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A collaboration between the City of Peterborough, One City Peterborough, the United Way Peterborough and District, and the Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network (PPRN), the Trinity Community Centre opened in November 2023 and provides services for people who are marginalized, unsheltered, or both, offering a daytime drop-in program with meals as well as an overnight program. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough police to arrest illicit drug users in Trinity Community Centre neighbourhood

Police are suspending their 'Safer Public Spaces' approach in the area due to a dramatic increase in calls for service

Bruce Head - November 20, 2024

A lone skate on the Trent-Severn Waterway canal below the Peterborough Lift Lock in January 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

No skating on Trent Canal among budget reductions recommended by Peterborough city council

On November 19, 2024, City of Kawartha Lakes council approved naming the osprey as the municipality's official bird. (Photo courtesy of City of Kawartha Lakes)

City of Kawartha Lakes council names osprey as municipality’s official bird

Su Ditta, executive director of the not-for-profit arts organization Electric City Culture Council (EC3), addressed Peterborough city council on November 12, 2024 as one of many delegations objecting to a proposed 25 per cent cut to 75 arts and social services organizations in the city's draft 2025 budget. A week later, only hours after voting to reverse those cuts, council voted to defund EC3 in 2025. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council votes to defund Electric City Culture Council in 2025

A leading Indigenous dance company, Dancers of Damelahamid is bringing their latest production "Raven Mother" to Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough for one night only at 7:30 p.m. on November 26, 2024. Described by Public Energy Performing Arts as the company's "most ambitious production" to date and marking their first performance in Peterborough, "Raven Mother" combines movement, song, regalia, sculpture, and design in honour of the company's late co-founder, Cree Elder Margaret Harris. (Photo: Michael Slobodian)

Indigenous dance company Dancers of Damelahamid making Peterborough debut with ‘Raven Mother’

Presented by Public Energy Performing Arts, November 26 performance at Market Hall honours dance company's co-founder Elder Margaret Harris

Megan Gallant - November 19, 2024

During its budget deliberations on November 19, 2024, Peterborough city council meeting as general committee voted against the 25 per cent funding cut to 75 arts and social services organizations proposed in the 2025 draft budget. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Peterborough city council votes against 25% funding cut to 75 arts and social services organizations

Holly Butler is the manager of Iceman Video Games in downtown Peterborough, the second location of the business originally founded by her parents in 1992 in Mississauga. Along with new and used video games, the family-owned independent business also sells figures, comic books, and more. (Photo courtesy of Iceman Video Games)

Shop the Boro: Buy new games and trade in your used ones at Peterborough’s Iceman Video Games

Parents Julie and Aaron Grant and their son Jude are being featured in a new promotional campaign recently launched by Five Counties Children's Centre. The regional children's treatment centre supports Jude and other children with special needs in the Kawartha Lakes and in Peterborough, Northumberland, and Haliburton counties. In 2023, Five Counties received a $135,200 grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation to implement new fundraising and communications strategies. (Photo courtesy of Five Counties Children's Centre)

Parents praise Five Counties Children’s Centre for impact on their son’s development

Communities across the Kawarthas region will be gathering for festive and family-fun celebrations in the weeks leading up to Christmas. One such festivity will be Port Hope's annual Candlelight Festival, being held from November 29, 2024 to January 2, 2025. (Photo: Ken Solilo)

Deck the halls with these holiday events in the Kawarthas region

From non-profit auctions to art exhibits, festivals, and fundraisers, there are many community events to get you in the holiday spirit

Megan Gallant - November 18, 2024

Representatives of the Peterborough Humane Society and Peterborough-based creative agency Unmanned were in New Orleans at the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement's annual conference on November 18, 2024 to receive the People's Choice Wagsies Award and $20,000 for animals in need for the 2023 "Never Too Late" video. The annual Wagsies Animal Welfare Video Awards are presented by the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and the Hill's Food, Shelter & Love program. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Humane Society)

Peterborough Humane Society’s video wins People’s Choice Wagsies Award and $20,000 for animals in need

Sharron Wharram-Spry and Brian Spry of Spry Family Christmas Tree Farm in Cobourg will be hosting their 10th and final fundraiser for Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation on December 7, 2024, with proceeds helping fund the purchase of a hematology analyzer for the hospital's laboratory. (Photo courtesy of Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation)

Northumberland residents can find the perfect Christmas tree while supporting local healthcare

Kawartha Rotary's annual Christmas Auction raises funds to support a variety of community projects in Peterborough. In October 2024, Brock Mission's Primary Care Clinic, which offers medical care for anyone experiencing homelessness, celebrated the opening of a much-needed washroom made possible with funding from the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha and the Peterborough Family Health Team. Pictured from left to right are nurse practitioner Lee-Anne Quinn, Kawartha Rotary president Dean Ostrander, Peterborough Family Health Team CEO Duff Sprague, Peterborough Street Medicine physician Dr. John Beamish, and Brian O'Toole and Wendy Swain of Kawartha Rotary's major projects committee. (Photo courtesy of Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha)

2024 Kawartha Rotary Christmas Auction returns to benefit meaningful community projects in Peterborough

Peterborough police to arrest illicit drug users in Trinity Community Centre neighbourhood

Bruce Head - November 20, 2024

Police are suspending their 'Safer Public Spaces' approach in the area due to a dramatic increase in calls for service.

No skating on Trent Canal among budget reductions recommended by Peterborough city council

November 20, 2024

City of Kawartha Lakes council names osprey as municipality’s official bird

November 20, 2024

Peterborough city council votes to defund Electric City Culture Council in 2025

November 20, 2024

Peterborough city council votes against 25% funding cut to 75 arts and social services organizations

November 19, 2024

Shop the Boro: Buy new games and trade in your used ones at Peterborough’s Iceman Video Games

Megan Gallant - November 19, 2024

Managed by Holly Butler, the family owned and operated independent downtown shop also sells figures, comic books, and more.

Bobbie Broon Home is a family-run home and lifestyle e-commerce business based in Peterborough. Founded by Christine Brown (right) and supported by her adult daughters Ceilie (left) and Emma, the store is named after and inspired by Christine's late father Robert, who always purchased built-to-last products for the home. The store offers sustainable, locally made, and Fair Trade products including handmade pillows, linens, candles, soaps, scarves, and more. (Photo courtesy of Bobbie Broon Home)

Know Your Locals: Turn your home into a cozy space with sustainable Canadian-made goods from Bobbie Broon Home

November 16, 2024

Located in downtown Peterborough, Tiny Greens Plant Shop is a family-run oasis for plant lovers in Peterborough. As well as being stocked with both common and rare plants, decorative pots and planting kits, and growing supplies and accessories, the shop also has a planting studio where you can get creative on your own with a planting project, joining a guided workshop, or booking the studio for a group. To give back to the community, owner Tina Bromley has recently launched a customizable fundraising model to support local organizations in their initiatives. (Photo: Tiny Greens)

Know Your Locals: Peterborough’s Tiny Greens Plant Shop is a plant lover’s oasis

October 29, 2024

Well known in Peterborough for his community support, philanthropy, and tireless promotion of the arts, as well as his creative endeavours as a musician and writer, David Goyette launched Gallery Goyette in 2013 upon finding a new passion in abstract painting. The Lakefield artist is celebrating an eventful month in October 2024 as his work is being included in a fundraiser for the Art Gallery of Peterborough, his exhibition at the Bridgenorth Public Library has been extended, he has joined an international online art gallery, and he has received even more local accolades. (Photo: Victoria Pearce)

Know Your Locals: Lakefield’s David Goyette proves it’s never too late to find a new passion

October 10, 2024

Peterborough native Steve Nicholls is the managing partner at Billyard Insurance Group Peterborough, helping residents across Ontario find home, auto, travel, and business insurance within their budget. In the past three years, the small team has garnered nothing but five-star reviews for their attention to customer service and community-oriented approach. (Photo courtesy of Billyard Insurance Group Peterborough)

Know Your Locals: Steve Nicholls celebrates three years of Billyard Insurance Group Peterborough

October 8, 2024

Indigenous dance company Dancers of Damelahamid making Peterborough debut with ‘Raven Mother’

Megan Gallant - November 19, 2024

Presented by Public Energy Performing Arts, November 26 performance at Market Hall honours dance company's co-founder Elder Margaret Harris.

After a successful holiday show last December, Peterborough's New Stages Theatre is staging another twist on a favourite festive tale from December 11 to 15, 2024 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. Katie Leamen's "A Christmas Carol Comedy" transforms the classic tale by Charles Dickens into a hilarious two-person production, with Linda Kash as the Christmas-hating Scrooge and Kerry Griffin as every other character. Directed by Mark Wallace, the actors are joined by local legend Beau Dixon as musical director, who will lead a holiday sing-along ahead of each performance and will also provide musical accompaniment for the play. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Bah humbug! Linda Kash gets miserly in New Stages Theatre’s production of ‘A Christmas Carol Comedy’

November 16, 2024

Dub poet Chet Singh is releasing his latest album "Age of Rage" at The Pig's Ear in downtown Peterborough on November 17, 2024. The Jamaican-born Lakefield resident and Centennial College professor will perform with his longtime collaborators Caylie and Gerhard Gepard along with special guest Lillian Allen, Toronto's poet laureate. (Photo courtesy of Chet Singh)

Dub poet Chet Singh still has much to say on his sixth album

November 15, 2024

The headliners at the Peterborough Musicians Benevolent Association's monthly show at The Social in downtown Peterborough on Saturday afternoon are Al Black and the Steady Band (Andy Pryde on bass, Al Black on drums, and Gary Peeples on guitar) featuring Jim Usher on sax and special guest Sean Daniels on keyboards, with Sam Allison aka Lotus Wight as the spotlight musician. (Photo: Al Black & Steady Band / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – November 14 to 20

November 14, 2024

Linette Doherty, Kerry Griffin, Jennine Profeta, Kelly Burrows, Dave Pearce, Chris Gibbs, and Maya Doherty star in Globus Theatre's festive murder mystery dinner theatre experience "Murder at the Snowball Ball," which runs for six performances at the Lakeview Arts Barn from November 14 to 23, 2024. (Graphic: Globus Theatre)

Help solve a festive ballroom murder mystery at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon

November 13, 2024

Easy and affordable ways Peterborough businesses can increase their energy efficiency

GreenUP - November 14, 2024

By implementing low-cost solutions and encouraging energy-conserving habits, businesses can reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint.

Alex Bilyan, chief sales officer and co-founder of WorkScore.ai, was the winner of $10,000 at the Innovation Cluster's LevelUP Pitch Competition at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on November 6, 2024. WorkScore.ai is an platform powered by artificial intelligence and smart wristbands for warehouse workers that identifies inefficiencies in warehouse operations. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

AI-powered warehouse efficiency platform wins Innovation Cluster’s LevelUP Pitch Competition

November 7, 2024

Peterborough marketer, volunteer, and fundraiser Phillip Jolicoeur was named Business Citizen of the Year at the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's annual Business Excellence Awards at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 29, 2024. (Photo: Phillip Jolicoeur / Facebook)

Marketer, volunteer, and fundraiser Phillip Jolicoeur named Peterborough’s Business Citizen of the Year

October 30, 2024

Applications for the Starter Company Growth Program, a provincially funded entreprenurial training and grant program for small businesses administered by the Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (BECN), are open until November 22, 2024. Pictured is Beverley Shepherd, founder and owner of Verano Food Holdings and a previous Starter Company participant. (Photo: BECN / Facebook)

Small businesses in Northumberland County encouraged to apply for Starter Company Growth Program

October 29, 2024

Sam Sayer and Owen Walsh, who run the Love you, Mean it restaurant in downtown Peterborough, are two of the 24 local entrepreneurs operating 21 businesses that are participating in Community Futures Peterborough's first intake of the provincially funded Starter Company Plus program. The not-for-profit organization, which is the new home of the Business Advisory Centre previously delivered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development, announced the participants at a media event in the lobby of the Venture North building in downtown Peterborough on October 25, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

21 local businesses to participate in Community Futures Peterborough’s revamped Starter Company Plus program

October 25, 2024

Deck the halls with these holiday events in the Kawarthas region

Megan Gallant - November 18, 2024

From non-profit auctions to art exhibits, festivals, and fundraisers, there are many community events to get you in the holiday spirit.

Santa of course! Father Christmas will be coming to Millbrook on December 7, 2024 for the annual Christmas in the Village celebration. Taking place this year for a full day on Saturday, the event kicks off with Breakfast with Santa in the morning at the Millbrook Legion and continues throughout the day with a vendor market, live music, holiday mini photo sessions, and more, until a tree-lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. with a roast beef dinner at the Legion from 5 to 7 p.m. (Photo: Marjorie McDonald)

Celebrate the season when Christmas in the Village returns to Millbrook on December 7

November 17, 2024

Volunteers in front of a row of birch and black cherry trees along the fence at Trinity Community Centre in Peterborough on September 10, 2024. GreenUP, along with Trinity Community Centre guests and One City Peterborough staff, devised a planting plan to manage storm water, increase food security, and create shade. It was one of several projects that led to the planting of more than 1,500 trees this year in Peterborough. (Photo: Laura Keresztesi / GreenUP)

Peterborough GreenUP supported the planting of more than 1,500 trees in 2024

November 7, 2024

Five Counties Children's Centre staff member Hayley Hodges wants to help break down barriers to make Halloween accessible for children of all abilities, in part from her own personal experiences when trick-or-treating as a child in a wheelchair. (Photo: Five Counties Children's Centre)

Putting our ‘all’ into Halloween makes for a more inclusive experience

October 25, 2024

From trick-or-treating to haunted walks and ghost tours to themed fundraisers, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Halloween in 2024 across the Kawarthas region, including viewing the spooky home displays at 4 Payne Crescent in Port Hope, which will again offer a Victorian witches tea display for the second year on Halloween night. (Photo courtesy of Laura Farmer)

Spook-tacular events to celebrate Halloween in the Kawarthas region

October 22, 2024

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