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2026 Municipal Election - Be Prepared
The 2026 Municipal Election will take place on October 26, 2026.
Make sure you’re on the voters’ list. Elections Ontario maintains the Permanent Register of Electors used for municipal elections, and it’s quick and easy to check or update your information online.
Easter Holiday 2026 - Waste Collection & Facility Updates
Please note the following service changes for the Easter holiday weekend:
Good Friday – April 3, 2026
Garbage collection will move to Saturday, April 4
No change to recycling collection
Easter Monday – April 6, 2026
No change to garbage or recycling collection
The Asphodel-Norwood Transfer Station will be closed
Municipal Office Closure
The Municipal Office will be closed on April 3 and April 6, 2026.
Wishing everyone a safe, happy, and healthy Easter holiday!
What does it mean for Asphodel-Norwood?
On October 17, 2018 the Cannabis Act came into force and effect. The act allows for recreational cannabis to become legal in Canada, this will have impact on all levels of government. Each level of government has distinct responsibilities in ensuring that the legalization of recreational cannabis is implemented with consideration to community safety, health and economic opportunity.
As of October 17, 2018 the legal sale of cannabis is restricted to online sales through the Provincially operated Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS). The provincial government will introduce legislation to allow the private sector to retail recreational cannabis in Ontario by April 1, 2019. In the meantime, consumers 19 or older are able to purchase recreational cannabis through an online retail platform operated by the Ontario Cannabis Store. View Ontario's Cannabis Retail Regulation Landscape. It is anticipated that the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) will begin accepting applications on December 17, 2018.
Citizen Inquiries & Complaints - Who to Call
Complaints about use, sales, and distribution of cannabis and drug impairment while driving:
Ontario Provincial Police at 705-742-0401
Questions related to health impacts (second-hand smoke or impact on children)
Peterborough Public Health at 705-743-1000 or info@peterboroughpublichealth.ca
Complaints about smoking cannabis on Municipal property, facilities, and in public spaces
By-law Enforcement at 705-639-5343 or info@antownship.ca
On October 17, 2018, Bill C-45 came into force. It puts in place a new, strict framework for controlling the production, distribution, sale and possession of cannabis in Canada.
The Cannabis Act will:
Protecting the health and safety of youth is a top priority. Be aware that the Cannabis Act establishes serious criminal penalties for those who sell or provide cannabis to youth. It also establishes a new offence and strict penalties for those who use youth to commit a cannabis offence.
In addition, the Act also prohibits:
For more information, please view the Government of Canada's website for further information.
Recreational cannabis was legalized on October 17, 2018 by the Federal Government. Ontario’s Government for the People has put rules in place to keep cannabis out of the hands of children and youth, keep our roads safe and combat the illegal market.
Ontario now has laws in place (after extensive public and stakeholder engagement) about how, where and who can buy and possess cannabis in the province. The government is also moving forward with a tightly regulated private retail model for cannabis that would launch by April 1, 2019.
Medical cannabis will continue to be subject to different rules than recreational cannabis.
For more information, please view the Province of Ontario's website for further information.
Contact Us
Township of Asphodel-Norwood
2357 County Road 45
Norwood, ON K0L 2V0
P: 705-639-5343
F: 705-639-1880
