Kawartha Lakes This Week

A COVID-19 outbreak at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in Lindsay is linked to two positive tests results. One of the cases is believed to have been spread within the school.

‘He really did want to try and change his life,’ says mom Joy Kitchen, who lost son to opioid overdose.

Three more staff members of Fenelon Court Long Term Care home have tested positive for COVID-19 since the local health unit declared the Fenelon Falls facility in outbreak on April 11.

Fleming College student says weighing fecal matter not glamorous but 'the information obtained is crucial' as an intern at the Toronto Zoo.

Four cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kawartha Lakes on Saturday. There are now two active outbreaks.

Many Loblaw Distribution Centre employees are afraid to go to work on a daily basis after two COVID-19 outbreaks at the site.

Highway 35 south of Lindsay is closed while police investigate a three-vehicle collision that occurred Tuesday morning.

Behind The Crimes: This week, we take a look inside Project Lion, an undercover police investigation targeting the Para-Dice Riders motorcycle club in 1987. #behindthecrimes

The late Joe Sabatino will be inducted into the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame next month.

Lindsay hospital has postponed all elective and non-urgent surgeries requiring admission to help address extreme pressure on provincial critical care capacity.

GoFundMe launched for pregnant Lindsay woman left paralyzed after crash on Hwy. 35 early this week.

The city plans to submit a proposal for Peterborough Police to patrol Cavan Monaghan Township on contract again after all even after city council previously said it wasn’t interested.

A Parks Canada spokesperson says a 'slight schedule delay’ in the construction and installation of the Warsaw Road Swing Bridge will mean a June opening for the span.

‘I can’t turn people away because they can’t wear a mask when I myself can’t,’ says Kawartha Homebrew Supply owner Andrew Gouin.

I dread my bullying sister’s post-COVID visit with her husband and dog. Ask Ellie.

Eleven new COVID-19 cases are being reported in Kawartha Lakes on Monday as an outbreak was declared at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Lindsay.

Wildlife photographer Dave Ellis documents dramatic Kawartha carp hunt.

Teen arrested for impaired after vehicle seen leaving road. Concerned citizen almost struck, say police.

WATCH LIVE: Ontario COVID-19 Update with Premier Doug Ford.

The Kawartha Lakes OPP is seeking the assistance of the public in an ongoing investigation related to a series of gas station break and enters.

Halton Regional Police say a 46-year-old hockey mom has been nabbed for drinking and driving in Oakville.

Pivoting to total virtual learning wasn’t perfect the second time around, but the situation is night and day compared to March when COVID-19 shut down local Catholic schools.

Booze to go is officially here to stay in Ontario.

A sad ending in the search for a missing Trent University student.

Gatineau police have made two more arrests in the stabbing death of Peterborough native Matthew O’Heron.

Peterborough County OPP have concluded its investigation into an incident that left a Lakefield woman with life-threatening injuries.

Man eventually arrested after driver flees police during attempted stop near Tapley 1/4 Line.

A researcher at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa is exploring the potential to stop COVID-19 transmission using a safe type of ultraviolet light.

Jay MacJanet begins his new position as Trillium Lakelands District School Board superintendent of learning on Jan. 4.

A resident of Fairhaven long-term care home in Peterborough who had tested positive for COVID-19 has now died, the municipally run facility reported Monday afternoon.

A round of letters from the Canada Revenue Agency has self-employed Canadians who received CERB worried they may have to pay back the thousands of dollars they say kept them afloat during the pandemic’s early months.

Ontario is expanding the number of mobile mental health teams working with police officers in response to an increase in 911 calls from people in distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered a recall due to possible Listeria in meat products sold at Sobeys and FreshCo.

Three drivers face impaired charges after separate vehicle stops conducted by the OPP over the weekend.

Mobile phones, radios and televisions across Ontario will ring out with the Alert Ready alarm at 12:55 p.m. on Nov. 25 as Canada's public alerting system undergoes a nation-wide routine test.

The rush of people looking to secure a flu vaccine for this season has led to long lines and pharmacy appointments booked up for sometimes weeks in advance but don’t panic, there’s doses to go around.

A long-term care home in Warkworth has confirmed a COVID19 outbreak in the facility.

Kawartha Lakes will expand its winter service in downtown Lindsay, in a bid to create consistency among empty storefronts and a larger winter population from residents staying home during the pandemic.

LIVE: Watch Premier Doug Ford's daily COVID-19 update.

The OPP recently stopped a vehicle that was travelling 54km/h over the posted speed limit.

Parents wishing to move their children out of school and into online learning - or vice versa - will have to wait until November as boards need to work out staffing plans and restructure classes.

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday.

A day after raising the possibility of a longer Christmas break for Ontario’s schools because of COVID-19, Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the government doesn’t see the need for such a move.

LIVE: Watch Premier Doug Ford's daily COVID-19 update now.

Festive fun in the Kawarthas kicks off tomorrow with the Kawartha Lakes Festival of Trees Drive-Thru event at Kawartha Settlers' Village in Bobcaygeon. Here's a rundown of other safe holiday events to enjoy with the family.

Here is the latest list of hand sanitizers that have been recalled for containing ethanol or denaturants that are not permitted for use in these products in Canada.

Highway 410 racer clocked driving 208 km/h in Brampton.

Am I a horrible friend to the woman my brother abandoned if I visit the baby he had with another woman? Ask Ellie.

Driver charged after vehicle clocked travelling 146km/h in a posted 80km/h zone on Highway 7.

Kawartha Lakes police is investigating after several catalytic converters have been stolen from four Lindsay businesses.

A 50-year-old Peterborough man has been arrested and charged with two counts of luring a child under 16 years of age by means of telecommunication.

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Thursday.

The pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women’s mental health grew in late September, as a new survey reveals women are displaying higher anxiety levels for the first time in months.

Wearing a black dress suit with a white-collared shirt, black tie and his hair pulled back into a ponytail, accused murderer Robert McGregor was calm and collected as he took the witness stand today in his own defense. He's on trial for the murder of Joanne MacKenzie.