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Barrett's Tree Farm is located at 3141 Williamson Road North in Cobourg. (Photo: Barrett's Tree Farm)

Where to harvest your own Christmas tree in the Kawarthas in 2020

COVID-19 protocols in place at tree farms, high demand for trees expected this year because of the pandemic.
The Convivio Chorus perforrming at the annual "In From The Cold" Christmas concert at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough in December 2015, raising funds for YES Shelter for Youth and Families. With a live concert not possible this year because of the pandemic, a selection of favourites from the past 20 years of In From The Cold concerts will be broadcast on Trent Radio on December 11 and 12, 2020, and streamed from Trent Radio's website. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW.com)

The concerts of Christmas past: ‘In From The Cold’ radio broadcast raises funds for...

Selections from 20 years' worth of In From The Cold concerts will be broadcast and streamed on Trent Radio on December 11 and 12.
Lab analysis of a nasal swab for COVID-19. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports a record 1,589 COVID-19 cases, including 18 in greater Kawarthas region

3 new cases and 1 new death in Peterborough, 7 new cases in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 6 in Northumberland, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton.
The body of missing 24-year-old Trent University student Brett LeBlanc, who was legally blind, was recovered from the Otonabee River in Peterborough on November 23, 2020. (Police-supplied photo)

Search for missing Trent University student Brett LeBlanc ends in tragedy

Police find body of 24-year-old man, who was legally blind, in Otonabee River on Monday afternoon,
Fairhaven is a municipal long-term care home facility located at 881 Dutton Road in Peterborough. (Photo: Fairhaven)

Third COVID-positive resident of Fairhaven in Peterborough passes away

Seven more residents and one more staff member have recovered, leaving six active resident cases and two active staff cases.
41-year-old Jason David Gerrow of Lindsay has been arrested and charged with theft after home video surveillance captured him allegedly stealing a package from the front porch of a Wellington Street home in Lindsay. (Police-supplied photo)

Lindsay ‘porch pirate’ identified using home video surveillance

41-year-old Jason David Gerrow was also arrested and charged in October after being captured on video stealing a cannabis plant.
A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 1,534 new COVID-19 cases with 14 new deaths

Peterborough moves to 'yellow-protect' level on Monday with 1 new case and 3 additional cases resolved for 21 active cases.
Brett Michael LeBlanc's mother, Cheryl LeBlanc, in a Facebook video from November 22, 2020 at Trent University Wildlife Sanctuary, where a public search is underway for the missing 24-year-old Trent University student who is legally blind. (Screenshot / Facebook)

Public assists in search for missing Trent University student

24-year-old Brett Michael LeBlanc, who is legally blind, was last seen on campus on November 17.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough woman dies after being struck by vehicle on Friday

38-year-old Nicole Kernohan was walking on Lansdowne Street between Ashburnham Drive and Television Road.
A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports new record high of 1,588 COVID-19 cases, with 21 new deaths

Three new cases and 23 active cases in Peterborough as health unit region moves into 'yellow-protect' level on Monday.

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