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In the 2016 Census, male-dominated occupations in Ontario had less than a 5 per cent share from females.

The Pinnguaq Association today announced the purchase of the former public works building located at 12 Peel Street in Lindsay, and the launch of renovations to create a world-class STEAM education and entrepreneurship centre.

From the flour mills, sawmills, and woollen mills of the nineteenth century to the sprawling industrial complexes of the mid-twentieth century and beyond, factories have long provided steady jobs to local citizens.

On Friday, Nov. 4 and Monday, Nov. 7, hundreds of Kawartha Lakes education workers joined tens of thousands striking education workers across the province to protest Bill 28. 

It’s a crisp February day in Lindsay more than 70 years ago.

High profile Lindsay lawyer Jason Ward, who recently stepped away from practicing law at Wards Lawyers, has come forward to speak openly with the Advocate Podcast about the struggles that pushed him to the brink of his professional and personal life.

Although it is customary to sing “Dashing through the snow/ In a one-horse open sleigh” during the Christmas season, the snow is often not plentiful enough for a good old-fashioned sleigh ride until at least January.