The adventure of the Kawartha Lakes trails has drawn the LaPorte family for generations. That’s why they’re passionate members of the Kawartha ATV Association (KATVA). KATVA combines fun and philanthropy in its annual Charity Poker Run.
Andrea is thrilled her family is following in her parents’ tire tracks and fueling hope at their community hospital.
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Every two years, I hunker down in my little house and transport myself to a totally different world. No, that’s not the alcohol talking ... it’s Olympics time!
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris kick off Friday and for two weeks, athletes from around the world will compete to be the world’s best.
Canadians have traditionally done well at the summer Olympics and many folks expect great things. I don’t have those expectations of gold medals ... I want them to be the best versions of themselves and carry the Canadian attitudes and attributes of kindness and fair play.
This time also takes me down memory lane in my own life to 1994, when I was privileged to work as a publicist for CBC Sports. It was Commonwealth Games, a smaller version of the Olympics, held in Victoria, BC. My job was to get people to watch the coverage, but for an Olympic nut, it was more than that.
I had the chance to meet some outstanding athletes. These “kids” spent
years to make it to the Games, hours upon hours of training to compete for their country. Each and every one of them inspired me.
But it isn’t just the Canadian athletes who are inspirational. Throughout the history of the Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games, we see extraordinary effort from athletes around the world. From war-torn countries to the affluent Americans, at the end of the day, it all comes down to one moment in time. Years of training through the pain culminate in the competition of a lifetime.
Whenever the Canadian flag is raised at a medal ceremony, or quite frankly any country’s flag, I get tears in my eyes. I think about what it takes to get to the podium and I feel proud of that athlete’s accomplishment. But for the other athletes who don’t make the top three, I feel proud of them, too. It takes so much to even get there. For that, they should be proud of themselves.
As a world, we can come together at this time. Let’s cheer for the athletes from all the countries, because that’s what Canadians do!
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The City of Kawartha Lakes is undertaking the redevelopment of its websites scheduled to commence this fall, with a launch date in June 2025. The websites for the municipality, library, and tourism were last redeveloped in 2017, and will incorporate new features and the latest technology to meet growing demands.
Planning for this redevelopment began in 2023 with the ‘Did You Know’ community engagement project. Residents took part in online surveys and polls and in person pop-up engagements. Following the insights gained last year, which supported the redevelopment project, the municipality is again seeking community feedback to guide the changes needed. The new Corporate Communications Strategy 2024 to 2027 recommended this project, to help meet the goal of delivering inclusive and convenient communications to all residents, businesses and visitors.
“The municipal website exists to serve the needs of all residents,” said Cheri Davidson, Manager of Communications, Advertising and Marketing. “While it is always a work in progress, we are now at a pivotal point where we can implement significant improvements to better serve our users. We have gained valuable insights from candid conversations about what’s working and what’s not. I greatly appreciate the willingness of residents to share their experiences. Together, we can make our website more effective for everyone, making it easier to access the services and information that are in demand.”
Community input has been gathered through in-person focus groups with invited members of Committees of Council, residents, business community and staff.
A virtual focus group is being held on Thursday, August 1 from 7pm to 8pm via Zoom. You can register to be part of the focus group through the City’s website at www.kawarthalakes.ca. Participants will be asked to complete a small exercise, taking approximately 5 to 7 minutes. This exercise, which will be part of the focus group discussion, will help them understand how the website’s navigation is working for you.
If you are unable to attend the focus group, you are still encouraged to complete the exercise. Your feedback will assist them in reorganizing the sitemap
to ensure that the most frequently accessed items are easy for residents to find. A link can be found on the City’s website.
You can also provide your comments by email to communications@kawarthalakes.ca.
The Good News is that the Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes has announced that Dr. Emma Kinsella will be joining the Community Health Centre team as of July 29, 2024. The Bad News is that she will only be seeing current patients of the Community Health Centre and those already on the waitlist, which is currently full.
Dr. Kinsella received her Doctor of Medicine from the National University of Ireland (2020) and completed her Family Medicine Residency at the
University of Toronto in 2023. She has been providing locum services to two Community Health Centres in Toronto for the past year. Dr. Kinsella is pleased to now join the Kawartha Lakes Community Health Centre on a permanent full-time basis.
“I am looking forward to providing care to the citizens of Kawartha Lakes where I have enjoyed many years at our family cottage,” says Dr. Kinsella. “Having already practiced in a Community Health Care setting, the clinic and area will feel like home to me as I settle in.”
Andrew Veale, KLHCI President, states that “KLHCI’s Board of Directors and Recruitment & Retention Coordinator are pleased with the recruitment of Dr. Kinsella. We are looking forward to having Dr. Kinsella in our community for many years to come.”
The KLHCI Board of Directors has representation from throughout the City of Kawartha Lakes. The board is interested in adding new members. Being a member of KLHCI’s Board of Directors is an excellent opportunity to volunteer and be part of this vital component of our community health care, the recruitment and retention of family doctors. Anyone wishing to be part of this community effort by either volunteering or donating financially to support the ongoing family doctor recruitment and retention programs are invited to contact Cindy Snider, Recruitment & Retention Coordinator at csnider@rmh.org or visit the KLHCI website at www.KawarthaLakesDoctors.org.
The 1st Annual Heritage Stories Festival comes to Celebrations in Lindsay on Saturday, August 17 from 12 noon to 4pm.
This event features Icelanders of Kawartha Lakes offering Icelandic art, artefacts and music, as well as some Icelandic fare. The guest speaker is Peter Norman from the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto.
There is also a special contest to complement the event. There will be prizes awarded for the Best Local Heritage Song, Story and Image.
• The Festival will award a 1st place prize of $500 plus a chance to publish in a local publication and a 2nd place prize of $200 for the best original flash story (up to 1,000 words) about Kawartha Lakes heritage. (Double spaced. Please do not put your name on the writing as it will be judged blind.)
• The Festival will award a 1st place prize of $500 plus a chance to perform at the event and a 2nd place prize of $200 for the best original song about Kawartha Lakes heritage (please attach lyrics separately).
• The Festival will award a 1st place prize of $500 plus a chance to hang the piece at the Kawartha Lakes Art Gallery and a 2nd place prize of $200 for best image of the event, any medium, to be composed at the event.
• For all kids’ heritage colouring entries, a chance to exhibit at the event and in the community and a basket of goodies for the best entry. You can find out more information and how to enter the contest at www.heritagestories.ca.
2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth and legacy of author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Canadians coast to coast will gather in various ways to celebrate and honour the beloved Canadian author.
Kawartha Lakes Economic Development, with support from the Kirkfield and District Historical Society and Museum, invites you to join them on Sunday, August 18 at 1:30pm for - ‘Call Me Maud –a Kirkfield Connection to Lucy Maud Montgomery’ virtual tea event.
The fun and interactive event will feature refreshments from Maud’s personal recipe book and welcome virtual keynote speaker, Dr. Emily Woster as she discusses the Lucy ‘Maud’ Montgomery connection to Kawartha Lakes and Maud’s years in Ontario.
Dr. Emily Woster, a former Visiting Scholar at the University of Prince Edward Island’s L.M. Montgomery Institute,now serves as an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She received her Ph.D. in English Studies from Illinois State University. Emily’s research mainly focuses on the books and life of L.M. Montgomery, and she has contributed to books like L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valleys: The Ontario Years, 1911-1942. Her interests also include women’s autobiographical writing, children’s literature, and English Studies. Emily is the Managing Editor of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies.
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The Virtual Tea event will take place at the Kirkfield and District Historical Society Museum located at 992 Portage Road, Kirkfield. Tickets must be purchased in advance for this event and will be available for purchase until August 11 for the cost of $25 per person. To purchase tickets please contact Denise at events@ theoldekirk.ca or call 705-438-5454.
Fenelon Stamp Club is hosting their annual Stamp and Coin show, FENPEX 2024, on Saturday, August 10 from 9am to 3pm at the Fenelon Falls Community Centre.
There will be dealers with a wide selection of stamps and coins as well as an auction table, door prizes and a food court. The event is wheelchair accessible and there is no admission fee.
Globus Theatre invites you to help solve the mystery with Who Killed the King at Lakeview Arts Barn from July 24 to August 3.
This hilarious interactive murder mystery will have theatre patrons turning detective to solve the mystery while dining and enjoying a drink in the beautiful dining room at the Lakeview Arts Barn.
The town of Colligeon is well known for its annual Elvis festival. Impersonators and fans of Ol’ Snake Hips travel from around the world and there are Elvises (Elvi?) on every corner! But the competition is fierce and, when passions run high on the closing night of the festival, it turns out that one Elvis has definitely left the building...dead!
Written by Artistic Director Sarah Quick, this comedic murder mystery dinner theatre stars some of Canada’s best improvisors and performers including Kevin Sepaul (Drayton Entertainment, Charlottetown Festival), Jennine Profeta (Girls Nite Out; Second City), Canadian Comedy Award winner Dave Pearce (SlapHappy, the Strombo Show, CBC), Greg Komorowski (Food Network, Second City Chicago), James Barrett (Globus Theatre) and Kerry Griffin, (SlapHappy, Second City; Bad Dog Theatre Co.).
“The summer murder mystery is a real highlight in our calendar of show,” says Sarah. “It’s such a busy, fun time which sees the theatre bursting with laughter as people eat great food, drink fun cocktails and socialize. This year, I wrote the mystery based on the Elvis festival that used to take place in Collingwood each year. As a mash-up of Collingwood and Bobcaygeon our festival takes place in the fictitious town of Colligeon.”
In addition to this mainstage show, audience members can choose to visit the Downtown Detective Trail from July 24 to August 2 written by Canadian comedian Chris Gibbs. In this fun bonus experience, audience members follow an outdoor trail of clues along Bolton Street in Bobcaygeon that will be performed live by Globus Theatre’s Summer Performance Camp youth participants. Together the Downtown Detective Trail and Who Killed the King make up one fun-filled experience for visitors to Bobcaygeon this summer.
This interactive and exciting summer murder
mystery will be sure to entertain all audience members of all ages.
Seating is set up in cabaret style with 8 people per table while dinner and the action happens all around the dining room. Doors open at 6pm for evening performances and 12pm for the matinee performance on July 27. Tickets are $100 per person. Admission to the DDT is free with murder mystery tickets.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.globustheatre.com or call the Globus Theatre box office at 705-738-2037.
Come out and explore Kawartha Creates, a new exhibition at the Kawartha Art Gallery (KAG) by the Kawartha Arts Network. Local artists capture the beauty of Kawartha Lakes in a variety of media, from rural landscapes to bustling urban scenes.
The exhibition is open now until August 17 at KAG, which is located on the second floor of the Lindsay Public Library (190 Kent Street West, Lindsay). Admission is free or by donation.
Kawartha Arts Network’s Artist and Founding Member Anders Widjedal says, “Every landscape has its own personality: some are grand and others far more subtle in their presence. Our artists have spent a great deal of time in their local landscapes, seeing them through different seasons and a wide variety of perspectives. The process of understanding the chosen view, then interpreting and expressing it requires a period of time for absorption and contemplation, finally enabling a satisfactory solution for the image.”
In addition to the exhibition, there will be a special Artist Meet & Greet Reception Saturday, July 27 from 2 to 4pm at the Gallery. Reception is catered by Pie Eyed Monk.
Kawartha Arts Network (KAN) is a not-for-profit co-operative of practicing artists with a community vision in the City of Kawartha Lakes.
The LAS Craft Market & Gift Show returns to the Lindsay Fairgrounds Commonwell Mutual Exhibition Building on Wednesday, August 7 from 10am to 6pm. Vendors and artists will offer one-of-a-kind pieces and handmade products. You can choose from a wide variety of items, including jewellery, artwork, home decor, tasty treats or other gift items.
Admission to the LAS Craft Market & Gift Show is $2.
The Fenelon Falls & District Lions Club is hosting the 42nd Fenelon Falls Show and Flea Market on Friday, August 2 to Sunday, August 4 at the Fenelon Fairgrounds.
If you like cars, trucks, motorcycles, snowmobiles or antiques, this is the event you want to check out.
The show hours are Friday from 4pm to 10pm; Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Admission is $10 for adults and children under 12 are admitted for free.
You can find out more on their Facebook page.
After a four-year hiatus, Bobcaygeon Midnight Madness is back on Saturday, August 3 from 7pm to 11pm.
Shop and play under the stars with merchant sidewalk sales, vendor booths, live music and a Kids Zone with inflatables and activities for all ages. As well, many of our community organizations will be out in force, so you can find out more about what they do and how you can get involved.
Some of the activities include: Street Curling with the Bobcaygeon Curling Club; Inflatables; Dunk Tank; and Face Painting.
The Bobcaygeon Midnight Madness (BMM) Committee is comprised of volunteers and local merchants that dedicate their time to plan and organize this historic event in Bobcaygeon for the community and tourists to enjoy.
The event takes place on Bolton, Main and King Streets. Bring your comfy shoes for walking and enjoy the fun!
Each Wednesday in July and August, Maryboro Lodge Museum in Fenelon Falls hosts an afternoon tea from 1 to 4 pm, with scones, lemonade, and a special treat each week. There will also be live music.
Admission by donation, no reservation required.
Kawartha Settlers’ Village will host the annual Bobcaygeon Craft Beer and Food Festival on Saturday, August 17 from 12 noon to 7pm.
Beermakers and cideries will be onsite as well as several amazing food vendors. There will also be local
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artists and artisans with items available for purchase. Live music will be performed in the Murphy Barn, with Kelly Burrows and Shannon Roszell in the Gazebo.
This is an age-of-majority event, so please leave the children at home. Presale tickets are $25 and will be available at the door for $30. Designated driver tickets are $15 for those who are not drinking. Each visitor will receive a coordinating wristband.
You can find out more at www. bobcaygeonbeerfestival.ca. Please use responsibly.
British Empire Fuels in Bobcaygeon had a party to celebrate their 60th Anniversary recently and continued their commitment to give back! Bobcaygeon Helps Food Bank was the recipient of a wonderful $3,000 donation from draws, silent auctions, donations and pure generosity on the day of the party. Organizers with the Food Bank said on their Facebook page, “Our gratitude goes to the Whyte family, staff, volunteers and community who made this happen.” From Facebook
If you’re up for a day trip just a little bit north, head into Haliburton for their annual open air art festival in Head Lake Park from July 26 to 28.
The Haliburton Art and Craft Festival features 80 artists and artisans who come from across the region and other parts of Ontario and Quebec offering ceramics, glass, wood, home and cottage decor, fashion and accessories, garden art and more.
There is lots to do for everyone at this event, including art installations, buskers, hands-on community arts tent, outdoor performance art and a well-curated selection of makers. It’s an opportunity to learn, experience and absorb all the creativity that Haliburton is known for.
Set in a gorgeous lakeside setting with a river running through it, footbridges, childrens’ playground, well-appointed washrooms and information centre, a beach, basketball and tennis courts and all within a 5 minute walk from the main street of Haliburton Village.
The festival is open July 26 from noon to 5pm, July 27 from 10am to 5pm and July 28 from 10am to 4pm. Admission is $5 for adults with children aged 14 and under admitted free. Your admission is good all weekend.
The event is presented annually by Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre in support of community arts programming year round. You can find out more at https://railsendgallery.com/haliburton-art-and-craft.
Vintages will be playing a live fundraising concert for the Boyd Heritage Musum on Wednesday, August 7 from 6:30pm to 8pm.
Admission is free. The Museum is located at 21 Canal Street in Bobcaygeon.
Kawartha Pyro Fest returns to the Lindsay Fairgrounds on Saturday, August 3, offering hours of family activities, culminating in an impressive show of explosive fireworks set to music.
There will be vendors, live entertainment, food trucks, and activities for the kids.
The event runs from 4pm to 11pm. Pre-event tickets are $25 for adults (13+) and $10 for kids aged 5 to 12. Those under 5 are admitted for free. Tickets at the gate are $5 more per person.
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Aquarius (Jan. 21 to Feb. 19) Ready to put some fun back into your life, Aquarius? This is the time –manage your stress levels by getting out in nature, connecting with your inner child and appreciating what’s around you!
Pisces (Feb. 20 to March 20) It’s time to slow down and reassess your daily routines. Focus on your small habits, dear Pisces.You might find new and creative ways to take care of yourself.
Aries (March 21 to April 20) Your intuition is at an all-time high, Aries, so listen to those initial gut responses. Lean into the things that energize you. Creativity is key.
Taurus (April 21 to May 21) You may find yourself reflecting on how the past has shaped who you are today, Taurus.This is also the right time to come up with plans to pursue creative or passion projects that will take you to next phase of your life.
Gemini (May 22 to June 22) Connecting with people is important, Gemini. Although it can stir up some of your fears and insecurities, lean on your loved ones for support. You deserve to be nurtured and cared for, too.
Cancer (June 23 to July 23) People are drawn to you and what you have to say, dear Cancer, so ask for what you want! While you’re reassessing your life goals, express your thoughts clearly. This is a perfect time for planning because you know what you want and how best to get there.
July 26 to August 8
Leo (July 24 to Aug. 23) Just be yourself, Leo! There’s plenty to love and be proud of – you just need to believe it and show it to the world. This is your time!
Virgo (Aug. 24 to Sept. 23) Trust your intuition, dear Virgo, and don’t ignore the signs and symbols you’re receiving from the universe. They may be telling you to make some subtle changes in your life.
Libra (Sept. 24 to Oct. 23) Spending time with friends and people who make you feel appreciated can help recharge your batteries, Libra. Connect with those who support you.
Scorpio (Oct. 24 to Nov. 22) You’re feeling a bit more optimistic when it comes to going after your dreams and goals. Get inspired by hearing about others and visualize the life you want, Scorpio.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23 to Dec. 21) It’s time to reconnect with your inner voice, Sag. Pay attention to the ideas that surface in your more quiet moments, then make them happen! You’ve got this!
Capricorn (Dec. 22 to Jan. 20) People around you feed your soul, Cap. You feel inspired by others to learn something new so change it up a bit. Hang with people outside of your usual social circle.
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In church Services start at 10:00 a.m. Sundays All Welcome and for further information please call 705 426-9382
Bolsover Pines Seniors Club - 50+ 16 Bolsover RD. Community Centre Bolsover
NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME. Regular Weekly events unless above noted changes
Membership is $10 (good until May 2023) with weekly games for $3 per day.
REGULAR WEEKLY GAMES: Tuesdays 1:00 p.m.
Euchre Wednesday 1:00 p.m. drop in with Darts, Thursday 1:00 p.m. Bridge Tea and Coffee served
at half time except Wednesdays.Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Come and enjoy a fun afternoon with a great bunch and help keep this community centre open.Please check our web page https:// bolsoverseniors.life or on Facebook.
SAGES GENTLE EXERCISES FOR SENIORS - (SAGES) Thursdays 9:30a.m. Kirkfield Lions Club 973 Portage Rd \hwy 48 (left entrance of building) Kirkfield, Cost $3 per class THURSDAY at 9:30 AM. Program is geared for older adults and can be done sitting or standing The exercises focus on improving cardiovascular endurance, balance, muscle strength and flexibility. Come join the fun For more info 705-324-7323 ext 186 or info@ccckl.ca
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