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Mayor says ‘tangible improvements’ coming to roads, parks, libraries, environment

Published on December 15, 2017 in Community/Local News by Roderick Benns

The City of Kawartha Lakes council has adopted the 2018 operating budget which sets the base for the next 10 years – and Mayor Andy Letham says citizens can expect to see noticeable improvements in many local services.

“Residents can rest assured that the City will see tangible improvements to what they value most,” says Letham, including “good roads, community safety, arenas, parks, libraries (and) a healthy environment.”

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School board says coding a part of learning culture for three years

Published on December 13, 2017 in Education by Roderick Benns

The mounting interest and need for students to learn code has been recognized in Kawartha Lakes for three years now — and school board officials expect that interest to grow.

“Very quickly we realized the powerful and deep connections to thinking, creativity and curriculum,” says Laura Blaker, communications officer for Trillium Lakelands District School Board.

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New director says Kawartha Lakes a great place to live, work, play

Published on December 13, 2017 in Community/Local News by Roderick Benns

Kawartha Lakes has attracted some more top-notch talent in Jennifer Stover, the new director of corporate services for the City of Kawartha Lakes.

She says she knows the whole municipality wants to make Kawartha Lakes a “great place to live, work and play.”

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Wanted: 2,000 people from Lindsay who need a better income

Published on December 12, 2017 in Opinion/Social Issues by Roderick Benns

If you live in Lindsay and you’re finding it difficult to make ends meet, you owe it to yourself to sign up for basic income.

There’s still time.

It doesn’t matter if you’re on Ontario Works, ODSP, or you have a job and you’re just not making enough. You might even be a start-up business owner. But for whatever reason, you’re not making enough to get by — and you need a better income.

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Prepare Kawartha Lakes students as they do in Tokyo, Riyadh and London

Published on December 12, 2017 in Business/Education/Opinion by Ryan Oliver

The Canadian economy exists on two key tenants — resource extraction and manufacturing. But both are in trouble.

Given most resource extraction in the country is unsustainable, particularly in the face of climate change, and manufacturing continues to be exported to other countries through globalization, where does the future of a sustainable Canadian economy live?

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Health unit says people should lobby for free dental care

Published on December 11, 2017 in Health by Lindsay Advocate

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is calling for an expansion of publicly-funded dental programs for low-income adults and seniors – and they say the Province could deliver on this if enough people lobby for the change.

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Boys and Girls Club a beacon for many Lindsay families in low-income areas

Published on December 10, 2017 in Community/Health/Social Issues by Roderick Benns

Part One. This year, Statistics Canada has released new data on the social and economic well-being of cities and towns across Canada. This is part one in a series about Lindsay’s 12 lowest income neighbourhood zones and how they are coping in a challenging economic environment.

This is a series about the challenge and burden of living on a low income in Lindsay, but it’s also a series about hope and action. In each of these designated areas, there is a community anchor of some kind – be it a school, a business, or an institution that helps in some way.

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We’ve all got something to offer to make community better

Published on December 8, 2017 in Community/Health/Opinion by Teresa Jordan

I am often amazed at how much science and learning is involved in the daily interactions we all make with our environment.

We had the pleasure of welcoming Peter Marks to our agency to help us understand his teaching: Conscious Care and Support. He highlighted so many aspects of our environment that affect our senses and brain throughout the day.

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A glimpse of Lindsay’s prosperous past

Published on December 7, 2017 in Just in Time by Ian McKechnie

This undated picture of the Scugog River offers one a glimpse into Lindsay’s prosperous past.

On the right, straddling the embankment between King Street and the Grand Trunk Railway’s river spur, is the large and active Allen & Hanburys Co. Ltd., a British-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, whose Canadian plant was built in Lindsay a century ago.

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‘What can I give them, poor as I am?’: Lindsay’s 1931 Citizens’ Relief Association

Published on December 6, 2017 in Community/Just in Time/Opinion/Social Issues by Ian McKechnie

On July 12 of this year, a number of local citizens gathered in the Academy Theatre for a screening of I, Daniel Blake.

The fourth installment in this year’s TIFF Films on the Scugog series, organized under the auspices of the Kawartha Art Gallery in collaboration with the Academy Theatre, I, Daniel Blake paints a poignant picture of poverty in contemporary Britain.

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