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    Host Grignon speaks with Charlie McDonald about the downtown reconstruction happening in Lindsay and its effects on the local businesses on Kent Street West; Barbara Doyle about the popularity of trivia nights as she hosts the Olde Gaol Museum's trivia night fundraiser at the Pie-Eyed Monk Brewery; and joins Mike ...

    Host Denis Grignon spoke to a freelance musician, a church minister, a pizza place owner and a woman and daughter in self-isolation. And the RMH moved its COVID-19 testing area to the Lindsay Fair Grounds.

    A twice-monthly news magazine program, with interviews and documentaries, about the people and issues surrounding this city [Kawartha Lakes] in Central Ontario. Podcasts hosted and produced by Denis Grignon (Feb 2020 – Present.) Podcast available for listening and downloading on Podbean, iTunes, and Spotify platforms.

    Pam and Wally Koekebakker are a super busy, community-minded, socially-conscious couple. But they still, somehow, find time to care for (previously unwanted) donkeys. Mickaël Durand didn’t let shutdowns keep his croissants (and all his wonderful baked goods) out of the hands of far away loyal customers. He loaded up, buckled ...

    Denis Grignon talks cost-conscious cooking with shelter A Place Called Home, winter mosquitoes, lessons on loonie auctioneering, and music with the band, Heaps.

    Brian and Matt discuss all things about working remotely.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Metroland Media Group Ltd., 2004), 12 Oct 2021     After a busy summer season of concerts and comedies, Globus Theatre is excited to kick off its fall season with Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan starring artistic producer James Barrett. Every Brilliant Thing is the story of a young boy whose mom suffers with depression. Knowing that she finds ...

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 12 Oct 2021     Ontario is reporting 848 cases over the past 2 days, including 458 cases yesterday and 390 cases today — with today’s increase the smallest since August 8 when 423 cases were reported. Since our last update on October 8, the 7-day average of daily cases has decreased by 26 to ...

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Metroland Media Group Ltd., 2004), 8 Oct 2021     The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on ONtario communites and small towns, and The Commonwell Mutial Insurance Group wants to help make a difference.

Walker, Jennifer, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 17 Sep 2021     The City of Kawartha Lakes spent $5million of their pandemic relief funding received from the provincial government. At a recent special council meeting, city staff provided a 2022 budget overview and also reviewed the pandemic funding that was received in 2020.

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 31 Aug 2021     Ontario is reporting 525 new cases today with the seven day average of daily cases increasing by 5 to 700. Of the new cases, 70% are people who have not been fully vaccinated and 17% are people who have not been fully vaccinated with two doses, with the vaccination status ...

DeLaire, Megan, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 28 May 2021     It's easy for pepole in regions with low COVID-19 case numbers to dismiss outbreaks in places they have no interaction with, or even oppose the sharing of pandemic resources with their struggling neighbours. But experts say that with a virus capable of generating variant strains like SARS-CoV-2, no one is ...

MacEachern, Barbara-Ann, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 28 May 2021     To date, 13 inmates from the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay who have tested positive for COVID-19 have been released before their cases were resolved. The provincial database also records 147 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at CECC to date, as of May 25, since the start of the pandemic.

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 28 May 2021     The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit declared a Coronavirus Outbreak at Medi-Share Labs and Diagnostic Cardiology Services in Lindsay today.

Hyatt, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 5 Apr 2021     Effective April 6, Dr. Natalie Bocking is the new local medical officer of health.

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 28 Oct 2021     In October 2020, Ontario announced it would temporarily enhance wages for personal support workers and direct support workers to help stabilize, attract and retain the workforce needed to provide a high level of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This latest temporary wage increase builds on the government’s previous wage enhancement ...

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 30 Nov 2021     Given that students have had disrupted learning for the past two years with schools being closed for months at a time some think the money might be well spent on helping kids catch up. Teachers have told us the curriculum hasn’t changed and they are expected to get the kids ...

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 30 Dec 2021     On the same day Ontario reported a pandemic high of new COVID-19 cases due to the highly transmissible omicron variant, the provincial government announced a series of changes to public health measures and guidance.

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 20 Dec 2021     The last 20 months have been very difficult on public venues intended for social and recreational purposes but members of the Fenelon Falls Senior Citizens Club are opting to look at 2022 as half full, rather than half empty.

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 2 Dec 2021     The Dunsford Community Centre was built 27 years ago by the community. Five community members thought up the idea and started fundraising, bringing the entire community together. It costs about $3000 a month just to keep the doors open and the pandemic has made it more difficult to keep it ...