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Tom Mortlock, District Deputy Grand Master of Peterborough (second from right) presents a cheque for $17,253.25 to YWCA Peterborough Haliburton's major gifts officer Ria Nicholson, on behalf of the Peterborough District Masonic Association, in support of the YWCA Crossroads Shelter for women and children. Mortlock was accompanied by the association's district fundraising project chairman Danny McLaughlin (left) and the district secretary Philip Lake (right). (Photo courtesy of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton)

Peterborough District Masonic Association donates over $17,200 to YWCA Crossroads Shelter

Funds raised included proceeds from the association's 'Stand a While in Her Shoes' event after YWCA's 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' event was cancelled.
A flower with frost on it

Frost advisory in effect overnight Monday for almost all of the Kawarthas

Patchy frost expected in Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough, Haliburton, and Hastings as temperatures drop to freezing.
Moore Lake is located in Minden Hills around 17 kilometres south of Minden. (Photo: Google Maps)

Body of man who drowned recovered from Moore Lake in Minden Hills

Family of four was paddling on lake south of Minden when their canoe capsized, local boaters helped save rest of family.
School bus stop sign

Nearly 40 school bus routes, including several in the Kawarthas, cancelled for Monday due...

Student Transportation Services of Central Ontario warns families disruptions may be a daily occurrence in coming weeks.
Lucy, a husky-hound mix, was stolen from a Park Street home in Peterborough on September 10, 2020. (Police-supplied photo)

Peterborough police seeking stolen dog named Lucy

Husky-hound mix was taken from a home on Park Street in Peterborough on September 10,
Ontario Premier Doug Ford comments on the 213 new COVID-19 cases reported in the province on September 11, 2020, at a media conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Côté Gold Project in Gogama. (Screenshot)

Ontario reports 213 new COVID-19 cases, the largest daily increase since June

No new cases in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties.
Frost on the leaves of a plant. (Stock photo)

Another frost advisory in effect for Haliburton and Hastings counties overnight Friday

Patchy frost likely overnight with temperatures dropping to near zero by early morning.

Ontario now providing updates on COVID-19 cases in schools and child care centres

New government web page, updated on weekdays, lists both child and staff cases.
On September 10, 2020, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott (third from left) announced $225,032 in funding from the Ontario government for the "Filling the Gap" project at VCCS Employment Services Inc. in Lindsay. Also pictured are VCCS staff members (from left to right) Kelly Hayes, Dawn McColl, executive director Brenda Roxburgh, Nicole Holden, and Kate Duchene. (Photo courtesy of the office of Laurie Scott)

VCCS Employment Services Inc. in Lindsay receives $225,032 in provincial funding

Funds will support non-profit agency's 'Filling the Gap' project to connect job seekers and employers in Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough.
"I'm lucky to have a full-time job that I can do from home, but that leaves very little energy for my artistic practice." - Elisha Rubacha, Writer and Publisher / "Everything on my horizon was cancelled, including launches for my first trade book. I am currently working on creative ways to continue to disseminate the work of local poets to the Peterborough arts community." - Justin Million, Poet (Photo: Julie Gagne)

The Essential Project: writer and publisher Elisha Rubacha and poet Justin Million

A visual documentation by photographer Julie Gagne of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Peterborough artists and arts organizations.

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