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Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a province-wide COVID-19 shutdown on April 1, 2021. The four-week shutdown takes effect on April 3. (CPAC screenshot)

Ontario entering four-week province-wide shutdown effective Saturday

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Shutdown is an attempt to bring more contagious and virulent COVID-19 variants of concern under control.
Adalsteinn Brown, co-chair of Ontario's COVID-19 science advisory table, presented a sobering assessment of the pandemic in Ontario at a technical media briefing at Queen's Park on April 1, 2021. (CPAC screenshot)

Ontario’s top health experts recommend month-long province-wide stay-at-home order

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Sobering assessment of COVID-19 pandemic says variants of concern are 'killing faster and younger'.
Tessa Plint, a former researcher with Western University in London, poses with a statue of the giant beaver at Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre. The bear-sized rodent is thought to have gone extinct more than 10,000 years ago during the last ice age. (Photo: Western University)

Residents of the Kawarthas report multiple sightings of a giant beaver

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Bear-sized rodent with large incisors last roamed North America more than 10,000 years ago.
A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 2,333 COVID-19 cases, including 47 in greater Kawarthas region

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Regional active cases spike to 154 with 32 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward, 9 in Peterborough, 4 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Northumberland.
4th Line Theatre in Millbrook is Canada's premier outdoor theatre company. (Photo: 4th Line Theatre / Facebook)

Millbrook’s 4th Line Theatre postpones first play of 2021 summer season due to the...

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'The Great Shadow' by Alex Poch-Goldin postponed to summer 2022, decision to be made in May on Maja Ardal's 'Wishful Seeing' currently scheduled for August
Ontario Premier Doug Ford responds to a reporter's question during a media conference about Ontario's COVID-19 vaccination plan in North York on March 30, 2021. (CPAC screenshot)

Ontario’s COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations now higher than at start of last province-wide lockdown

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Province reports 2,336 new cases, including 15 in greater Kawarthas region, with over 1,000 hospitalizations.
Sheet Seven Community Garden, located behind the Peterborough Curling Club at 2195 Lansdowne Street West, in July 2020 with raised garden beds under construction. Allotment plots of various sizes are now available with annual fees from $35 to $125 depending on the size. (Photo courtesy of Pauline Orpwood / Peterborough Curling Club)

Grow your own food at Peterborough’s newest community garden

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Sheet Seven Community Garden, located behind the Peterborough Curling Club, is now accepting applications.
A middle-aged man receiving a vaccination. (Stock photo)

Peterborough residents can now sign up to be notified by email when they are...

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You can select by age group, chronic health condition, and more using Peterborough Public Health's 'Notify Me' sign-up form.
Some of the 13,560 pounds of food collected for Kawartha Food Share in October 2020 during the "Spare a Square #2" food drive. The shelves at Kawartha Food Share need to be retocked, and the organizers behind "Spare a Square" are back for 2021 with a business-to-business challenge to collect at least 20,000 pounds of food on Friday, April 9th, followed by a Peterborough-wide porch food drive on Saturday, April 10th. (Photo: Kawartha Food Share / Facebook)

‘Porch Pirates for Good’ to collect donated food items from Peterborough porches on April...

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Spring community food drive will follow a business-to-business challenge for Kawartha Food Share on April 9.
A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 2,094 new COVID-19 cases, including 24 in greater Kawarthas region

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Regional active cases climb to 117 with 8 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward, 8 in Northumberland, 5 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in Peterborough.
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