COVID-19: The Kawartha Lakes Pandemic Time Capsule

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 30 Mar 2020     The deaths of nine Pinecrest Nursing Home residents not only unmasked the impact of an under-funded health care system, but demonstrated the frightening potential of COVID-19, a Bobcaygeon doctor sai

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 25 Mar 2020     Stepping back from face-to-face business, realtors turned more than ever to technology to conduct their business. Realtors a number of tools at their disposal including showing homes through virtual

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 17 Jul 2020     Healthcare workers in Kawartha Lakes took to the street on July 17, 2020 to protest a new bill they believe will strip them of their workplace rights after being lauded as 'heroes' through the COVID-

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 1 Jun 2020     The Lindsay BIA knew the downtown reconstruction was going to be a challenge for their businesses, but COVID-19 became a double whammy. Businesses have been reopening when they can do so safely for b

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.

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 of

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 17 Apr 2021     Kawartha Lakes non-profit groups shared an additional $271,600 in funding from the provincial government to help rebuild and recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 17 Apr 2021     The Kawartha Lakes Police Service issued a statement that they would not be arbitrarily stopping pedestrians or motorists without causing following an announcement by the Provincial governments givin

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 18 Apr 2021     The local health unit joined the growing list of public health agencies sounding the alarm about reduced healthcare capacity in response to recent increases in COVID-19 cases.

Lindsay Advocate, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 18 Apr 2021     The National Day of Mourning for all workers who died or had been injured due to a workplace hazard or who died of occupational related diseases was held virtually on April 25, 2021. People were enco

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 19 Apr 2021     The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County. The health unit provides reports from Monday to S

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.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 19 Apr 2021     The Lindsay hospital postponed all elective and non-urgent surgeries requiring admission to help address extreme pressure on provincial critical care capacity.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 19 Apr 2021     Owner Andrew Gouin of Kawartha Homebrew Supply posted a sign on his business stating that he would not force customers to wear masks, stating that if customers felt distress under their mask that the

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 19 Apr 2021     The local health unit reported a coronavirus outbreak at Lindsay's Catholic secondary school and one confirmed student case at Mariposa Elementary School.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 19 Apr 2021     Hours after the Ontario government announced the AstraZeneca COVID-19 would be available in pharmacies for those 40 years of age and older beginning Tuesday (April 20), Premier Doug Ford’s office iss

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 20 Apr 2021     The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays. Confirmed positive: 1,528, including 671 in Kawartha Lakes, 766 in Northumberland, and 91 in Halibu

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 20 Apr 2021     Three more staff at Fenelon Court Long-Term Care home tested positive for COVID-19 since the local health unit declared an outbreak at the facility on April 11. This made for a total of five staff se

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 20 Apr 2021     A COVID-19 outbreak at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in Lindsay that involved 2 individuals, impacted roughly 40 staff and students. The health unit determined that one of the two posi