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First dose walk-in times now available in Fenelon Falls
If you have not yet received your first COVID-19 vaccine, new walk-in times at health unit clinics are designed with you in mind.

Reimagining of The Glass Menagerie at Globus Theatre
Globus Theatre presents New Story Production’s Broken Glass, as a live play reading to take place at their recently announced Patio Theatre Festival.

Doug & Mary Perry higher education fund announced
Mike Perry has established the Doug & Mary Perry Higher Education Fund with the Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes. Perry is the past president and co-founder of the foundation.

New hospital CT scanner now operational
RMH conducts about 12,000 exams annually using a CT scanner.
Community members in Kawartha Lakes and the surrounding area are poised to benefit from a brand new CT scanner that is now operational at Ross Memorial Hospital.

RMH makes large financial ask of city for new equipment
Ashmore disappointed in province for not providing more funds
Ross Memorial Hospital’s leader is seeking as much as $7.5 million from the city over the next five city budgets.
At a special meeting of council on June 29, senior staff and volunteers from RMH presented a plan regarding upgrades and improvements necessary at the hospital that will cost about $15 million.

Stunt driving charges laid against Kawartha Lakes man
Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle for excessive speed,… Continue reading “Stunt driving charges laid against Kawartha Lakes man”

City to use new provincial money for review of fire service budgets
The Ontario government is providing up to $458,750 to help improve the delivery of critical programs and services in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock — money that Kawartha Lakes will be using to fund a third-party review of the fire service budgets, according to a media release.
