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Text talk
For our younger generation, using punctuation can sometimes be taken as rudeness
Do you end your sentences with a period when texting?
Council approves multiple vendor contracts
Street sweeping services - $203,000; Two new vehicles for the Kawartha Lakes Fire Service - $1.52 million
At their last regular meeting, Kawartha Lakes councillors approved unanimously and without debate or questions eight different city contracts covering spending on items as diverse as emergency equipment, renovations to city owned buildings, road services and the creation of compost at various landfill sites.
Source of oil leak found at Thurstonia Park
Residents of Thurstonia Park, near Dunsford, received some good news midday yesterday when the source of the fuel oil leak that is polluting their soil and waterfront was finally discovered.
Up and away: The thrills of flight in Kawartha Lakes
Just in Time local history series
About 120 years ago, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright took off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in what has been celebrated as the first flight in an aircraft.
Fatal collision in Kinmount
Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision which occurred last evening on Pinery Road near Kinmount.
Council agrees to license short-term rentals but no details of plan have been decided
Kawartha Lakes council agreed to move forward on a program of registering and licensing short-term rentals (STRs), but until a council task force reports back sometime before June 30, residents of the city will have little idea what this new bylaw will look and operate like.
City will be on the hook for oil spill cleanup from the province
Kawartha Lakes finds itself in a difficult situation regarding the ongoing oil spill cleanup going on in Thurstonia Park near Dunsford.
