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COVID-19 CASE UPDATE: Five new cases recorded in Northumberland Thursday. New cases were also confirmed in Kawartha, Haliburton, and the Hastings Prince Edward areas Thursday, Dec. 10.

The OPP officer involved in the shooting incident near Kawartha Lakes that left a one-year-old boy dead has been released from hospital.

For Ontarians who will be mailing out holiday cards or packages this season, Canada Post advises to send out everything as early as possible, due to shifts in volume and operations amid COVID-19.

Some buses are cancelled this morning in the Campbellford and Brighton areas. Find out what routes are affected.

RECALL: Health Canada has ordered an expanded recall of an air compressor sold at Canadian Tire after multiple complaints and an injury.

Parents wishing to move their children from in-school to online learning, or vice-versa, must complete a transition form by noon on Jan. 12.

For the second day in a row, there are no new COVID-19 cases being reported in Northumberland.

A total of 27 speeding tickets were handed out and other charges laid during Operation Impact, a month-long road safety initiative held in #Cobourg in October https://www.northumberlandnews.com//10243143-cobourg-poli/

There will be plenty of time for kids to help shovel the snow this winter as the local public school board has decided to close schools during snow days.

Is today your day? Check out your horoscope for Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.

Drivers are one step closer to having tolls removed on the 412 and 418 highways after a bill to scrap them passed second reading in the Ontario Legislature on Nov. 18.

Residents are continuing to raise their voices and are urging council to focus on people when discussing a nearly $1.9-million reconstruction project which would see a sidewalk created in the Rose Glen Port Hope area.

A Toronto motorist heading to the Drive Test Centre in Peterborough for a road test was pulled over for stunt driving on Thursday morning.

A detour due to sewer repairs at the corner of Burnham Street and Harden Street on Oct. 15, will impact #Cobourg Transit Route #2 https://www.northumberlandnews.com//10222892-cobourg-tran/?

Canadian snowbirds get creative when it comes to crossing the border

A second Cameco Port Hope staffer has tested positive for COVID-19, the company confirmed late Tuesday, Nov. 24.

The local health unit continues to weather the bumps in the road when it comes to distributing influenza vaccine to area health care providers.

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.

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

COVID-19 CASE UPDATE: One new case was confirmed in Northumberland County Tuesday. In neighbouring communities, most figures are holding steady.

Encore win nets four friends $1 million windfall

Northumberland County has received federal funding to support its new archives and museum building.

Three people have been arrested after police say they conducted a high-risk traffic stop in Brighton.

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.

A man accused of breaking the glass door at the Cobourg police station has been charged, say police. https://www.northumberlandnews.com//10242920-man-charged-/

Here's a rundown of the latest COVID news around the world today

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

A traffic stop in Cobourg led to the arrest of a suspended driver, on probation, with three outstanding warrants from the Durham Region https://www.northumberlandnews.com//10222689-cobourg-traf/?

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.

Northumberland-Peterborough South municipalities are receiving more than $2.05 million from Ontario’s COVID-19 resilience infrastructure stream, says the province.

With a record-breaking number of homes being sold in Northumberland, local real estate brokers are being asked whether the second wave of COVID-19 will burst the local housing market bubble.

A special Cobourg council meeting has been scheduled for Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. to discuss updates on the impact COVID-19 has had on the town’s finances.

Port Hope police laid an operation while impaired charge after finding a driver asleep at the wheel in a Tim Hortons drive-thru https://www.northumberlandnews.com//10242525-driver-aslee/?

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.

Police say a man recently filled up his truck with gas, and made no attempt to pay. Police are asking for the public's help.

COVID-19 CASE UPDATE: Northumberland and Kawartha had new COVID-19 cases confirmed Monday.

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

Check out Cobourg-born movie star’s Google Doodle! Cobourg and Google celebrate Marie Dressler's 152nd birthday today! Read more here. https://www.northumberlandnews.com//10242178-google-joins/

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is reporting that an unknown respiratory outbreak has been detected at Extendicare Cobourg.

Should Halloween be cancelled? According to medical officer of health, many traditional Halloween activities can be at high risk for spreading viruses.

Dr. Andrea Chittle, a family physician who works at a COVID assessment centre in Guelph, said the province needs to take a broader view of screening in schools and daycares.