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      In many ways, the members of the Women’s Institutes were the unofficial archivists of their communities. They acquired records, oral histories, photographs and much more for inclusion in their volumes, leaving us today with an outstanding resource on the history of rural Ontario.

      This is a hard covered scrapbook that is Volume 3 of a 4 volume set covering the history, events and changes that took place within the Iron Bridge United Church between 1963 and 1992.

      LIONS CLUB BULLETIN (1968-69)

      Ex-mayor Bert Hick (campaign chairman), Ford Moynes (publicity), Monty Robson. Greeting Mayor John Eakins, defeated Liberal Candidate, who conceded victory in P.C. rooms on night of Oct. 17/67. Glen Hodgson, P.C. re-elected.

      This scrapbook contains various newspaper clippings from 1992. Many of the clippings are from the "Powassan Highlights" section of the Almaguin News newspaper. The clippings include stories about events, weddings, engagements, condolence messages, graduations, anniversaries, milestone birthdays along with other community interest activities, gatherings and meetings for Powassan, Ontario and …

      This scrapbook contains various newspaper clippings from 1982. Many of the clippings are from the "Powassan Highlights" section of the Almaguin News newspaper. The clippings include stories about events, weddings, engagements, condolence messages, graduations, anniversaries, milestone birthdays along with other community interest activities, gatherings and meetings for Powassan, Ontario and …

      This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from 1983. Many of them are the Powassan Highlights column in the Almaguin News newspaper. Articles focus on local community activities / happenings including: Powassan Royal Canadian Legion Branch 453, Powassan Cubs, Brownies, and Boy Scouts, Eastholme Hawaiian Day, obituaries, Powassan Carnival, Ontario Historical Society, …

      Although the risk of becoming ill from COVID-19 remains low in Ontario, the local health unit and its community health partners continue to collaborate on plans should a case develop locally. Since COVID-19 was first identified in Ontario, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit ...

 Kawartha Lakes This Week, 7 Mar 2020     Tim Hortons gets rid of Roll Up The Rim paper cups amid coronavirus outbreak. Annual game moved to using the phone app.

 Hodgins, Bill, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 28 Mar 2020     Dr. Michelle Snarr, a Bobcaygeon physician, gave permission to Kawartha Lakes This Week to share her update on what life has been like inside the Pinecrest Nursing Home, which suffered the largest outbreak of COVID-19 in the province at the time, and in the community of Bobcaygeon.

 MacEachern, Barbara-Ann, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 29 Mar 2020     Some local churches offered online worship options for their parishioners and others who sought to fill the void left by cancellation of worship services during COVID-19. Jennings Creek Christian Reformed Church (Lindsay), Cambridge Street United Church (Lindsay), and Trentside Baptist Church (Fenelon Falls and Bobcaygeon) offered online worshipping options.

 Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 30 Mar 2020     Bobcaygeon residents stepped up to support their community as it battled COVID-19 and the worst outbreak in Ontario in the community's long-term care facility, Pinecrest Nursing Home. The fund was administered by the Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes, advised by a citizens' group headed by Kawartha Lakes Ward 2 Councillor …

 Smith, Elaine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 30 Mar 2020     People paying mortgages made unpleasant discoveries after they requested mortgage deferrals from their lenders during COVID-19. Any mortgage payments that were deferred showed up as late payments on credit scores at Equifax and TransUnion, which can heavily damage the credit score especially if done multiple times. Banks and mortgage lenders …

 Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 30 Mar 2020     The City announced that all park amenities would remain closed until further notice as the COVID-19 pandemic and state of emergency declarations continued into April. This included all playgrounds, sports fields and courts, skateparks, picnic areas, outdoor exercise equipment and washroom facilities. Park spaces remained open for walking so long …

 Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 27 Mar 2020     Local real estate associations in Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough reported a slowed housing market, less inventory, and realtors turning to tech tools to market existing inventory to limit face-to-face business where possible. The real estate market has long-reaching impacts, where every housing transaction in Canada between 2016 and 2018 generated …

 Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 28 Mar 2020     Dr. Steve Oldridge, a physician at the Bobcaygeon Medical Centre, had never felt so helpless than during the COVID-19 pandemic as a physician caring for residents at Pinecrest Nursing Home. But, he noted that the bigger threat to the public was misinformation, having experienced the effects of rumours and ignorance …

 Clysdale, Taylor, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 24 Mar 2020     On March 20, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) reached a tentative deal with the province, ending the rotating one-day strikes which had been occurring since November 2019. Major arguments in the deal were related to mandatory e-learning and larger class sizes. The province publicly backed down from class …

 Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 25 Mar 2020     The Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation established the special Heroes at Heart fund to support urgent equipment and technology needs as the hospital responded to the pandemic.

 Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 25 Mar 2020     Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development sent out a plea via a press release encouraging business owners, manufacturers and entrepreneurs in the region to consider donating their inventory of medical supplies and products to help local health agencies, front-line and other essential service workers combat the spread of COVID-19.

 Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 30 Mar 2020     The local health unit reported 24 positive COVID-19 results for staff at Pinecrest Nursing Home. There were still 10 staff results pending and 6 staff with negative results. As of March 30, 2020, there were a total of 33 cases reported in Kawartha Lakes, 27 of which were related to …