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Peterborough resident Christina Dicosmo won the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation's 50/50 lottery's grand prize of $42,472.50 on February 17, 2022, and chose the $2,000 cash bonus prize, making her total winnings $44,472.50. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

Peterborough’s Christina Dicosmo wins over $46,000 in cash in PRHC Foundation’s 50/50 lottery

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Tickets for next lottery are now on sale, with half of ticket sales supporting equipment and technology at the hospital.
Ross Memorial Hospital is located at 10 Angeline Street North in Lindsay. (Photo: Ross Memorial Hospital)

Lindsay’s COVID-19 assessment centre moving back to Ross Memorial Hospital on February 22

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By-appointment-only COVID-19 tests and clinical assessments available, with plans underway to offer Paxlovid.
18-year-old Alex Tobin was shot in Omemee on February 18, 2020 and died in hospital. Witnesses described two suspects who were seen fleeing the building on foot and then departing the area in a motor vehicle on Highway 7. (Photo courtesy of Tobin family)

OPP releases video appeal for information in unsolved 2020 murder of Alex Tobin in...

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18-year-old was shot in an apartment on King Street East on February 18, 2020 and died in hospital,
Mississauga rockers The Jailbirds headline The Red Dog in downtown Peterborough on Friday, February 18 with guests Kippers, Shot Down Twice, and Mellohoney. (Photo: thejailbirds.com)

nightlifeNOW – February 17 to 23

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
A Lakefield resident who lives close to St. Paul Catholic Elementary School took this photo of the fire that destroyed a storage shed used by the school. Peterborough police are investigating the fire as a suspected case of arson. (Photo: Mz Emma @Hey_MzEmma / Twitter)

Police suspect arson after Wednesday night fire destroys storage shed at Lakefield school

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Witness reports seeing three people in the area shortly before and after the fire.
Peterborough police are continuing their investigation into the February 13, 2022 theft of a tractor trailer carrying over 2,000 firearms. The trailer was recovered, but 13 firearms are missing. Police believe the suspects in the theft were driving this four-door blue sedan. (Police-supplied photo)

Peterborough police report 13 firearms missing from recovered stolen trailer

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Police continue search for suspects in February 13 theft of trailer containing more than 2,000 firearms.
Older woman walking in a winter snow storm

Snowfall warning in effect for most of greater Kawarthas region Thursday afternoon into Friday

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Snow will begin Thursday afternoon with 10-20 cm possible by Friday morning.
On behalf of 27 United Way locations across Ontario, United Way Greater Toronto president and CEO Daniele Zanotti accepts a donation of almost $120,000 from OLG during a virtual cheque presentation. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

United Ways in greater Kawarthas receive almost $5,000 of $120,000 provincial donation from OLG

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OLG committed to donate $50,000 to 27 United Ways across Ontario, along with $70,000 raised by OLG employees.
Cobourg mayor John Henderson at a media conference with Ontario Premier Doug Ford when the COVID-19 mass immunization at Cobourg Community Centre opened on March 15, 2021. (CPAC screenshot)

Mass immunization clinics in Lindsay and Cobourg closing by end of February

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In-house immunization clinics will open at the health unit's offices in Lindsay and Port Hope.
The Municipality of Port Hope will purchase 1,334 acres from Ontario Power Generation in the Wesleyville area in Port Hope for $18.6 million. The property includes 700 acres of environmentally important land, 600 acres that could potentially be developed, 260 acres of developed industrial land, and 18 acres along four kilometres of Lake Ontario shoreline. (Photo: Municipality of Port Hope)

Port Hope to purchase 1,334 acres from Ontario Power Generation for $18.6 million

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Land could be used for parks and green space, commercial and residential development, waterfront enhancement, and more.
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