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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the provincial government is investing an additional $630 million in broadband and celluar access across Ontario during an announcement in Minden Hills on November 4, 2020. (Photo: Office of the Premier)

Ontario invests another $680 million in broadband and cellular access

Added to previously announced funding, total investment is nearly $1 billion over six years, with shovel-ready projects starting in 2019-20.
Premier Doug Ford announces Ontario's new classification system for COVID-19 activity in public health units at a media conference at Queen's Park on November 3, 2020. (CPAC screenshot)

Ontario implements new colour-coding system for public health unit regions as it reports record...

All three health units in greater Kawarthas region fall under least restrictive 'Green-Prevent' category.
Security footage of a suspect brandishing a conducted energy weapon during a robbery attempt at a drive-thru ATM in Orillia on October 26, 2020. Sebastian Gaudino, 46, of Minden Hills Township was arrested by police on October 30, 2020 and faces three charges. (Police-supplied photo)

Police arrest Minden Hills man suspected in conducted energy weapon robberies

46-year-old Sebastian Gaudino faces three charges in connection with four robberies in Coboconk, Orillia, and Gravenhurst .
A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 948 new COVID-19 cases, including 5 in greater Kawarthas region

3 new cases in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 1 in Northumberland, 1 in Haliburton; no net change in active cases.
Fairhaven is a municipal long-term care home facility located at 881 Dutton Road in Peterborough. (Photo: Fairhaven)

Third COVID-19 outbreak declared at Fairhaven in Peterborough after caregiver tests positive

Long-term care home's executive director asks essential caregivers to consider postponing visits until outbreak is over.
A COVID-19 test swab in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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