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COVID-19 lab test swabs. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,616 new COVID-19 cases, including 41 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases jump to 254 with 17 new cases in Peterborough, 10 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 4 in Northumberland.
A detail of Toronto-based photographer Lucas DeClavasio's image 'Focus', which was selected as the winner of the 'Focus on Coffee' competition presented by PhotoED Magazine, Sparkplug Coffee, and the SPARK Photo Festival. The photograph will be exhibited at the 2021 SPARK Photo Festival in Peterborough in September. (Photo: Lucas DeClavasio)

Toronto photographer’s winning coffee-themed image to be displayed at Peterborough’s SPARK Photo Festival

Lucas DeClavasio's photo won the 'Focus on Coffee' competition presented by PhotoED Magazine, Sparkplug Coffee, and SPARK Photo Festival.
Boaters coming through Lock 32 in Bobcaygeon. (Photo: Parks Canada / Facebook)

Parks Canada now says Trent-Severn Waterway will open for navigation May 28

Lockages at Peterborough Lift Lock will be scheduled, with one complete transfer up and down per day until end of June.
Sci-fi thriller "Awake", which stars Gina Rodriguez as a troubled ex-soldier who fights to save her family as society and her mind spiral into chaos after a global event wipes out all electronics and humanity's ability to sleep, was partly filmed in Peterborough in 2019. The Netflix film premieres on June 9, 2021. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in June 2021

Highlights include Awake (partly filmed in Peterborough), Fatherhood, Good on Paper, Xtreme, Sweet Tooth, Katla, and part two of Lupin.
Lab analysis of a nasal swab for COVID-19. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,616 new COVID-19 cases, including 26 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases decrease to 238 with 11 new cases in Peterborough, 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Northumberland.
A recent anti-lockdown protest in front of Peterborough City Hall. (Photo: Tyler Berry / No More Lockdowns Peterborough Facebook group)

Police in greater Kawarthas region issue 9 tickets on Saturday under Reopening Ontario Act

Protestors in Peterborough and Cobourg were ticketed, as well as out-of-towners fishing in Port Hope.
A swab test bring completed on a patient. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 2,170 new COVID-19 cases, including 47 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases unchanged at 241 with 15 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward, 12 in Northumberland, 9 in Peterborough, 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Haliburton.
OPP logo on police car door

Search continues for missing 68-year-old Ajax resident on Mink Lake north of Bancroft

Police responded on Sunday night to a report of an unoccupied boat circling on the lake in Hastings Highlands.
Close-up of a person receiving a vaccination. (Stock photo)

Ontario announces 18 year olds and up eligible for COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, a...

Public health units may also choose to offer youth-approved Pfizer vaccine to those aged 12 to 17.
A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 2,199 new COVID-19 cases, Peterborough records its 18th death

Active cases in Peterborough have increased to 107 with 13 new cases, active cases in Hastings Prince Edward have fallen by 10 to 53.

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