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Peterborough Regional Health Centre main entrance

Peterborough community encouraged to support PRHC’s frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 crisis

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PRHC Foundation will share message with staff and is accepting donations to support urgent equipment and technology needs at hospital
Forced to temporarily close its doors due to the impact of COVID-19, the Lakefield Animal Welfare Society is seeking supporters willing to adopt or foster all the cats at the shelter. (Photo: Lakefield Animal Welfare Society / Facebook)

Lakefield Animal Welfare Society is closing due to COVID-19 and looking for people to...

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Cats will be available for selection at the Lakefield shelter on the morning of March 23.
A medical professional holding a vial marked "Coronavirus Test" with "Positive" checked to indicate a positive COVID-19 test. (Stock photo)

Three residents of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon test positive for COVID-19

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Two men and one woman are in isolation at the long-term care home.
Jodey Dennis Condon. (Supplied photo)

LOCATED – Peterborough police ask for public’s help locating missing 14-year-old boy

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Jodey Dennis Condon was last seen in Peterborough on March 16.
COVID-19 graphic

Second positive case of COVID-19 confirmed in City of Kawartha Lakes

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There are also four positive cases in Northumberland County and three in Peterborough.
Ricky Gervais returns for the second season of the acclaimed dark comedy "After Life", which premieres on Netflix Canada on Friday, April 24th. In the second season, small-town journalist Tony Johnson (Gervais) still struggles with grief over the loss of his wife Lisa (Kerry Godliman) to cancer, while he tries to become a better friend to those around him. Will the town of Tambury's local amateur theatre production life everyone's spirits? (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in April 2020

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Featuring season two of After Life with Ricky Gervais, season seven of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Coffee & Kareem with Ed Helms, Extraction with Chris Hemsworth, and more.
Car on flooded road during heavy rain

Rain and scattered thunderstorms expected Thursday night with high wind gusts on Friday

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Heavy downpours of 15 to 25 mm of rain possible on Thursday, wind gusts of 90 km/h possible on Friday.
The Saturday Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market will move outdoors to the Citi-Centre Courtyard in downtown Peterborough effective March 21, 2020. There will be no seating areas, no dish-washing station, no play areas, and no formal places where groups can gather, and customers are asked to maintain social distancing with others as much as possible. (Photo: Jenn Austin-Driver)

Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market to open at Citi-Centre courtyard in downtown Peterborough on Saturday

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Some vendor items will be prepackaged, no seating areas or play areas, customers asked to order in advance from vendors .
Kawartha Food Share is also experiencing the same empty shelves commonly seen at local grocery stores, and a Peterborough-wide proch food drive on March 23, 2020 is aiming to help the non-profit organization restock its warehouse shelves with needed items including toilet paper, canned tuna, pasta and pasta sauce, peanut butter, rice, and more. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough porch food drive on Monday aims to restock empty shelves at Kawartha Food...

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Needed items include toilet paper, canned tuna, pasta and pasta sauce, peanut butter, breakfast cereal, and more.
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 provincial parks are now closed to the public until April 30

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Closure includes car camping, backcountry camping, roofed accommodations, day use opportunities, and all public buildings.
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