Storm Update for Kawartha Lakes – April 9, 2025

Kawartha Lakes – The City of Kawartha Lakes Emergency Operations Centre met today to assess ongoing storm recovery efforts.

Key updates:

• Most of the municipality has regained power, but there are still pockets that do not have power.
• Close to 1,000 internal and contracted Hydro One workers are currently in the greater Kawartha Lakes area. Efforts continue in Coboconk, Somerville, Little Britain and Manilla.
• The Hydro One Fenelon Falls catchment area has over 450 broken poles, some located in flooded areas.
• All Fire Stations, Water Treatment Plants, and Community Services buildings are powered, with the exception of the Norland Old School Hall, and library branches at Dalton, Kinmount and Norland.
• Coboconk Service Centre reopened today, bringing all four Service Centres into service.
• Warming centres across the municipality remain open, see list below.
• Localized flooding is imminent in flood prone areas in and around Burnt River, although cooler temperatures have paused the flooding temporarily.

Update from Hydro One:

• Crews have now restored power to more than 99 per cent of customers affected (up 2 per cent from yesterday’s update).
• At this time, there are 6,485 residential customers without power from the ice storm and 10,304 secondary customers (cottages/trailers).
• Hydro One continues to have 4,800 resources restoring power, including contractors and 30 utility partners providing us with Mutual Assistance.

What’s Open and Closed April 9 to 11

Warming Centres

Shower access is on a first come first serve/walk-in basis at the three Warming Centres listed below. Please bring towels and toiletries. All community centre Warming Centres have access to water, charging, and warm rooms. Please bring refillable water bottles.

• Lindsay Recreation Complex 7am to 10pm
• Woodville Community Centre 10am to 8pm
• Fenelon Falls Community Centre 10am to 8pm

• Bobcaygeon Library and Service Centre 8:30am to 4:30pm (no showers)

Fire Station Warming Centres (8am to 6pm)

Bottled water will be available – courtesy of Sobeys, along with charging and warm rooms.

• Bethany Fire Station 8am to 6pm
• Burnt River Fire Station 8am to 6pm

Landfills

All landfills open regular winter hours with some extensions identified below:

Laxton: Thursday 11am to 5pm, Sunday 9am to 5pm

Eldon: Wednesday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm

Somerville: Monday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm

Lindsay Ops: Monday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm

Waste Bins for Spoiled Food Drop-off

Expanded curbside waste collection (up to 4 bags per household) is taking place the week of April 7 to enable residents to dispose of food waste. Those that wish to drop off your spoiled food waste ahead of regularly scheduled collections can do so at the below locations:

• Bethany Fire Station 8am to 6pm
• Bobcaygeon Service Centre 8:30 to 4:30pm
• Burnt River Fire Station 8am to 6pm
• Fenelon Community Centre 10am to 8pm
• Woodville/Eldon Community Centre 10am to 8pm

Waste Collection

• Storm debris: Waived tipping fees will end April 20 with regular tipping fees applying as of April 21. Regular leaf and yard debris that weighs under 250kg remains free of charge.
• Storm debris cleanup by the municipality: For those who can’t access landfill, we will be picking up and/or chipping storm tree and brush debris when resources shift from immediate emergency response to future clean up and recovery, toward the end of April. In some areas of the municipality, contractors and neighbouring municipalities are already assisting with cleanup. It will take some time to work through all areas, likely several weeks, so please be patient. We ask that you bring your storm tree and brush debris to the curb. Please don’t block sidewalks, road ways, lines of sight and ditches. Place storm debris in small piles at the edge of the sidewalk or roadside, ensuring the material is not obstructing pedestrian or vehicle traffic. Place cut or broken ends facing out towards the road. Please ensure that the debris is separated from other types of waste or yard materials. Branches larger than 8 inches in diameter and logs will not be picked up. Leaves, twigs and small debris, should be processed according to regular yard waste collection guidelines.
• Waste collection: Double collection week of April 7, two extra bags will be collected to assist with spoiled food. Double bags should be used and bags should not weigh more than 40 pounds for collector safety.
• Organics: Curbside collection in urban areas Friday. Please remove packaging from food before placing in green bin. Additional organics can be placed in compostable bags in other containers as long as the weight of containers is less than 40lbs. Details

Community Paramedics Health and Well-being Checks

If you would like our Community Paramedics to check on a family member, friend, vulnerable person or whomever you are concerned about during storm recovery:

Customer Service: inquiries@kawarthalakes.ca or call 705-324-9411 ext. 0 (Mon to Fri, 8:30am to 4:30pm). Any requests received outside those hours will be responded to on the next business day.

Paramedics will call first, and if there’s no response, they’ll visit the address.

For emergencies, call 911.

Municipal Administration

All administrative buildings and Municipal Service Centres are open.

Libraries

As of 8am on Wednesday April 9, all library branches are open for their regular hours with the exception of the Dalton, Kinmount and Norland branches.

The Dalton, Kinmount and Norland branches remain closed until further notice.

Find your closest branch and their hours on the Kawartha Lakes Public Library website.

Parks and Recreation

All programming has resumed at open facilities. The Lindsay Recreation Complex and Forbert Memorial Pool are open.

All bookings will take place as scheduled in facilities that have had power restored and internal safety systems cleared. Please contact 705-324-9411 ext. 1226 if you have questions about your booking.

CLOSED: Victoria Rail Trail (VRT) is closed to motorized and non-motorized traffic until further notice for public safety.

Transit

Lindsay Transit back to regular service

Boil Water Advisories

All boil water advisories are lifted. Water is safe to drink.

Burn Ban

Burn Ban in Effect – April: No open fires. Brush can be taken to Lindsay Landfill or burned (with permit) in May.
Learn more about burn permits.

Flood Preparedness

Kawartha Conservation has issued a Flood Warning for the Kawartha Lakes region on Monday April 7, 2025 until 12pm on Friday April 11, 2025.

A Flood Warning watershed condition statement issued by Peterborough Bancroft District, Ministry of Natural Resources for the Burnt River and Black River watershed remains in effect until April 11, 2025.

Fill-Your-Own Sandbags:

• Ward Park (Norland)
• Dalton Community Centre (Sebright)
• Chisholm Trail (near Amon Drive)
• Burnt River Community Centre

Contact and Reporting Info

Customer Service

Monday to Friday: 8:30am–4:30pm (705-324-9411 or 1-888-822-2225) Press 5 for Storm Updates

After hours emergencies: 1-877-885-7337

Online issue reporting

Stay Informed

• Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies
• Kawartha Lakes Police (Lindsay/Ops): 705-324-5252 (non-emergency)
• OPP (outside Lindsay/Ops): 1-888-310-1122
• Property damage? Contact your insurance company
• Website: www.kawarthalakes.ca/stormupdates
• Radio: Bounce 91.9 FM, Country 105.1 FM
• Social: Facebook, X (Twitter)
• Handouts at local stores, warming rooms, libraries and more

• Road closures: www.municipal511.ca

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