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Kawartha Lakes Police Media Release – July 7th, 2022

Police Seek Public Assistance in Solving Suspected Arsons Kawartha Lakes Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in solving three suspicious fires that occurred in the late evening hours of July 1st, 2022, into the early morning hours of July 2nd, 2022. On July 1st, 2022, at 11:55 pm, Kawartha Lakes Police attended an address […]

Officer & Downtown Business Chip In To Fix Bike

An 8-year-old Lindsay boy was the proud recipient of some very good will after his bicycle was reported stolen and found broken to the point it couldn’t be ridden in early September. On September 11th, 2017 P.C. Brendan Johnston was contacted by 8-year-old Jacob’s parents after his bicycle went missing. After attending at Jacob’s home […]

Public’s Assistance Sought In Locating Missing Person

Public’s Assistance Sought In Locating Missing Person                 The City of Kawartha Lakes Police is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 34 year-old Cory Rick Lanteigne who was last seen in the area of O’Reilly Lane in the former Ops township at 4:00pm. Cory is described as male […]

Police Leaders and Ontario’s Coroner Warn of the Deadly Trend in Fentanyl-related Overdoses

  (Toronto, ON) – Ontario’s police leaders and the Chief Coroner for Ontario today warned that Ontarians continue to face a deadly threat to public health and safety as a result of a spike in deaths believed to have been caused directly or indirectly by the illegal acquisition, distribution, use, and misuse of the prescription […]

Have You Received One Of These – It is A Scam

Kawartha Lakes Police are advising the public of a scam that has been circulating in the Lindsay area this week after a number of residents have received a bogus email indicating that they owe money for a driving offence. A number of residents have received an email resembling the below message that indicates the receiver […]

Confused About Your Obligations At Pedestrian Crossovers – Read On!

As of January 1, 2016, drivers – including cyclists – must stop and yield the whole roadway at pedestrian crossovers, school crossings and other locations where there is a crossing guard. These new rules do not apply to pedestrian crosswalks at intersections with stop signs or traffic signals, unless a school crossing guard is present. […]

Text With 911 Goes Live In Kawartha Lakes

Media Release Thursday August 25th , 2016   Text With 911 Goes Live In Kawartha Lakes If you are part of the deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or speech impaired (DHHSI) community you will now have the ability to text to 911 (T9-1-1) in the City of Kawartha Lakes. During an emergency, T9-1-1 provides the […]

CRA Tax Scam Warning Issued Again After Another Falls Victim To iTunes Request

CRA Tax Scam Warning Issued Again After Another Falls Victim City of Kawartha Lakes Police are once again reminding residents that our area is still being targeted by scammers using the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) tax scam, after a woman lost $2100.00 to the scam. On Tuesday June 7th, 2016 City of Kawartha Lakes Police […]

CRA Tax Scam Alert

As tax season rapidly approaches perpetrators of the CRA Tax Scam continue to ramp up their aggressive tactics in our area.  Kawartha Lakes Police are seeing an increase in the number of people contacting them with regards to the scam and trying to reassure themselves that they do not owe the Canada Revenue Agency money. […]

BANK INVESTIGATOR SCAM RESURFACES

BANK INVESTIGATOR SCAM RESURFACES Police would like to make the public aware of a fraud scam that is making a come back in Ontario. The scam consists of suspect(s) contacting potential victims (mostly seniors) by phone advising that they require their assistance to catch a bank employee that “has been stealing money”. The victim is […]

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