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Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 22 Apr 2020     King Albert Public School, Lindsay, continued to honour their code of conduct, the Knight's Code, by actively working to get technology into their students' hands and meet the needs of their students' families, such as food and support. They provided reading materials (donated from the Kent Bookstore) and reallocated its ...

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 27 Apr 2020     While the federal government rejigged some requirements for small businesses to access COVID-19 support, there were still gaps in funding. The city considered reallocating funding from existing small business initiatives and continued to actively seek more funding from upper-levels of government.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 22 Apr 2020     Local health unit dietitian Malik offered suggestions on how to keep kids moving and eating healthy while under lockdown, especially given Canada's poor grade for physical activity in children.

Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 15 Sep 2020     With more people staying home and limiting travel due to the pandemic, 2020 is shaping up to be another bad year for animal bites in the region.

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 19 Sep 2020     Kawartha Lakes continues scheduled openings as part of Stage 3 reopenings, including ice pads, service centres, and Logie Park.

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 7 Dec 2020     The reopening of the Reflections Café and gift shop inside Ross Memorial Hospital helped raise support for critical needs. The café and gift shop had been closed since lockdowns began in March 2020.

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 15 Nov 2020     Some Kawartha Lakes residents asked if the Lindsay DriveTest should be open to those coming from outside the city during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Saba, Rosa, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 21 Nov 2020     After the pandemic made it clear that the Employment Insurance (EI) system needed to change, the federal government hinted it would work toward bringing the program up to speed. The program was bolstered by temporary changes meant to include more people affected by the pandemic, reducing the number of hours ...

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 14 Sep 2020     If it wasn't for the fact that everyone is wearing a mask and the COVID-19 caution signs, St. John Paul Catholic Elementary School principal Tammy Rutter would swear it was just the start of another school year.

Hodgins, Bill, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 8 Sep 2020     Central Smith Creamery taps into demand with unique variety packs offers and Kawartha Dairy notes a marked increase in ice cream demand.

Clarkson, Tricia, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 6 Nov 2020     Columnist Tricia Clarkson related how she struggled with the decision to visit out-of-province family during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 30 Sep 2020     The local health unit urged everyone to continue to follow pandemic guidelines such as masking and physical distancing, and also to get their free flu shot as the second wave of COVID-19 officially arrived.

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 4 Sep 2020     The Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Housing Corporation is looking to demolish, rebuild, and reovate A Place Called Home to meet new needs.

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 17 Dec 2020     Health experts predict a an abysmal January, February and March for COVID-19 infections if citizens allowed "pandemic fatigue" to take over and refused to continue practicing cautious over the 2020 Christmas holidays.

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 28 Nov 2020     Municipalities in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock struggling with challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic received more than $15.6 million in funding from the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund.

DeLaire, Megan, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 15 Dec 2020     Supply chain experts offered a glimpse of what might be to come in 2021 during the continued COVID-19 pandemic.

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 1 Dec 2020     The Ontario provincial government announced an update to their COVID-19 vaccination plan - one which Health Minister Christine Elliott said will by the "largest logistical undertaking that we've had in Ontario in a generation." The province had yet to decide who would get the vaccination first.

Harding, Rick, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 5 Jan 2021     Reader Rick Harding offered another perspective to the pandemic impact in this letter to the editor, paying tribute to health care workers and those who work in finance and related fields to keep the economy turning.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 27 Dec 2020     For Leadbeater and her COVID case and contact management team with the local unit, making calls informing people they are COVID positive came with highs and lows. Some felt sad, guilty or angry. Most were simply relieved.

Anderson, Lance, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 7 Jan 2021     From her neighbour Tammy and cousin Amy to her mailman Tom, Cassidy Murphy, 10, thanked workers for the sacrifices they've made during the pandemic.