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    Ontario was on the verge of running out of COVID-19 vaccine doses if no new shipments arrived before the end of the following week (January 15, 2021), Premier Doug Ford said during an announcement on Friday January 8, 2021.

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.

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 31 Dec 2020     The Ontario Provincial Police restricted access to its facilities, including detachments, across the province due to the Winter 2020 provincial lockdown.

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.

Warren, May, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 8 Jan 2021     The Ministry of Health reported that the COVID-19 vaccine would be available to previously excluded groups.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 15 Jun 2020     The federal government announced that it would be extending the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) for Canadians unable to return to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 22 Jan 2021     The Kawartha Lakes Police Service had to shell out extra cash in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but, interestingly, it wasn't to cover an increase in sick days.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 17 Nov 2020     Confirmed positive: 275, including 191 in Kawartha Lakes, 61 in Northumberland, 23 in Haliburton (increase of 1, in Northumberland) Active cases: 10, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Probable cases: 0 (no change) High-risk contacts: 29, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes and ...

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 20 Jan 2021     To help keep residents in the loop, the City held a special council meeting on January 26, 2021 to share details on the 2021 budget and residents were invited to 'jump in' with their questions and concerns.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 18 Jan 2021     The Peterborough Regional Health Centre has started taking patient transfers, while Lindsay's Ross Memorial Hospital has yet to, as both are being asked to prepare for a surge in cases.

Hyatt, Sarah, Northumberland News (Cobourg, ON), 13 Jan 2021     COVID-19 continued to spread in local communities - and to beat it back, at least some needed to stop helping the virus win, said Kawartha Lakes medical officer of health Dr. Ian Gemmill.

Benns, Roderick, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 14 Jan 2021     The reconstruction of the second section of Kent Street West in downtown Lindsay from Cambridge Street to Victoria Street, originally scheduled for Fall 2021, was started early in January due to the provincial stay-at-home order allowing essential construction to continue and crews wanted to take advantage of the quieter roads.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 15 Jan 2021     As the number of COVID-19 cases continue is accumulate, influenza or the flu seemed oddly absent. Marianne Rock (the local health unit) and Patti Fitzgerald (Peterborough Public Health) explained why this was the case. Efforts to reduce COVID-19 and control exposure (such as regular hand washing, social distancing, wearing masks, ...

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 26 Jan 2021     The Ontario government extended the province's state of emergency on January 26, 2021. This second state of emergency was first declared on January 12, 2021. All emergency orders were extended for 14 days, including the stay-at-home order, the prohibition on residential evictions, and the enforcement of COVID-19 measures such as ...

DeLaire, Megan, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 25 Jan 2021     It's been one year since Ontario reported Canada's first case of COVID-19. The patient, treated at Sunnybrook Hospital, was a 56-year-old Toronto man who had recently returned from a three-month stay in Wuhan, China. Although the pandemic posed unprecedented health, social, cultural and financial challenges to people around the world, ...

Lindsay Advocate, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 16 Dec 2020     New funding to help local governments avoid operating deficits in 2021 was announced on December 16, 2020 and included about $1 million for Kawartha Lakes. The money was announced as part of Phase 2 of the provincial government's Safe Restart Agreement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    On November 23rd the Ontario government announced people from Grey lockdown zones would no longer be able to come to Lindsay or any area out of their zone for a drivers test. The move came after numerous complaints from residents about the dangers of people from Coronavirus hotspots leaving their ...

Hutchinson, Trevor, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 16 Dec 2020     Hutchinson shared his opinion on Premier Doug Ford's handling of the pandemic, comparing early days responses in March 2020 to the described "stalling" in summer 2020 to the perceived inadequate responses of December 2020 to the crisis of COVID-19 in long-term care homes.

Bryant, Michael, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 9 Dec 2020     Lawyers Bryant and Zwibel from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association warned of premature speculation lacking any lawful authority regarding restrictions on travel and other activities if not vaccinated for COVID-19, despite the vaccine being voluntary.