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A 25-year-old Quinte West woman totalled her car when she crashed into a cemetery just west of Brighton on May 2, 2020. She has been charged with impaired driving and driving while under suspension. (Photo: OPP Central Region / Twitter)

Drunk driver crashes into cemetery near Brighton

25-year-old Quinte West woman has been charged with impaired driving and driving while under suspension.
Greenhouse manager Kyle Griffin at Griffin's Greenhouses in Selywn, one of many locally owned independent garden centres in the Kawarthas that are ready to open to the public for gardening season once the Ontario government gives them the green light. Currently, they can only offer curbside pickup and delivery instead of allowing customers to browse plants. (Photo: Griffin's Greenhouses / Instagram)

Premier Ford promises ‘good news’ for independent garden centres this week

Locally owned garden centres and nurseries are currently not on a level playing field with garden centres in grocery stores.
14-year-old Kurtis Hawkes is 5'8" and 155 lbs, and was last seen wearing a dark blue jacket. (Police-supplied photo)

Peterborough police seek missing 14-year-old boy (LOCATED)

Kurtis Hawkes was last heard from on May 1 saying he was heading to Bobcaygeon with unknown female.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - May 3, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – May 3, 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
Westben's popular Concerts at The Barn series in Campbellford takes place in a 400-seat timber-frame barn with seating space for around one hundred people on lawn chairs in the meadow. (Photo: Westben)

Westben in Campbellford cancels Concerts at The Barn summer season

Not-for-profit arts organization offering online music programming and seeking donations.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - May 2, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – May 2, 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.
Positive coronavirus test result stock photo

Ottawa lab error may have caused 13 false positive COVID-19 results in Kawartha Lakes

Staff and residents at two long-term care homes in Bobcaygeon and Lindsay will be retested.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) has had to close both the Ganaraska Forest and the Ganaraska Forest Centre. The closure of the Ganaraska Forest Centre, which provides educational programmng for students from across Ontario, has greatly affected the organization's revenues. (Photo courtesy of GRCA)

Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority cuts back 50 per cent of its workforce

Environmental organization in Port Hope has seen significant drop in revenues due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree is usually held every August civic holiday weekend at the Bancroft Curling Club and the North Hastings Community Centre and features around 100 dealers of fine minerals, crystals, gems, fossils, jewellery, art pieces, and lapidary supplies, as well as daily mineral collecting tours, speakers, demonstrations, and workshops. (Photo: Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree / Facebook)

Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree cancelled due to COVID-19

Canada's largest annual gem and mineral show usually runs every August civic holiday weekend.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - May 1, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – May 1, 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.

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