MPP gets new role   
Posted 2 hours ago
LINDSAY – Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Rick Johnson has been named parliamentary assistant to the minister of infrastructure, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced today (Thursday.) "I'm honoured to have been chosen for this role," Johnson stated in a press release. [more]

Three city beaches posted as unsafe   
Posted 2 hours ago
KAWARTHA LAKES - Three beaches have been posted as unsafe for swimming following the most recent testing by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit Beach Park and Riverview Beach Park near Bobcaygeon and Bond St. [more]

Fire destroys Kirkfield-area cottage   
Updated 6 hours ago
ELDON TWP. - A grease fire quickly spread in a Kirkfield-area cottage Wednesday night, destroying the building and causing an estimated $120,000 in damage. The roof of the North Taylor Rd. cottage had collapsed by the time firefighters called about 9:08 p.m. [more]

John Howard Society pilot project gets $50,000   
Posted 2 hours ago
LINDSAY - The John Howard Society (JHS) has been awarded $50,000 in funding over two years from the Ontario government through the Ministry of Health Promotion for a two-year pilot project called "CookSmarts". [more]

Talk quickly turns to sewers in Ward 15   
Posted 6 hours ago
OMEMEE - Hairdresser Carol Fee-Douglas sits in a chair built for customers - but there are none in sight this Thursday afternoon in Omemee. Outside, an endless stream of cyclists whiz past on Hwy. 7, the main thoroughfare between Lindsay and Peterborough. [more]

City’s infrastructure is crumbling: candidate   
Posted 6 hours ago
KAWARTHA LAKES - Ward 13 candidate Audrey Holden says a divided City of Kawartha Lakes council means that important decisions are often made acrimoniously and not always in the best interests of the city. [more]

Candidate running for position once held by late friend   
Posted 6 hours ago
KAWARTHA LAKES - John Byrne may be the new kid on the block, but he's been around it a few times. [more]

Three charges in golf course break ins   
Posted 6 hours ago
STURGEON POINT - Three City of Kawartha Lakes residents have been charged in connection with several break and enters at Sturgeon Point Golf Club southeast of Fenelon Falls, police said. [more]

Window smashed   
Posted 6 hours ago
ELDON TWP. - A rock was thrown through a large plate glass window at the front of Tombstone Town Antiques on Kirkfield Rd. sometime before Monday morning, police said. [more]

Blind voter lashes out over city’s mail-in ballots   
Posted 6 hours ago
KAWARTHA LAKES - A blind city voter has lashed out at politicians who chose mail-in ballots for the Oct. 25 municipal election. [more]

Developers must now submit action plans after council move   
Posted 6 hours ago
KAWARTHA LAKES - A policy aimed at cracking down on speculators, who snap up city land but leave it undeveloped for lengthy periods of time, got the nod at the last council meeting on Aug. 24. [more]

Docking decision deferred   
Posted 6 hours ago
KAWARTHA LAKES - It's one of the biggest issues in the city - the use of city-owned shoreline property by residents and cottagers. Of late, there has been a movement out there. Cottagers are worried about their private docks on municipal property. [more]

Dunsford resident would 'love' to return to military service   
Posted 6 hours ago
LINDSAY - Almost everyone has an opinion on Canada's role in the war in Afghanistan, making it refreshing to hear from someone who has served there. Sapper Chris Hartwell, who served from September 2008 to May of 2009, was seriously injured in an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attack. [more]

George Fox to perform at 139th Kinmount Fair   
Posted 6 hours ago
KINMOUNT - A couple of Canadian country superstars will grace the stage at this year's Kinmount Fair when Ronnie Prophet and George Fox perform. "It's a double-header show," organizer Guy Scott said of the Sept. [more]

Biography reveals Gzowski’s ‘dark side’   
Posted 6 hours ago
KAWARTHA LAKES – A Trent University professor and local historian has scripted an auto biography of one Canada's most respected journalists. Argyle resident R.B. Fleming released Peter Gzowski: A Biography through Dundurn Publishing last month. [more]