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Two cars on a highway in a thunderstorm with hail. (Stock photo)

Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Peterborough and Northumberland

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Storms producing strong wind gusts and large hail possible Friday afternoon and evening.
Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation CEO Erin Coons (centre) with members of The Dragon Flies Breast Cancer Survivor Group on August 19, 2020, celebrating the group's $10,000 donation to the foundation for breast cancer health at the Lindsay hospital (from left to right): Maria Bennett, Carol Wilson (holding sign), Kelly Solotarow, Janet Mackey, Jane Graham (holding sign), and Cecile Parker. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation)

Lindsay breast cancer survivor group donates $10,000 to Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation

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Since 2004, The Dragon Flies Breast Cancer Survivor Group has raised $390,328.72 for breast cancer health at Lindsay hospital.
The beach at Sandy Lake in Trent Lakes. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

The Beach Report for August 21 to 27, 2020

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland.
Canada's finance minister Chrystia Freeland and employment minister Carla Qualtrough announcing the extension of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit for another month and new recovery benefits in the employment insurance program on Parliament Hill on August 20, 2020. (CPAC screenshot)

Federal government to extend CERB for a month and provide a new EI benefit...

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CERB extension, three new EI benefits, EI reforms, and freezing of EI premiums expected to cost $39 billion.
Ganarascals restaurant at 53 Walton Street in Port Hope. (Photo: Port Hope Heritage BIA)

Ganarascals in Port Hope closes

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Chef Mathew Thompson and Caitlin O'Sullivan opened the popular eatery in June 2018.
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.
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