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Kawartha Lakes – The City of Kawartha Lakes is asking residents and visitors to reduce non-essential water use during the hot summer months. As temperatures rise, people use more water, which puts extra pressure on our municipal drinking water systems.

City of Kawartha Lakes — The Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Ontario Health Team (KLH-OHT), in collaboration with Kawartha North Family Health Team is going to receive over $3.4 million from the Ministry of Health to expand interprofessional primary health care teams. Our local plan will help to connect up to 6,902 people to primary care in the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County. This investment is part of the government’s $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan that will help connect 300,000 people to primary care this year.

Kawartha Lakes – Summer just got a whole lot brighter in Kawartha Lakes! The 2025 Summer Company Program is back and ready to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit of youth across the region. With a perfect blend of fun, learning, and real-world business experience, this year’s program promises to be bigger, bolder, and more inspiring than ever!

Kawartha Lakes – Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Lindsay and Southern Kawartha Lakes as a heat event is expected to bring a prolonged period of near heat warning levels beginning, Friday July 11, 2025. Dangerously hot and humid temperatures could last until Thursday July 17, 2025.

The municipality would like to extend its sincere thanks to residents for their patience and understanding as we worked to resolve the July 4 emergency mechanical issue that resulted in discoloured water for some residents on the Lindsay municipal drinking water system.

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

Video and/or audio recording is not permitted during Council or Committee of Council meetings, pursuant to Trespass to Property Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. T.21.

Users of the Sonya municipal drinking water system may experience periods of pressure fluctuations and/or low pressure on Tuesday July 15, 2025.

These fluctuations will be temporary and regular pressure levels will resume once the system upgrades have been completed. During the upgrades, the drinking water supply will be supplemented with water from another municipal drinking water system. While the difference in drinking water source may result in a change to taste and odour, please note that this will not affect the quality of water. The water will remain safe to drink.

Issued on behalf of Laurie Scott, MPP, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock

Kawartha Lakes — The Ontario government is investing $1,000,000 to protect jobs and upgrade the Emily-Omemee Community Centre in the City of Kawartha Lakes. This investment is a part of the province’s $200 million Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF), a province-wide initiative that helps communities revitalize local facilities, grow the economy and promote active, healthy living across Ontario. 

Kawartha Lakes – The Kawartha Lakes Customer Service Division will be closing at 12pm on Wednesday July 16, 2025 for operational needs.

As a result, all four Municipal Service Centres (Bobcaygeon, Coboconk, Lindsay and Omemee), along with the municipality’s general inquiry Customer Service phone line will be unavailable during this time.

Kawartha Lakes – The municipality is advising residents connected to the municipal drinking water system in Lindsay that a mechanical failure occurred within the water reservoir on July 4, 2025, resulting in higher-than-normal flows through the system.

The issue was promptly addressed, with full repairs completed and normal operations restored later that evening.