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A tree damaged by strong winds on a hydro line. (Stock photo)

Wind warning in effect for southern greater Kawarthas region on Saturday

Wind gusts up to 90 km/h expected in southern Peterborough, southern Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland

kawarthaNOW - December 3, 2022

"The Night Kitchen" by Samantha Chiusolo and "Statement House" by Brooklin Holbrough are two of the 10 illustrations of downtown Peterborough artists by five local artists for The Illustrated Boro Project. You can now purchase postcard sets of the 10 illustrations and also take a virtual tour. (Photos courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

The Illustrated Boro Project postcards available for purchase

Windsock blowing in strong winds on a cloudy day

Strong winds Saturday across greater Kawarthas region

Canadian blues and reggae rockers Big Sugar with frontman Gordie Johnson are performing on The Venue in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, December 7 as part of their 25th anniversary tour. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – December 1 to 7

Santa in a sleigh during a Santa Claus parade. (Stock photo)

Road closures in place during the Peterborough Santa Claus Parade on Saturday

City also releases information about parking, transit detours, and more

kawarthaNOW - December 1, 2022

The players and coaches of the Central Ontario Wolves under-13 team with some of the items they purchased on November 29, 2022 for local families in need. Front row: Dylan Hoare and Quinnton Bowler. Middle row: Gabe Stone, Caden Cousineau, Tyson Hawley, Marcus Kennedy, Gage Cooper-Bailey, Mason Quinn, Karter Brideau, Prestin Allen, Finn Ellery, Liam Williams, Stephen Hutchinson, Ethan Davidson, Cole Roberts, Kyler Lauder, and Brayden Evans. Back row: head coach Chad Birkhof and assistant coaches Doug Hinan, Denis Lemoire, and Mitch Madgett. (Photo courtesy of Central Ontario Wolves)

Young hockey players in the Kawarthas raise $1,350 to purchase gifts for families in need

Dr. Thomas Piggott is marking his one-year anniversary on the job as Peterborough's medical officer of health on December 1, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Health)

One year on, Peterborough’s medical officer of health is right where he wants to be

This holiday season, your stockings can hold the best gifts, including what's best for the planet. The GreenUP Store at 378 Aylmer Street North in downtown Peterborough has plenty of green gift options from local makers are more. Gift certificates are available in-store and online at shop.greenup.on.ca. (Photo: Kristen LaRocque)

Shop local and shop green with affordable stocking stuffers (and more) from Peterborough GreenUP

Anishinaabe professional and entrepreneur Steve DeRoy, who graduated from Fleming College in Lindsay in 1998, at the Premier's Awards gala event on November 28, 2022 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto. DeRoy received the 2022 Premier's Award in the technology category for his work since 2014 in training Indigenous community mappers, resulting in more than 3,000 Indigenous communities in Canada being added to Google Maps and Google Earth. (Photo courtesy of Fleming College)

Fleming College graduate and Anishinaabe entrepreneur Steve DeRoy receives Premier’s Award

DeRoy founded the Indigenous Mapping Collective that has trained more than 2,500 Indigenous community mappers since 2014

kawarthaNOW - November 30, 2022

Peterborough Petes players wearing past Pink in the Rink jerseys flank Petes general manager Michael Oke, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway, and Petes executive director Burton Lee during a media announcement for the 2023 Pink in the Rink campaign at PRHC on November 30, 2022. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

Peterborough Petes’ annual Pink In The Rink fundraising campaign to celebrate and honour local hockey moms

The Market, a family-owned small business at 112 Queen Street in Lakefield, is giving its customers a break on the rising price of lettuce by selling it at cost. (Photo: The Market / Facebook)

The Market in Lakefield gives its customers a break on the high cost of lettuce

25-year-old man dead after vehicle strikes tree in Peterborough

News & Community

Wind warning in effect for southern greater Kawarthas region on Saturday

kawarthaNOW - December 3, 2022

Wind gusts up to 90 km/h expected in southern Peterborough, southern Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland.

Strong winds Saturday across greater Kawarthas region

December 2, 2022

Road closures in place during the Peterborough Santa Claus Parade on Saturday

December 1, 2022

Young hockey players in the Kawarthas raise $1,350 to purchase gifts for families in need

December 1, 2022

One year on, Peterborough’s medical officer of health is right where he wants to be

December 1, 2022

Keep It In The Kawarthas

Shop local and shop green with affordable stocking stuffers (and more) from Peterborough GreenUP

GreenUP - December 1, 2022

The GreenUP Store carries a curated selection of sustainable products as well as handcrafted goods from over 40 local makers.

The Market in Lakefield gives its customers a break on the high cost of lettuce

November 30, 2022

Oake Family Tree Farm in Peterborough County is one of seven tree farms in the greater Kawarthas region where you can harvest your own tree in 2022. There are also three tree farms in Clarington just outside of the Kawarthas region. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Oake Family Tree Farm Facebook video)

Where to get locally grown Christmas trees in the greater Kawarthas region in 2022

November 29, 2022

The "8 at the Guild" fine art and craft show, taking place at the Peterborough Theatre Guild during the December 2022 First Friday Peterborough art crawl, features works by artists (left to right, top to bottom) Thomas Aitken and Kate Hyde, Christy Haldane, Bea Quarrie, Kira Robertson, Susan Rankin, Lisa Martini-Dunk, David Smith, and Diana Collins Wilkes. (Supplied photos)

Find unique local artwork for the holiday season at December’s First Friday Peterborough

November 27, 2022

For every holiday shopping passport you complete by shopping locally at 150 downtown Peterborough businesses this holiday season, you have a chance to win one of three early bird draws for a $500 Boro gift card during December and a $1,500 Boro gift card grand prize in January. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Holiday Shopping Passports and Holiday Window contest return to downtown Peterborough

November 14, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

The Illustrated Boro Project postcards available for purchase

kawarthaNOW - December 2, 2022

Five local artists created 10 illustrations of downtown Peterborough businesses.

nightlifeNOW – December 1 to 7

December 1, 2022

The Peterborough Theatre Guild production of Cummins and Scoullar's "The Little Prince" features a cast of 25 children and youth and one adult. Based on the novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the musical runs for eight matinee and evening performances from December 2 to 10, 2022, at the Guild Hall in Peterborough's East City, with a special performance with enhanced COVID protocoals on December 9. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Young performers give new life to ‘The Little Prince’ at the Peterborough Theatre Guild

November 29, 2022

A holiday tradition returns to Showplace Performance Centre when the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra presents "A Holiday Welcome" featuring special musical guest James Westman on December 10, 2022. Pictured is the orchestra with guest artists Bradley Christensen and the Toronto Children's Chorus at its last holiday concert before the pandemic, "Christmas Fantasia" in December 2019. (Photo: Huw Morgan)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concert tradition returns to Showplace on December 10

November 26, 2022

Texas-based singer-songwriter Carson McHone backed by Daniel Romano's Outfit will be performing at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Sunday evening, with opener Steven Lambke of the Constantines accompanied by Michael C. Duguay. (Photo: Colin Medley)

nightlifeNOW – November 24 to 30

November 24, 2022

Local Business

Filomena Tassi (middle), the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), toured TS Manufacturing Company in Lindsay on November 25, 2022 after announcing an investment of over $1.5 million in the family-owned forest products industry manufacturer. Tassi later announced an investment of over $1 million in the Pinnguaq Association, a not-for-profit organization headquarted in Iqaluit and Lindsay that works with rural, remote, and Indigenous communities to improve digital literacy and digital skills. (Photo: FedDev Ontario / Facebook)

FedDev Ontario investing more than $2.5 million in Lindsay manufacturer and Lindsay not-for-profit organization

kawarthaNOW - November 25, 2022

TS Manufacturing Company receiving $1.5 million and Pinnguaq Association receiving over $1 million.

New entrepreneurship centre opening in Kawartha Lakes in November

November 8, 2022

Nominations are open for the Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario 2023 Business Hall of Fame in both Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough. (Graphic: JA-NEO)

Nominations open for inaugural Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame for Kawartha Lakes

October 27, 2022

Matt Strano, CEO of Peterborough-based cleaning products company Charlotte Products Ltd., speaks after being named Business Citizen of the Year at the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's 19th annual Business Excellence Awards at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 19, 2022. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Matt Strano named Peterborough and the Kawarthas Business Citizen of the Year

October 20, 2022

An example of a commercial waste system designed to maximize waste diversion. Colour-coded bins, restrictive openings, bins placed close together, and clear signage are all identified as key opportunities to increase stream separation, resulting in less material headed to landfill. (Photo courtesy of Busch Systems)

Waste management provides opportunities for Peterborough businesses

October 20, 2022

Lifestyle & Family

Peterborough GreenUP's Climate Change Resource for Schools is a blueprint for local educators to integrate climate education into the school curriculum to help them teach students about climate change and how to address it. Active school travel is a climate action that students and schools can explore to shape how students travel to and from school in safe and active ways. (Photo: GreenUP)

Peterborough GreenUP’s climate action resource for schools helps empower a climate-literate generation

GreenUP - November 17, 2022

Recent study found less than half of 500 Canadian students surveyed had learned about climate change at school.

This photo of a rocky shore on Lower Buckhorn Lake was our top post on Instagram for October 2022. (Photo: Memtyme @memtyme / Instagram)

Our top nine Instagram photographers for October 2022

November 13, 2022

Come springtime, rain barrels can work in tandem with a rain garden to provide you with curb appeal, vegetable growing capabilities, and reduced risk of flooding. What's not to like? If you already have a rain barrel, a few simple steps to prepare it for winter storage will ensure your rain barrel is ready to do its job again next year. (Photo: GreenUP)

Get your rain barrel ready for the spring by winterizing it now

November 3, 2022

The nine-hole disc golf course at Ken Reid Conservation Area near Lindsay is being designed by Huntsville-based Fluent Disc Sport, who say conservation areas and provincial parks can be ideal homes for disc golf courses since, unlike traditional golf, smooth ground surfaces and manicured fairways are not needed. (Photo: Fluent Disc Sport)

Nine-hole disc golf course coming to Ken Reid Conservation Area near Lindsay

November 2, 2022

Adam McInroy and his team at McInroy and Associates Private Wealth Management in Bobcaygeon can help you achieve peace of mind when it comes to your investment portfolio so you can enjoy your retirement. Recent research has found households that retained their financial advisor saw the value of their assets increase almost 15% more than households that decided to abandon their advisor and go it alone. (Stock photo)

McInroy and Associates Private Wealth Management helps clients avoid sleepless nights

November 1, 2022

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