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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all Canada Day celebrations in 2020 are taking place virtually.

What’s open and closed on Canada Day 2020

Holiday hours for 262 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough and across the Kawarthas.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 29, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 29, 2020

Cases and deaths as reported by regional health units: Peterborough Public Health; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit; and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit will be reopening its office at 108 Angeline Street South in Lindsay to the public on July 6, 2020, as well as its offices in Haliburton and Port Hope. (Photo: Google Maps)

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit to reopen offices in Port Hope, Lindsay,...

Safety protocols will be in place to ensure safety of staff and members of the public.
Highway 401 just east of Wesleyville Road. (Photo: Google Maps)

Cyclist charged for riding on Highway 401 near Port Hope

OPP officer escorted cyclist off highway on Monday morning.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 28, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 28, 2020

Cases and deaths as reported by regional health units: Peterborough Public Health; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit; and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.

Sports organizations can now use indoor facilities in Ontario for training and non-contact athletic...

Ontario government removes some restrictions, but team sports games and spectators are still prohibited.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 27, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 27, 2020

Cases and deaths as reported by regional health units: Peterborough Public Health; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit; and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Ontario Provincial Police

Body recovered of man who went missing after Rice Lake boating accident

Police identify man as 41-year-old Tien Dat Tran of Markham.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 26, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 26, 2020

Cases and deaths as reported by regional health units: Peterborough Public Health; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit; and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
The wading pool being filled in 2019 at John Taylor Memorial Park at McKellar Street and St. Catherine Street in Peterborough, named after kawarthaNOW publisher Jeannine Taylor's late father, a community activist who was instrumental in leading a neighbourhood campaign to save the wading pool in the 1990s. All four of the city's wading pools open for the season on June 27, 2020. (Photo: Kim Zippel)

Peterborough’s four wading pools open and beach lifeguards begin on June 27

Daily lifeguard supervision at wading pools and at Roger's Cove and Beavermead beaches.

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