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MacCharles, Tonda, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 11 Mar 2020     Canada's Federal government unveiled a billion-dollar "COVID-19 response fund" to address spreading concerns about the health system's current capacity to absorb critical cases if the outbreak worsened, and the economy's ability to cushion the shock to the travel and tourism sectors.

Bryden, Joan, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 27 Aug 2020     Elections Canada braced for an explosive increase in numbers of Canadians who vote by mail if the country was plunged into an election in the fall during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the first opportunity for opposition parties to bring down the government occuring after September 23, 2020.

    As a follow up to the press release disclosing that an employee had tested positive for COVID-19, The Pie Eyed Monk and Lindsay Brewing Company have been advised by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit that this exposure causes no risk to those who have visited the restaurant, ...

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 17 Jun 2020     The Ontario government extended all existing emergency orders made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act until June 30, 2020.

McKinley, Steve, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 31 Aug 2020     Dr. Shashi Gujar, leading an international collaboration of scientists and researchers, tried to determine whether someone's immune response to the coronavirus could be repurposed to attack cancer tumours, something already being used as a treatment for melanoma.

    We're experiencing significantly higher volumes at our COVID-19 Assessment Centre today. As the line is causing congestion down Kent Street, we are asking those heading to the assessment centre to form a line on Sussex St. N. If you are not experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, we recommend postponing your visit ...

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 21 Sep 2020     No new cases to report in Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland,Haliburton, and Hastings and Prince Edward counties,Peterborough report to come

Gravel, Bruce, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 9 Aug 2020     Columnist Bruce Gravel wrote about a brave new world - 33 years after COVID-19.

    Everett Hopps and his parents spent time outside cleaning up the Earth by picking up trash as a socially distanced activity.

    The owners of Kay's Country Market asked for anyone in need or knowing someone in need to contact them and they would prepare a care bag free of charge.

    We go to work for you. Please stay home for us. Flatten the curve. ------ Our amazing Dialysis team continues to support our patients through the COVID-19 pandemic. If you can stay home, please do. You're protecting yourself, your family, and our community's most vulnerable by doing so.

Bradley, Brian, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 23 Mar 2020     Brian Bradley headed to Ancaster, Ont., Costco location with his mother to check out the safety measures put in place. Limited number of shoppers within the store, a steadily growing line-up of people (all provided with wipes to cleans hands and cart handles), and the orderly fashion of the store ...

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 24 Jul 2020     The local newspaper put together a list of COVID-safe places to go for families looking for something to do on the weekend outdoors.

Aston, David, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 1 Jun 2020     Two employment lawyers were asked what were the rights of workers in various scenarios as those workers return to employment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics covered rights if temporarily laid off, right to initiate job-protected leave, and rights when returning to work.

    City of Kawartha Lakes cancelled programming and public access to all City-owned recreation complexes and community centres as of March 14, 2020.

    The Ontario government provided 5 steps to safely expand one's social circle during the COVID-19 Pandemic. THe local health unit made an easy to read graphic for these steps.

    Social Circles - Close contact is allowed (ex: hugs) - Must always be the same people - You can belong to only one circle Social gatherings - Maintain physical distances (2 metres) - Can be any group of up to 10 people - You can gather with different groups of ...

Armstrong, Laura, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 10 Jun 2020     As Canada worked to flatten the coronavirus curve, the combination of anxiety, economic insecurity and isolation has mental health experts concerned that suicide rates in the country could be headed in the opposite direction.

    The Fenelon Falls & District Chamber of Commerce asked residents what they were doing to stay active during COVID-19.

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 20201104     Mike Perry and Dennis Geelan believe that Kawartha Lakes should be looking at new and innovative ways to build back in the post-pandemic economy in Central Ontario and shared a vision with council at the committee of the whole meeting on Nov. 3