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Municipal election picture continues to change

The mayoral election in Kawartha Lakes is looking more and more like a two-horse race between council stalwarts Doug Elmslie and Pat Dunn with only 10 days to go before the cut-off to accept any new candidates.

Farm country, Canadian Shield…anything but “cottage country”

City clerk weighs in on ‘early’ election signs seen in city

Over the last 10 days a number of Kawartha Lakes residents have contacted the Advocate to ask for clarification about the rules that govern the placement of campaign signs for this fall’s municipal election.

Two Kindred spirits open new independent café in downtown Lindsay

It takes a little imagination now, but Lindsay will soon have a new independent café – Kindred — just a step away from where Boiling Over’s Coffee Vault used to be.

Lindsay’s Madison Kozak is back from Nashville to thrill country fans at Grove Theatre

Local favourite Madison Kozak, now based in Nashville, will be bringing her compelling voice and country music to The Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls on Aug. 9 along with guests Griffen Palmer and Nate Haller.

Aaron Young on his Icelandic roots, Lindsay’s bittersweet growth and becoming a different human being

Lunch with: Conversations with interesting people in 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.

Free tuition, pay raises and online learning offered to local residents who want to be PSWs

Two Bobcaygeon long-term care homes and one Lindsay retirement home are a few of the local connections involved in a province-wide quest to boost numbers of  personal support workers.

Three-year anniversary for Izzio Financial Solutions in Fenelon

Leslie Orr, a financial advisor in Fenelon Falls with Izzio Financial Solutions, works with everyone from young families to business owners to help them achieve “lifetime financial security.”