On days like today, where the temperature climbs as high as 35 degrees with the humidity, if you think you're hot just imagine what it would be like having the heavy fur coat of a dog. 

Fortunately for our four-footed friends in Carlyle, the latest council meeting for the town may have brought a way to cool them off when they're out playing at the dog park. Council has decided to bring in some water for dogs to drink on hot days. 

"We're getting water run to our new dog park," said Jenn Sedor, town councilor. "That was the main issue. The dogs are running around and getting hot and we don't have any fresh water for them, so that's going to be available to residents right away."

The off-leash dog park is new to Carlyle, having officially opened at the end of June after its opening day was delayed due to COVID-19. Residents have been enjoying the park so far, but the new water system there will make it all the better.

"It's going fairly well," said Mayor Wayne Orsted when asked about how residents were enjoying having the dog park so far. "It's nice to have a place where the dogs can run free."    

Sedor also hinted at a major decision by council involving their parks and recreation department and a project they've been working on that's been delayed due to COVID. She kept the details close to the vest for the time being, however. 

"We did have on our plan before COVID hit to do a parks and recreation review," she said. "We're going to be deciding some really, really cool things with our park spaces coming soon. I can't say too much yet, but we're very excited to kind of redevelop and redesign and take a look at all of our park spaces."

Sedor added that the last council meeting in Carlyle was business as usual for the most part, which can be a good thing. Work is ongoing on the Carlyle Emergency Response Centre, and Sedor said she hopes it will be ready to open sometime in the fall.