(Issued July 26, 2021 at 12 p.m. EST) – The Town of Cobourg’s Communications Department is pleased to announce the launch of a new project on Engage Cobourg , an online public engagement platform designed to gather feedback and comments from residents. The new public engagement project, ‘ Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy Goals ’ is seeking input on the actions that the Town of Cobourg should take towards improving equity, diversity, and...
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(Issued July 26, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. EST) –  The Town of Cobourg would like to advise residents of upcoming municipal building closures and transit operations on Monday, August 2, 2021 in observance of the Civic Holiday.
Town of Cobourg municipal offices and buildings, including Victoria Hall, the Cobourg Community Centre, Public Works Building 7 and the Venture13 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre will be closed on Monday, August 2, 2021. Please note that...
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(Issued July 21, 2021 at 2 p.m. EST) – The Town of Cobourg would like to advise residents and visitors that the Victoria Park Beach is now closed for the day due to its maximum capacity of 1,200 being reached.
This means that anyone currently travelling to the beach will not be permitted access onto the beach for the remainder of the day, and that anyone who has already gained access to the beach will not be permitted back in once they leave. The Victoria Park...
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(Issued July 15, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. EST) – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit has advised the Town of Cobourg that Victoria Park Beach is now safe for swimming after retesting results came back with an acceptable E. coli bacteria level.
Earlier this week, the Victoria Park Beach water quality report sampled on July 12, 2021 showed bacteria levels at 823 E.coli which exceeds the provincial standard of 200 E. coli. The water was retested...
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(Issued Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. EST) – The Town of Cobourg’s Environmental Services Department would like to remind residents of how to manage pet waste properly and responsibly while reducing odour and litter issues and also diverting from our sanitary and storm sewers.
“Recently, we have observed dog poop bags being flushed out of our storm sewers after a rain event, and also floating in our marina and in creeks that run through parks where...
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