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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
A scene from New Stages Peterborough's restaging of "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" in December 2025. New Stages is one of six arts organizations recommended to receive the maximum $15,000 grant under the City of Peterborough's 2026 community investment grant program. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)

Peterborough city council asked to endorse $225,035 in community grants to 47 local organizations

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Council will also be asked defer changes to community grant program until 2027 and extend funding for Electric City Culture Council into 2027.
Peterborough Musicfest, Port Hope Candlelight Festival, the Art Gallery of Peterborough's Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, and Hike Haliburton are four of the nine festivals in the Kawarthas region that made Festivals and Events Ontario's 2026 Top 100 Festivals & Events in Ontario. Although the Peterborough Folk Festival isn't on the Top 100 list, it was honoured with an FEO Sustainability Award. (kawarthaNOW screenshots of Festivals and Events Ontario videos)

Ten festivals in the Kawarthas region recognized with awards from Festivals and Events Ontario

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Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour and Peterborough Musicfest new to the Top 100 list this year, with special awards for Hike Haliburton Festival and Peterborough Folk Festival.
GE Vernova plans to demolish 25 buildings at its factory complex at 107 Park Street North in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough city council votes against asking GE Vernova to provide a demolition plan

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Amendments seeking demolition plan and contamination information defeated out of concerns for potential liability.
Dr. Natalie Bocking served as medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit from April 2021 until January 2025, when the health unit merged with Peterborough Public Health and become Lakelands Public Health, with Dr. Bocking becoming deputy medical officer of health for the merged health unit. (Photo courtesy of Lakelands Public Health)

Dr. Natalie Bocking resigns as deputy medical officer of health for Lakelands Public Health

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Prior to the health unit merger in 2025, the family physician served as medical officer of health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit since 2021.
Peterborough mayor Jeff Leal displays a map showing the Coldsprings growth area at the southern edge of the city during a general committee meeting on February 17, 2026 where council unanimously approved allocating funding for a secondary planning study, with the city considering the area as an ideal location for an Alto high-speed rail station due to its large area, proximity to existing transportation facilities, and "relatively unencumbered land use pattern." (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

City of Peterborough eyes Coldsprings growth area for potential Alto high-speed rail station

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Council unanimously approves secondary planning study funding as staff describe Coldsprings as 'ideal location' due to its large area and proximity to transportation.
The General Electric factory complex at 107 Park Street North in downtown Peterborough, which began operations in 1891 as the Canadian Works of the Thomas Edison Company and later continued under General Electric. The site includes a complex of 33 buildings built between 1891 and 1981 and used for industrial manufacturing and ancillary purposes. In 2018, General Electric ceased its manufacturing activities on the site, with most of the buildings now decommissioned with machinery and equipment removed. (Photo: Google Earth)

Peterborough city council excludes four GE factory buildings from heritage designation and debates demolition...

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Proposed oversight measures and community safety concerns over GE demolition dominated Tuesday night's general committee meeting.
The 2014 demolition of Building 7 at the General Electric factory complex in downtown Peterborough captured by photographer Wayne Eardley as part of his "Caribou" series that was featured at the 2016 SPARK Photo Festival and the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Building 7 was part of the General Electric's armature department, which built coils for motors and generators, stators, DC motors, armatures, and more. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)

Peterborough city council to consider GE factory complex heritage designation and health and safety...

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February 17 general committee meeting will review city staff recommendation to exclude BWXT buildings after objections to heritage designation.
Ontario Power Generation senior vice president Paul Séguin and Port Hope mayor Olga Hankivsky sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the Nuclear Discovery Centre in Port Hope on February 12, 2026 to advance what would be the world's largest nuclear power plant, located in Wesleyville. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Ontario government video)

Ontario Power Generation and Port Hope sign partnership agreement to advance proposed Wesleyville nuclear...

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Municipality has received $4.5 million growth-readiness funding as project for world's largest nuclear power plant moves to impact assessment phase.
An arsonist spreads gasoline around DashVapes in Mapleridge Plaza at 1840 Lansdowne Street West in Peterborough in the early morning hours of February 5, 2026 before exiting through a broken storefront window and setting the gasoline on fire. (kawarthaNOW screenshots of Facebook video)

‘Not isolated incidents’: Peterborough vape shop owner calls for government action after Thursday arson...

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DashVapes owner Shai Bekman warns of 'a growing pattern' of violence linked to illicit market in vape products.
Two of the many cross-country skiers who participated in the Kawartha Nordic ComPassion Relay at Kawartha Nordic Ski Club in North Kawartha Township on January 31, 2026, raising just over $18,000 for the ComPassion Project supporting six local organizations. (Photo: Kawartha Nordic / Instagram)

Kawartha Nordic ComPassion Relay raises over $18,000 for environmental and social causes in Peterborough

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Funds raised by the annual cross-country ski relay held at Kawartha Nordic Ski Club on January 31 will support six local organizations through the ComPassion Project.
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