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Peterborough residents Carlotta James and Rodney Fuentes are part of a team planning the Monarch Ultra, a 4,200-kilometre relay run through Canada, the United States, and Mexico to raise awareness of the decline of the monarch butterfly, which makes the same journey every fall. The project will also include a documentary film about the run, and the group has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support an initial trip to ensure the planned route is safe. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)

Epic 4,200-km run from Peterborough to Mexico to raise awareness of threatened monarch butterfly

Carlotta James, Rodney Fuentes, Clay Williams, and Galen Brown launch Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for Monarch Ultra project

Bruce Head - October 20, 2018

A detail of "Rebirth and Resilience", the latest public art mural in the the City of Peterborough Public Art Program, which was officially unveiled today at the YES Shelter for Youth and Families building at 196 Brock Street in downtown Peterborough. The mural created by Toronto-based artists Caitlin Taguibao and Andrea Manica. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Latest Peterborough public art mural unveiled at YES Shelter

Herbie Barnes as Arthur Copper and Tracey Hoyt as Maureen Poole in the original Tarragon Theatre production of "Cottagers and Indians", Drew Hayden Taylor's light-hearted exploration of the real-life conflict between cottagers objecting to the production of wild rice in Pigeon Lake by James Whetung of Curve Lake First Nation. Barnes will reprise his role, with Brooke Johnson taking on the role of Maureen, in the touring version of the play, which will be performed at Curve Lake First Nation, Bobcaygeon, and Peterborough in October and November. (Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann)

Tarragon Theatre production of ‘Cottagers and Indians’ coming to the Kawarthas

Roger Neilson Public School principal Denise Humphries (right) cuts the ribbon on the Rotary Buddy Bench as Nate Loch, Rotarian Donna Geary, and Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha president Brian Prentice look on. Geary and her son Nate initiated the Rotary Buddy Bench program in Peterborough last year, donating a bench to St. Catherine's Catholic Elementary School in Peterborough. (Photo: Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha)

Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha donates another ‘buddy bench’ to a local school

Nominations for the Junior Achievement Peterborough Lakefield Muskoka 2019 Business Hall of Fame are now open. Pictured are seven of the 2018 inductees: Robert Gauvreau, Monika Carmichael, Carl Oake, Sally Harding, Alf and June Curtis, and Paul Bennett. The 2019 inductees will be announced in January. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Nominations open for 2019 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame

'A way to highlight greatness' while inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs

Paul Rellinger - October 18, 2018

Halifax-born singer-songwriter Leanne Hoffman from Exeter performs with Kenora singer-songwriter Brooklyn Doran at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, October 24th. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – October 18 to 24

It takes 2,650 litres of water to produce a single cotton t-shirt, and Canadians throw away more than 12 million tonnes of clothing and textiles every year, 95 per cent of which could be reused or recycled. Pictured is part of an interactive art installation about textile waste in Graffiti Alley of Toronto’s Fashion District created by Value Village Thift Store for "Textile Tuesday" during Waste Reduction Week, which takes place until October 21st. (Photo: Value Village / Instagram)

Waste Reduction Week encourages us to change our behaviour

Brant Basics founder Morris Cox (second from left, pictured in 2013 with his children and current Brant owners Jeff Cox, David Cox, and Susan Sharp) was named the Business Citizen of the Year at the Peterborough Business Excellence Awards ceremony at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 17, 2018. (Photo: Pat Trudeau)

Brant Basics founder Morris Cox named 2018 Business Citizen of the Year

This photo by Joe Yusiw of a Monday morning sunrise on Big Bald Lake in Kawartha Lakes was the top photo on our Instagram for September 2018. (Photo: Joe Yusiw @kawartha_joe / Instagram)

Our top nine Instagram photographers for September 2018

Every month, we share the work of local photographers from across the Kawarthas

Jeannine Taylor - October 16, 2018

Award-winning Canadian pianist Michael Kim will perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 2 with the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra at "Romantik", the premiere concert of the 2018-19 season at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough on November 3, 2018. (Photo: Ken Frazier)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra launches big, bold season with Romantik on November 3

Mi'kmaw poet, scholar, and activist Rebecca Thomas and comedian, speaker, author, instructor, and director Deborah Kimmett are the keynote speakers at the 2019 Peterborough International Women's Day Conference. Limited, discounted early bird tickets are now available for the popular conference.

Early bird tickets now available for Peterborough’s 2019 International Women’s Day Conference

A nightime rendering of Ashburnham Realty's proposed new luxury condo development on Crescent Street on the shores of Little Lake in Peterborough. (Supplied image)

businessNOW – October 15, 2018

News & Community

Epic 4,200-km run from Peterborough to Mexico to raise awareness of threatened monarch butterfly

Bruce Head - October 20, 2018

Carlotta James, Rodney Fuentes, Clay Williams, and Galen Brown launch Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for Monarch Ultra project.

Latest Peterborough public art mural unveiled at YES Shelter

October 19, 2018

Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha donates another ‘buddy bench’ to a...

October 18, 2018

Nominations open for 2019 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame

October 18, 2018

The 11th annual Beaver Club Gala, held at The Canadian Canoe Museum on October 13, 2018, has raised $110,000 for educational programming for children and youth at the museum. (Photo: The Canadian Canoe Museum)

Annual Beaver Club Gala raises $110,000 for The Canadian Canoe Museum

October 17, 2018

Our top nine Instagram photographers for September 2018

October 16, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

Tarragon Theatre production of ‘Cottagers and Indians’ coming to the Kawarthas

Sam Tweedle - October 19, 2018

Drew Hayden Taylor's light-hearted play about wild rice controversy to be performed in Curve Lake First Nation, Bobcaygeon, and Peterborough.

nightlifeNOW – October 18 to 24

October 18, 2018

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra launches big, bold season with Romantik on November...

October 16, 2018

Canadian musical couple Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida are bringing their musical collaboration "Moon vs. Sun" to Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough on October 23, 2018. (Publicity photo)

Husband-and-wife duo Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk are making sweet music...

October 14, 2018

Toronto fingerstyle guitarist and singer-songwriter Po' Boy Jeffreys (aka Jeffrey Dodman) returns to Peterborough to perform his country blues, folk, and ragtime with Dayna Pirso at a special Sunday evening show at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Sunday, October 14th. (Photo: Les Dodman)

nightlifeNOW – October 11 to 17

October 11, 2018

The cast of "Evil Dead The Musical" during a preview performance. The gory musical comedy returns to the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough for four performances from October 11 to 13. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Music and comedy … and demons and blood .. return to...

October 11, 2018

Business & Technology

Brant Basics founder Morris Cox named 2018 Business Citizen of the Year

kawarthaNOW - October 18, 2018

20 awards handed out to more than 50 businesses and people at Peterborough Business Excellence Awards ceremony at Showplace

Hppenstance Books & Yarns in Lakefield, pictured below in a painting by local artist Marilyn Goslin, is one of 27 finalists in the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's 2018 Awards of Excellence, which will be presented on Thursday, November 8th at Lakefield College School.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism –...

October 17, 2018

businessNOW – October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

Lakefield IDA Pharmacy is one of the first three businesses in Ontario to become a Hallmark Gold Crown store in a store location. (Photo: Lakefield IDA Pharmacy / Facebook)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism –...

October 10, 2018

The 2018 Peterborough Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards take place on Wednesday, October 17th at Showplace Performance Centre, one of many events across the Kawarthas during Small Business Week, which takes place this year from October 14th to 20th. (Photo: Peterborough Chamber of Commerce)

businessNOW – October 8, 2018

October 8, 2018

The annual McLean Pumpkinfest is opening this Thanksgiving weekend in Buckhorn, and will be taking place every weekend (Saturday and Sunday) until Sunday, October 28th. (Photo: McLean Berry Farm)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism –...

October 3, 2018

Lifestyle & Family

Waste Reduction Week encourages us to change our behaviour

GreenUP - October 18, 2018

Canadians throw out far too much food, clothing, plastics, and more.

Sandra Arciniega, owner of La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, has opened the Mexican marketplace Mercado La Hacienda, which features fresh gluten-free tortillas made with innovative and beautiful ingredients. (Photo: Eva Fisher / kawarthaNOW.com)

KNosh News – October 2018

October 9, 2018

Volunteers remove pavement at the corner of Brock St. and Park St. in Peterborough, where a busy walkway in front of The Wine Shoppe on Park was transformed in 2016 from asphalt into a beautiful garden to divert 200 cubic meters of stormwater. GreenUP's fourth and largest Depave Paradise project will take place at the new Downtown Vibrancy Project site at the south end of Millennium Park, behind the No Frills parking lot, on October 11 and 12, 2018. (Photo: GreenUP)

GreenUP seeking volunteers to help ‘Depave Paradise’ on October 11 and...

October 4, 2018

Brightly coloured Rudbeckia flowers bloom in front of the gazebo at GreenUP Ecology Park at 1899 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough. Enjoy a fall picnic, a stroll, or a bike ride through the trails and gardens at Ecology Park to take in the beauty of autumn. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

It’s time to ‘fall’ in love with Peterborough’s Ecology Park

September 27, 2018

Fall is the best time to take a nature hike in Peterborough & the Kawarthas. The bugs are gone, it's cooler, and you'll be surrounded by the brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds of native tress. Make sure to check out Robert Johnston EcoForest Trails in Douro-Dummer Township and, if you're in the City of Peterborough, the popular Jackson Creek Kiwanis Trail.

The ultimate Peterborough & the Kawarthas bucket list: 11 things to...

September 21, 2018

The Holy Cross Bee Club is a teacher-led group of 12 students who steward three hives at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School in Peterborough. At Myrtle's Kitchen at Peterborough Public Health on September 17, 2018, Holy Cross Bee Club member Emily Berardi uses a comb to uncap the honey cells in trays that were removed from the hives, before the trays are placed in a honey extractor to remove the honey using centrifugal force. Holy Cross Bee Club member Jacob Duda helps to drain honey from the honey extractor into buckets, that will then go through several stages of filtering. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Peterborough high school student beekeepers achieve sweet success

September 20, 2018

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