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Mayoral candidates state their ideas and promises at Lindsay all candidates’ meeting
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Lindsay and District Chamber of Commerce held an all-candidates meeting at the Victoria Park...
Colleen Green
Oct 6, 20223 min read
Interim Police Chief Todd Rollauer to retire in March
DAN CEARNS, The Standard DURHAM: Durham Regional Police Service’s (DRPS) Interim Chief, Todd Rollauer, plans to retire from policing...
Colleen Green
Oct 6, 20222 min read


Chief Kelly LaRocca’s education event draws a packed crowd to the Scugog Community Recreation
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on Thursday, September 29th, Mississaugas of Scugog...
Colleen Green
Oct 6, 20222 min read


Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: 94 Calls to Action
Legacy – Child Welfare 1. We call upon the federal, provincial, territorial, and Aboriginal to commit to reducing the number of...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 202214 min read


Wear Orange
Both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day take place on September 30th. Orange Shirt Day is an...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20221 min read
Join Floydium at the Town Hall 1873 Theatre in Port Perry
COURTNEY McCLURE, The Standard PORT PERRY: On October 1st, a Toronto-based cover band called Floydium will perform at the Town Hall...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Truth and Reconciliation Week
This bilingual educational program is open to all schools across Canada. All sessions will be held virtually, allowing classroom...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20221 min read
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Each year, September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20221 min read


Changes to Regional services in observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
CANDICE BITTON, Communications Advisor, The Regional Municipality of Durham DURHAM: The Regional Municipality of Durham is advising...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20221 min read


Making a dining room more elegant for entertaining
The kitchen may be the heart of a home, but when it comes to entertaining, a dining room – if one is present in a house – tends to be the...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20222 min read


How to approach a basement remodel
A fully finished and functional basement is a dream for many homeowners. Such a space, when completed, can serve as an entertainment...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20222 min read


Affordable ways to make homes more appealing to modern buyers
Home trends come and go. Today’s must-have items tend to become tomorrow’s outdated features in the blink of an eye. Homeowners who plan...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20222 min read


Pine Ridge Garden Club News
HELEN NICOLAOU, Special to The Standard Autumn is beautiful, and there are many shrubs and perennials which will continue to bloom until...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20222 min read


Call for applications to the At Home Incentive Program
LEIGH McEACHRAN, Communications Advisor, Region of Durham DURHAM: The Regional Municipality of Durham is accepting applications to the At...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20221 min read


How to create a sunroom
As autumn inches closer to winter, it’s not uncommon for people to look to the coming cold with a degree of lament. Spring, summer and...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20223 min read


The Scugog Kids Clothing and Toy Sale is back on Saturday
STEPHANIE HERRERA Special to The Standard SCUGOG: October 15th, 2022! This is the date of the largest consignor charity event in Scugog,...
Colleen Green
Sep 30, 20222 min read


Residents invited to hear Chief Kelly LaRocca speak ahead of Truth and Reconciliation Day
DAN CEARNS, The Standard SCUGOG: The public is invited to hear from, Mississaugas of Scugog Island Chief, Kelly LaRocca during a National...
Colleen Green
Sep 29, 20221 min read


Support Victory Christian Centre’s food drive for Operation Scugog this Autumn
COURTNEY McCLURE The Standard SCUGOG: Victory Christian Centre (VCC) has organized a door-to-door donation pick-up for Operation Scugog....
Colleen Green
Sep 29, 20222 min read


Local medical officer discusses school-related health issues
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: While many school boards have now adopted optional masking policies for students, Haliburton,...
Colleen Green
Sep 29, 20222 min read


Kawartha Lakes to discuss a more local solution to the ‘Draven Alert’ discussion
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Despite calls for a provincial alert system, for missing vulnerable children and adults, it...
Colleen Green
Sep 22, 20221 min read
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