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A medical professional holding a vial marked "Coronavirus Test" with "Positive" checked to indicate a positive COVID-19 test. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 548 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 in Haliburton

No new cases to report in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, or Hastings and Prince Edward counties
"Atelier Ludmila Gallery closed half-way through artist Carolyn Code's exhibit. I’ve since had to cancel 5 artists' shows and I have lost workshop and teaching gigs. I have begun moving the gallery online and developing new art projects." Laurel Paluck, Gallery/Artist (Photo: Julie Gagne)

The Essential Project: gallery/artist Laurel Paluck

A visual documentation by photographer Julie Gagne of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Peterborough artists and arts organizations.
Vertical posts (bollards) were installed on selected streets in downtown Peterborough in June 2020 to create additional pedestrian space for physical distancing and allow for the expansion of sidewalk patios. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Streets, sidewalks, and parking in downtown Peterborough to return to normal in October

Bollards installed in June on George, Water, King, Charlotte, and Hunter streets will be removed to prepare for winter months.
A few of the more than 10,000 pounds of produce harvested during the 2020 growing season at Edwin Binney's Community Garden in Lindsay and donated to people in need in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Only in its second year, the initiative of United Way, Fleming College, and Crayola Canada has almost doubled last year's yield. (Photo courtesy of UWCKL)

Edwin Binney’s Community Garden in Lindsay harvests more than four tons of produce for...

Only in its second year, initiative of United Way, Fleming College, and Crayola Canada almost doubles last year's yield.
A COVID-19 test swab in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 615 new cases, including 6 in the greater Kawarthas region

2 new cases in Peterborough, 2 in Northumberland, and 2 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties
Kawartha Country Wines is located at 2452 County Road 36 in Buckhorn. (Photo: Google Maps)

Anyone who visited Kawartha Country Wines on Saturday afternoon should self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms

Peterborough Public Health advises a visitor from outside the area who had COVID-19 visited the Buckhorn business between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. on October 3.
Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute in Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

Fourth student at Adam Scott high school in Peterborough tests positive for COVID-19

Peterborough Public Health confirms new case, which follows three positive student cases reported on September 24.
Video surveillance of two suspects in a break-and-enter at a home on Lindsay Street North in Lindsay on September 26, 2020. (Police-supplied photos)

Police seek two suspects in Lindsay break-and-enter on September 26

Two men forced their way into a Lindsay Street North residence through a ground floor window .
A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 653 new COVID-19 cases, including 2 new cases in Peterborough

Reports unavailable on weekends for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, and Hastings and Prince Edward counties.
Cars lined up at the drive-through COVID-19 testing centre at Eastgate Memorial Park in Peterborough on September 22, 2020, when 460 people were tested. (Photo: Peterborough Regional Health Centre / Twitter)

Peterborough drive-through COVID-19 testing centre switching to appointment-based service next Friday

Centre will be closed for one day on Monday, drive-through service will continue Tuesday through Thursday.

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