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Golf cart injuries are on the rise and many involve children, experts warnInjuries involving golf carts are on the rise, warn doctors in Toronto, noting many incidents involve child passengers without seatbelts and drivers under the influence of alcohol.HealthOct 7
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Rogers Cove beach in Peterborough closed due to suspected blue-green algae bloomsPeterborough Public Health closed Rogers Cove beach on Little Lake on Wednesday following the results of water samples with suspected blue-green algae blooms.HealthJul 10
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Whooping cough cases appear in Peterborough-area schools: health unitPeterborough Public Health urges residents to review their immunization records and get up to date with pertussis immunizations.HealthJun 20
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Peterborough health officials applaud AMO stance on opioid crisisA report from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario calls for more action from the province to tackle the opioid crisis that saw 2,300 people die in 2023 alone.HealthJul 10
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Canada Day weekend: What’s open and closed in PeterboroughA number of businesses and services in Peterborough will be closed on Canada Day or have adjusted hours of opening.ConsumerJun 28
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Body of swimmer recovered from Otonabee River in Peterborough: policeA search was launched Monday evening following reports of an individual who was unaccounted for in the Otonabee River. A body was recovered on Tuesday.CanadaJul 2
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Peterborough health unit offers to cover wastewater surveillance costs after Ontario ends programThe Ontario government will end its wastewater surveillance program for COVID-19 on July 31. However, officials in Peterborough have expanded the program to test for other viruses.HealthJun 14
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Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation launches $60M fundraising campaignThe hospital foundation says the campaign had a "quiet" launch in 2020 and that to date $45.5 million has been raised, supporting a number of hospital services and infrastructure.HealthJun 25
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Fleming College president talks program cuts, ‘perplexed’ by Peterborough council motionPresident Maureen Adamson says the college will lose 'millions' in revenue, in large part due to the new federal cap on international students. Twenty-nine programs are being cut.EducationJun 26
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Peterborough clinic’s safer-supply program reports drop in overdoses, drug useApproximately 86 per cent of individuals reported using less or no fentanyl after 12 months in the safe supply program based on data from May 2022 to December 2023.HealthJun 13
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Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes seek government aid to save Fleming College programsPeterborough city council on Monday passed a motion encouraging both the federal and provincial governments to help save 29 programs at Fleming College.EducationJun 20
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New vending machine offering drug pipes, naloxone kits, third of its kind in OntarioThe Our Healthbox machine in Brantford, Ont. offers a wide range of harm reduction supplies such as condoms, naloxone kits, pipes and HIV testing kits.HealthJun 21
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Bird found dead in Peterborough region tests positive for West Nile virusThe health unit says in 2023, no mosquitoes found tested positive for West Nile virus, however, there were confirmed human cases of the virus in Ontario.HealthMay 30
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Trent University adds 37 defibrillators at Peterborough, Durham campusesTrent University says an AED has been successfully used twice in the last 10 years in Peterborough. Among the 37 AEDs added include four in outdoor climate-controlled cabinets.HealthJun 10
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Ontario whooping cough cases are on the riseSome epidemiologists attribute the spike in cases due to lagging childhood immunization, in part due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.HealthJun 12
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Porch Pirates for Good food drive returns to support Kawartha Food Share in PeterboroughCity residents are asked to leave a bag of non-perishable food items on their front porch on Saturday, June 1 to be picked up by the food drive volunteers dressed as pirates.HealthMay 21
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Victoria Day long weekend: What’s open and closed in PeterboroughA number of businesses and municipal services in Peterborough will be closed over the Victoria Day long weekend.ConsumerMay 17
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Spike in overdoses prompts drug poisoning alert for Northumberland CountyThe Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit is connecting recent opioid drug poisonings with a light yellow or green substance being sold as fentanyl or 'down.'HealthMay 9
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Peterborough health unit issues alert following overdose spikeThe health unit says two substances — light yellow and pink or light green — are being sold as down. The drugs contain bromazolam, a powerful sedative not approved in Canada.HealthMay 6
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Whooping cough case confirmed in Peterborough region: health unitThe health unit did not state where the case was confirmed within its jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.HealthApr 26