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Ontario reports 306 new COVID-19 cases, including 9 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases increase by 1 to 73 with 7 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward and 1 in Peterborough.
Leslie Yee, chair of the Canadian Council of the Blind's Peterborough chapter, with her guide dog Akira, displays the organization's 2022 fundraising calendar featuring cover art by Peterborough artist Lynda Todd. (Supplied photo)

Peterborough artist’s work featured on Canadian Council of the Blind calendar

Fundraising calendar features award-winning artwork by visually impaired artist Lynda Todd.
OPP logo on police car door

Police release names of two drivers killed in Saturday afternoon collision south of Manilla

Northbound vehicle on Simcoe Street passed unsafely and collided head-on with southbound vehicle.
Beau Dixon and Melissa Payne will be performing in the new 4th Line Theatre production "Christmas Comes to Mind: A Night of Story & Song", along with the show's co-creators Rebecca Auerbach and Jack Nicholsen, Saskia Tomkins, Justin Hiscox, Mark Hiscox, and Kim Blackwell. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Beau Dixon and Melissa Payne among performers in 4th Line Theatre’s new Christmas-themed show

'Christmas Comes to Mind: A Night of Story & Song' runs for 10 performances from November 30 to December 11 at the Millbrook Cathedral.
After two postponements due to the pandemic, it looks like Bruce Cockburn will finally be performing again at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough now that the Ontario government has lifted capacity restrictions for performance venues. Folk Under The Clock is presenting the legendary Canadian musician (pictured here performing at Showplace on September 25, 2017) on April 19, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Both Showplace and Market Hall in Peterborough taking a cautious approach to welcoming back...

Now that capacity restrictions are lifted, the two downtown performance venues expect to ramp up performance schedules in a big way come early 2022.
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Ontario reports 848 new COVID-19 cases over long weekend, including 44 in greater Kawarthas...

Regional active cases decrease to 72 with 20 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward, 11 in Northumberland, 9 in Peterborough, and 4 in Kawarthas Lakes,
Mark Romeril, who most recently worked at Cycle Toronto, is the new executive director of B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop (Photo: Tanner Pare)

Peterborough community bike shop B!KE hires new executive director Mark Romeril

A cyclist enthusiast and bike mechanic who grew up in Lindsay, Romeril most recently worked for Cycle Toronto.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Two people are dead following two-vehicle collision west of Lindsay

Collision occurred on Saturday afternoon on Simcoe Street at Brock Concession Road 6 south of Manilla, killing both drivers.
Effective October 9, 2021, performance venues such as Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough are among those indoor settings that can operate at 100 per cent capacity, with physical distancing requirements also lifted. (Photo: Bradley Boyle)

Ontario lifts capacity limits on concert venues, theatres, cinemas, meeting and event spaces, and...

Physical distancing requirement is also being lifted in these settings, effective October 9.
Lab analysis of a nasal swab for COVID-19. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 573 new COVID-19 cases, including 10 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases decrease to 67 with 5 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward, 3 in Peterborough, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland.

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