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Car covered in snow in winter after blizzard

Snowfall warning in effect for Kawarthas region beginning Wednesday night

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15-25 cm of snow expected by Thursday evening accompanied by sharp temperature drop overnight leading to cold wind chills.
Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario (JA-NEO) announced the nine inductees of the 2026 Business Hall of Fame in the lobby of the Venture North building in downtown Peterborough on January 14, 2026. Pictured left to right, front to back: Vance Robbins, Brenda Ibey, Jason and Niki Pulchinski, Peter Blodgett, Jim Bailey, and Chuck White. Not pictured: Dave Bucholtz and Martha Sullivan. (Photo: JA-NEO)

Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario announces 2026 Business Hall of Fame inductees

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Nine Peterborough business leaders will be inducted in a formal ceremony on May 28.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Lindsay man and Little Britain woman arrested in stabbing incident in Lindsay on Saturday

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Another man and woman were found on Kent Street West suffering from serious injuries after incident at Peel Street residence.
Signs point to the main entrances at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, including the Emergency Department. (Photo: PRHC)

Peterborough Regional Health Centre launches new tool to fast-track patients with minor ailments through...

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Streamlined Treatment and Evaluation Pathway (STEP) survey and dedicated treatment area aims to reduce wait times.
Provincial cabinet ministers, MPs and MPPs, municipal leaders, and representatives from provincial associations and agencies attended the annual general meeting of the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus (EOWC) on January 9, 2026 in Kingston, where Peterborough County warden Bonnie Clark (front row, fourth from left) was acclaimed as EOWC chair for the second year in a row. (Photo: EOWC)

Peterborough County Bonnie Clark re-acclaimed as 2026 chair of Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus

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With Lennox and Addington County warden Nathan Townend named vice-chair, Clark will continue to push strategic priorities for infrastructure, housing, healthcare, and more.
Katy Shufelt, pictured with Scott Murson of Wild Rock Outfitters, won the grand prize draw of $1,500 in Boro gift cards as part of the annual Holiday Shopping Passport program organized by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA). Shufelt is donating a portion of her prize to Wild Rock's ComPassion Project, which raises funds and awareness for six local organizations working on the front lines of social and environmental change. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA)

Katy Shufelt wins Peterborough DBIA’s Holiday Shopping Passport grand prize draw

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Shufelt is donating a portion of her $1,500 prize of Boro gift cards to Wild Rock's ComPassion Project.
Police seized these licence plates made out of paper from a vehicle in Peterborough on January 10, 2026. The plate number (which police have redacted in the photo) belonged to a vehicle in Mississauga. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough man facing charges for having paper licence plates on his vehicle

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Police stopped 45-year-old driver after discovering the plate numbers were for a Mississauga vehicle.
Kayla and Jimmy, pictured with two of their three children, received the keys to their new four-bedroom home in Fraserville during a dedication ceremony on January 11, 2026. The home was made possibly through Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region's homeownership program along with a $100,000 donation from the former Bailieboro-Springville United Church and a land donation from congregation members Don and Pat Wood. (Photo: Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region)

Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region welcomes 100th family into affordable home in...

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Former Bailieboro-Springville United Church donation of $100,000 and land donation from congregation members helped make four-bedroom build possible.
United Way Peterborough & District CEO Jim Russell presents a cheque to Kathy Woodcock, a special education resource teacher with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, during a visit to Keith Wightman Public School on January 9, 2026, representing Woocock's share of the proceeds of the United Way's December 50/50 draw. (Photo: United Way)

United Way Peterborough & District now at 90% of its $1.6M community campaign goal

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December 50/50 jackpot awarded to a local educator highlights how small acts of generosity are helping drive the 2025-26 campaign across the finish line.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

27-year-old Kawartha Lakes man killed by vehicle on Highway 7 west of Lindsay on...

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Pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene after he was struck by a pickup truck east of Oakwood/
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