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Safer Neighbourhoods movement to be held at Victoria Park Armoury on community safety
Kawartha Lakes Police Service works with community group to hold event
Sandy Creighton wasn’t the only one worried about the state of her neighbourhood in the Old Mill district of Lindsay.
Once she started talking with her neighbours, she realized they were all having the same issues.

Plumbing issue forces Leslie Frost kids to LCVI today for pick-up after school
Parents and guardians of students at Leslie Frost Public School have been told that a plumbing issue has forced the immediate evacuation of students to LCVI.

Long-term care protest in front of Scott’s office to be held Oct. 4
The Kawartha Lakes Health Coalition is holding a long-term care protest at Laurie Scott’s office on Oct. 4 at Noon… Continue reading “Long-term care protest in front of Scott’s office to be held Oct. 4”

Bobcaygeon group says new statutory holiday finally acknowledges our racist legacies
The establishment of a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 is an important step in Canada’s journey to acknowledge its racist past, according to TRC Bobcaygeon.
While it was made a statutory holiday federally, the Ontario government has not followed suit, says Sherry Telford, one of the co-keepers of the local group.

Feed it Forward with Twisted Trauma
Twisted Trauma Foundation, a local non-profit, working to improve mental health supports locally, as started a Feed it Forward Program.

Schmale, Forbes, and Davidson talk rural-urban divide and conservatism
Forty-eight hours after fighting and winning his third election, local MP Jamie Schmale says it’s bittersweet to be going back to Ottawa while the Conservative Party itself has once again been defeated.
“We were hoping for better,” Schmale said.

Climate Futures, a juried art exhibit, offers several cash prizes for winning entries
Reflections from the Watersheds of Time in 2121, invites you to tell a new story, to imagine what balanced, sustainable, equitable, and abundant communities will look like 100 years from now.

