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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.