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Director hoping for labour peace

Wes Hahn, the director of education for the Trillium Lakelands District School Board, is very hopeful that after three school years disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic that this year will be a quiet year for staff and students with a minimum of interruptions, particularly on the labour front.

Agriculture is essential to the local economy and way of life, but development is booming — how do we find the right balance?

In one of the best growing seasons in recent memory — local farmers have been spared both droughts and deluges — there seems to be a new crop sprouting in fields around Kawartha Lakes.

Peterborough vs Lindsay in bus transportation

n from Peterborough to Oshawa and then on to Toronto — 14 each day, which is 98 trips per week.

Lindsay senior a victim of ‘gift card’ fraud

The Kawartha Lakes Police Service is investigating after a 74-year-old female from Lindsay became a victim to a gift card scam.

Zellers Daze – gone but not forgotten

Ten years ago Lindsay lost what has now become a store steeped in nostalgia

Slogans such as “Where the lowest price is the law,” “Dollar Daze,” and “Shopping anywhere else is pointless,” bring back waves of nostalgia for shoppers of the discount department store Zellers.

Executive director of local United Way retires

United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes announced at its September 8th AGM, its Executive Director, Penny Barton Dyke will be retiring from the organization after more than 17 years. 

Liz Pead on finding community harmony, talking with the other, and being a maker

Lunch with Roderick Benns: Conversations with interesting people in Kawartha Lakes

Liz Pead was on her way to the 2019 Kawartha Yarn and Fibre Festival when she found herself lost on Oak Street in Fenelon Falls — and now she lives there.