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    Although the risk of becoming ill from COVID-19 remains low in Ontario, the local health unit and its community health partners continue to collaborate on plans should a case develop locally. Since C

Kawartha Lakes This Week, 7 Mar 2020     Tim Hortons gets rid of Roll Up The Rim paper cups amid coronavirus outbreak. Annual game moved to using the phone app.

Hodgins, Bill, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 28 Mar 2020     Dr. Michelle Snarr, a Bobcaygeon physician, gave permission to Kawartha Lakes This Week to share her update on what life has been like inside the Pinecrest Nursing Home, which suffered the largest ou

MacEachern, Barbara-Ann, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 29 Mar 2020     Some local churches offered online worship options for their parishioners and others who sought to fill the void left by cancellation of worship services during COVID-19. Jennings Creek Christian Ref

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 30 Mar 2020     Bobcaygeon residents stepped up to support their community as it battled COVID-19 and the worst outbreak in Ontario in the community's long-term care facility, Pinecrest Nursing Home. The fund was ad

Smith, Elaine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 30 Mar 2020     People paying mortgages made unpleasant discoveries after they requested mortgage deferrals from their lenders during COVID-19. Any mortgage payments that were deferred showed up as late payments on

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 30 Mar 2020     The City announced that all park amenities would remain closed until further notice as the COVID-19 pandemic and state of emergency declarations continued into April. This included all playgrounds, s

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 27 Mar 2020     Local real estate associations in Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough reported a slowed housing market, less inventory, and realtors turning to tech tools to market existing inventory to limit face-to-fa

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 28 Mar 2020     Dr. Steve Oldridge, a physician at the Bobcaygeon Medical Centre, had never felt so helpless than during the COVID-19 pandemic as a physician caring for residents at Pinecrest Nursing Home. But, he n

Clysdale, Taylor, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 24 Mar 2020     On March 20, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) reached a tentative deal with the province, ending the rotating one-day strikes which had been occurring since November 2019. Major

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 25 Mar 2020     The Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation established the special Heroes at Heart fund to support urgent equipment and technology needs as the hospital responded to the pandemic.

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 25 Mar 2020     Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development sent out a plea via a press release encouraging business owners, manufacturers and entrepreneurs in the region to consider donating their inventory o

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 30 Mar 2020     The local health unit reported 24 positive COVID-19 results for staff at Pinecrest Nursing Home. There were still 10 staff results pending and 6 staff with negative results. As of March 30, 2020, the

Ward, Jason, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 24 Mar 2020     As non-essential businesses were closed due to provincial shutdown, many Canadians found themselves laid off. Lindsay-based lawyer Jason Ward offered a quick reference guide to the income and other s

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 24 Mar 2020     Many emergency supports were still available to access in Kawartha Lakes during the COVID-19 pandemic though they changed how they could be accessed. Supports included food banks, mental health suppo

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 18 Apr 2020     A patient in the Ross Memorial's Hospital's continuing care wing has tested positive for COVID-19 after being tested following a sudden onset of symptoms of respiratory illness while being hospitaliz

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 17 Apr 2020     Bobcaygeon nursing home residents rise above COVID-19, with the home reporting no new deaths for almost two weeks and retesting of residents revealed none are positive for COVID-19.

    When stay-at-home orders became imminent, Canadians arrived in droves to purchase hoards of toilet paper, sanitary wipes, paper towels, hand sanitizer, and face masks. While the toilet paper anomaly

MacEachern, Barbara-Ann, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 18 Apr 2020     Habitat for Humanity launches online shopping and contactless donation drop off at Kawartha ReStore locations.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 20 Apr 2020     It was a learning curve for Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough teachers to teach students en masse from a distance under the Learn@Home directive while making sure all their students have access to thei