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Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Two pedestrians struck by vehicles in separate incidents in Peterborough on Wednesday

One of the victims, an 88-year-old man, was transported by air ambulance to a Toronto hospital.
Port Hope fire chief Jason Williams receiving the 2026 Fire Chief of the Year award from Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officers Association vice-president Don Casey on May 27, 2026 at the association's 69th annual symposium training and education symposium at Casino Rama in Orillia. (Photo via Municipality of Port Hope)

Port Hope’s Jason Williams named 2026 Fire Chief of the Year

Honour from Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officers Association recognizes Williams' distinguished career as a fire and emergency services professional,
During its second annual Writing Instrument Challenge, grassroots volunteer group Clean Up Peterborough is e residents, schools, businesses, municipalities, libraries, workplaces, community groups, and others across Peterborough County and beyond to collect their used, broken, and dried-out writing instruments for recycling. The collected items will then be donated to the non-profit organization TerraCycle through their free recycling program at Staples stores. TerraCycles cleans the items, separates them by material, and turns them into raw materials to then be used to make new products. (Photo: Steve Paul / Clean Up Peterborough)

June recycling challenge invites Peterborough County residents to help keep used writing instruments out...

Clean Up Peterborough's free community-wide Writing Instrument Challenge accepts pens, markers, highlighters, mechanical pencils, and other plastic-based writing tools.
Trent University professor Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer (right) with federal government employee Marie-Pierre Parenteau (left) wearing their Polar Medals awarded by Governor General of Canada Mary Simon in Quebec on May 21, 2026. (Photo: Office of the Governor General of Canada)

Trent University professor honoured with Governor General of Canada’s Polar Medal

P. Whitney Lackenbauer is a leading authority on Arctic sovereignty and northern security.
The tunnel under the Peterborough Lift Lock that connects Armour Road to Ashburnham Drive is a common route for drivers heading in and out of East City. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough Lift Lock tunnel to be closed for most of Monday morning

Temporary closure from 9:30 a.m. until noon on June 1 is required for Parks Canada embankment work east of the tunnel.
The annual Walk a Mile in Their Shoes event in downtown Peterborough on May 22, 2026 raised $38,341.71 for YWCA Peterborough Haliburton in support of programs and services for women, children, and gender-diverse individuals escaping the effects of gender-based violence. (Photo: YWCA Peterborough Haliburton)

Walk a Mile in Their Shoes raises over $38,000 for YWCA Peterborough Haliburton

May 22 event saw the community come together in downtown Peterborough to also raise awareness and celebrate survivors of gender-based violence.
Marcus Harvey (second from left) won $68,755 in the fifth editio of the Peterborough Humane Society's 50/50 lottery, which ran from April 9 to May 15, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Humane Society)

Marcus Harvey wins almost $69,000 in record-breaking Peterborough Humane Society 50/50 lottery

The other half of the $137,510 jackpot will support the care of animals in need while they wait for their forever homes.
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of police that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault, or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. (Photo: SIU)

SIU investigating death of 28-year-old man arrested by Northumberland OPP

Following a welfare check in Cramahe Township, police took the injured man into custody after he was cleared at hospital.
Claire Hutchinson (second from right) is the 2026 recipient of the Helping Others Participate Equally (HOPE) Bursary in honour of the late Steve Montador, who suffered concussions playing hockey that ultimately ended his career. Also pictured from left to right are Greater Peterborough Health Services Foundation (GPHSF) executive director Vince Bierworth, Hutchinson's teacher and coach Kristine McCracken, and HOPE board member Mike Keating. (Photo courtesy of GPHSF)

Peterborough athlete Clare Hutchinson named 2026 recipient of Steve Montador Bursary

Georgian College-bound paramedic student recognized for her resilience after multiple sports-related concussions ended her contact sports career.
Located in Lakefield in Selwyn Township, Lakefield College School is a private coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9 through 12. (Photo: Lakefield College School)

Lakefield College School placed in lockdown Monday morning after receiving bomb threat call

In what appears to be another incident of 'swatting', police searched the school and determined the threat was unfounded,

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