Article contentKirkland Lake Chief Administrative Officer Alan Smith said he was encouraged after meeting with the provincial Acting Minister of Infrastructure, Hon. Todd McCarthy during the recently held Rural Association Municipal Association conference in Toronto. Smith, along with Coun. Dolly Dikens attended the conference, and speaking about the meeting, he said, “we presented some of the issues we are having with infrastructure in Kirkland Lake. We also looked at some of our water re-aligning projects and informed the minister of what we plan to do and hopefully get some assistance from them.”