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Kawartha Lakes plans infrastructure upgrades with eye on growth in Lindsay

Design plans for major roadwork on Kent Street and Victoria Avenue in Lindsay are being expanded and updated, with environmental assessments, extended project limits, and coordinated infrastructure up ...

Firefighters battle massive grass fires in Ontario’s cottage country as dry, hot conditions persist

Firefighters are battling two massive grass fires in Kawartha Lakes as the hot, dry, brittle conditions continue across the ...

Second Kawartha Lakes fire jumps in size, officials stress ‘zero tolerance’ for fire ban violations

Kawartha Lakes officials say their firefighters along with Trent Lakes and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources crews are still responding.

Kawartha Lakes fire: Wind could pose challenge for crews as blaze spreads over dozens of hectares

Seven firefighting crews are “making headway” against the hectares burning on Monday, Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources ...

‘They lost everything’: Kawartha Lakes family left homeless following weekend fire

A father of a one-year-old boy was able to get his son to safety after fire tore through their home near Little Britain on ...

Outpatient centre in Halifax's Bayers Lake business park closed due to wildfire

The outpatient centre in Halifax's Bayers Lake business park is closed today as crews continue to battle an out-of-control wildfire about two kilometres away. The fire, which broke out around 2:30 pm.