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Ross Memorial Hospital is located at 10 Angeline Street North in Lindsay. (Photo: Ross Memorial Hospital)

First COVID-19 death in the Kawarthas is also first community transmission case

Man in his 80s passed away on Sunday, three days after being admitted to Lindsay's Ross Memorial Hospital with a flu-like illness.
Many grocery stores have already placed a limit on the maximum number of items of any one product that a customer can buy and have dedicated their first hour of operation to serving seniors and those with disabilities. Stores have begun to place floor markers at check-out lines to remind customers of the recommendation for two metres of social distancing and some are installing plexiglass shields for the checkout counters. The Loblaw Real Canadian Superstore at Lansdowne Place in Peterborough has installed social-distancing floor markers at staggered check-out lines, and each customer must wait at a safe distance until the customer ahead of them has completed packing their own groceries. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Grocery store chains ramping up response to COVID-19 pandemic

Some Peterborough residents maintaining a list of what's available at local grocery stores and other stores selling food and household items.
The Rotary Victoria Day Fireworks in 2017 in downtown Peterborough. This year's event, scheduled for Saturday, May 16th, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Scott Tromely)

Rotary Victoria Day Fireworks and Family Night in Peterborough cancelled

18th annual event scheduled for May 16, 2020 is latest cancellation due to COVID-19,
Peterborough Regional Health Centre main entrance

Peterborough community encouraged to support PRHC’s frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 crisis

PRHC Foundation will share message with staff and is accepting donations to support urgent equipment and technology needs at hospital
Forced to temporarily close its doors due to the impact of COVID-19, the Lakefield Animal Welfare Society is seeking supporters willing to adopt or foster all the cats at the shelter. (Photo: Lakefield Animal Welfare Society / Facebook)

Lakefield Animal Welfare Society is closing due to COVID-19 and looking for people to...

Cats will be available for selection at the Lakefield shelter on the morning of March 23.
A medical professional holding a vial marked "Coronavirus Test" with "Positive" checked to indicate a positive COVID-19 test. (Stock photo)

Three residents of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon test positive for COVID-19

Two men and one woman are in isolation at the long-term care home.
Jodey Dennis Condon. (Supplied photo)

LOCATED – Peterborough police ask for public’s help locating missing 14-year-old boy

Jodey Dennis Condon was last seen in Peterborough on March 16.
COVID-19 graphic

Second positive case of COVID-19 confirmed in City of Kawartha Lakes

There are also four positive cases in Northumberland County and three in Peterborough.
Ricky Gervais returns for the second season of the acclaimed dark comedy "After Life", which premieres on Netflix Canada on Friday, April 24th. In the second season, small-town journalist Tony Johnson (Gervais) still struggles with grief over the loss of his wife Lisa (Kerry Godliman) to cancer, while he tries to become a better friend to those around him. Will the town of Tambury's local amateur theatre production life everyone's spirits? (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in April 2020

Featuring season two of After Life with Ricky Gervais, season seven of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Coffee & Kareem with Ed Helms, Extraction with Chris Hemsworth, and more.
Car on flooded road during heavy rain

Rain and scattered thunderstorms expected Thursday night with high wind gusts on Friday

Heavy downpours of 15 to 25 mm of rain possible on Thursday, wind gusts of 90 km/h possible on Friday.

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