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A road closure sign on Highway 28 near Woodview following a head-on collision in February 2019. (Photo courtesy of Geri-Lynn Cajindos)

Highway 28 is closed between North School Road and 15th Line due to collision

Northbound car crossed into southbound lane and collided with logging truck.
Carter Ryan Pollock. (Police-supplied photo via Christine Pollock)

Missing 11-year-old Carter Ryan Pollock has returned home

Police were concerned for safety of boy, last seen leaving Peterborough Regional Health Centre on the morning of January 19.
COVID-19 lab test swabs. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,913 new COVID-19 cases, including 16 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases increase slightly to 149, with 7 new cases in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, 3 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in Hastings Prince Edward.
Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, and Simona Brown are in a love triangle in the British psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Sarah Pinborough. The six-part series premieres on Netflix on February 17, 2021. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in February 2021

Featuring British psychological thriller series Behind Her Eyes, German sci-fi series Tribes of Europa, all seven seasons of Parks and Recreation, and more.
Lab analysis of a nasal swab for COVID-19. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 2,578 new COVID-19 cases, including 21 in greater Kawarthas region

No new cases in Peterborough but 10 new cases and 1 new death in Northumberland, 5 new cases in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Haliburton, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward.
Premier Doug Ford packing bottles of disinfectant into boxes during a tour of Charlotte Products in Peterborough on July 30, 2020. Charlotte Products has ramped up production of its cleaning products during the pandemic and is facing a shortage of bottles for its products. Along with a $1 million provincial investment, Peterborough's Merit Precision is investing $1.3 million for an expansion that will allow it to supply bottles to Charlotte Products. (Photo: Government of Ontario)

Ontario invests $1 million in Peterborough’s Merit Precision to manufacture bottles for hand sanitizers...

Bottles will be used by Peterborough cleaning product company Charlotte Products to meet growing product demand.
Centennial Place long-term care home in Millbrook. (Photo: Centennial Place / Facebook)

Ontario reports 3,422 new COVID-19 cases, including 12 in greater Kawarthas region

7 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward and 5 in Peterborough, with 2 new outbreaks at congregate living homes in Lakefield and Millbrook.
COVID-19 tests in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 3,056 new COVID-19 cases, with 1 new death in Peterborough

Regional active cases increase to 145, with 12 new cases in Peterborough, 9 in Northumberland, 7 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
A "temporarily closed" sign on a store window. (Stock photo)

Applications now open for Ontario Small Business Support Grant

Grant provides up to $20,000 for small businesses required to temporarily close or restrict services under the province-wide shutdown.
Nicole Myers-Mitchell is the inaugural general manager of The Grove Theatre, a new outdoor performance venue in Fenelon Falls in the City of Kawartha Lakes that is staging its first production in summer 2021. (Photo: Roseneath Theatre)

The Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls hires Nicole Myers-Mitchell as its first general manager

Inaugural production at new 450-seat outdoor performance venue will take place in summer 2021.

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