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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.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 17 Jun 2020     The Ontario government extended all existing emergency orders made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act until June 30, 2020.

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 21 Sep 2020     No new cases to report in Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland,Haliburton, and Hastings and Prince Edward counties,Peterborough report to come

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.

Perry, Mike, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 4 Jun 2020     Guest columnist Mike Perry on how we can't go back to 'normal' again when it comes to the economy, how it's run, how it serves people and how it protects those who need help.

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.

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 27 Sep 2020     Today, Ontario is reporting 491 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since May2 when 511 cases were reported.The number of hospitalizations has jumped again today by 12, after yesterday’s increase of13, for a total of 112. However, the number of patients in ICUs and on ventilators is stable.There have ...

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 9 Sep 2020     No new COVID-19 cases in greater Kawarthas region,149 new cases in Ontario. Most new cases in the province are in the GTA and Ottawa, 70%among people under 40.

Benzie, Robert, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 4 Sep 2020     Premier Doug Ford's push against retailer's pandemic price gouging has triggered more than 26 000 consumer complaints to the government, newly available data reveals.

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.

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 24 Sep 2020     TLDSB is waiting on a handful of companies who are now booked into next year to make any real changes to the board's heating and cooling systems - making the government's eight week deadline all but impossible to follow.

    Fresh Fuell moved locations and expanded to include a new coffee venture, North Warde Coffee Co., in spite of COVID-19 business closures and repeat lockdowns.

Lindsay Advocate, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 18 Jan 2021     In order to better support its members, the Kawartha Lakes Arts Council developed a strategic digital plan to include a refresh of brand, and the creation of a new website from a digital sales and marketing platform for members, offering a year-round marketplace of arts and cultural products and services.

    A roundup of the research that acknowledged that the transmission of COVID-19 was possible via aerosolized respiratory microdroplets that could travel farther than the 2 metres/6 foot separation of social distancing.

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.

Walker, Jennifer, Kawartha411.ca, 16 Dec 2020     The Bobcaygeon Kinette Club ensured their 53-year tradition of a Christmas dinner for local widows continued by hand delivering hot Christmas meals to 112 widows.

Lindsay Advocate, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 28 Nov 2020     While parents struggled to manage the risks of COVID-19, Gamiing Nature Centre, in partnership with The Forest Farm, offered parents an alternative; 200 acres for children to explore while providing them with an opportunity to be active, learn and be immersed in the great outdoors.

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 ...