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From February 12-15 Five Counties Children’s Centre celebrated Family Day weekend virtually with their signature Winterfest event. Winterfest 2021 offered… Continue reading “Five Counties Children’s Centre Winterfest was a virtual success”

Some community members are speaking out against Kawartha Lakes City Council’s taskforce on off-road vehicles since all four citizen appointees… Continue reading “Fairness of new city task force questioned; use of off-road vehicles examined”

With more COVID-19 vaccine shipments expected this week, the local public health agency will be initiating vaccination clinics for the… Continue reading “Local vaccine delivery expected this week says health unit”

Dr. Ian Gemmill gets it. The acting medical officer of health for the HKPR Health Unit says he appreciates how… Continue reading “Vaccine hesitancy: Top doc says questions are reasonable but the science is strong”

Kawartha Art Gallery, in partnership with Curated, presents an online fundraising auction of the works of Maurice E. Roberts, a… Continue reading “Fundraising art auction now on for Kawartha Art Gallery”

Every year the mayor, council and senior staff spend hundreds of hours carefully crafting a budget that aims to address… Continue reading “Budget breakdown: New positions, cleaner downtowns, and no mailed waste calendar”

Kawartha Lakes council unanimously approved applying a portion of the Safe Restart pandemic funding provided by the province to reduce… Continue reading “Council uses provincial money to reduce tax levy to 1.5 per cent  “