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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.
Kawartha Credit Union and Libro Credit Union logos

Kawartha Credit Union and Libro Credit Union announce plans to merge as of January...

Based in Peterborough and London, the two Ontario credit unions would have combined assets of $11 billion, 180,000 members, and 57 locations.
Christian Harvey of One City Peterborough during a community gathering for the ComPassion Project, created by Wild Rock Outfitters co-founder Kieran Andrews with support from the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough, at Showplace Performance Centre on January 16, 2025. One City Peterborough was one of six local organizations that received funding from the ComPassion Project, which aims to support local organizations working on the front lines of environmental stewardship and social change. (Photo courtesy of Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough)

After 13 years, Christian Harvey has ‘moved on’ as executive director of One City...

Announcement comes less than two weeks after Peterborough city council voted against continued funding for the non-profit organization.
The lineup for the 36th annual Peterborough Folk Festival from August 14 to 17, 2025 includes headliners Joel Plaskett, Basia Bulat, Whitehorse, Jeremie Albino, Goldie Boultilier, and Shub. (kawarthaNOW collage, with festival logo by Brooklin Stormie)

Peterborough Folk Festival announces full lineup for Canada’s longest-running, free-admission annual folk festival

Headliners for August 14 to 17 festival include Joel Plaskett, Basia Bulat, Whitehorse, Jeremie Albino, Colin Linden and more, along with 12 local performers.
Brenda Whitehead, pictured in October 2024, has been appointed the new president and CEO of the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce effective August 5, 2025. (Photo: Port Hope and District Chamber of Commerce / Facebook)

Brenda Whitehead is the new president and CEO of the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber...

Whitehead comes from the Port Hope and District Chamber of Commerce, where she has been CEO for over seven years.
Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (Habitat PKR) and Our Daughters' Home broke ground on an accessible duplex, to be built on Sophia Street in Peterborough East City for seven adult women with developmental disabilities, on July 9, 2025. Pictured from left to right are Our Daughters' Home treasurer Debby Donaghy, Peterborough city councillor Matt Crowley, Donaghy's daughter Michelle (one of the seven women who will live in the home), Habitat PKR board chair Hope Lee, and Peterborough MP Emma Harrison with two of her children. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Seven women with developmental disabilities will soon have their own permanent home in Peterborough

Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region and Our Daughters' Home break ground on new Sophia Street build.
"Hookup" at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon from July 10 to 12, 2025 features improv performers (left to right, top and bottom) Paul Bates, Christy Bruce, Alastair Forbes, Kris Siddiqi, and Aurora Browne. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Experience all the excitement of a first date but without the awkward silences in...

For three nights from July 10 to 12, five stellar improv performers will create an unscripted romantic comedy based on two audience members.
Auden Palmer, director of outreach services at One City Peterborough, addresses Peterborough city council on July 2, 2025 before councillors voted 6-5 against providing continued funding for expanded services at Trinity Centre in 2026 for people experiencing homelessness. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council votes against additional homelessness funding at Trinity Centre in 2026

Council directs city staff to issue an RFP for when overnight shelter contract with One City ends on March 31.
Staff at Trinity Centre in Peterborough preparing to open its overnight drop-in program. (Photo: Trinity Centre 2024-25 annual report)

Peterborough city council votes against additional homelessness funding for One City

$514,080 in funding would have expanded the daytime and overnight drop-in programs at Trinity Centre in 2026.
James Barrett, Tara Koehler, and Jajube Mandiela star in Globus Theatre's production of "Come Down From Up River" by Norm Foster, which runs for 10 performances from June 25 to July 5, 2025 in Bobcaygeon. Barrett plays Shaver Bennett, a New Brunswick logger who travels to Saint John for a medical issue and hope to stay with his niece Bonnie Doyle, who he hasn't seen in 23 years. Bonnie considers her uncle a redneck and fears his reaction when he discovers she is married to Liv Arsenault, a Black woman. (kawarthaNOW collage of publicity photos)

Funny, family, and forgiveness come together in Norm Foster’s ‘Come Down From Up River’...

Directed by Sarah Quick and starring James Barrett, Tara Koehler, and Jajube Mandiela, the touching comedy runs from June 25 to July 5 in Bobcaygeon.
A portion of the privately owned 26,300-acre property south of Bancroft known as 'The Park'. Land'escapes owner Ben Samann has worked with the Ontario Conservation Accelerator to have the property recognized as a protected area by both the Governments of Ontario and Canada. (Photo: Office of Minister Todd McCarthy)

26,300-acre tract of land south of Bancroft becomes largest protected area owned by an...

Owner Ben Samann has partnered with the Ontario Conservation Accelerator to have 'The Park' recognized by the federal and provincial governments

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