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COVID-19 tests in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 2,417 new COVID-19 cases, including 3 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases remain at 174, with 3 new cases in Peterborough and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward

kawarthaNOW - January 24, 2021

With in-person dining prohibited for the second time during the pandemic, Peterborough's locally owned restaurants need the community's support more than ever. Publican House Brew Pub employee Taylor Wells shows off the restaurant's wood-fired pizzas as they are prepared for takeout. (Photo courtesy of Publican House)

Here’s how you can support locally owned restaurants in Peterborough during the lockdown

An anti-lockdown protest at Queen's Park in Toronto on April 25, 2020. (Photo: Michael Swan)

Three people fined during anti-lockdown protest at Peterborough City Hall

Carter Ryan Pollock. (Police-supplied photo via Christine Pollock)

Peterborough police continue search for missing 11-year-old Carter Ryan Pollock

A child going to school while wearing a mask at a crosswalk. (Stock photo)

COVID-19 curve in Peterborough flattening as schools set to reopen on Monday

Positivity rate has dropped, but 90-year-old community resident has died after contracting virus from unknown source

Paul Rellinger - January 22, 2021

Police are seeking the owner or operator of this charcoal-grey four-door hatchback with black rims in the death of 40-year-old Corey Johnston on January 14, 2021 in Peterborough. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seek second vehicle in pedestrian death in Peterborough

The Peterborough Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

Boil water advisory for residents who draw their water from Otonabee River downstream from Peterborough

In summer of 2017, filmmaker Suzanne Crocker (bottom right) and her family started their year-long quest to feed themselves from food gathered, grown, and hunted close to their home in the Yukon. In "First We Eat", which screens at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival, Crocker explores their journey and the complexity of improving local food security in the far north. (Photo: Alex Hakonson)

Three filmmakers talk about their films screening at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (Stock photo)

Kawartha health unit ‘ready to go’ when region receives COVID-19 vaccine

Vaccine should be distributed to long-term care homes in Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton in early February

Hannah Abrahamse - January 21, 2021

Students in a classroom and their teacher wearing face masks. (Stock photo)

Students in greater Kawarthas region resume in-person learning January 25

Winter weather travel advisory for Thursday afternoon in northern Kawarthas

At the new online marketplace set up by the Kawartha Lakes Arts Council, you can purchase works by local artists who are members of the arts council, such as 'Ginko Leaf Branch', a metallic wall sculpture by Paul and Beverly Williams. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Arts Council and the artists)

Kawartha Lakes Arts Council is helping local artists move online

News & Community

Ontario reports 2,417 new COVID-19 cases, including 3 in greater Kawarthas region

kawarthaNOW - January 24, 2021

Regional active cases remain at 174, with 3 new cases in Peterborough and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.

Here’s how you can support locally owned restaurants in Peterborough during the lockdown

January 24, 2021

A swab test bring completed on a patient. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 2,359 new COVID-19 cases, including 14 in greater Kawarthas region

January 23, 2021

Three people fined during anti-lockdown protest at Peterborough City Hall

January 23, 2021

Peterborough police continue search for missing 11-year-old Carter Ryan Pollock

Updated January 22, 2021

A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 2,662 new COVID-19 cases, including 16 in greater Kawarthas region

January 22, 2021

Arts & Entertainment

Three filmmakers talk about their films screening at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival

GreenUP - January 21, 2021

Olivia Mater on 'Starborn', Suzanne Crocker on 'First We Eat', and Karen O'Krafka on 'Headwaters to Hearts: Education in Action'

Kawartha Lakes Arts Council is helping local artists move online

January 20, 2021

Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, and Simona Brown are in a love triangle in the British psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Sarah Pinborough. The six-part series premieres on Netflix on February 17, 2021. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in February 2021

January 19, 2021

The 2021 ReFrame Film Festival is a panacea for pandemic boredom, offering nearly 50 feature-length and short documentary films streaming online between January 22 and 29, including local films such as Drew Hayden Taylor's "Cottagers & Indians", which explores the decades-long disagreement between Indigenous wild-rice harvester James Whetung and landowners on Pigeon Lake. Taylor will also be delivering a keynote address on the opening night of the festival on Friday, January 22. (Photo: Paul Kemp Productions)

Sarah’s top picks at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival

January 18, 2021

The Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival, the world's first fringe festival exclusive to Indigenous performers, will take place in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong on June 21, 2021 (National Indigenous Peoples Day). The outdoor festival will feature comedy, music, storytelling, and more. (Supplied photo)

The show must go on: world’s first Indigenous fringe festival comes to Peterborough this summer

January 17, 2021

Nicole Myers-Mitchell is the inaugural general manager of The Grove Theatre, a new outdoor performance venue in Fenelon Falls in the City of Kawartha Lakes that is staging its first production in summer 2021. (Photo: Roseneath Theatre)

The Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls hires Nicole Myers-Mitchell as its first general manager

January 16, 2021

Business & Technology

Premier Doug Ford packing bottles of disinfectant into boxes during a tour of Charlotte Products in Peterborough on July 30, 2020. Charlotte Products has ramped up production of its cleaning products during the pandemic and is facing a shortage of bottles for its products. Along with a $1 million provincial investment, Peterborough's Merit Precision is investing $1.3 million for an expansion that will allow it to supply bottles to Charlotte Products. (Photo: Government of Ontario)

Ontario invests $1 million in Peterborough’s Merit Precision to manufacture bottles for hand sanitizers and disinfectants

kawarthaNOW - January 18, 2021

Bottles will be used by Peterborough cleaning product company Charlotte Products to meet growing product demand.

A "temporarily closed" sign on a store window. (Stock photo)

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