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Virtual Five Counties Children’s Centre Winterfest happening soon
Celebrate the Family Day Weekend with the Five Counties Children’s Centre online from February 18-21. Winterfest 2022 will offer fun activities with the Peterborough Petes and the Lindsay Muskies, baking, craft demos, story time, contests and more.

Public awareness campaign launched to prevent sex trafficking in local area
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.

Future union strength will depend on new approaches
Does hope for a union renaissance lie with women, new Canadians, self-employed and youth?
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.

City’s first ever business count shows employer openness for working from home
A third of businesses are looking to hire
Council is about to learn more than they ever knew before about small business in the city – including that nearly three quarters of local businesses will continue to let employees work from home after the pandemic is over.

‘The King is dead. Long live the Queen.’
Platinum Jubilee: Elizabeth II marks 70 years on the throne
She looks back at us from coins, stamps and the $20 banknote. Her portrait is displayed in schools, post offices and Legion halls across the country.

Bobcaygeon’s Lavish Locks a cut above
Kim Murphy never thought she’d own her own business at 30.

What today’s health crisis means for tomorrow
'This is an opportunity for transformation'
“If given the chance to start over, I don’t know that I would go into nursing now,” says Bonnie Kennedy, a Kawartha Lakes resident who retired from nursing after more than 40 years in the profession.

