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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.
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UPDATED: What you need to know to apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit

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Applications opened April 6 for $2,000 monthly benefit for workers who have stopped working and have no income because of COVID-19.
The town of Bobcaygeon in the City of Kawartha Lakes has been devastated by the deaths of 14 residents so far at Pinecrest Nursing Home due to COVID-19. Local tribute band The Tragically Hits has organized a porch sing-along of The Tragically Hip's song "Bobcaygeon" on April 5, 2020 in a show of solidarity. (Photo: Kawarthas Northumberland / RT08)

Let’s all sing ‘Bobcaygeon’ this Sunday night in solidarity with the town of Bobcaygeon

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Local Tragically Hip tribute band arranges event after 14 residents die at Pinecrest Nursing Home in the town.
Port Hope artist Lee Higginson's son Sam with his creation at West Beach in Port Hope. Lee and her sons Sam and Charley, who are both young artists, hope to make as much public art as they can during the COVID-19 shutdown. (Photo courtesy of Lee Higginson)

Port Hope family of artists spreading creative joy on local beach during COVID-19

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Lee Higginson and her two sons are creating 'a little nature beauty' for others.
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Opinion: It’s time for Canada’s big banks to step up and provide real COVID-19...

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Banks will actually profit from the crisis when customers have to pay extra interest on deferred loan payments.
Kyla Gutsche (left), owner and operator of Cosmetic Transformations in Peterborough, with some of the medical supplies her company has donated for front-line health care workers at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. A renowned cosmetic and medical micropigmentation company that can enhance or restore features people have lost due to illness, trauma, surgery or the aging process, Cosmetic Transformation uses these supplies while delivering its services but the company has been forced to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Kyla Gutsche)

businessNOW – March 25, 2020

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Featuring Kyla Gutsche of Cosmetic Transformations donating her company's medical supplies to Peterborough Regional Health Centre and more.
The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) is working to ensure downtown Peterborough looks like this again after the COVID-19 pandemic by launching supportdowntownptbo.ca, a new website where people can buy gift cards and certificates from 59 downtown Peterborough businesses, helping them with their immediate cash flow needs during the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA)

Downtown Peterborough launches new website to support locally owned businesses during COVID-19

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By purchasing gift cards and certificates from supportdowntownptbo.ca, you can help independent businesses cover their critical expenses.
The price of gas at the Shell station at Hunter and Burnham streets in Peterborough's East City dropped from 73.5 to 65.8 cents per litre minutes before this photo was taken on March 25, 2020. THe last time gas prices were this low was in 2003, and the price could continue to drop. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Gas plummets to around 65 cents per litre

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Prices continue to fall due to oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia and lower demand due to COVID-19.
On March 20, 2020, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued a media release advising how police would be using new fines to enforce compliance with the state of emergency declared in Ontario for the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: OPP)

Why aren’t the police enforcing public health recommendations?

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Our guide to what's legal and illegal during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2015, the Rotary Club of Peterborough installed 25 little libraries in the Peterborough area, such as this one on Maria Street in Peterborough's East City. Now some little libraries are replacing books with free essential food and household care items. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com0

Some Peterborough little libraries are being converted into ‘pandemic libraries’ with free necessities

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Instead of sharing books, these locations are sharing food and household care items during COVID-19 crisis
Five of Peterborough's leading economic development organizations have joined forced to launch a survey of local businesses to help determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and develop a unified approach to possible solutions to offset the impact. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

businessNOW – March 17, 2020

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Featuring TeamPTBO's COVID-19 business impact survey, Community Futures Peterborough loan relief offer, entrepreneur Leslie Bradford-Scott's podcast launch, and more.
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