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United Way Peterborough & District CEO Jason Seguya feeds the bear — Peterborough Century 21 Lakers mascot Teddy — during the launch of the second annual Ultimate Burger Battle at Agave by Imperial in downtown Peterborough on November 2, 2026. The fundraiser will see 11 participating restaurants donate $2 to the United Way from every featured burger sold during November, with seven volunteer Burger Ambassadors (including Teddy) making their way to all the participating restaurants to taste the entries, share their experiences on social media, and encourage people to join the fundraiser. (Photo: Tiffany Arcari)

Peterborough restaurants fire up their grills for second annual Ultimate Burger Battle

November competition will see 11 restaurants compete for bragging rights, with $2 from every featured burger supporting United Way Peterborough & District.
The "Horned Dinosaurs: More Than Triceratops" exhibit runs at Peterborough Museum & Archives from November 7, 2026 to March 21, 2027 and features a variety of skulls, interpretive displays, and the cast skeleton of Centrosaurus Apertus, a horned dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of Canada around 76 million years ago. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Museum & Archives)

Dinosaurs return to Peterborough Museum & Archives in new exhibit running until March

'Horned Dinosaurs: More Than Triceratops' opens November 7 with skeletons, skulls, and displays exploring the evolution of ceratopsians.
Some members of the Lindsay Curling Club will don 19th-century attire to mark the club's 150th anniversary during a 24-hour curling marathon on December 11 and 12, 2026, raising funds for local charities including the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation. Members of the public are invited to an open house on December 12 featuring a pancake breakfast, raffles, games, curling demonstrations, and opportunities for visitors to try throwing a stone themselves. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Curling Club)

Lindsay Curling Club to celebrate 150 years with 24-hour curling marathon

Anniversary event on December 11 and 12 will support local charities including Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation and features a public open house.
Cale Crowe and Genevieve Adam at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope in 2024 during the announcement of the theatre's 2025 season, which included the world premiere of their musical "Rez Gas." Crowe composed all of the music, Adam wrote a lot of the script, and the pair came up with characters and plot together. (Photo courtesy of Capitol Theatre)

Alderville’s Cale Crowe and Cobourg’s Genevieve Adam win national playwriting award for ‘Rez Gas’

Original musical will return to Port Hope's Capitol Theatre in August 2027, before heading to the National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre in Ottawa that fall.
Representatives from the Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) along with Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock MPP Laurie Scott, outgoing Minden Hills mayor Bob Carter, Oshkaabewis Dave Rice from Wasauksing First Nation, school board trustees, and more attended a groundbreaking ceremony on October 30, 2026 for a new new Outdoor Education and Indigenous Centre at its future location in Minden. (Photo: TLDSB)

Groundbreaking ceremony held for new $3.8-million outdoor education and Indigenous learning centre in Minden

Trillium Lakelands District School Board facility on 90-acre property will provide year-round land-based learning for students in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and Muskoka.
CUPE Local 4911, which represents Peterborough City-County paramedics, has been bargaining with Peterborough County for a new collective agreement since March 2026. (Photo: CUPE 4911 Peterborough Paramedics / Facebook)

Ontario Labour Relations Board rules that Peterborough paramedics cannot strike before November 13

Ruling pushes back potential strike date by almost two weeks as Peterborough County and CUPE Local 4911 remain without a contract.
Parks Canada is closing the Maria Street Swing Bridge in Peterborough, which connects Maria Street to Ashburnham Drive, for around 12 months starting on December 7, 2026 so that the bridge can be replaced. Pictured is the bridge before traffic lights were installed at the intersection of Maria Street and Ashburnham Drive to manage the increasing flow of traffic. (Photo: Parks Canada)

Maria Street Swing Bridge in Peterborough’s East City to close for a year starting...

Detours include closure of Peterborough Lift Lock tunnel to westbound traffic and closure of southbound lane of Ashburnham Drive north of tunnel.
Ontario blues-rockers VOODOO Pawn Shop will be performing at "Halloween for Humanity" at Bancroft Brewing Company on Saturday night, with donations to the local food bank encouraged. (Photo: VOODOO Pawn Shop)

nightlifeNOW – October 29 to November 4

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

After 6-month investigation, Peterborough police charge Kawartha Lakes woman in fatal hit-and-run

A 42-year-old Peterborough man died after being struck by two vehicles on Monaghan Road on April 16.
The sun rises in the background along a meandering path through an autumn forest. (Stock photo)

Clocks ‘fall back’ an hour when daylight saving time ends after Halloween

When the time changes on November 1, we'll gain an hour of sleep and get less daylight in the evening but more in the morning.

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