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The 2021 Turtle Guardians calendar includes fun-filled turtle photos and educational quotes, with all proceeds from the sale of the calendar supporting the protection and care of Ontario's turtles. (Photo: Turtle Guardians / The Land Betweeen)

Sales of 2021 Turtle Guardians calendar will help protect and save Ontario’s turtles

Turtle Guardians is a conservation and citizen science program of the Haliburton-based The Land Between charity.
A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports record 1,581 COVID-19 cases, with 50 new hospitalizations and 20 new deaths

3 new cases in Peterborough, reports unavailable on weekends for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, and Hastings and Prince Edward counties.
Windsock blowing in strong winds on a cloudy day

Strong wind gusts forecast for southern Kawarthas including Peterborough Sunday afternoon

Southwest winds gusting up to 80 km/h are possible.
COVID-19 lab test swabs. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,396 new COVID-19 cases, including 12 in greater Kawarthas region

4 new cases in Peterborough, 4 in Northumberland, 3 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces changes to the government's COVID-19 colour-coding system for Ontario health unit regions at a media conference at Queen's Park on November 13, 2020. The changes come a day after Ontario's top public health officials released new modelling data projecting Ontario could have 7,000 new daily COVID-19 cases by the end of December. (CPAC screenshot)

Ontario modifies COVID-19 colour-coding system after projections of up to 7,000 daily cases by...

With thresholds to move health units into more restrictive levels lowered, four regions will be in Red-Control, six in Orange-Restrict, and five in Yellow-Protect.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) is located at 1 Hospital Drive in Peterborough. (Photo: PRHC)

COVID-19 assessment centre at Peterborough Regional Health Centre is expanding

Centre will be closed on November 17 to accommodate move into a larger space at the hospital.
On the heels of another record increase of COVID-19 cases in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford urges Ontarians to follow public health advice at a media conference at Heddle Shipyards in Hamilton on November 12, 2020. (CPAC screenshot)

With a new record increase of 1,575 COVID-19 cases, Ford urges Ontarians to follow...

Five new cases in greater Kawarthas region, 18 new deaths province-wide with 12 in long-term care facilities including 1 in Peterborough.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough man arrested after emailing bomb threats across Canada

40-year-old Joshua Kimble of Rubidge Street faces 18 charges and remains in police custody.
OPP logo on police car door

Police rescue three-year-old child lost in woods in Selwyn Township

Child found in good condition after becoming separated from playmates in a wooded area behind a home on Thursday morning.
Lab analysis of a nasal swab for COVID-19. (Stock photo)

COVID-19 cases in Ontario continue steep climb with new record of 1,426 cases reported

15 new deaths province-wide, including Peterborough's third death after Fairhaven long-term care resident succumbs to the disease.

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