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Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 1 Dec 2020     The Ontario provincial government announced an update to their COVID-19 vaccination plan - one which Health Minister Christine Elliott said will by the "largest logistical undertaking that we've had

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 8 Feb 2021     The Ontario government extended its stay-at-home order for another week for all public health regions in Ontario, except for three in eastern Ontario. As other health units gradually moved back into

Warren, May, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 8 Jan 2021     The Ministry of Health reported that the COVID-19 vaccine would be available to previously excluded groups.

Yang, Jennifer, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 10 Jan 2021     Experts said the holiday period accelerated what was already an alarming trajectory before Christmas. According to mobility data shared exclusively with the Toronto Star, some health units that saw d

    Ontario was on the verge of running out of COVID-19 vaccine doses if no new shipments arrived before the end of the following week (January 15, 2021), Premier Doug Ford said during an announcement on

Benzie, Robert, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 12 Aug 2020     The COVID-19 pandemic almost doubled Ontario's already sky-high budget deficit to a record $38.5 billion and plunged the province into an economic recession.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 31 Jul 2020     The Ontario government amended its orders under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act to require bars and restaurants, effective on July 31st, to collect the names and contact i

Li, Wanyee, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 21 Aug 2020     Health experts warned about possible COVID-19 outbreaks in university and college dorms as some post-secondary schools opened their doors and dormitories to students in fall 2020.

DeLaire, Megan, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 4 Jun 2020     Across the board, surveys of charities and non-profit groups by organizations like the Ontario Non-Profit Network and Imagine Canada revealed office closures and program cancellations, human resource

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 4 Jun 2020     As Ontario announced it would move forward with a regional approach to re-open the economy as the COVID-19 pandemic lingered, Mayor Letham hoped Kawartha Lakes would be included on that early re-open

    Ross Memorial Hospital shared a brief, 1-minute video made the Government of Ontario instructing citizens on how to expand their social circle safely during COVID-19 stage 2 reopenings.

DeLaire, Megan, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 24 Aug 2020     Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, said on May 6 that the province would soon begin collecting race- and income-based COVID-19 data.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 10 Jun 2020     Beginning Friday, June 12, 2020, Ontario's provincial parks began to make more facilities and services available to the public. Gradually, over the following weeks, Ontario Parks would begin opening

Follert, Jillian, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 8 Jun 2020     The province announced a COVID-19 recovery rate for electricity, putting a flat rate of 12.8 cents per kilowatt hour in effect 24 hours a day, seven days a week until October 31, 2020. This was an in

Henry, Michelle, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 21 Dec 2020     Confusion was noted about the mixed message sent by implementing the provincial lockdown on December 26, 2020 instead of December 24, 2020 while still strongly encouraging citizens to celebrate Chris

Hutchinson, Trevor, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 16 Dec 2020     Hutchinson shared his opinion on Premier Doug Ford's handling of the pandemic, comparing early days responses in March 2020 to the described "stalling" in summer 2020 to the perceived inadequate resp

Gillis, Wendy, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 6 Apr 2020     Paramedics around the Greater Toronto Area shared their experiences working on the front lines of the pandemic. Many spoke of the fear of spreading the COVID-19 virus to their families, taking precau

D'Andrea, Aaron, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 1 Jun 2020     The provincial government extended electricity relief measures until October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario introduced a fixed electricity price of 12.8 cents per kilowatt to be automatically

Jeannine Taylor, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 1 Jun 2020     The provincial government voted to extend the state of emergency until June 30, 2020 on June 3 2020.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 18 Nov 2020     Confirmed positive: 275, including 191 in Kawartha Lakes, 61 in Northumberland, 23 in Haliburton (no change) Active cases: 10, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton