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

Ontario reports 977 new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations jump by 30

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ICU and ventilator usage decreases, 9 new deaths including 4 in long-term care homes.
COVID-19 tests in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,015 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 new case in Peterborough

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Nine new deaths province wide including 5 in long-term care homes, hospitalizations increase slightly.
Lab analysis of a nasal swab for COVID-19. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 896 new COVID-19 cases, including 5 in the greater Kawarthas region

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Nine new deaths province wide, hospitalizations decrease, new cases double in people 80 and older.
Adalsteinn Brown, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, speaks about updated modelling projections for COVID-19 at a media conference in Queen's Park on October 29, 2020. (CPAC screenshot)

Ontario health officials say virus is slowing as province reports 934 new COVID-19 cases

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Intensive care unit usage is less than previously estimated, but cases and deaths are 'sharply increasing' in long-term care homes.
Treetop Trekking, which operates an adventure park at the Ganaraska Forest near Port Hope as well as in Barrie, Brampton, Hamilton, Huntsville, and Stouffville, has been named the 2020 Attraction of The Year Award by Attractions Ontario. (Photo courtesy of Treetop Trekking)

Treetop Trekking named Ontario’s attraction of the year

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Company, which operates an adventure park in Ganaraska Forest near Port Hope, was previously voted top outdoor attraction by Attractions Ontario.
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.
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