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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.
An employee of McCloskey International in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township east of Peterborough supplied this photograph of a COVID-19 screening procedure for the company's employees held on March 20, 2020. The employee is angry and concerned about how the company conducted the screening procedure. McCloskey International acknowledges there were issues during the procedure and it won't happen again. kawarthaNOW has obscured the visible faces of employees in the photo to protect their privacy.

Manufacturing companies are in ‘uncharted waters’ when it comes to employee screening for COVID-19

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Employee of McCloskey International in Peterborough angry and concerned by screening procedure, company vows to do better.
The Peterborough County-City Paramedics, in conjunction with Peterborough Public Health and Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), has started in-home COVID-19 assessments and testing in Peterborough. The service is only for residents who cannot travel to one of the existing assessment centres or who should remain self-isolated and require assessment. (Photo: County of Peterborough)

Peterborough paramedics now conducting in-home COVID-19 testing as third positive local case is confirmed

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Woman who recently travelled to Florida tests positive and is self-isolating along with five known contacts.
The 2019 novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease. (Graphic: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Third positive case of COVID-19 confirmed in Peterborough

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Peterborough Public Health says third positive case was woman who had travelled to Florida.
The government-ordered closure of bars and restaurants across Ontario to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 is having a huge economic impact on downtown Peterborough, home to more than 100 eateries. Local economic development organizations Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development, the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area, the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures Peterborough, and the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas, collectively known as "TeamPTBO", are working together proactively to identify the impact of COVID-19 on the local business sector and possible solutions so that recovery funding from all three levels of government is targeted most effectively. (Photo: Patrick Stephen / Peterborough DBIA)

TeamPTBO preparing now to help the local business community recover from COVID-19

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Local business leaders staying ahead of the curve so Peterborough is ready when financial assistance becomes available.
Medical Officer of Health Dr. Rosana Salvaterra discussing Peterborough's first positive case of COVID-19, a 30-year-old man who developed symptoms a week after returning from Spain and Portugal, during a media conference on March 16, 2020 at Peterborough Public Health. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough Public Health investigating 12 close contacts of city resident diagnosed with COVID-19

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30-year-old man 'has been improving' but those he interacted closely with since returning from Europe are being monitored.
Peterborough native Michelle Shaughnessy, who has had a successful career in stand-up comedy after moving to Toronto at 18 years old, is returning home to headline a dinner and comedy show at BrickHouse Craft Burger Grill in downtown Peterborough on March 21, 2020. Fellow Toronto comedians Joe Vu and Casey Corbin will also be performing. (Photo: Denise Grant)

Peterborough’s Michelle Shaughnessy comes home to headline March 21 comedy show at BrickHouse Craft...

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Fellow Toronto comics Joe Vu and Casey Corbin will share the stage at popular downtown Peterborough restaurant.
Canadian comedian Brent Butt, creator and star of the award-winning CTV "Corner Gas" sitcom, returns to Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough for a stand-up comedy show on March 30, 2020. (Supplied publicity photo, uncredited)

Canadian comedian Brent Butt returns to his happy place on March 30 in Peterborough

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'Corner Gas' creator and star brings his stand-up comedy to Showplace Performance Centre.
Indo-Canadian singer-songwriter Beth Torbert, better known by her stage name Bif Naked, will be performing with her husband Steve "Snake" Allen at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on March 4, 2020 as part of her Songs And Stories 2020 tour. She will play her punk, pop and alt-rock tunes, including from her upcoming album "Champions", and will be reading excerpts from her 2016 memoir. Toronto singer-songwriter Frank Moyo will be opening. (Photo: Coco & Kensington Photography)

Alt-rocker Bif Naked has truly earned her ‘Survivor’ tattoo

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Singer-songwriter, artist, poet, author, actor, activist, and cancer survivor Beth Torbert performs at the Market Hall in Peterborough on March 4 .
'Peterborough Performs: Musicians Against Homelessness', taking place on March 5, 2020 at Showplace Performance Centre, features 16 musical acts raising funds for United Way Peterborough & District. The event will be emceed by Megan Murphy and Jordan Mercier, with all proceeds going exclusively toward homelessness and shelter-related initiatives undertaken by United Way-supported agencies. (Photo: United Way Peterborough & District)

Homelessness is everybody’s problem … and you can make a difference

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You can help by buying tickets to 'Peterborough Performs: Musicians Against Homelessness', a United Way fundraiser on March 5 at Showplace in Peterborough.
Storyteller Hugh Foley in front of a pub named Foley's in Ireland. During the fourth annual Foley's Irish Pub on March 15, 2020 in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough, Foley will reprise his role as seanchaí (an Irish storyteller) by regaling the audience with tales of Ireland, with Irish music supplied by 4 Front and special guests Fiddlin' Jay Edmunds, Ron Kervin, Bridget Foley, Nancy Towns Trio, Catherine McInnis, Maria O'Grady, and Phil McCann. (Photo courtesy of Theresa Foley)

Celebrate the stories and music of Ireland at Foley’s Irish Pub on March 15

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Seanchaí Hugh Foley and musical performers recreate the atmosphere of a typical Irish pub at Showplace's Nexicom Studio
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