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A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,708 new COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths

No new cases in Peterborough, outbreak declared at Canadian Centre for Addictions in Port Hope.
Snow plow on highway during snow squall

Significant winter storm forecast for Kawarthas region Monday to Wednesday

By Wednesday, snowfall amounts of 5 to 20 cm possible for southern Kawarthas, 10 to 35 cm for northern Kawarthas
COVID-19 tests in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,822 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 in Peterborough

Hospitalizations across province rise by 54, with 29 new deaths including 11 in long-term care homes.
A Kawartha Lakes police vehicle blocks access to Pigeon Lake Road east of Lindsay after a police shooting on November 26, 2020 that resulting in a 33-year-old suspect and an OPP officer being seriously injured. The suspect's one-year-old son was found fatally shot in the man's pickup truck. (Photo: CBC)

Handgun found in truck involved in police shooting near Lindsay where infant died of...

33-year-old man had allegedly abducted his one-year-old son and was fleeing police, post-mortem on infant scheduled for Saturday.
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 27 - November 26, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)

Ontario reports record 1,855 new COVID-19 cases and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health moves...

Despite having reported 26 new cases over past week, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit remains in 'Green-Prevent'.
Peterborough City Hall is located at 500 George Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough city council asked to bypass city policy in renaming Evinrude Centre to Healthy...

City's naming rights policy requires a request for proposals be issued for a naming right for a city building or for value over $150,000.
A swab test bring completed on a patient. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,478 new COVID-19 cases, including 10 in greater Kawarthas region

Local active cases rise to 71 with 4 new cases in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
Kawartha Lakes OPP Sgt. Jason Folz in a Facebook video advising of the critical incident on the morning of November 26, 2020 on Pigeon Lake Road near Lindsay. It was later revealed that a young boy died and an OPP officer was seriously injured during the incident. A suspect has been apprehended and there are no concerns for public safety. (Screenshot)

An infant is dead and an OPP officer seriously injured after shooting near Lindsay

Police open fire after 33-year-old man who had abducted his one-year-old son crashes his truck into OPP cruiser, injuring officer; child dies at scene from gunshot wound.
The proposed location for the new Canadian Canoe Museum. (Photo: Google Maps)

Canadian Canoe Museum wants to build new museum at Johnson Park in Peterborough

City-owned property is located just north of Beavermead Park across from Eastgate Memorial Park
Ontario Premier Doug Ford during a Queen's Park media conference on November 25, 2020, announcing the province's public health advice on safely celebrating the holiday season. (CPAC screenshot)

Stick to your own household when celebrating holiday season, Premier Ford urges

Ontario reports 1,373 new COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths as active cases in greater Kawarthas region climb to 65 with 13 new cases.

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