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Friday, March 15, 2024

COVERING THE EAST KAWARTHAS

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Selwyn Fire Department updating agreement with Peterborough City/County EMS

BY VANESSA STARK

The Selwyn Fire Department will be updating their agreement with Peterborough City/County EMS to help alleviate some of the pressures the department is feeling due to increased medical calls.

According to a report that was presented to Selwyn Council during the March 12 regular meeting, a Tiered Response Agreement was executed in 2016 between the County of Peterborough and all of the lower tier municipalities when the province required that an agreement between the municipalities, as the provider of fire services, and the County, as the provider of land ambulance services, be established.

However, there was a change that was made when the agreement was put in place that stated shortness of breath type calls would be added as a Code 4 criteria for dispatch and the amount of time before an ambulance is expected to arrive to those calls was reduced to 10 minutes.

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BY VANESSA STARK
Students at Lakefield District Public School had a fun week heading into March Break with Junglesport Inc. which set up in the school gymnasium for students of all ages to experience. Pictured here are students hanging from ropes in the gym.
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MNRF gives report on coyote concerns in North Kawartha

BY VANESSA STARK

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) gave an update to North Kawartha Council on the coyote populations in the township during their last regular meeting held on March 5.

Presenting for the MNRF was Colin Higgins, Management Biologist, for the Peterborough-Bancroft District and Brent Patterson, Senior Research Scientist, Wildlife Research& Monitoring Section.

Last month, residents asked the township to take action against the perceived dangerous number of coyotes in the area. Residents expressed  to council that they felt the population of the coyotes is getting out of control  with the predator animals wondering into town, with sightings at the local school and at resident’s homes.

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Funtimers Hockey League looking for players

The Lakefield Funtimers Hockey league (LFHL) started in Jan. 2024. It is a fun and friendly local hockey league to enhance fitness, reduce risks of injury for old timers 60 plus years-old that want to play hockey into their later years. LFHL supports social events for players, community volunteer efforts and charities.

The league had a very successful start-up season with 20 players participating. The level of participation and positive feedback supporting a ‘fun style of play’ and a friendly passing game has exceeded our expectations. While there are some very good skaters and hockey players, many had not played hockey in the last five to 20 years.

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Waste being diverted from Peterborough City/County Landfill

Expanding Access to Government Services including Apsley

DD starts search for CAO

Board and elementary teachers ratify collective agreement

North Kawartha FoodCycler™ Pilot Project - Registration opens March 18

Applications open for 2024 ScaleUP Program

Advocates Urge Minister, Natural Resources Canada to Restore Greener Homes Grants

Local Climate Change activist gives address at Queens Park

Honey bees in Winter

Kevin T. Heffernan

Kawartha Wild

Editorial by Terry McQuitty

Accidental Columnist by Marnie Clement

Lakefield Historical Society by Michael Chappell

Book Review by Barry Mutter

@yourlibrary by Kacie Gardiner

Mature Living by Terri Williams Kinghorn

Golden Years Club Update

Horoscopes

Sudoku

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"Unheralded" the Documentary

This short documentary is a portrait of a tiny town, Lakefield, Ontario, and its independent weekly, the Herald. Across North America, newspapers are dying, but in Lakefield, Terry McQuitty, the town paper’s publisher, carries on a rich, 150-year-old tradition. Set to the pace of small-town life, Unheralded is a testament to the vital role newspapers can still play, and the close bond between reporter and reader.

Aaron Hancox   2011
Link to full doc provided by the National Film Board of Canada