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    With the recent announcement of the new Province-wide 'emergency-brake' coming into effect April 3rd we will see some changes for our Lindsay Downtown businesses. Limits on in-person shopping limit supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, indoor farmers' markets, other stores that primarily sell food and pharmacies to a 50% capacity. All ...

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 1 Apr 2021     Ontario's top health experts on the COVID-19 Science Advisory Table recommended a month-long province-wide stay-at-home order to bring the disease under control, announcing that Ontario had entered the third wave of the pandemic.

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 1 Apr 2021     S-The Ontario government imposed a province-wide emergency brake as a result of what officials called an alarming surge in case numbers and COVID-19 hospitalizations across the province. The province-wide emergency brake was be effective Saturday, April 3, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. and the government intended to keep this in place ...

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.

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 testator (will maker) and two witnesses (one of whom must be a lawyer or paralegal) connected on video. The two witnesses watch ...

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 14 Apr 2021     Local school boards received a total $26.6 million in additional funding from the federal and provincial governments through the COVID-19 Reliance Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 16 Apr 2021     Restrictions included a two-week extension of the stay-at-home order, limiting outdoor gatherings to household members, and closing non-essential construction.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 17 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 Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays. Confirmed positive: 1,471, including 661 in Kawartha Lakes, 723 in Northumberland, and 87 in Haliburton ...

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 giving police temporary powers to stop residents and question them without cause about their comings and goings during the latest COVID-19-related provincial lockdown.

Perkel, Colin, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 17 Apr 2021     Premier Doug Ford rescinded sweeping new police powers on Saturday April 17, 2021 after their announcement caused swift and furious backlash across the province, including statements from several police services.

Ford, Doug, Premier, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 17 Apr 2021     After announcing yesterday playgrounds would be closed as part of stricter public health measures, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Twitter this afternoon they will be allowed to remain open. -- Ontario's enhanced restrictions were always intended to stop large gatherings where spread can happen. Our regulations will be amended ...

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 Saturday, excluding Sundays and statutory holidays. These numbers are from April 18 and 19. Confirmed positive: 1,511, including 672 in Kawartha ...

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.

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 issued a statement warning of delays to two shipments of the vaccine originally expected from the federal government later this ...

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 2 Apr 2021     As of Friday April 2nd, all residents in the greater Kawarthas region aged 70 and over in 2021 were able to make COVID-19 vaccination appointments through the provincial booking system. The government also announced that the AstraZeneca vaccine would be available at 350 more pharmacies across the province and would ...

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 Haliburton (increase of 20 in Northumberland)* Cases with N501Y mutation: 250, including 90 in Kawartha Lakes, 146 in Northumberland, and 14 in ...

Halliday, Chris, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 27 Apr 2020     Government of Ontario unveiled 'roadmap' to restart Ontario economy from coronavirus pandemic, a three stage approach with public health officials carefully monitoring each stage. The province warned that it is not a calendar and that they would not rush the process.

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 precautions of living separately from spouses and children in trailers sitting in driveways or other means to keep them ...

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, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 12 Aug 2020     Municipalities in the greater Kawartha region received more than $28 million in COVID-19 emergency funding from the Ontario and Canadian governments including over $3.9 million to support public transit. Kawartha Lakes received over $4.9 million in funding, including almost $109,000 for public transit.