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Sales of the salsa produced by Kawartha Lakes Food Source will help offset operating expenses such as rent for the non-profit organization, which procures and distributes food to 35 local agencies and delivers food literacy programs. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Food Source)

Kawartha Lakes Food Source launches a salsa brand with a social purpose

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Proceeds from sales will help offset the non-profit organization's operating expenses for food access and food literacy programs.
Pre-pandemic crowds at Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg, popular with both residents and out-of-town visitors from Toronto. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

Victoria Park Beach in Cobourg temporarily closed until June 7

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Town council votes to install fencing and signage along the board walk to discourage gatherings on the beach during stay-at-home order,
Anthony Hopkins won the Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of an aging man with dementia in 2020's "The Father". The film screens at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on July 19, 2021 as part of a special summer edition of the MUSE International Fine Films series, with 2021's "12 Mighty Orphans" screening on August 16, 2021. (Photo: Sean Gleason / Sony Pictures Classics)

Two drive-in movies to be screened at Peterborough Memorial Centre this summer

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'The Father' and '12 Mighty Orphans' will be shown in July and August in special summer edition of MUSE International Fine Films series.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Police recover body of missing 68-year-old Ajax man from Mink Lake near Bancroft

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Gordon Blair went missing from his boat on May 16.
COVID-19 lab test swabs. (Stock photo)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Protestors in Peterborough and Cobourg were ticketed, as well as out-of-towners fishing in Port Hope.
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