COVID-19: The Kawartha Lakes Pandemic Time Capsule

Jeannine Taylor, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 6 Jul 2020     The number of positive COVID-19 cases remained at 171 in Kawartha Lakes as of July 6, 2020. There were no new COVID-19 related deaths for the region and no new institutional outbreaks reported. There

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 6 Jul 2020     The local district health unit office in Lindsay reopened to the public on July 6, 2020. The office was open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. Visitors were screened via questions, the number of pe

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 6 Jul 2020     While Kawartha Lakes' urban neighbours, such as Durham and Peterborough, made masks mandatory, the mayor said the city was not looking at mandating mask wearing at the time. The city would consider m

Jeannine Taylor, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 8 Jul 2020     The 31st annual sale by Crayola Canada in support of the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes was cancelled due to safety and health concerns. Organizers were hard at work towards an alternative

Jeannine Taylor, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 8 Jul 2020     The number of positive COVID-19 cases dropped to 170 in Kawartha Lakes as of July 8, 2020. The number of cases dropped due to data cleaning and removal of a duplicate case. There were no new COVID-19

    Practical Nursing Graduate Mackenzie Lotton shared her experience of the Fleming College program and working alongside her mother at Ross Memorial Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Mayors and Chairs from across Ontario issued a call for action on the COVID-19 financial emergency asking for provincial and federal support to cover lost revenue and additional costs caused by the C

Lindsay Advocate, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 8 Jul 2020     The local district health unit clarified the mandatory mask announcement made July 7, 2020 and to come into effect on July 13, 2020. They clarified what was meant by a commercial establishment (with

    The mayor shared a message about the mandatory face mask order from the local health unit effective July 13, 2020 and the new burn ban that came into effect on July 8, 2020 at 11:59pm due to extreme

Payne, Nancy, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 7 Jul 2020     Nancy Payne visited Bobcaygeon and described her experience with how others around her practiced (or failed to practice) good physical distancing measures, her surprise at being thanked for wearing a

Jeannine Taylor, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 9 Jul 2020     The number of positive COVID-19 cases dropped to 170 in Kawartha Lakes as of July 9, 2020. The number of cases dropped due to data cleaning and removal of a duplicate case. There were no new COVID-19

Jeannine Taylor, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 9 Jul 2020     The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit issued an order on Thursday (July 9, 2020) to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among migrant workers on farms in Kawartha Lakes, Northumbe

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 9 Jul 2020     Ontario gave Kawartha Lakes tourism a boost through a $1.4 million investment. $907,000 was given to Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) for area initiatives and $350,000 invested into hyper-local

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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

    In its third meeting, the Economic Recovery Task Force touched on feedback received so far from Working Groups and considered options to improve processes in light of limited resources and staffing d

Jeannine Taylor, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 7 Jul 2020     The number of positive COVID-19 cases remained at 171 in Kawartha Lakes as of July 7, 2020. There were no new COVID-19 related deaths for the region and no new institutional outbreaks reported. There

    The local district health unit issued a requirement that the public must wear non-medical masks or face coverings before entering any indoor commercial establishment. A commercial establishment was a

Benzie, Robert, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 7 Jul 2020     July 7, 2020 marked the first day since March that no COVID-19 deaths were reported in Ontario. It had been 105 days since that happened on March 23, a week after the provincial state of emergency wa

    The local district health unit released a guide of common health and safety measures to follow for businesses reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures included physical distancing, scre