February 2026 Newsletter
Upcoming Events
Regular Meetings of Council will occur on March 12 and April 9 at 7 p.m. Town Council has also scheduled a Special Closed Budget Meeting for February 25 at 6 p.m. The Lafleche Music Festival will be taking place March 22 – 28. The Town’s By-election was set for May 27, 2026 and more information regarding nominations and timelines will be sent out soon.
Taxes & Utility Billing
As the new year has come to a start, 2025 taxes are now in arrears and all arrears accrue interest each month. Overdue utility payments accrue a late fee of $5 each month. To avoid increasing your costs, please ensure timely payment of bills. Commercial waste fees are calculated based on the size of the bin being contracted by Loraas.
Dogs at Large
The Town Office has been receiving an increased number of reports of dogs at large. If you own a dog and have not registered your animal with the Town Office, please come by to register your animal. As well, please ensure you are keeping your animals contained during all hours of the day, it is a hazard to the health of your animal to allow it to free roam in a Town. It is also unfair to residents of the Town to be concerned by or for an animal that is not theirs.
Council Procedures
As always, Regular Meetings are open to the public for viewing, but not participation. If a ratepayer would like to speak to Town Council at a regular meeting, delegation forms should be filled out. These forms require a brief explanation of the topic of your delegation, as well as your name and the date you’re filling it out. These forms and delegations are also open to the public for viewing. Starting in March 2026, the Town Office will be keeping an ongoing printed agenda that is open for viewing by the public the day prior to the meeting.
Lafleche Library News
The Lafleche Library is hosting chess on Fridays from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. As well, the Librarian will be hosting a session at the Sask. Libraries Conference in regards to “AI for the Rural Librarian.”
Town of Lafleche Custom Work Rates
| Custom Work Type | Cost | Minimum time to be paid |
| Heavy equip. with operator | $250 per hour | Half hour ($125) |
| Sidewalk snow clearance | $200 per hour | Quarter hour ($50) |
| Misc. work without equip. | $100 per hour | Half hour ($50) |
| Emailing/faxing/colour printing | $1 per page | N/A |
| Black & white printing | $0.50 per page | N/A |
Welcome to Lafleche – Request for Contacts and Intros to Businesses, Groups, Etc.
As new people occasionally stop by the Town Office, it would be extremely helpful and greatly appreciated if information from local businesses looking for employees, groups looking for volunteers, or groups looking for new members could pass on updated contact information and short introductions. This information will be used to create pamphlet(s) to hand out to newcomers so they know who to contact to get involved and where they can apply for local jobs. As well, it helps to ensure information on the lafleche.ca website is accurate, so that people who are looking for information aren’t calling people who are no longer involved.
Census Canada Hiring
We are pleased to inform you that the next Census of Population will take place in May 2026. To support this important project, Statistics Canada is hiring for supervisory and non-supervisory positions. Approximately 32,000 jobs are available across Canada!
Statistics Canada is looking for local people to help them collect accurate data in our community. This data is vital for planning and evaluating programs and services such as education, health care, child care, housing, emergency services, roads, public transportation and job training. Census jobs can be found at: census.gc.ca/jobs.
