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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
The Lindsay Drive-In is reopening for the 2020 season on May 31, 2020, with government-mandated restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pictured is a 1955 Buick Super owned by David Vahey of Omemee at the Lindsay Drive-In in 2017. Drive-in theatres, which were at the height of their popularity in the late 1950s, have experienced a resurgence in popularity during the pandemic, as they provide a shared social experience that still allows people to maintain physical distancing. (Photo: Lindsay Drive-In / Facebook)

Lindsay Drive-In open five days a week starting May 31

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Theatre will operate at half its normal capacity, and temporarily raises prices to offset lost concession stand revenue.
Port Hope artist Lee Higginson's sons Sam and Charley, who were both scheduled to have graduation ceremonies this year, with a sign provided by Cobourg real estate broker Michael Cortesis to help celebrate their graduations. (Photo: Lee Higginson / Facebook)

Cobourg real estate broker provides lawn signs to help students celebrate graduation

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Michael Cortesis offers '2020 Graduate Lives Here' signs to families in Northumberland County.
Shopper in a face mask accepting a purchase from a cashier in a face mask

What you need to know as retail businesses reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Answers to questions like: What are businesses required to do to protect employees and customers? Should I wear a face mask?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing the new Regional Relief and Recovery Fund in Ottawa on May 13, 2020. The funding is intended to support businesses impacted by COVID-19 that have been unable to access other federal government relief programs. (Screenshot / CPAC)

Interest-free loans now available for small businesses ineligible for other COVID-19 federal relief programs

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Regional Relief and Recovery Fund will be delivered in southern Ontario by FedDev Ontario and local Community Futures Development Corporations .
Elyn and Peter Green, owners of The Greenhouse on the River in Douro-Dummer, have announced that 2020 will be the final year of business of their popular independent garden centre. (Photo: The Greenhouse on the River / Facebook)

businessNOW – May 13, 2020

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Featuring The Greenhouse on the River, BE Catering, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism, Summer Company, Peterborough Business Excellence Awards, and more.
Not bags of cement: 20-kilogram bags of flour at No Frills in downtown Peterborough on May 7, 2020. According to Statistics Canada, sales of flour at Canadian grocery stores peaked at 200 per cent in March over the same time last year, reflecting the number of Canadians baking at home during the pandemic. Flour sales slowed in early April, but continue to exceed last year's sales by 81 per cent. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Canadian pandemic buying: hand sanitizer, flour, alcohol, coffee filters, hair dye … and condoms

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Statistics Canada releases study on Canadian grocery sales during March and April.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford on a teleconference with cottage country mayors on May 6, 2020. (Photo: Office of the Premier)

Premier asks Ontario cottagers to practice same public health measures as they would at...

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But after teleconference with rural mayors, Ford is discouraging tourists from visiting cottage country.
The Victoria Day long weekend is traditionally when Ontarians open up their secondary residences for the summer season. Despite mayors of some rural communities expressing concerns about the impact of an increase in seasonal residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has ruled out banning people from visiting their cottages. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Ontario Premier Ford says banning people from their cottages ‘not on the table’

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Ford believes cottagers will act responsibly on the Victoria Day long weekend.
A resident of Extendicare Cobourg greets Obi-Wan Kenobi, an alpaca from Haute Goat in Port Hope. Haute Goat owner Debbie Nightingale brought Obi and his mom Bella to the 69-bed long-term care home to entertain residents and workers. (Photo: Extendicare Cobourg / Facebook)

Alpacas from Haute Goat bring joy to Cobourg nursing home residents

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Port Hope farm has been visiting seniors' residences with their two Huacaya alpacas.
Sub-lieutenant Abbigail Cowbrough recently sent this photo of herself on the deck of HMCS Fredericton to her church in Dartmouth. The Nova Scotia woman is the first victim to be identified in the crash of a Canadian military helicopter in the Mediterranean Sea on April 29, 2020. (Photo: Abbigail Cowbrough via Regal Heights Baptist Church / Facebook)

Former Peterborough air cadet Abbigail Cowbrough identified as victim of military helicopter crash

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Cowbrough was a sub-lieutenant serving aboard the frigate HMCS Fredericton and was on a NATO training mission in the Mediterranean Sea.
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