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United Way Peterborough & District CEO Jim Russell and Bev Assinck of Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes (PATH) hold up clothing on October 8, 2025 during the launch of the annual Coats for Community campaign at PATH's location at 385 Lansdowne Street East in Peterborough. (Photo: United Way Peterborough & District)

Donations begin this week as United Way Peterborough & District and PATH kick off...

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Donations of winter essentials will be accepted October 16-18 and then throughout the fall and winter to support people in need of all ages.
Volunteers with "Porch Pirates for Good" will be driving around Peterborough on October 25, 2025 to collect donated items for Kawartha Food Share that residents leave on their front porches. In the last five years, the Porch Pirates for Good food drives have brought in over 185,000 pounds of food and over $20,000 in monetary donations. (Photo: Kawartha Food Share)

‘Porch Pirates for Good’ food drive returns to Peterborough on October 25

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City residents are asked to leave a bag of non-perishable food items on their front porch for Kawartha Food Share.
Port Hope police recovered $7,021 in stolen goods from three Toronto women in a shoplifting scheme in Port Hope and Cobourg. (Photo: Port Hope police)

Three Toronto women charged after $7,000 shoplifting scheme in Port Hope and Cobourg

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Police say suspects used long skirts modified with zippered compartments to conceal stolen goods.
A grapple removes debris from the fire-devastated Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield on October 12, 2025 as a Priestly Demolition Inc. employee supervises from a boom truck. (Photo: Scott Norwood)

Fire-devastated Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield is being demolished

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Controlled demolition began Sunday morning less than three days after fire in historic building that displaced apartment residents.
A smartphone sitting on a harvest table covered with squash and fall leaves displaying kawarthaNOW's Thanksgiving Monday 2025 holiday hours story. (kawarthaNOW photo)

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday 2025

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Holiday hours for 302 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
The building at 24 Queen Street in downtown Lakefield on October 10, 2025, the day after a fire engulfed the upper level apartments as well as Kawartha Home Hardware on the main floor. (Photo courtesy of Selwyn Township)

Devastating fire at Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield has been contained

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Lakefield community has come together to collect donations and assist families and pets displaced by the fire.
Smoke billows out of the historic building housing Kawartha Home Hardware at 24 Queen Street in downtown Lakefield on October 9, 2025. (Photo: Mike Quigg)

Fire engulfs Home Hardware store in downtown Lakefield

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Witnesses report the blaze began in the upper portion of the historic building and all occupants were able to get out safely.
Local musicians will perform a tribute to Toronto country-rock icons The Sadies on Friday night when Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough hosts the 3rd Annual Ptbo Salutes: The Sadies, with proceeds donated to charity in memory of founding member Dallas Good (front), who died from coronary illness in 2022 at the age of 48. (Photo: Ron Johnson)

nightlifeNOW – October 9 to 15

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Guests at the Lakeside Gala at The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough on October 4, 2025 listen to a speech by the museum's executive director Carolyn Hyslop and curator Jeremy Ward in the museum's atrium during the inaugural event that raised $150,000 in support of the not-for-profit museum and its programming. (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Canoe Museum)

Inaugural Lakeside Gala raises $150,000 for The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough

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Fundraising event on October 4 featured live music, fine cuisine, storytelling, auctions, the launch of an Inuit kayak build, and more.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway (third from left) accepts a cheque for $400,104.01 from Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival representing the proceeds raised at the 24th edition of the festival held on June 14, 2025 at Del Crary Park. The record-breaking donation exceeded the 2025 fundraising goal of $260,018.01 by over $140,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to $4.9 million for cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment in the Peterborough region. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival)

Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival raises record-breaking $400,104.01 for cancer care at Peterborough Regional Health...

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24th annual festival held on June 14 exceeded its fundraising goal by over $140,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to $4.9 million.
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