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Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 24 Dec 2020     The local newspaper provided a list of what services were still going to be available and which were closed during the lockdown.

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 6 Jan 2021     12 days into Ontario's lockdown and a number of residents and business owners across the province experienced the repercussions of not complying with the most recent legislation. The minimum fine sta

Ferguson, Rob, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 11 Jan 2021     A senior government source said that the provincial government was not planning to put curfews in place to curb the stubbornly rapid spread of COVID-19. The question of curfews arose after Quebec imp

Warren, May, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 27 Aug 2020     Canada's 'long-haulers' (those who contracted COVID-19 and continue to suffer with persistant symptoms or flare ups after testing negative) were thought to hold some of the answers as to why only som

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 22 Aug 2020     The Ontario government expanded the capacity restrictions at facilities that rent out indoor professional meeting and event spaces, and eased the requirements for bars and restaurants to collect cont

Warren, May, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 20 Jul 2020     Health officials and nations braced more demand during colder months while navigating safe vaccine delivery for flu season as people want to protect themselves. COVID-19 and flu viruses thrived indoo

Monsebraaten, Laurie, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 9 Jun 2020     Ontario child care centres were allowed to reopen as early as June 12, 2020, but advocates said that without additional funding, the province asked for the impossible.

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 18 Aug 2020     Ontario principals asked for more time for school openings in September 2020, and they also asked that school start be staggered across the week of September 17 - 21 with only a small amount of stude

The Canadian Press, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 20 Dec 2020     Premier Doug Ford was expected to announce new lockdown measures on Monday December 21, 2020 that took effect on December 24, 2020.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 21 Dec 2020     The Ontario government announced that they will impose a province-wide shutdown effective 12:01 AM on Boxing Day (Saturday December 26, 2020), for 14 days in northern Ontario and for 28 days in south

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 18 Dec 2020     Depending on a number of factors, Ontario legal experts said that yes, businesses could deny service to customers not vaccinated for COVID-19. Employers could deny service in the name of health and s

Powell, Betsy, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 10 Apr 2020     The Government of Ontario quietly passed legislation that allowed virtual witnessing of wills and powers of attorney. Witness requirements could be satisfied by audio and video technology. The testat

Jeannine Taylor, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 1 Jun 2020     The province made backcountry camping available at 20 operating Ontario provincial parks and at all non-operating provincial parks and conservation areas effective June 1, 2020. Backcountry camping i

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 19 Apr 2021     The Ontario government expanded the age eligibility for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, allowing residents aged 40 and over to receive it.

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 9 Apr 2021     Amid the rise in COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations, Ontario hospitals were told to 'ramp down' all elective surgeries starting Monday April 12, 2021.

Cilliers, Roland, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 15 Nov 2020     Minister of Education explained that keeping school open was an overwhelming priority for both government and public health and that Public Health would provide any direction if this needed to change

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 16 Nov 2020     In its latest version of guidance documents, the Ministry of Health updated the clearance period for cases from a 14-day clearance period for all cases, to a 10-day clearance period for the majority

Marychuk, Marta, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 16 Nov 2020     Expiration dates for driver's licence stickers and temporary driver's licences were just a few of the services extended by the provincial government to stop the spread of COVID-19. Citizens were aske

DeLaire, Megan, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 13 Jan 2021     With COVID-19 vaccination for the general population within reach, more people found themselves falling into one of three camps: those who wanted the vaccine, those who opposed it and those who were

Lindsay Advocate, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 26 Nov 2020     In a press release issued today (November 26, 2020), the Ontario government cancelled all in-vehicle road tests in region in the Grey (Lockdown) level effective immediately. DriveTest centres such as