The latest Community stories from Lindsay and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
If you happened to be in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, in the 1970s (and really, who wasn’t?), you might have caught glimpse of a tall boy playing with other kids among the lava fields.
“This is the most important card in my wallet,” the man announced, casually and matter-of-factly, to Lynn, the staffer at the Bobcaygeon library, as she checked out his regular haul of books.
Lisa and Bryan Moores of Lindsay recently went on an 11-day sojourn to Ireland.
No sooner has Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun started up when Michele Kennedy walks through the door.
Following two years of successful digital events, the Kawartha Lakes Classic Cycling Tour Presented by Boston Pizza Lindsay is returning to a live event on August 27.
Family-friendly drag events across Canada, many hosted by local libraries, have been targeted by a deluge of hateful comments, CBC News is reporting – but the same can’t be said locally.
The Cenotaph Stories project aims to unlock and preserve new memories from the families and friends of soldiers whose names are on the Lindsay war monument. Photo: Sienna Frost.
A local computer support company, Kawartha Computer Clinic in Lindsay, has obtained almost 100 refurbished Desktop PC’s from an organization hoping they will get into the hands of families and people in need of a PC.
An 11-year-old boy who went missing yesterday afternoon shed his clothes in the Caroline-Colborne Street area, according to Kawartha Lakes Police Service.
I love hearing a Brooklyn accent while sitting inside a Greek restaurant in downtown Lindsay, talking national and provincial politics with a Jewish professor. It just seems very Canadian somehow.
Six young gymnasts of the Lindsay Gymnastics Centre recently competed in the Ontario Provincial Gymnastics Championship, and out of 160 provincewide participants per age group, every one scored in the Top 10, and two of them took home the title of Provincial Overall Champion.
Prepare to welcome the newest three residents to Lindsay and Kawartha Lakes -- from Ukraine.
To understand what makes Nicki Dedes tick, we have to talk about family.
Members from Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes Hospice Services attended the Hospice Palliative Care Ontario’s Annual Conference on April 23 to celebrate a prestigious award given to one of its Hospice Services volunteers.
The reality is that it can be tough to pursue new relationships in a smaller community where everybody knows you. But whether it’s through a dating app or a good old-fashioned personal encounter, local singles keep searching.
The Kinmount and Burnt River areas will benefit from an influx of federal cash to ensure more high speed internet connectivity in rural areas of the country.
Kawartha Lakes is facing a shortage of volunteer firefighters at almost every hall across the city. Kawartha Lakes Fire Service Chief Terry Jones told the Advocate in an email that although 23 per cent of the city’s volunteer firefighter positions are sitting empty, the problem of keeping a full roster isn’t a new one.
An investigation into an illegal cannabis production and distribution network in Central Ontario has resulted in the seizure of more than $6 million dollars in illegal cannabis and cannabis related products.
Kawartha Lakes Public Library, in partnership with a variety of community partners, provides free family passes to local cultural, educational and recreational facilities in and around Kawartha Lakes.
Efforts are under way to bring a Ukrainian family displaced by the war in their country to Lindsay.
If not for the entire staff and a half-dozen-at-most audience members wearing masks, this might seem like any pre-2020 comedy night.
Kawartha Lakes Police Service is the recipient of provincial funding, according to a media release from local MPP Laurie Scott's office.
Everyone is invited to Jump In and celebrate Earth Week 2022 in Kawartha Lakes.
For the third straight year, residents in the Coboconk area will be jumping in the lake in support of the Summit Wellness Centre.
