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The smoke forecast in eastern Canada and the northeastern U.S. for 2 p.m. on June 28, 2023. (Map via FireSmoke.ca)

Wildfire smoke will bring high air pollution levels to the Kawarthas overnight Tuesday

Special air quality statement is in effect for entire region due to smoke from forest fires in northeastern Ontario and Quebec.
Heavy rain coming out of a downspout. (Stock photo0

Localized heavy rainfall possible for Kawarthas region on Tuesday

Slow-moving showers or thunderstorms may produce 30 to 50 mm of rain in some areas.
Peterborough musicians Irish Millie and Nicholas Campbell are the joint recipients of the Peterborough Folk Festival's 2023 Emerging Artist Award. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Irish Millie and Nicholas Campbell are joint recipients of Peterborough Folk Festival’s 2023 Emerging...

Festival award recognizes fiddler and rockabilly guitarist for their skill, dedication, and artistic merit.
Peterborough's New Stages Theatre Company has announced its 2023-24 season, which includes an all-star cabaret tribute to founding artistic director Randy Read, pictured here performing in a 2017 production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre. Read stepped down as artistic director at the end of 2022, passing the reins to Mark Wallace. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Peterborough’s New Stages Theatre Company announces its biggest season yet

Subscription packages available for 2023-24 season featuring eight shows from October to June, including a holiday production and a week-long festival of new work.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

19-year-old man drowns in Otonabee River in Peterborough on Sunday night

Man had just recently arrived in Peterborough as an international student and was attending Fleming College.
Smoke from forest fires in Quebec hangs over the Township of Highlands East in Haliburton County on June 25, 2023. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Air quality statement for smoke in effect for northern Kawarthas Sunday

High levels of air pollution expected in Haliburton County and Hastings Highlands due to smoke from Quebec forest fires.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

One person dead after ATV rollover in Haliburton County Saturday afternoon

Driver and lone occupant of ATV pronounced dead at the scene west of Tory Hill in Highlands East Township.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

Two people seriously injured after vehicle rollover on Highway 35 in Haliburton County Saturday...

Southbound passenger vehicle crossed into northbound lanes and rolled in Minden Hills Township.
Cars in heavy rain

Rainfall warning in effect for southern Kawarthas region Saturday

Slow-moving heavy showers may bring 50 to 75 mm of rain to some areas.
Robyn Judd, a volunteer firefighter with Kawartha Lakes Fire Rescue Service, pictured on August 31, 2021 after she and two colleagues rescued a 12-year-old girl who had become trapped in an exhaust tunnel of the generator station at Elliot Falls in Norland while swimming. (Photo: Kawartha Lakes OPP)

Kawartha Lakes volunteer firefighter Robyn Judd awarded Ontario Medal for Firefighter Bravery

Judd, who rescued a 12-year-old girl trapped under the Elliot Falls dam in Norland, is one of 13 firefighters to receive 2022 award.

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