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An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Police recover body of boater whose canoe capsized on Peter Lake in Hastings County

39-year-old Sovann Chhay of Ottawa went missing on Saturday afternoon.
Hunter Jones's pregnant girlfriend took a video of a confrontation with an unidentified man (left) who threatened Jones and his girlfriend after they pulled into a parking spot for expecting mothers or parents with young children at Loblaw's Real Canadian Superstore in Peterborough on August 13, 2022. The man's minivan, which contained a gun in the glove box the man displayed to Jones. is pictured in the background. (Screenshot courtesy of Hunter Jones)

Man and pregnant girlfriend threatened by driver with gun in Peterborough grocery store parking...

The couple had pulled into an expecting mothers parking spot when a man driving a minivan began threatening them .
Opioids (stock photo)

Regional health units issue opioid alerts for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland County

Nine drug poisonings in Peterborough in 48 hours, 'disturbing' rise of overdoses in Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland County.
Kawartha Lakes police have released a photo from video surveillance of a suspect in a robbery of a Queen Street convenience store in Lindsay on August 12, 2022. (Police-supplied photo)

Kawartha Lakes police seek suspect in Friday robbery of Lindsay convenience store

Male suspect approached counter of Queen Street store and brandished a weapon.
OPP logo on police car door

Two Ottawa residents killed after their plane crashes in Port Hope field

Alvin Crosby and Suzanne Parent died after Piper Cherokee went down near a private airstrip on Saturday night.
Peterborough police officers arrest Frank Curtin during a protest at the Peterborough police station on August 13, 2022. A follower of self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada" Romana Didulo, Curtin organized and led the protest to "arrest" Peterborough police officers after a call from Didulo, who espouses a mix of sovereign citizen beliefs, QAnon conspiracy theories, and new age spirituality. Didulo also claims to be an extraterrestrial being with supernatural powers. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Twitter video)

Four men now face charges after Romana Didulo followers try to ‘arrest’ Peterborough police...

Self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada', who called for 'arrests', travelled to Peterborough for Saturday afternoon incident at police station.
A young girl during summer heading to a beach for a swim. (Stock photo)

The Beach Report for August 12 to 18, 2022

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Vaughan teenager drowns in Shadow Lake near Norland in Kawartha Lakes

Nearby boater dove into the water to try to save the 18-year-old swimmer after he failed to resurface on Thursday.
A Peterborough police officer, since identified as Constable Brandon Bigelow, recently cut the lawn of a 76-year-old resident who was upset about being unable to do so because of a medical procedure. (Photo via Peterborough Police Service / Facebook)

Community praises Peterborough police officer for cutting lawn of 76-year-old resident

Officer, since identified as Brandon Bigelow, had learned resident was distraught about not being able to do the chore.
Ross Memorial Hospital is located at 10 Angeline Street North in Lindsay. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital)

Ross Memorial Hospital facing ‘severe’ challenges from high patient volumes and multiple COVID-19 outbreaks

Lindsay hospital urges area residents to consider alternate options for non-urgent care.

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