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FanSaves Helps Gift Certificate Program
KAWARTHA LAKES: With local businesses forced to close or reduce their hours amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly launched FanSaves Helps...
Colleen Green
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Uxbridge and Zephyr Public Libraries close
UXBRIDGE: In accordance with the Ontario Government’s Declaration of Emergency, to Protect the Public, the Township has closed both the...
Colleen Green
Apr 16, 20201 min read
CloudTax launches Free Tax Filings and Consultations for those Affected by COVID-19
CloudTax in response to the devastating effects of COVID-19 on the Canadian economy will be offering free services for Canadians...
Colleen Green
Apr 16, 20201 min read
Extended hours at Waste Management Facilities on Tuesdays from May to October
Whitby, Ontario – As an essential service, the Region of Durham advises residents that summer hours at its Waste Management Facilities in...
Colleen Green
Apr 16, 20201 min read
Port Perry Sews: making masks for the frontline and the public
COURTNEY McCLURE The Standard Intern SCUGOG: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare workers need basic procedure masks to protect...
Colleen Green
Apr 16, 20203 min read
Bridal gown designer Rita Vinieris is on a crusade to help the frontline during COVID-19
With a goal, to sew & donate 10,000 fabric masks to local hospitals in Ontario & New York, Rita Vinieris launches GOFUNDME to secure an...
Colleen Green
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Mississaugas First Nation makes preparations to face COVID-19 pandemic
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN) Chief, Kelly LaRocca, believes the first nation...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Port Perry still in business
COURTNEY McCLURE Intern to The Standard SCUGOG: Local businesses are doing their part to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Port...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20203 min read
RMH preparations during COVID-19 pandemic
KAWARTHA LAKES: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, Ross Memorial Hospital’s leaders, physicians and staff are grateful for the...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20203 min read
Durham District School Board donates PPE’s to local hospitals
COURTNEY MCCLURE Intern to The Standard DURHAM: The Durham District School Board (DDSB) has donated over 155,000 pieces of Personal...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
More deaths reported in Bobcaygeon outbreak
DAN CEARNS The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The death toll from the COVID-19 outbreak in Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon continues to...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Scugog provides update on expected financial situation from COVID-19
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: The Township of Scugog has some preliminary estimates of how the COVID-19 pandemic situation will affect...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Traffic stop in Beaverton leads to police seizing cash and drugs
BROCK: A routine traffic stop by Durham police in Beaverton has resulted in the seizure of over $20,000 in cash and drugs. On Saturday,...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20201 min read
First North Durham COVID-19 death in Uxbridge
DAN CEARNS The Standard UXBRIDGE: North Durham’s first COVID-19 related death occurred in Uxbridge. Uxbridge Mayor Dave Barton announced...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Scugog declares a municipal emergency due to COVID-19
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: The Township of Scugog has joined other Durham municipalities in declaring a state of emergency due to...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Kawartha Lakes Food Source Response to COVID-19
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Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Port Perry resident puts up heart signs in support of frontline workers
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Recently, signs of heart shapes have appeared on a couple Port Perry streets. The signs, placed on Paxton...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
$70,000 raised for Bobcaygeon & Area COVID-19 Relief Fund
KAWARTHA LAKES: The Bobcaygeon and Area COVID-19 Relief Fund, created to support the urgent needs of the area patients, families, and...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Playgrounds off limits to public due to COVID-19
DAN CEARNS The Standard NORTH DURHAM: North Durham municipalities and partners are taking steps to keep people away from playgrounds...
Colleen Green
Apr 2, 20202 min read
Durham Region reminds residents to think before they flush disposable wipes
DURHAM: With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, residents may be increasingly using disposable sanitizing wipes to disinfect or toilet paper...
Colleen Green
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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