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      Mayor Andy Letham shares a video message with the public, strongly encouraging citizens to stay home.

      Mayor Andy Letham reached out to City of Kawartha Lakes residents via video message about Pinecrest Nursing Home and the tragedy of the COVID-19 outbreak at the long-term care home.

      Mayor Letham encourages citizens to find alternative ways to celebrate Easter this year.

      Local group The Barn Kats came together to record the light-hearted song "You're Not Alone" and accompanying video. It was posted to YouTube with a message encouraging the community to donate to local food banks.

 Vandonk, Todd, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 1 Apr 2020     Hundreds of motorists drove down Highwawy 36 in Bobcaygeon honking their horns in support of residents and staff inside Pinecrest Nursing Home.

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 Grimsby Independent, 19 Jul 1945     All persons having claims against the estate of Albert Ernest Phipps, late of Grimsby, who died on or about the 7th day of February 1939...

      Canada launched the COVID Alert app on July 31, 2020. Using Bluetooth signals available through smartphones, it alerted users to COVID-19 exposure, offered advice on what to do following exposure, and let others know when you tested positive without sharing personal information.

      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.