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The Lindsay Exhibition is one of more than 175 fall fairs and events in Ontario that were cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario agricultural societies, including the Lindsay Agricultural Society, will be able to apply for nearly $1 million in provincial funding to offset financial losses due to the cancellation of fall fairs, exhibitions, and activities. (Photo: Lindsay Agricultural Society)

Ontario government makes $1 million available to agricultural societies in response to cancelled fall...

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Agricultural societies can apply for funding to offset financial losses from fairs, exhibitions, and events cancelled due to COVID-19.
Rhonda Barnet of AVIT Manufacturing, Angela Jones of Lakeshore Designs, and Shelby Leonard-Watt of S.O.S. are the finalists for the 2020 Businesswoman of The Year – Entrepreneur award. Sponsored by the Women' s Business Network of Peterborough and presented by the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, there is also a Businesswoman Of The Year – Organization award, with finalists Sandra Dueck of the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, Katie Haddlesey of Curve Lake First Nation, and Rosalea Terry of the Innovation Cluster.

Peterborough Chamber announces finalists for Businesswoman of the Year Awards and Business Excellence Awards

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Recipients will be announced at virtual awards event on October 21.
COVID-19 outbreaks continue to occur in migrant farm workers in Windsor-Essex, with 21 cases among workers reported on August 18, 2020. However, the majority of new cases in Ontario on August 18 and 19 have been reported in Toronto, Peel Region, and Ottawa.

Ontario reports more than 100 COVID-19 cases for second day in row, including another...

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No new cases in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties.
The Netflix suspense thriller "I'm Thinking of Ending Things", based on the award-winning 2016 debut novel of Kingston writer Iain Reid and directed by Charlie Kaufman, tells the tale of a young woman (Jessie Buckley) who takes a road trip with her new boyfriend Jake (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm, where they are trapped during a snowstorm with Jake's mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis). The film premieres on Netflix on Friday, September 4th. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in September 2020

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Featuring I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Ratched, Young Wallander, Away, Enola Holmes, and more.
The Sheepdogs are Sam Corbett (drums, backing vocals), Shamus Currie (keyboards, trombone), Ewan Currie (vocals, guitars, clarinet, drums), Jimmy Bowskill (guitars, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, pedal steel), and Ryan Gullen (bass, backing vocals). (Publicity photo)

The Sheepdogs and Tim Hicks headline two-night drive-in concert series in Peterborough in September

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Peterborough Memorial Centre series on September 18 and 19 also features openers Jim Cuddy Band and Jason McCoy.
Police investigate a double stabbing on the morning of August 18, 2020 at Market Plaza, located at the corner of George and Rink streets in Peterborough, that injured a 50-year-old man and an 18-year-old man. Police evidence markers and blood can be seen on the sidewalk and in the parking lot. (Photo courtesy of Marianne Vandelinde)

Two Peterborough men arrested following double stabbing on Tuesday morning

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Jordan Johnson-Hunt and Hunter Reginald Person, both 23 years old, have each been charged with two counts of aggravated assault
A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Two new COVID-19 cases in Northumberland and one new case in Prince Edward and...

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Ontario reports 99 new cases, no new cases in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, or Haliburton.
Mohammad Yazdani Hemmatabad, formerly of Peterborough, is accused in a number of sexual assaults that occurred between October 2019 and June 2020. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seeking victims of former Peterborough man accused of sexual assaults

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34-year-old Mohammad Yazdani Hemmatabad accused of rough sexual acts including choking his victims.
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29-year-old Peterborough man arrested after woman attacked in Jackson Park

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Corby Charles Dewitt is in police custody and charged with sexual assault, kidnapping, assault, and more.
Caroline Yergeau performs in Et si un soir, produced by Théâtre Rouge Écarlate in partnership with Théâtre du Trillium at La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins in Ottawa. (Photo: Jonathan Lorange via Ontario Arts Council)

Ontario Arts Council announces $1.6 million in COVID-19 grants for artists and arts organizations

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Grants from $4,000 to $30,000 to help individual artists, arts organizations, and organizational partnerships adapt to the pandemic.
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