The walk ends on Queen Street at Memorial Park, where there will be live music, hot cider and a countdown to the park lighting display. If you'd like a warm-up, drop into the Knights of Columbus Hall for hot chocolate and the official Walton Street Phase 2 Wrap-Up celebratory cake provided by Port Hope council.

At 6 p.m. Nov. 13 – the day believed to be the closing date of the former Brookside Youth Centre and potentially the end of the year-long homeless encampment there – Northumberland County will finally open the ground-floor warming room of their shelter at 310 Division St., Cobourg.

A Town Hall event held by Cobourg Police Service Thursday night was an exercise in pinpointing the most pressing community concerns in order to help them provide the service that is most needed.

Graham will be following the parade form the Legion. We will have our own camera set up at the cenotaph to film part of the service. Prior to the ceremony, we will be interviewing local residents on what Remembrance Day means to them, what the Legion means to them.”

Now, with draft budgets available, phase two offers residents a chance for further feedback. This survey will be open until 9 a.m. Nov. 22, with staff collecting feedback to forward to council for their Nov. 26 budget meeting.

EarlyOn programming offers families play-based learning activities as well as the chance to connect with other local families.

A lengthy motion was put on the floor to take steps to comply with requirements, subject to exemptions to the bylaw's provisions already granted by the town Oct. 7. These involved requirements for policing and addressing litter within a 500-metre radius of the shelter's location, but no exemptions were granted on the county's concerns for the bylaw's liability provisions.

This annual campaign has worked to raise awareness of the issue since 2013. In the year since the last campaign, the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses has reported more than 52 femicides. Last year in Ontario, on average, a woman or child died due to gender-based violence every six days.