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Kawartha Lakes – May 14 is Apraxia Awareness Day, a time to raise awareness and understanding of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), a rare motor speech disorder that makes it difficult for children to plan and produce the movements needed for speech. Childhood apraxia affects one in one thousand children.

Kawartha Lakes – Kawartha Lakes has joined the first-ever province wide campaign to tackle 9-1-1 misuse, an issue that continues to strain emergency services. The Emergency Services Steering Committee (ESSC) has launched the "When Every Second Counts" campaign aimed at reducing non-emergency 9-1-1 calls and educating the public on proper use of 9-1-1.

Kawartha Lakes – The City of Kawartha Lakes has retained Four Seasons Site Developments Ltd. to undertake a pavement-resurfacing project on Ski Hill Road (CKL Road 38) from Highway 7 to Highway 7A.  

Notice: There will be temporary service disruptions at the Lindsay Recreation Complex, which will restrict elevator access to Pad 1 and the Community Room viewing areas due to private events happening on the following dates and times:

Kawartha Lakes – Parks and Recreation outdoor spaces took a huge hit during the Ice Storm and closed due to significant damage and safety concerns.

The purpose of the consent is for the validation of title for the Subject Land at 913 Highway 35 (legally described as Part of Lot 10, Concession 7), Manvers, now City of Kawartha Lakes.

In 1989, the applicant conveyed a small lot on the property (the severed land), 601 Gray Road (legally described as Part of Lot 10, Concession 7, Part Lot 1), to Bell Canada. The conveyed lands contain a Bell Canada operated substation. The Grant of Easement obtained through the Consent was never formally registered and is considered invalid, and as such, the title of the Subject Land remains unvalidated.

This Public Meeting will be held virtually with electronic public participation.

The Committee of Adjustment webcast is available through the City of Kawartha Lakes livestream at: www.youtube.com/c/CityofKawarthaLakes.

All recommendations made at Committee of the Whole will return to Regular Council for review and/or adoption on May 20, 2025. 

City of Kawartha Lakes Notice of Applications for Consent to Convey Land D03-2022-010 Location: 26 Edgewood Drive...If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the City of Kawartha Lakes in respect of a proposed consent does not make written submissions to the City of Kawartha Lakes before it gives or refuses to give a provisional consent, the Ontario Land Tribunal may dismiss the appeal....Dated at the City of Kawartha Lakes this 7th of May 2025.

Kawartha Lakes – World Migratory Bird Day is coming up on May 10, and there’s no better place to celebrate than right here in Kawartha Lakes. With hundreds of species passing through or returning home for the summer, May is the perfect time to get outside and enjoy our amazing birdlife: from tiny ruby-crowned kinglets to soaring bald eagles and ospreys, our official City Bird.