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Severe thunderstorm

ENDED – Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Kawarthas region for Wednesday

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Heavy rain and damaging wind gusts possible in afternoon and early evening.
A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 112 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 in Peterborough

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Updates unavailable for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties.
“I’ve been allowing myself to rest, to reflect, to recharge, and to let ideas incubate. I keep moving and dancing, but just for me.” - Dreda Blow, Dance/Theatre Artist (Photo: Julie Gagne)

The Essential Project: dance/theatre artist Dreda Blow

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A visual documentation by photographer Julie Gagne of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Peterborough artists and arts organizations.
The author Suzanne McDonough (right) with her sister Cathy on their favourite swing in front of their family's Kawartha cottage in the 1960s. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the McDonough family has been unable to visit the beloved cotttage the family has owned since the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of Suzanne McDonough)

A love letter to the Kawarthas (and Canada) from an American cottager

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Due to the pandemic, Suzanne McDonough has been unable to visit the Kawarthas cottage her family has owned since the 1930s.
This photograph of poet Elizabeth Jenkins is one of 17 photos of 20 local artists that are part of "ESSENTIAL", a new photography project by Julie Gagne commissioned by Peterborough's Electric City Culture Council to raise awareness of the precarious situation of local artists and arts organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gagne's photographs will be released weekly on EC3's website and kawarthaNOW's website over the coming weeks. (Photo: Julie Gagne)

Impact of pandemic on Peterborough artists documented by photographer Julie Gagne

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Commissioned by Electric City Culture Council, 'ESSENTIAL' photography project profiles 20 local artists and their pandemic experiences.
A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 114 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 in Peterborough and 2 in Kawartha...

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No new cases to report in Northumberland, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties.
The drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Kinsmen Civic Centre in Peterborough for residents without symptoms has been running since May 27, 2020. (Photo: Peterborough Paramedics / Twitter)

Peterborough’s drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic relocates to Northcrest Arena on September 8

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The clinic for people without symptoms will not be open on Labour Day.
20-year-old Tyler Christine-Bourgeois of Azilda near Sudbury died after he fell through the ice on Bass Lake when riding on a toboggan behind a snowmobile on March 7, 2020. Police have now charged 45-year-old William Robson of Trent Lakes with three charges including dangerous operation causing death and impaired by alchohol causing death. (Photo: Christine-Bourgeois family)

Charges laid in March death of 20-year-old who fell through ice on Bass Lake...

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William Robson of Trent Lakes faces three charges in death of Tyler Christine-Bourgeois of Sudbury,
A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 148 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily increase since July 23

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No new cases to report in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties.
An outbreak has been declared at Campbellford Memorial Multicare Lodge in Northumberland County after a symptomatic resident tested positive for COVID-19. The resident has been admitted to the adjacent Campbellford Memorial Hospital and is now in isolation. (Photo: Google Maps)

Ontario reports 122 new COVID-19 cases, outbreak declared at Campbellford retirement facility

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No new cases to report in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties.
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