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Canadian Armed Forces vehicles travelling on a highway. (Photo: Department of National Defence, Canadian Armed Forces)

Military convoys to move through Kawarthas region this weekend for army training exercise

33 Canadian Brigade Group units are transporting 300 soldiers and equipment to Petawawa on March 27 and 29 as part of 'Wolf Ambush', with no cause for public concern.
The cast of the Capitol Theatre's production of the Broadway smash-hit musical "Come From Away," which runs from July 10 to August 2, 2026 at the historic venue in Port Hope, includes (front) Beau Dixon and Julie Lumsden and (back) Melissa Payne, Kyle Blair, Kyle Golemba, and Donna Garner. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre reveals casting for this season’s four mainstage productions, with single...

Shows including the smash-hit musical 'Come From Away' will feature new and returning artists from Stratford, Shaw, Mirvish, and Canada's indie theatre scene.
Tristan Konkle, recently named the Peterborough Folk Festival's 2026 Emerging Artist and best known for his work with Tapes in Motion, is performing his first solo show at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough at 10 p.m. on Friday night. (Photo: Luke Best)

nightlifeNOW – March 26 to April 1

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Peterborough Petes left-winger Leon Kolank takes control of the puck during the 17th annual Pink in the Rink game on February 7, 2026, where the Petes defeated the Sudbury Wolves 4-1 before a sold-out crowd at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. (Photo: Kenneth Anderson Photography)

Peterborough Petes’ 17th annual Pink in the Rink campaign raises $43,486 for Survivors Abreast

Funds will support organization's mission to support women following a breast cancer diagnosis,
Lakelands Public Health is the unified health unit serving the Kawarthas region that was formed by the merger of Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit on January 1, 2025. (Graphic: Lakelands Public Health)

Lakelands Public Health launching community town halls across Kawarthas region

Residents invited to share feedback on local health priorities at sessions in Minden, Port Hope, Lindsay, and Peterborough.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

13-year-old Peterborough boy facing 12 charges in three assaults against two other teens on...

Four other teens also facing charges after two 15-year-old boys were assaulted at Lansdowne Place Mall and outside Shoppers Drug Mart on Chemong Road.
Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) co-founders during the original 2020 announcement of the world's first and only Indigenous fringe festival, before it was postponed until 2021 because of the pandemic. Pictured are Joeann Argue, assistant professor in Indigenous performance at Trent University, Lee Bolton, theatre coordinator of Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space at Trent University, and Drew Hayden Taylor, the award-winning Indigenous playwright, author, columnist, and filmmaker who first proposed the idea of the festival in 2019. (Photo courtesy of NIFF)

This year’s Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival at Peterborough Theatre Guild has been cancelled

Organizers cite withdrawal of most of the festival's accepted artists for 'financial or personal reasons'.
Freezing rain and snow at night

Wintry mix of weather for Kawarthas region continues for first weekend of spring

Environment Canada issues special weather statement for 5-12 cm of snow in the north and up 2 mm of freezing rain in the south.
A bike path runs along a 300-metre section of fence on the east side of Airport Road south of Sir Sandford Fleming Drive in Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough police investigating racist graffiti as hate-bias crime

Sometime overnight on March 19, an offensive racial slur was spray-painted nine times along a 300-metre section of fence on Airport Road.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Driver who flashed lights at unmarked Northumberland OPP cruiser facing charges

After 50-year-old Lindsay man was pulled over, he refused a impaired test which carries same penalties as impaired driving.

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