Highlights from the last CKL Council meeting of 2020.

A local RN is the new voluntary president of the KLHCI board of directors.

With the Bobcaygeon Swing Bridge under construction, Parks Canada has opened a pedestrian bridge.

While there was a 12 percent decrease in usage of the Trent-Severn Waterway this summer thanks to COVID-19, Buckhorn’s Lock 31 was the busiest.

Rehab on Lakehurst Road and County Road 23 in Buckhorn will start September 8.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford praised workers at Kawartha Dairy for their hard work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

City of Kawartha Lakes CAO Ron Taylor provided council with an update on the City’s ongoing response to COVID-19.

Rehab of the Bobcaygeon Swing Bridge and two others set to start in the Fall.

Residents and visitors are asked to remain vigilant as the City reopens.

Burn Bans are in effect throughout most of the Kawartha Lakes.

Norma Jean Sutton, Post Mistress at the Reaboro Post Office since 1967, passed away June 21.

The City of Kawartha Lakes is hosting a virtual town hall on June 11 to talk about COVID-19.

The City of Kawartha Lakes has updated their waste management program.

The province is spending $150 million to expand broadband and cell service in rural Ontario.

The company that runs a number of retirement and long-term care facilities, including Kawartha Lakes Retirement Residence and Case Manor in Bobcaygeon, is taking steps in response to a provincial report.

Buying local is important — Farmers’ markets in our area are changing the way they do business in light of COVID-19 restrictions.

The 2020 Lindsay Exhibition will look different.

The Kinette Club of Bobcaygeon (some members in the photo from an event pre-COVID-19) has made a generous donation to the RMH Heroes at Heart campaign.

CAO Ron Taylor told council the economic impact of postponed events amounts to more than $3 million to the City’s coffers.

The Ontario government has extended emergency orders until June 9.