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Peterborough City Hall is located at 500 George Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough city council asked to bypass city policy in renaming Evinrude Centre to Healthy...

City's naming rights policy requires a request for proposals be issued for a naming right for a city building or for value over $150,000.
A swab test bring completed on a patient. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,478 new COVID-19 cases, including 10 in greater Kawarthas region

Local active cases rise to 71 with 4 new cases in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
Kawartha Lakes OPP Sgt. Jason Folz in a Facebook video advising of the critical incident on the morning of November 26, 2020 on Pigeon Lake Road near Lindsay. It was later revealed that a young boy died and an OPP officer was seriously injured during the incident. A suspect has been apprehended and there are no concerns for public safety. (Screenshot)

An infant is dead and an OPP officer seriously injured after shooting near Lindsay

Police open fire after 33-year-old man who had abducted his one-year-old son crashes his truck into OPP cruiser, injuring officer; child dies at scene from gunshot wound.
The proposed location for the new Canadian Canoe Museum. (Photo: Google Maps)

Canadian Canoe Museum wants to build new museum at Johnson Park in Peterborough

City-owned property is located just north of Beavermead Park across from Eastgate Memorial Park
Ontario Premier Doug Ford during a Queen's Park media conference on November 25, 2020, announcing the province's public health advice on safely celebrating the holiday season. (CPAC screenshot)

Stick to your own household when celebrating holiday season, Premier Ford urges

Ontario reports 1,373 new COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths as active cases in greater Kawarthas region climb to 65 with 13 new cases.
COVID-19 lab test swabs. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,009 new COVID-19 cases, with data glitch affecting case count for today...

There are 12 new cases to report in greater Kawarthas region, increasing number of active cases to 56.
George Clooney directs and stars as Augustine in "The Midnight Sky", a science-fiction film about a brilliant and aging astronomer in the Arctic who works to stop a team of astronauts from returning home after Earth suffers a mysterious global catastrophe. ALso pictured is Caoilinn Springall as Iris, the mysterious child Augustine encounters at his remote outpost. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in December 2020

Featuring George Clooney's The Midnight Sky, Chadwick Boseman final film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Gary Oldman in Mank, Alien Worlds, and more.
Barrett's Tree Farm is located at 3141 Williamson Road North in Cobourg. (Photo: Barrett's Tree Farm)

Where to harvest your own Christmas tree in the Kawarthas in 2020

COVID-19 protocols in place at tree farms, high demand for trees expected this year because of the pandemic.
The Convivio Chorus perforrming at the annual "In From The Cold" Christmas concert at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough in December 2015, raising funds for YES Shelter for Youth and Families. With a live concert not possible this year because of the pandemic, a selection of favourites from the past 20 years of In From The Cold concerts will be broadcast on Trent Radio on December 11 and 12, 2020, and streamed from Trent Radio's website. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW.com)

The concerts of Christmas past: ‘In From The Cold’ radio broadcast raises funds for...

Selections from 20 years' worth of In From The Cold concerts will be broadcast and streamed on Trent Radio on December 11 and 12.
Lab analysis of a nasal swab for COVID-19. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports a record 1,589 COVID-19 cases, including 18 in greater Kawarthas region

3 new cases and 1 new death in Peterborough, 7 new cases in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 6 in Northumberland, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton.

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