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More social services relief funds for city from province
The Ontario government is providing $2.4 million to help the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County deliver critical services, create longer-term housing solutions and keep vulnerable people safe, according to a media release from local MPP Laurie Scott.
The great wall: Council votes to take down ‘unsafe’ wall at Olde Gaol
In a battle of conflicting expert reports, Kawartha Lakes has decided to take the advice of their own staff and voted to approve the demolition of the majority of the walls that currently surround the courtyard of the Olde Gaol Museum at 50 Victoria Avenue North in Lindsay.
Familiar faces to square off again locally in election
Local candidates are off to the races in a federal match-up that pits the Liberal’s Justin Trudeau against new Conservative leader Erin O’Toole and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh.
Annamie Paul, the federal Green Party leader, will face her first campaign since Elizabeth May stepped aside in 2019. At this time, only the Conservatives and Liberals have chosen candidates locally, with the Conservatives of course running incumbent Jamie Schmale and the Liberals once again fielding Judi Forbes.
Lindsay Exhibition to run over 10 days this year
The 167th Lindsay Exhibition will proceed as an in-person event from September 17 to 26 — a 10-day period instead of the usual five. All the favourites are returning, according to a media release, including livestock shows, demolition derby, midway rides and games, a country music concert, The WoofJocks Canine All-stars, DooDoo the Clown, vendors, and fair food.
Optional courses in high school could be hit hard as 300 students opt to stay home: Union president
The new secondary school union head says the nearly 300 students that are staying home this fall for online learning may end up affecting class choice for the majority who are going back.
Board negotiates deal with area high school teachers
A deal has been made.
After months of difficult negotiations and the intervention of a provincial conciliator, the Trillium Lakelands District School Board and District 15 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) have reached and ratified a three-year collective agreement that will guarantee labour peace until Aug. 31, 2024.
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‘You can’t live on minimum wage in Lindsay anymore’
One of Lindsay’s premier dining spots, Hobart’s Steakhouse, is closed until the fall — despite restaurants getting the green light to open from the province. That’s because they can’t find enough people to make the food.
