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St. Peter Catholic Secondary School is located at 730 Medical Drive in Peterborough. (Photo: Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board)

UPDATED – 36 students sent home after inconclusive COVID-19 test result at St. Peter...

Peterborough Public Health is treating the inconclusive test result as a probable case.
The detour routes for the closure of the Warsaw Swing Bridge in Peterborough, effective October 5, 2020 until spring 2021. (Map: City of Peterborough)

Here are the detour routes during the closure of Warsaw Swing Bridge in Peterborough

The Parkhill Road East bridge will be closed from October 5, 2020 until spring 2021.
Like other COVID-19 assessment centres across the province, the drive-through centre Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay has been experiencing long line-ups. The centre will be switching to an appointment-only model as of October 5, 2020. (Photo: Ross Memorial Hospital)

Appointments required at Lindsay’s COVID-19 drive-through assessment centre as of October 5

New system will allow Ross Memorial Hospital to manage traffic flow and focus on people who meet new testing guidelines.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough police arrest 14-year-old Oshawa boy who had a loaded double barrel shotgun

Police were responding to a disturbance at Chamberlain Street home involving weapons on Wednesday night.
OPP logo on police car door

Police want to speak with anyone who knew 73-year-old man fatally shot in Haliburton...

July 15th death of Leslie Hegedus remains under investigation by Ontario's police watchdog.
Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams speaks about the province's updated modelling projections for the second wave of COVID-19 at a media briefing at Queen's Park on September 30, 2020. (Photo: Premier's Office)

Ontario projects 1,000 new daily COVID-19 cases by mid-October, with up to 300 ICU...

Province reporting 625 new cases, including 1 in Peterborough and 3 in Prince Edward and Hastings counties.
"The conditions for my writing practice haven't changed, except the pandemic ate my brain. And I miss all the inspiration and stimulation of public life! As a theatre artist it's been devastating: we literally can't practise our art. I miss the work, and my people, dreadfully, and fear for the future." - Kate Story, Theatre Artist and Writer / "TTOK has been closed now for over 3 months: no shows, rehearsals, presentations, readings, or gatherings of any kind. The pandemic has essentially stopped my artistic practice, although my garden at home is looking quite nice. I look forward to re-opening at some point and seeing all the fantastic folks that help make TTOK what it is." - Ryan Kerr, Artistic Director of The Theatre on King (TTOK) (Photo: Julie Gagne)

The Essential Project: theatre artist and writer Kate Story and The Theatre on King...

A visual documentation by photographer Julie Gagne of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Peterborough artists and arts organizations.
Missing person Louis Cauz. (Police-supplied photo)

LOCATED – Police looking for missing 87-year-old Caledon man last seen in Coboconk

Louis Cauz was driving a black 2019 Honda Civic, police and family are concerned for his well-being.
Acclaimed Toronto actor Jack Nicholsen is returning to 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook to perform as John Deyell in the outdoor theatre company's original Halloween production "Bedtime Stories and Other Horrifying Tales", which runs for 10 performances from October 20th to 27th at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. (Supplied photo)

4th Line Theatre announces cast of Halloween production ‘Bedtime Stories and Other Horrifying Tales’

Cast includes Jack Nicholsen, Rebecca Auerbach, Tristan Peirce, Madison Sheward, Robert Winslow, and many more.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford at a media conference at Queen's Park on September 28, 2020 when he confirmed Ontario is experiencing a second wave of COVID-19, with a single-day record of 700 cases reported. Ford, along with with health minister Christine Elliott, finance minister Rob Phillips, and Ontario's chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams, announced the government will be spending $52.5 million to recruit, retain, and support over 3,700 more frontline health care workers and caregivers to ensure the health care system can meet any surge in demand. (CPAC screenshot)

Premier Ford confirms Ontario in second wave of COVID-19 as record 700 new cases...

1 new case in Peterborough, 2 new cases in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 new case in Haliburton.

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