Peterborough This Week

Some restaurants are eating the cost of keeping food containers from piling up in the landfill

Columnist Tricia Clarkson says climate change is creating a greater risk for mosquito-born disease.

Behind The Crimes: This week, we revisit the unsolved 2010 murder of Orangeville’s Sonia Varaschin in the hopes of hearing from a reluctant informant.

Here is your guide to what is open and closed this holiday Monday

Charges laid after public complaints of suspicious traffic going in, out of residence, say police

Mayor Diane Therrien is asking residents from outside the Peterborough region to stay home for now particularly those from designated grey and red zones under the Ontario government’s COVID-19 prevalence rating system.

City councillors want answers from museum officials now that museum has pulled out of Peterborough Lift Lock site.

J. Murray Jones and Scott McFadden will be vying for the position of warden during a special online vote among county councillors on Dec. 9.

Outbreaks of respiratory illnesses are over at Riverview Manor and Extendicare in Peterborough.

An arrest has been made in Gatineau, Quebec, in connection to the alleged murder of Peterborough native Matthew O'Heron.

Robert McGregor has been found guilty of first-degree murder in connection to the 2011 stabbing death of Joanne MacKenzie.

Two new COVID-19 cases today means there's 16 active cases in Peterborough.

With Toronto and Peel Region in lockdown, Peterborough County politicians have mixed opinions about those living in those regions flocking to the Peterborough area to do some Black Friday or Christmas shopping.

As Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives liberalize liquor licensing laws in Ontario, distillers want Queen’s Park to level the playing field for them.

Hiawatha First Nation is banning people from COVID-19 hotspots from visiting businesses in the community while other local First Nations communities take other steps to keep residents safe.

There are four remaining active COVID-19 cases at Fairhaven Long Term Care, according to the home on Tuesday, Nov. 24.

These are three of the top COVID-19 stories readers are checking out across Torstar's news sites today.

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Warkworth long-term care home.

The death of a rising hockey star who recently signed with the Northumberland Stars has several communities coming together in mourning.

Members of the Peterborough County OPP charged two drivers with stunt driving on Hwy. 115 within an hour on Wednesday night.

Notorious Peterborough drug dealer Dylan Hamre has been found guilty of several charges stemming from a 2016 drive-by shooting which left Damian Hall with a bullet in his hand.

The decision to close the Ops arena near Lindsay took the community by surprise, but it’s unclear if they’ll take it sitting down.

The Peterborough Police Service is investigating a break and enter after a home was entered and property was stolen in the north end.

Medical officer of health says everyone who wants and needs a flu vaccine will be able to get it as more doses are expected to be delivered to area pharmacies later this month.

Active COVID-19 cases in Peterborough city/county increased by one today as a new infection was reported by Peterborough Public Health.

Think you may have had COVID-19 already? A newly approved LifeLabs test that's available in Petrborough will give you the answer.

Habitat for Humanity could see $859,744 in incentives for its 41 units of affordable housing planned for Leahy’s Lane if approved by Peterborough city council.

New case of COVID-19 in Peterborough means two active cases currently.

One suspect has already been arrested and police are searching for a second after Peterborough Matthew O'Heron, 36, was found dead outside a Quebec gas station on Nov. 14.

The rate of people testing positive for COVID-19 suddenly jumped back up to three per cent as another 721 Ontarians contracted the virus, according to government statistics released Wednesday.

"Such a great weight has been lifted off our shoulders." Lindsay's Jaime Nixon’s decision to spend $40 on Big Brothers Big Sisters raffle nets her $178,790.

Will Halloween be cancelled in Peterborough? We will have to wait and see, says the health unit.

The Peterborough driver of a silver Volkswagen that was pulled over by Cobourg police for not having two licence plates, was wanted on three outstanding warrants in Durham Region.

LIVE: Watch Premier Doug Ford's daily COVID-19 update now.

An estimated $137,695 worth of contraband was recently seized on the perimeter of the Warkworth Institution, says Correctional Service Canada.

All's well that ends well for two ATVers, identified as Greg and Angie, who became stranded overnight in the woods near Norland. They were found by Kawartha Lakes OPP officers the following day.

Kawartha Lakes police confirm that a man and woman from Lindsay were arrested in connection to the recent theft of bottle drive donations from the Humane Society of Kawartha Lakes.

WATCH LIVE: Premier Doug Ford's daily COVID-19 update.

OPP issue warning after multiple vehicles stolen from numerous locations in Kawartha Lakes.

A 62-year-old Peterborough man has been arrested and charged with two counts of luring a child under 16 years following an online investigation.

WATCH: A Cobourg man has been charged by members of the Peterborough County OPP Marine Unit after a dangerous boating incident on Rice Lake was captured on video on Sept. 26.

A COVID-19 outbreak that had been in effect since late September at Fairhaven is over.

A community consultation for the opioid hub proposed for Simcoe Street will be conducted in November.

Canada's chief public health officer says trick-or-treating should be possible this Halloween as long as little goblins take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

New no-stopping restrictions along Briarhill Road got approval from city councillors at a meeting Tuesday after city staff said that parents have been unsafely using the street to drop off children at nearby Westmount Public School.

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday.