''Kawartha Lakes This Week'' is a weekly, community

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Lindsay, Ontario Lindsay is a community of 22,367 people ( 2021 census) on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately west of Peterborough. It is located in the City of Kawartha Lakes, and is the hub for ...

, Canada, that was established in 1977 under the title ''Lindsay This Week''. It is one of three newspapers in the Kawartha Division of

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, a company that owns newspapers across Ontario. News content is updated on its site, www.MyKawartha.com, several times a week with video, blogs, polls and stories from its sister papers in the region. ''Kawartha Lakes This Week'' has a circulation of 30,300, including papers delivered to boxes, and employs 22 people. The

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is Peter Bishop, the

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is Lois Tuffin and the

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is Marcus Tully. Tully started with the paper as a reporter in 2001. The paper changed its name from ''Lindsay This Week'' to ''Kawartha Lakes This Week'' in late 2004 in keeping with the amalgamation of the

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History

After graduating from the University of Windsor Law School, Douglas Flett moved to Lindsay and practised law in the community from 1974 until 1996. In 1980, he and Don Polyschuk, then-owner of Trent Chevrolet, founded ''Lindsay This Week''. They owned the newspaper for four years. Metroland Publishing purchased ''Lindsay This Week'' in 1988 In 2000, Metroland Publishing acquired the '' Fenelon Falls Gazette'' and '' Bobcaygeon Independent'' when they purchased the Citizens Communication Group. The three editions merged in 2004 to become ''Kawartha Lakes This Week'' to reflect the amalgamation of the three towns (and several townships) into the City of Kawartha Lakes.

Past editors

* Paul Rutherford (1999-2001) * Marcus Tully (2001–2023)

Past sales managers

* Harvey Spry (1995–1996) * Doug Hartwick (1997-1999) * Myra Futa (2000–2001) * Adam Milligan (2001–2002) * Mary Babcock (2002–2005) * Bryce McGregor (2005–2006) * Shane Lockyer (2006–2010) * Gord Carley (2010) * Bonnie Rondeau (2010–2011)

Past publishers

* Hugh Nicholson (1993-2001) * Bruce Danford (2002–2014) * Mike Mount (2014-2016) * Peter Bishop (2016–Present)

External links

My Kawartha
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History

Past editors

Past sales managers

Past publishers

See also

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