(Issued July 28, 2020 at 8:20 p.m. EST) – The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit has advised the Town of Cobourg to shut down swimming at West Harbour and to post no swimming signs immediately due to high E. Coli bacteria readings found in the water. According to SGS Canada Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive water quality testing that meets all provincial and national regulatory requirements, including the Safe Drinking Water Act...
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Cobourg, ON (July 27, 2020) – At 4 p.m. today, the Town of Cobourg lifted the local State of Emergency that has been in place since March 19 in alignment with the COVID-19 declared provincial emergency that came to an end on July 24. On July 21, 2020, Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 received Royal Assent.  This new Act was proclaimed on July 24, 2020. 
On March 19, 2020 the Town of Cobourg declared a State of Emergency...
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Cobourg, ON (April 17, 2020) – Planning for emergency responder relief efforts are well underway in the Town of Cobourg as the Victoria Park Campground transforms into a relief base camp for first responders and frontline medical workers in need of respite and/or self-isolation from possible exposure to COVID-19. 
The Town of Cobourg’s Emergency Control Group in collaboration with the Cobourg Police Service are pleased to announce the near completion of...
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Cobourg, ON (April 17, 2020) – In response to continuing efforts to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and support physical distancing, the Town of Cobourg has cancelled the following upcoming Town run events Community Clean-Up (Pitch-In Week) and all Canada Day related activities. 
On April 2, 2020, the Town of Cobourg in partnership with the Rotary Club of Cobourg and Lions Club of Cobourg announced the cancellation of this year’s Cobourg Waterfront Festival...
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(Issued April 8, 2020 at 4:45 p.m. EST) – The Town of Cobourg and the Cobourg Police Service would like to remind citizens of the Ontario government’s emergency order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act prohibiting organized public events and social gatherings of more than five people. This applies to social gatherings or religious celebrations for Easter, Passover or other faith-based holidays this weekend.
In order to help contain the...
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