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Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 28, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 28, 2020

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.

Sports organizations can now use indoor facilities in Ontario for training and non-contact athletic...

Ontario government removes some restrictions, but team sports games and spectators are still prohibited.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 27, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 27, 2020

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 Provincial Police

Body recovered of man who went missing after Rice Lake boating accident

Police identify man as 41-year-old Tien Dat Tran of Markham.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 26, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 26, 2020

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.
The wading pool being filled in 2019 at John Taylor Memorial Park at McKellar Street and St. Catherine Street in Peterborough, named after kawarthaNOW publisher Jeannine Taylor's late father, a community activist who was instrumental in leading a neighbourhood campaign to save the wading pool in the 1990s. All four of the city's wading pools open for the season on June 27, 2020. (Photo: Kim Zippel)

Peterborough’s four wading pools open and beach lifeguards begin on June 27

Daily lifeguard supervision at wading pools and at Roger's Cove and Beavermead beaches.
The new mikinaak (turtle) crossing signs at Curve Lake First Nation were translated by elders and installed as part of a project funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada, in partnership with Otonabee Conservation and Curve Lake First Nation. (Photo courtesy of Otonabee Conservation)

New mikinaak crossing signs installed at Curve Lake First Nation to raise awareness for...

Signs include English and Michi Saagig, the local dialect of Anishnabemowin.
A young girl during summer heading to a beach for a swim

The Beach Report for June 26 to July 2, 2020

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - June 25, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 25, 2020

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.
The splash pad at Garnet Graham Park in Fenelon Falls. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Splash pads in Lindsay, Bobcaygeon, and Fenelon Falls open on June 26

Splash pads will operate daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. but with some restrictions due to COVID-19.

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