The latest Community stories from Lindsay and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
She can breathe fire, save horses and is a sought-after burlesque dancer. Oh, and she once jumped from a plane with a tiny Russian man on her back. But we’ll get to the tedium a bit later.
A successful celebration was held with over 450 guests at the Kawartha Lakes Spotlight on Agriculture Gala and Awards event held last week in the Commonwell Exhibition building at the LEX Grounds.
Making a difference in your community is about to get a whole lot easier.
All Kawartha Lakes Public Library branches are open regular hours for in-person service and programs -- and the branches want to see you again.
Construction has officially been green-lit for Lindsay’s first ever permanent skatepark.
Lindsay's brand new sidewalks didn't hold up well after one winter. Photos: William McGinn.
Former Kawartha Lakes OPP officer Jon Perrin has donated $1,000 to Kawartha Haliburton Victim Services through Twisted Trauma, the non-profit he runs along with his wife, Jen.
A first of its kind for the municipality, Kawartha Lakes is developing an Active Transportation Master Plan (ATMP) to identify a continuous and connected network of safe, comfortable and sustainable active transportation routes and facilities.
The Pinnguaq Lindsay Makerspace announcing a full slate of weekly programming starting in the first week of April.
Stephanie Ellis of Peel Street, says she and other families on the street feel shaken after a March 11 shooting that sent a man to hospital with gunshots wounds.
Kawartha Lakes Police have arrested a suspect and are seeking a second suspect in relation to the shooting incident which occurred on Peel Street in Lindsay earlier today.
A local group has put together a donation drive for the refugees of Ukraine.
A shooting investigation is currently underway after police received reports of multiple gunshots from a residence in the area of Peel Street and Albert Street just at 11:13am.
The Kinsmen Club of Lindsay is advancing its mission to serve the community’s greatest need with a milestone donation to the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Fenelon Township Public School principal, Greg Arkwright, says he was “shocked” when he got a phone call about three weeks ago from Flato Developments, letting him know his school was green lit for a big donation of $20,000 from the builder.
The city is reviving the 2021 program that saw curbside textile recycling pickup available throughout Kawartha Lakes.
Longtime Lindsay resident Karen McArthur is finishing up her 20th year of canvassing for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and is on track to raise $12,000 this year, surpassing her previous personal record of $7,100 from 2021.
Today, Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes (CCCKL) Hospice Services, through the Community Care Foundation, gratefully received a donation of $12,050 from 100 Women Who Care Kawartha Lakes.
I met Kevin Frank when I was a little kid at a talk he hosted at the Lindsay library. Good times. I’d been writing a silly story I never actually finished and he was nice enough to read it before the event started.
Building on past prevention efforts locally, Women’s Resources this week launched the first-ever formal, social media campaign to raise public awareness about sex trafficking in Kawartha Lakes.
From the end of the Second World War until the turn of the new century, the towns and villages that would soon make up Kawartha Lakes were home to thousands of unionized workers.
Lyndsay Heffernan remembers a call last week that probably sums up the way a lot of people are feeling these days.
The Coboconk, Norland & Area Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce that the community has reached its goal to raise $1 million for the new Summit Wellness Centre.
A group calling itself Rise Up Kawartha saw about 40-50 people attend a downtown gathering in Lindsay today to protest vaccines and lockdowns.
