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Paul Rellinger a.k.a Relly is an award-winning journalist and longtime former newspaper editor still searching for the perfect lead. When he's not putting pen to paper, Paul is on a sincere but woefully futile quest to own every postage stamp ever issued. A rabid reader of history, Paul claims to know who killed JFK but can't say out of fear for the safety of his oh so supportive wife Mary, his three wonderful kids and his three spirited grandchildren. Paul counts among his passions Peterborough's rich live music scene, the Toronto Maple Leafs, slopitch and retrieving golf balls from the woods. You can follow Paul on Twitter at @rellywrites.
Adrienne Abrahamse addresses a large crowd that turned out Thursday night (July 16) in the parking lot of Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough for a rally against the proposed rezoning of land at Armour Road and Cunningham Boulevard that will allow a seven-storey apartment building to be constructed. The rezoning recommendation, changing the land use designation from commercial to high density residential, was carried in committee on July 6 but will go to full council for a final vote July 27. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough residents rally against apartment building development in Armour Road neighbourhood

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Neighbourhood group cites increased traffic, loss of potential commercial use of property as main grievances.
Shopper in a face mask accepting a purchase from a cashier in a face mask

Mandatory masks ‘under active consideration’ for Peterborough region

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With dine-in restaurants and bars opening Friday, medical officer of health says an announcement should be coming by early next week.
While camping is normally allowed at many lockstations along the Trent-Severn Waterway, it is currenlty prohibited at Otonabee (Lock 23, pictured), Douro (Lock 24), and Sawer Creek (Lock 25) along the Otonabee River between Peterborough and Lakefield due to ongoing infrastruture projects. At least two local residents have observed many tents set up at pull-off areas along County Road 32 (River Road), especially during the weekends, with visitors leaving garbage and publicly defecating in the area. (Photo: Parks Canada)

Camping, littering, and public defecation alongside Otonabee River bringing more attention to a growing...

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Fears that land between County Road 32 and the Otonabee River will become 'a dumping ground' fuels Facebook anger.
Woman wearing a black non-medical face mask while shopping

Peterborough Public Health encourages use of face masks but won’t make them mandatory yet

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With no active cases of COVID-19, local medical officer of health prefers to rely on education
Burleigh Falls is located on Highway 28 north of Peterborough. (Photo: Nash Gordon / CC BY-SA)

Recent ‘mayhem’ at Burleigh Falls prompts local business operator to say enough is enough

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Huge increase of visitors has resulted in overcrowding, defecating, trespassing, intoxication, litter, vandalism, assault, and more.
Although face masks are not mandatory, Peterborough medical officer of health Dr. Rosana Salvaterra strongly recommends wearing a face mask, particularly by anyone receiving personal or health care services.

Ten days with no new COVID-19 cases in Peterborough means no mandatory face masks...

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But medical officer of health strongly recommends wearing them and cautions we're 'not on the other side' of pandemic yet.
Blue heroin — heroin mixed with fentanyl — seized by Peterborough police in 2019. According to Canada's chief medical officer of health, street drugs across Canada have been increasingly laced with fentanyl during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a dramatic increase in overdose deaths. Fentanyl is a synthetic opiod that is more potent than heroin and can cause a toxic buildup and lead to overdose faster and in lower doses. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Rash of overdose deaths eclipse COVID-19 recovery as Peterborough medical officer of health’s major...

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Dr. Rosanna Salvaterra reports there have been 24 drug-related fatalities this year, half of those in May and June.
Effective June 28, 2020, Peterborough Transit is reducing the number of bus routes from 12 to nine, with only five routes going directly to the downtown Peterborough bus terminal instead of the current 12. The changes are intended to reduce crowding at the bus terminal as a health and safety measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bus drivers were surprised by the announcement of the major overhaul of transit routes and have some concerns with the speed of the changes, according to the local union president. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

Speed of roll-out of new Peterborough Transit routes creates consternation among bus drivers

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Union local president says drivers will have to 'hit the ground running' when new routes begin on June 28.
Lindsay was one of the municipalities involved in the Ontario Basic Income Pilot Program, which the Ford government prematurely cancelled in 2019. Hamilton photographer Jessie Golem's "Humans of Basic Income" photographic series showed the human side of the Ontario government's decision to cancel the program. Since the federal government's Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) esssentially provided a basic income for those unable to work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some public health units in Ontario are calling on the federal government to develop a guaranteed basic income program for all Canadians. (Photo: Jesse Golem)

Kawartha Lakes health unit backs a determined push for a guaranteed basic income

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Health unit's governing board of health endorses a Simcoe Muskoka plea that the federal government revisit the issue now and take action.
A trransit rider wearing a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic

‘Keep vigilant’ during stage two reopening, cautions Peterborough’s medical officer of health

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Dr. Rosanna Salvaterra recommends people wear face coverings wherever physical distancing is difficult.
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