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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.
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)

SIU has yet to interview the three officers who discharged their firearms in deadly...

November 26 confrontation left a 33-year-old man fatally wounded and his infant son dead at the scene from a gunshot wound .
A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 2,998 new COVID-19 cases, including 19 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases increase slightly to 136, with 10 new cases in Northumberland, 5 in Peterborough, and 4 in Hastings Prince Edward.

Cobourg’s outdoor rink reopens Saturday with new mandatory mask requirement

Rink was temporarily closed while municipal staff reviewed province's stay-at-home order.
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40-year-old man dies after being struck by a vehicle on George Street in Peterborough

Pedestrian struck on Thursday night was transported to a Toronto hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
A Buckhorn man, identified only by his first name Rob, with the deer he rescued after it had fallen through the ice on Lower Buckhorn Lake on January 14, 2021. After recovering, the deer returned to the woods. (Photo: Shelley Fine / Facebook)

Buckhorn man hailed as hero for saving a deer that had fallen through the...

Neighbour Shelley Fine's story and photos on Lower Buckhorn Lake Facebook group are going viral.
Two cars on a snow-covered road

Up to 15 cm of snow forecast for Hastings County by Saturday

Other areas of the Kawarthas, including Haliburton, Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland, can expect 2 to 5 cm.
A swab test bring completed on a patient. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 3,326 new COVID-19 cases, including 14 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases fall to 134, with 5 new cases in Peterborough, 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.

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