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The suspect in a March 3, 2021 robbery of a Lindsay Street South business captured on surveillance footage. (Police-supplied photo)

ARREST MADE – Kawartha Lakes police seek suspect in knifepoint robbery of Lindsay business

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Lone male entered Lindsay Street South business early Wednesday morning and stole cash from register.
The 10 participants of the second cohort of the Women Breaking Barriers business accelerator program for female-led companies in STEM and social innovation participating in a Zoom meeting with staff from the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and The Kawarthas, which administers the pilot program with funding from RBC and the Ontario Trillium Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

Women Breaking Barriers to accelerate 10 more female-led companies in Peterborough and the Kawarthas

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Innovation Cluster announces second cohort of pilot program supporting women in STEM and social innovation.
All in-person classes and activities at the Sutherland Campus of Fleming College have been cancelled until March 15, 2021, affecting around 700 students, as the result of a COVID-19 outbreak originating at Severn Court Student Residence. The privately owned student housing complex is across the road from the Sutherland Campus and many of the 200 students living there attend Fleming College. (Photo: Fleming College / YouTube)

Fleming College president vows ‘harshest possible sanctions’ for students involved in COVID-19 outbreak

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Students who participated in social gatherings at privately owned Severn Court Student Residence could face suspension or expulsion.
As of March 2, 2021, there have been 34 positive cases among Fleming College and Trent University students in a COVID-19 outbreak that originated from social gatherings at Severn Court Student Residence in Peterborough. (Photo: Severn Court Management Company)

Ontario reports 966 new COVID-19 cases, including 18 in greater Kawarthas region

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Peterborough has 14 new cases and 62 active cases due to Severn Court Student Residence outbreak, 3 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward, 1 new case in Kawartha Lakes.
Two masked employees in a restaurant. (Stock photo)

Restaurants and bars in Peterborough region can now only seat people from the same...

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As of March 5, health unit also requires restaurants to collect additional information and confirmations from each patron.
Carlotta James, co-founder and project director of the Monarch Ultra Relay Run, running across the Doube's Trestle Bridge on the Trans Canada Trail east of Omemee, part of the 1,800-kilometre route of the Monarch Ultra Relay Run taking place in September 2021 to raise awareness of plight of monarch butterfly and funds for Camp Kawartha's environmental programs for youth. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)

Monarch Ultra returns in September with 1,800-kilometre relay run across southern Ontario

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Run will raise awareness of plight of monarch butterfly and funds for Camp Kawartha's environmental programs for youth.
Local entrepreneur Tracey Ormond (left) has purchased The Edison Espresso and Pastry Bar in downtown Peterborough from Lindsay Brock, who founded the popular coffee shop in 2018. Ormond will reopen The Edison with a new menu on March 8, 2021, while Brock will continue to supply The Edison with coffee bean blends through her new business Covet Coffee & Tea. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Brock and Tracey Ormond)

Lindsay Brock sells The Edison Espresso and Pastry Bar in Peterborough to Tracey Ormond

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Ormond, who also owns That's A Wrap Catering, will reopen the popular downtown coffee shop with a new menu on March 8.
COVID-19 lab test swabs. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,023 new COVID-19 cases, including 17 in greater Kawarthas region

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Regional active cases increase to 102 with 9 new cases in Peterborough, 4 in Northumberland, and 4 in Hastings Prince Edward.
Caressant Care McLaughlin Road is a 96-bed long-term care home in Lindsay. (Photo: Google Maps)

COVID-19 outbreak at Caressant Care McLaughlin Road in Lindsay declared over

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Outbreak infected 62 residents and 49 staff and cost 18 residents their lives.
You can win a $50 gift certificate for a modern Italian dinner at Pane Vino in Lindsay, one of 20 local restaurants participating in Kawarthas Northumberland's KN Eats Giveaway contest running March 1 to 26, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Pane Vino)

Win $50 towards dinner at a local restaurant in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes in...

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Each week from March 1 to 26, Kawarthas Northumberland is giving away 50 gift certificates for 20 participating independent restaurants.
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