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Kawartha Lakes – The City of Kawartha Lakes Emergency Operations Centre met this morning to assess ongoing storm recovery efforts. Significant portions throughout the City remain without electricity. Our focus remains supporting those residents and communities, while clearing debris and supporting Hydro One’s efforts to bring power back online.
Key Priorities
- Collaborating closely with a designated Hydro One representative to ensure effective coordination. Crews overnight have powered portions of Kirkfield, Coboconk, Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls and Omemee and Pontypool.
- Clearing access routes for Hydro One, with a focus on Monck Road and other northern Kawartha Lakes roads to enable service access.
- Prioritizing restoration of essential municipal infrastructure, including electricity for water and wastewater facilities, as well as community centres.
- Hydro One aims to restore power in most urban centres by week’s end, while rural areas may see restoration over the weekend or possibly later.
Weather forecast: Significant rainfall expected today. Prepare for potential flooding and take caution as winds may cause further tree damage. Flood safety tips here.
Details for April 3, 2025
Administration Offices
OPEN: City Hall (26 Francis Street), Human Services Office (68 Lindsay Street North and Haliburton Office), Municipal Law Enforcement and Licensing Office (37 Lindsay Street)
CLOSED: All other City Administration Offices
Service Centres
OPEN: Bobcaygeon, Omemee, Lindsay (inside City Hall, 26 Francis Street)
CLOSED: Coboconk
Libraries
OPEN: Fenelon Falls, Woodville, Bobcaygeon, Dunsford, Lindsay, and Omemee branches (regular hours)
www.kawarthalakeslibrary.ca
No library programming
CLOSED: All other branches
Landfills
OPEN: Lindsay Landfill 8am to 5pm
No tipping fees for storm-related brush/tree debris.
Septic Haulers: Due to Water Treatment Plant at capacity, we are not accepting any waste from septic haulers today.
CLOSED: Laxton Landfill – due to Monck Road closure
Warming Centres
Access to water, charging, and warm rooms. Please bring refillable water bottles.
City Hall, Victoria Room (8:30am to 4:30pm)
Victoria Park Armoury, Lindsay (10am to 8pm)
Fenelon Falls Community Centre (8am to 4pm)
Fire Station Warming Centres (8am to 6pm)
Bottled water will be available – courtesy of Sobeys, charging and warm rooms.
Bobcaygeon Fire Station
Bethany Fire Station
Mariposa Fire Station (Little Britain)
Burnt River Fire Station
Janetville Fire Station
Parks and Recreation
CLOSED: All programming and facilities until further notice
CLOSED: Victoria Rail Trail (VRT) is closed to motorized and non-motorized traffic until further notice for public safety
CLOSED: All Community Centres except for Fenelon Falls
Transit
Lindsay Transit: Fares waived until end of day Friday, April 4 for those needing a ride to warming centres, via regular transit stops
Waste and Recycling
Storm debris: Brush/tree debris accepted at landfills for free
Waste collection: Double collection week of April 7, two extra bags, to assist with spoiled food. Bags should not weigh more than 40 pounds for collector safety.
Organics: 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.Help divert waste from landfill by sorting organics from waste, this week especially with any spoiled food.
Schools
PVNCCDSB
All schools open except St. Luke Downeyville.
TLDSB
Most Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) schools and child care centres within schools will be open tomorrow, Thursday, April 3. See the list below for schools that will remain closed due to infrastructure and/or power outages. If your child(ren)’s school is not listed, it is open.
Transportation information
Transportation is running in Zones, 1, 2, and 3, but there may be disruptions to individual routes. Parents/guardians are encouraged to sign up for notifications via mybustoschool.ca and check for individual route delays and modifications.
Transportation is not running in Zones 4 and 5. The reason for this difference is because the communications tower that provides services to the bus company is out of commission. Therefore, transportation is not possible until the communications have been restored.
School information
Schools closed in Zone 1:
- Glen Orchard Public School
- Honey Harbour Public School
Zone 2: All schools and child care centres will be open to students and staff and transportation will be running.
Schools closed in Zone 3:
- Cardiff Elementary School
Schools closed in Zone 4:
- Bobcaygeon Public School
- Fenelon Township Public School
- Lady Mackenzie Public School
- Ridgewood Public School
- Woodville Elementary School
Schools closed in Zone 5:
- Dr. George Hall Public School
- Jack Callaghan Public School
- Mariposa Elementary School
Boil Water Advisories
LIFTED: Sonya and Pinewood Drinking Water Systems
ACTIVE:
Norland
Woodfield (Bethany)
Manorview (Bethany), please conserve water
All other systems: 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
Flood Watch in effect until April 3 (Kawartha Conservation)
Free sandbags available:
Fill-Your-Own:
- Ward Park (Norland)
- Dalton Community Centre (Sebright)
- Chisholm Trail (near Amon Drive)
Pre-Filled (available since March 19):
- Burnt River Community Centre
First-come, first-served. Take only what you need.
Contact and Reporting Info
Customer Service
Regular hours: 8:30am–4:30pm (705-324-9411 or 1-888-822-2225) Press 5 for Storm Updates
After hours emergencies: 1-877-885-7337
Road closures: www.municipal511.ca
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
- Sign up for municipal alerts via Jump Inbox: www.kawarthalakes.ca/subscribe
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