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So, there was this really funny post on Facebook, recently of a small dog passed out on the couch. “We… Continue reading “Podcast Teaser: After lots of walking, just let sleeping dogs lie”

Jamie Schmale, the Conservative member of parliament for Haliburton – Kawartha Lakes – Brock, spent 90 minutes with the Advocate,… Continue reading “Schmale talks Conservative leadership race, COVID-19, indigenous blockades, and CBC”

Kawartha Lakes Mayor Andy Letham recently announced $81 million in government funding for improving rural cell phone/broadband across eastern Ontario…. Continue reading “Millions to be invested to improve rural cell phone and broadband”

Kawartha Lakes mayor, Andy Letham, says the discussion about the COVID-19 pandemic is “no longer what we are shutting down,… Continue reading “Letham speculates how Kawartha Lakes may re-open”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, gestures of all sizes have been making a significant difference to those most affected. First Responders… Continue reading “Paramedics recognize community support”

In most respects, the weekend of April 25-26, 1970, hardly differed from other spring weekends in Lindsay. Shoppers headed downtown… Continue reading “Gifts from the heart: Remembering Marlene James”

Fifty years ago this week, 20 million people celebrated the first Earth Day. They came together on April 22, 1970,… Continue reading “Earth Day 50 years on: It must not be business as usual”