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Ontario Premier Doug Ford responds to a question during his daily update regarding COVID-19 at Queen's Park in Toronto on April 25, 2020. (Photo: Tijana Martin / The Canadian Press)

Ontario’s frontline workers to receive additional $4 per hour in pandemic pay

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More than 350,000 health care, social services, and corrections workers to receive temporary wage increase for 16 weeks.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - April 25, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – April 25, 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.
Copper Lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. On March 18, 2020, the Ontario government announced it has closed all provincial parks until April 30th. On April 25, 2020, the government extended the closure to May 31st. (Public domain)

Ontario’s provincial parks to remain closed until May 31

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Reservations will be automatically cancelled and reservation holders will receive a full refund with no penalty.
Riel Acres Farm, a small family-operated market garden in Young's Point producing fresh produce, chickens, eggs and lamb, is one of the members of the new Grow Food Peterborough Facebook group launched by Local Food Peterborough. (Photo: Riel Acres Farm / Facebook)

Local Food Peterborough launches new Facebook group to support local food growers

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Members can share questions, ideas, and information and find inspiration, with some local farmers volunteering as mentors.
The largest community garden in the Kawarthas is Edwin Binney's Community Garden in Lindsay. The garden is located on 30,000 square feet of Crayola Canada’s previously unused land that the United Way and Fleming College staff have developed into a fully operational community garden. In the garden's first year of operation, 11 different agencies received fresh produce from the garden. (Photo courtesy of United Way City of Kawartha Lakes)

Ontario to allow community gardens to operate during COVID-19 pandemic

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Gardens recognized as essential source of fresh food, especially for those facing food insecurity.
Beavermead Campground is a popular 97-site campground located right beside Beavermead Park on Little Lake in Peterborough. Otonabee Conservation has postponed the opening of camping season, which usually happens in early May, at both Beavermead Campground and Warsaw Caves Conservation Area due to COVID-19. (Photo courtesy of Otonabee Conservation)

No camping at Beavermead or Warsaw Caves until at least late June

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Otonabee Conservation postpones opening of camping season due to COVID-19.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - April 24, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – April 24, 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 Minister of Finance Rod Phillips behind him, announcing the new Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program on April 24, 2020. (Screenshot / YouTube)

Ontario announces emergency commercial rent relief

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Federal-provincial $900 million program will offer forgivable loans to to eligible commercial property owners.
The Ganaraska River is one of Ontario's most popular fishing destinations, with a steelhead and rainbow trout run in the spring and a chinook salmon run in the late summer and early fall. (Photo: Port Hope Tourism)

No trout fishing this weekend in the Ganaraska River in Port Hope

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Trout fishing season opens on April 25 but the municipality and conservation authority have closed river access due to COVID-19 concerns.
Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region - April 23, 2020

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – April 23, 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.
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