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Stay home, stay safe, and drink craft beer! The 6th annual Kawartha Craft Beer Festival has gone virtual this June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. You can browse beer and cider options online and choose mixed packs that suit your beer style preferences, and pair with food options from local restaurants. The festival will also be streaming two live concerts on its Facebook page. (Photo: Kawartha Craft Beer Festival)

Kawartha Craft Beer Festival goes virtual for the Father’s Day weekend

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Craft beer and food options available online, with two live music performances streamed on Facebook.
Hundreds of people, wearing masks and walking in small groups due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marched from Millennium Park to Confederation Square in downtown Peterborough on June 2, 2020 during a peaceful protest calling for an end to police violence against black and indigenous people of colour. (Photo courtesy of Sean Bruce)

Hundreds join rally in downtown Peterborough to protest police violence

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Peterborough police chief Scott Gilbert and some fellow officers joined the protesters and took a knee.
Musician Tim Baker performing at the 2019 Peterborough Folk Festival at Nicholls Oval Park in Peterborough. The 2019 festival was attended by more than 15,000 people. (Photo: Peterborough Folk Festival)

31st annual Peterborough Folk Festival cancelled due to COVID-19

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Free outdoor music festival was scheduled to take place in late August.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 2, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 2, 2020

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Cases and deaths as reported by regional health units: Peterborough Public Health; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit; and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
This won't be happening at Victoria Beach in Cobourg in summer 2020. Cobourg council has voted to close the beach until August 31, 2020 to ensure both residents and visitors comply with emergency orders prohibiting social gatherings and health directives on physical distancing. (Photo: Linda McIlwain)

Victoria Beach in Cobourg is now closed for the entire summer

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Town council voted unanimously to close beach to ensure health and safety of residents and visitors.
The inaugural Youth Science Canada Online Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fair was held this spring after the 2020 Canada-Wide Science Fair, along with most of the 103 regional science fairs across the country, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Graphic: Youth Science Canada)

Three Peterborough students win awards in Canada’s first virtual science fair

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Jacob Bowman, Shaun Plasser, and Calvin Karthik among 275 students recognized for their science projects.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 1, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 1, 2020

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Cases and deaths as reported by regional health units: Peterborough Public Health; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit; and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford with health minister Christine Elliott at a media briefing at Queen's Park on June 1, 2020. The stage of emergency in Ontario, which is set to expire on June 2nd, will be extended until June 30th. (Screenshot / CPAC)

Ontario extends COVID-19 state of emergency until June 30

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Health minister says 'We still need to go some distance yet' before stage two reopening can proceed.
Ashburnham Ale House owner Scott Wood and the Village DBIA have contributed around half of the $50,000 cost to install lighting on the section of the Rotary Greenway Trail between Hunter Street and Douro Street in Peterborough's East City. Donations are being sought to fund the other half of the project cost. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Ashburnham Ale House owner launches project to install trail lighting in Peterborough’s East City

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Local philanthropists Haig Kelly and Barron Cowan are also funding a new trail through Roper Park in Peterborough.
Southern Ontario's 66 destination marketing organizations, including Peterborough & The Kawarthas Tourism, are eligible for $30 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding that will be delivered through the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario. The funding will be used to help encourage visitors to return to local communities as Ontario's economy reopens, supporting tourism-dependent businesses and helping local economic recovery. (Photo: Peterborough & The Kawarthas Tourism)

Federal government announces $30 million in COVID-19 relief funding for tourism marketing in Ontario

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Tourism Industry Association of Ontario will deliver FedDev Ontario funding to 66 destination marketing organizations.
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