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Security camera footage of a suspect in two robbery attempts at convenience stores in Gravenhurst. The same man is believed to be responsible for two robberies at ATMs in Coboconk and Orillia, where he brandished a conducted energy weapon and demanded cash. (Police-supplied photos)

Police seek suspect in four robberies in Coboconk, Orillia, and Gravenhurst

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Man brandished a conducted energy weapon during two ATM robberies and a firearm during two convenience store robbery attempts.
COVID-19 lab test swabs. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 834 new COVID-19 cases, with no new cases in greater Kawarthas region

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Positivity rate down, no new hospitalizations, fewer patients in ICUs, fewer school and child care cases.
The property adjacent to the Peterborough Lift Lock will no longer be the location of the new Canadian Canoe Museum, and the architectural designs for the new facility are now obsolete. The museum has announced the termination of its lease for the land at the site, owned by Parks Canada, after cancer-causing chemicals were found at the property in May 2020. The museum now has to find a new location in Peterborough as well as a new design. (Graphic: heneghan peng architects / Kearns Mancini Architects)

Canadian Canoe Museum abandons Peterborough Lift Lock as location for new museum

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Museum terminates lease with Parks Canada after cancer-causing chemical was discovered at proposed site in the spring.
Ryan Kelly. (Police-supplied photo)

LOCATED – Peterborough police looking for missing 35-year-old-man

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Ryan Kelly was last seen leaving his home on October 26.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is encouraging people who use opioids to keep a naloxone kit on hand. Free kits are available for people who use opioids, as well as their family and friends, at participating pharmacies in Kawartha Lakes. (Photo: James Heilman / Wikipedia)

Health unit warns of potentially dangerous opioids in Kawartha Lakes

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People who use drugs being alerted after five overdose incidents in last six days.
Public health nurse Simone Jackson wearing personal protective equipment as she prepares to open a swab to test a patient for COVID-19 in Peterborough Public Health's clinic. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Health)

Ontario reports 827 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 in Northumberland

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Hospitalizations across province increase by 17, cases double in schools and child care centres.
"During the COVID-19 shutdown, I undertook a series of photographs that told a story of people living 'Within.' These photographs of artists are an extension of that project. We are all pursuing art in the face of unprecedented challenges. As restrictions continue to lift, most of Peterborough is able to return to work. That is not the case for our local artists; they continue to experience limitations and face challenges. This series is a testament to their resilience." Julie Gagne, Photographer (Photo: Julie Gagne)

The Essential Project: photographer Julie Gagne

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A visual documentation by photographer Julie Gagne of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Peterborough artists and arts organizations.
A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 851 new COVID-19 cases, including 6 in the greater Kawarthas region

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2 new cases in Peterborough, 2 new cases in Northumberland, and 2 new cases in Hastings and Prince Edward counties.
Some of the 13,560 pounds of food collected for for Kawartha Food Share during the "Spare A Square #2" city-wide porch food drive on October 24, 2020. (Photo: Kawartha Food Share / Facebook)

Peterborough porch food drive collects 13,560 pounds of food and $4,710 for Kawartha Food...

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Kawartha Food Share also launches 'Winter is Coming' food drive across Peterborough County during November.
Clocks move back an hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2020 when daylight saving time ends. The good news is that it will be lighter in the morning when we get up to go to work or school; the bad news is that the sun will set at 5 p.m. (Stock photo)

‘Fall back’ when daylight saving time ends after Halloween

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Remember to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors on Sunday.
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