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Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 25 Dec 2020     In 2020, the community saw businesses struggle, innovate and rally amid shutdowns and never-before-seen health protocols such as social distancing. The local newspaper caught up with seven local busi

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 6 Jan 2021     Colin Matthew, president of District 15 of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation, was upset that the local public school board forwarded a letter from the Ministry of Education on to pare

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 4 Jan 2021     Kirk Winter discussed why the apology from MPP and former finance minister Rod Phillips is not enough following his trip to St. Barts in the Caribbean despite public health and provincial government

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 10 Jan 2021     Health unit said delaying return to school for elementary students is necessary given the continued rise in COVID-19 cases locally and across the province.

Benns, Roderick, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 12 Jan 2021     Some of the people who find themselves homeless - and at the doors of A Place Called Home in Lindsay - are not wanting to move along quite as fast these days. Given the shortage of available affordab

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 7 Jan 2021     Ontario announced that elementary school students in Southern Ontario would not be returning to the classroom on January 11, 2021 and extended online learning until January 25, 2021. Northern Ontario

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 27 Aug 2020     St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in Lindsay was exempt from the Catholic board's quadmester plan because of its small student body.

MacEachern, Barbara-Ann, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 12 Jun 2020     Although the province gave the green light for pools and splash pads to reopen in some regions on June 12, 2020, those in Kawartha Lakes remained closed for longer.

Rubin, Josh, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 12 Jun 2020     Despite soaring first-quarter profits, the biggest grocery chains in the country ended the wage premium they had been paying front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 12 Jun 2020     Students looking to boost grades, take extra courses or simply stay on track with their learning had ample opportunity in Summer 2020. And some of the credit went to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hutchinson, Trevor, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 29 Aug 2020     Evidence suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic made the opioid epidemic even worse. This was explained by an increasing toxic unregulated drug supply, a change in income for some people, increased iso

Jeffords, Shawn, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 31 Aug 2020     An escalating conflict between Premier Doug Ford's government and four major teachers' unions headed to the province's labour board as the unions allege Ontario's school reopening plan violates its o

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 10 Aug 2020     The local public school board had only starting to look at the issues of supply teachers moving from school to school as stated in an interview with the director of education in August 2020.

    The Community Pandemic Recovery Task Force, established by Kawartha Lakes Council, was off to a productive start after a couple of successful planning meetings. The Task Force was created to provide

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 2 Jun 2020     For agencies that long prided themselves on the positive 'contact' they have had with children, the COVID-19 pandemic really threw a wrench into their mission statements. Many agencies moved to fully

    Over $2200 was spent by the community purchasing gift certificates through the FanSaves program to support local small businesses that were unable to open in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

    As restrictions began lifting, Kawartha Dairy brought back the option to select a mix of ice cream flavours in their cups and cones for custom combinations.

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 5 Jun 2020     The city's local economy recovery task force pinpointed better broadband as the key need in the city to help economic recovery for all of eastern Ontario. Other efforts included a media campaign to e

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 5 Jun 2020     Local healthcare groups got a handle on the COVID-19 pandemic, but leaders were very aware of how easy it could be to lose that grip.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 10 Jun 2020     Romano announced the framework for the re-opening of Ontario's post-secondary schools for students who were unable to complete their course requirements online. These students were able to return to