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      As the city updated service levels in Stage 3 of provincial reopenings, Parks, Recreation and Culture re-opened several facilities.

      The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Confirmed positive: 331, including 203 in Kawartha Lakes, 101 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland) Active cases: 37, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes, 28 in Northumberland, and …

      Five creative solutions and new ways of working together emerged as a result of the unique situations health care providers and social agencies were faced with during COVID-19.

      The city reopened fitness classes at the Lindsay Recreation Complex on August 10, 2020, with strict participant limits and specific COVID-19 fitness rules. These rules included maintaining physical distancing from others, no access to change rooms or lockers, following directional signage, removing outdoor footwear, and wearing a mask when anywhere …

      A list of the health unit regions that were and were not allowed to move to Stage Two of re-openings on June 12, 2020.

      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 …

      Tsang, Health Equity Coordinator, Haliburton Kawartha Lakes Pine Ridge District Health Unit, wondered about the type of world we might want to live in post-pandemic.

      Practical Nursing Graduate Mackenzie Lotton shared her experience of the Fleming College program and working alongside her mother at Ross Memorial Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      The local district health unit announced that the outbreaks declared at Kawartha Lakes Retirement Residence (Bobcaygeon) and at Empire Crossing Retirement Home (Port Hope) were over. Outbreaks were declared at these two residences on May 12, 2020, and May 16, 2020 respectively.

      The Bobcaygeon Chest Fund donated almost $20,000 to the Bobcaygeon Legion so they can build an outdoor patio to help keep vets safe during COVID.

      Canada launched the COVID Alert app on July 31, 2020. Using Bluetooth signals available through smartphones, it alerted users to COVID-19 exposure, offered advice on what to do following exposure, and let others know when you tested positive without sharing personal information.

      The local health unit was moved to "Yellow-Protect" effective December 7, 2020. The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Confirmed positive: 333, including 202 in Kawartha Lakes, 104 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (net increase of 2, including 3 in Northumberland) *Active cases: 31, including …

      In mid-April 2020, Dean Michel issued a challenge to his local community: raise $500 for Coboconk and Area Food Bank and he would jump in Balsam Lake on May 2, 2020. When the goal was surpassed, he included Jennifer Bacon into the challenge and the goal was upped to $1000. …

 Gallant, Jacques, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 6 Nov 2020     Click the image to read the article

 Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 10 Nov 2020     Confirmed positive: 262, including 188 in Kawartha Lakes, 52 in Northumberland, 22 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland) Active cases: 4, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland) Probable cases: 0 (no change) High-risk contacts: 24, including 9 in …

 Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 10 Nov 2020     The Canada Foundation for Innovation funded Fleming research into detecting COVID and other pathogens in wastewater.

 Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 11 Nov 2020     Confirmed positive: 262, including 188 in Kawartha Lakes, 52 in Northumberland, 22 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland) Active cases: 4, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland) Probable cases: 0 (no change) High-risk contacts: 24, including 9 in …

 McGinn, William, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 11 Nov 2020     With the hunting season in full swing in Kawartha Lakes, it's not unusual to see a littering of deer carcasses, but the increased amount of dumping seen in 2020 possibly had a COVID-related reason. A lot of hunters were unable to get their game meat into a lot of local …

 Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 11 Nov 2020     Parents pushed the local public school board to allow for school photos. At the time, the school board was working with the local health unit to work on protocol to allow outside photographers into the building. The board hopes that provincial and federal investment in growing broadband access will help …