Social Issues
Summer Lunch Program gears up in Lindsay, Fenelon Falls
The Food Security Working Group, a committee of the Kawartha Lakes Food Coalition, will be offering the Summer Outreach Lunch… Continue reading “Summer Lunch Program gears up in Lindsay, Fenelon Falls”
Food Source needs help to ‘Fill the Freezers’
Kawartha Lakes Food Source (KLFS) is seeking the community’s help to cook ready to serve meals. KLFS is piloting a… Continue reading “Food Source needs help to ‘Fill the Freezers’”
Two Lindsay families receive keys to new Habitat homes
Two very excited families are moving into their new homes in Lindsay thanks to Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha… Continue reading “Two Lindsay families receive keys to new Habitat homes”
Ford government fails people on disability in move from BI to ODSP; pharmacists step in
A local social worker is sounding the alarm over the transition for people who were collecting basic income and then… Continue reading “Ford government fails people on disability in move from BI to ODSP; pharmacists step in”
Community Care dental clinic available no matter one’s income level
April has been proclaimed as Oral Health Month by the Ontario Oral Health Alliance, the ideal time to talk about… Continue reading “Community Care dental clinic available no matter one’s income level”
Food insecurity, affordable housing, and ‘freedom from want’
Norman Rockwell’s Freedom from Want is one of the best-known of all American paintings. You might not know it by… Continue reading “Food insecurity, affordable housing, and ‘freedom from want’”
$200 million class action filed over basic income
The Advocate has learned that the four participants in the province’s basic income pilot project are seeking $200 million in general… Continue reading “$200 million class action filed over basic income”
