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Mostly found in wooded or brushy areas, the blacklegged tick is the only species of tick known to carry Lyme disease. If you encounter a tick, you can upload a photo to the Etick website at www.etick.ca to find out if it's a blacklegged tick. If it is, you can submit it to Peterborough Public Health for testing in case it is infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

Peterborough Public Health identifies first tick of 2020 season carrying Lyme disease

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Blacklegged tick was found in Petroglyphs Provincial Park.
A recent aerial image of Edwin Binney's Community Garden, located at Crayola Canada's office in Lindsay. United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes (UWCKL) has announced the garden has already produced more than 1,000 pounds of food this summer for local organizations and food programs. (Photo: UWCKL volunteer Rhys Walden)

Lindsay community garden harvests 1,000 pounds of food for local organizations and food programs

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Edwin Binney's Community Garden is projecting a 40 per cent increase over the 5,500 pounds harvested in 2019, its first year of production.
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)

Ontario reports 119 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in...

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No new cases in Peterborough since June 20 and in Hastings and Prince Edward counties since May 18.
Mosquito. (Stock photo)

West Nile virus found in Peterborough mosquitoes for the first time this year

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Health unit advises residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites and to clean up any standing water on their property.
Kirkfield's Wendy Page at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto picking up her $1 million prize. (OLG-supplied photo)

Kirkfield woman wins $1 million in Lotto 6/49

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61-year-old retiree Wendy Page plans to travel across Canada and do some home renovations.
Surveillance footage shows a man who dumped two bags of garbage inside a Lindsay office on July 23, 2020. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seek man who dumped two bags of garbage inside Lindsay office

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Man threw garbage bags into office without saying anything to office staff.
This man is wanted in connection with a purse-snatching incident in Lindsay on July 26, 2020. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seek suspect in Lindsay purse-snatching incident on Sunday

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Woman received minor injuries when bicycle-riding man pulled her purse off her shoulder.
First Friday Ptbo Art Crawl is coordinating a new public art mural to be installed on the two interior walls of the alleyway of the Commerce Building at the northwest corner of Water and Hunter streets in downtown Peterborough. Local artists are encouraged to apply. The deadline for submissions is August 4, 2020, with the mural to be completed during the month of August. (Photo: First Friday Ptbo)

Local artists invited to submit proposals for new public art mural in downtown Peterborough

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First Friday Ptbo Art Crawl is coordinating mural to be installed in Commerce Building alleyway.
Ontario premier Doug Ford announces $4 billion in funding for municipalities to address operating and transit shortfalls at Queen's Park on July 27, 2020. Also pictured are transportation minister Caroline Mulroney, municipal affairs and housing minister Steve Clark, finance minister Rod Phillips, and deputy premier and health minister Christine Elliott. (CPAC screenshot)

Ontario municipalities to receive $4 billion in COVID-19 relief from provincial and federal governments

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Half of the funding will address municipal operating pressures, the other half will address transit shortfalls.
Severe thunderstorm

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for the Kawarthas on Monday

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Torrential rain and damaging wind gusts are possible mid-afternoon into late evening.
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