers while bringing expert-led training directly to communities across the County.

(PETERBOROUGH COUNTY, ON) – The Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) seeks input from the public and interested parties regarding the proposed Peterborough County Action Plan 2026-2029.

The Trent Lakes Organics Program is now available at the Bobcaygeon transfer station.

Residents of Trent Lakes may take their organic waste to participating transfer stations to be disposed of in one of our underground waste receptacles.

This program is currently offered at the Buckhorn and Bobcaygeon transfer station sites.

Remember: Organic waste must be contained in a brown paper bag or a BPI Certified compostable bag before being disposed of. Alternatively, residents may bring organic waste in a container of their choice and dump the contents into one of the receptacles.

Visit our Organics Program page for full details.

Please note the Trent Lakes municipal office will be closed on Monday, October 13, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The office will reopen on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

All transfer stations will be open on Thanksgiving Day, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Council and staff wish you a happy weekend.

Press Release from the Peterborough County OPP Detachment Board:

Community Members Invited to Participate in New Peterborough County OPP Detachment Board

The Peterborough County OPP Detachment Board is seeking applications for Community Appointees as required under the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019. While previously, each municipality had its own Police Service Board (PSB), all have been amalgamated into a single OPP Detachment Board as of April 1, 2024.

CUPW Announces Strike

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced in a news release that it began a national strike on September 25, 2025.

Mail and parcels will not be processed or delivered for the duration of the national strike, and some post offices will be closed. Service guarantees are suspended for items already in the postal network. No new items will be accepted until the national disruption is over.