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      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 …

      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 …

      Local police, fire and paramedics all came together on Thursday November 5 to help a Lindsay girl celebrate her birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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      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.

      The Lindsay drive test centre hired a security guard to check addresses outside of the building for those from COVID lockdown zones and checking temperatures before anyone can enter the building.

      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. …

      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 …

 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.

 Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 19 Nov 2020     The provincial government introduced stronger public health measures as the number of COVID-19 ICU patients climbed. Some health regions were moved into higher and more restrictive level. Kawartha Lakes remained in the 'green' Prevent category as of November 19, 2020. Confirmed positive: 275, including 191 in Kawartha Lakes, 61 in …

 Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 20 Dec 2020     Local Catholic school board directors discussed the highs and lows of COVID-19.

 Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 21 Dec 2020     The Ontario government announced that they will impose a province-wide shutdown effective 12:01 AM on Boxing Day (Saturday December 26, 2020), for 14 days in northern Ontario and for 28 days in southern Ontario. The shutdown for southern Ontario would take place from December 26, 2020 to January 23, 2021. …

 VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 21 Dec 2020     Part of the Ontario Government's decision to implement a province-wide lockdown from December 26, 2020 to January 23, 2021 in Southern Ontario was the need to keep enough beds open in hospitals to care for COVID patients. In April 2020, the provincial government had announced that it added more acute …

 Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 21 Dec 2020     The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays. These numbers are from December 20 and 21. Confirmed positive: 458, including 221 in Kawartha Lakes, 210 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 17, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 16 in Northumberland) *Active cases: 53, including …

 Henry, Michelle, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 21 Dec 2020     Confusion was noted about the mixed message sent by implementing the provincial lockdown on December 26, 2020 instead of December 24, 2020 while still strongly encouraging citizens to celebrate Christmas with only their households. Some public health officials agreed that is was a confusing scenario where people are urged caution …

 Hodgins, Bill, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 22 Dec 2020     Legendary Canadian rocker Neil Young returned to his roots during the pandemic to perform again at Omemee's Coronation Hall, which was empty.

 Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 17 Dec 2020     The Ontario Hospital Association called on the provincial government to implement a 4-week lockdown on every public health unit reporting infection rates of 40 people per 100,000 or higher. This would move an additional 15 health units into lockdown. The local health unit was not part of this group as …

 Payne, Nancy, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 17 Dec 2020     While the upheaval caused by COVID-19 to the economy, education and daily life tended to dominate the public conversation, the pandemic had also profoundly altered the way people lived with and died from other causes, as well as changing how we were able to mourn and bid farewell to those …

 Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 17 Dec 2020     Ontario's Privacy Commissioner did not take further action investigating the Kawartha Lakes Police Service's use of the province's COVID-19 database.

 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.