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Peterborough's NV Media Productions is rebranding as 705 Creative. Pictured is the team at 705 Creative: graphic designer Emma Scott, co-founders Bianca Nucaro-Viteri and Mercedez Nucaro, and web designer and digital marketer Andrew Revoy. (Photo courtesy of 705 Creative)

businessNOW – May 21, 2019

Featuring 705 Creative, Peterborough County Recognition Awards, Canadian Canoe Museum, Eastern Ontario Regional Network, and more

Bruce Head - May 21, 2019

Washboard Hank is one of many Peterborough musicians who will be performing at the "Awesome and Then Some" benefit concert at Showplace Performance Centre on the afternoon of Sunday, May 26th. The show will raise funds for autism research at three Ontario universities. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)

Autism research benefit concert on May 26 promises to be ‘Awesome And Then Some’

The 2019 Great Gilmour Street Garage Sale takes place on Saturday, May 25th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Photo: Linda McIlwain)

Great Gilmour Street Garage Sale is back for its 29th year on Saturday

Lang Pioneer Village Museum, the award-winning living history museum in Keene, opens during the week for its 52nd season on May 21, 2019, and will open daily beginning on Sunday, June 16th with the 23rd annual Father's Day Smoke & Steam Show. Pictured is the museum's carpenter shop. (Photo courtesy of Lang Pioneer Village Museum)

19th-century history comes back to life when Lang Pioneer Village reopens on May 21

If you're looking for Victoria Day fireworks, you can get them at the Kinsmen Club of Peterborough's 26th Annual Fireworks Sale at John Dewar's Autosource at 1175 Lansdowne Street West in, Peterborough. Proceeds support the Peterborough Kinsmen Education Fund that provides eight bursaries to local high school graduates pursuing post-secondary education.

What’s open and closed on Victoria Day 2019

Holiday hours for 265 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas

kawarthaNOW - May 18, 2019

The Centennial Fountain in Little Lake in downtown Peterborough was turned on for the 2019 season on Friday, May 17th. Now maintained by City of Peterborough, the fountain was planned and built in 1967 by local businessmen. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Summer is coming! Peterborough’s Centennial Fountain switched on for 2019 season

Hamilton folk singer-songwriter Gillian Nicola, who has just released her debut record "Dried Flowers", performs at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednsdsay, May 22nd, with special guest Evangeline Gentle. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – May 16 to 22

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hawksley Workman's new album "Median Age Wasteland" is about the obsession with youth in the music industry. The 44-year-old Juno Award winner is performing at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on May 23, 2019. (Publicity photo)

Ever-busy Hawksley Workman bringing his new music to the Market Hall in Peterborough on May 23

A bumblebee sits atop a coneflower, a native wildflower that is an excellent source of nectar for many pollinators, and adds natural beauty to any garden. GreenUP Ecology Park specializes in carrying native plants and locally adapted species. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Bring nature back into your garden this year with native plants

Many varieties available at GreenUP Ecology Park Garden Market, which opens for 2019 growing season with annual plant sale on May 18th

GreenUP - May 16, 2019

One of two playful river otters in Buckhorn from a video by The Highlands Cottages that was the top post on our Instagram for April 2019. Watch the video in our story to see the two otters having fun in the early spring snow. (Photo: The Highlands Cottages @thehighlandscottages / Instagram)

Our top nine Instagram photographers for April 2019

Lock 32 of the Trent-Severn Waterway in Bobcaygeon. Due to high water levels and flows, Parks Canada has delayed the opening of the Trent-Severn Waterway for the 2019 season by one week until Friday, May 24th. (Photo: Parks Canada)

Opening of Trent-Severn Waterway delayed one week until May 24

Martin, Denise, and Charles Pick with Dr. Rardi van Heest at the official dedication of the new Martin and Denise Pick Learning Centre at Peterborough Regional Health Centre on May 14, 2019. They toured the clinical training room, where a simulation of minimally invasive surgical training was demonstrated. (Photo: Natasha Roulston / Peterborough Regional Health Centre)

New state-of-the-art learning centre at Peterborough Regional Health Centre will enhance training and education

News & Community

Great Gilmour Street Garage Sale is back for its 29th year on Saturday

kawarthaNOW - May 20, 2019

Peterborough's biggest and most popular street sale takes place May 25, 2019.

What’s open and closed on Victoria Day 2019

May 18, 2019

Summer is coming! Peterborough’s Centennial Fountain switched on for 2019 season

May 17, 2019

Our top nine Instagram photographers for April 2019

May 15, 2019

Opening of Trent-Severn Waterway delayed one week until May 24

May 15, 2019

New state-of-the-art learning centre at Peterborough Regional Health Centre will enhance...

May 15, 2019

Arts & Entertainment

Autism research benefit concert on May 26 promises to be ‘Awesome And Then Some’

Paul Rellinger - May 20, 2019

Sean Eyre and Morris Turney host family-friendly fundraiser at Showplace Performance Centre featuring long-time Peterborough musicians.

nightlifeNOW – May 16 to 22

May 16, 2019

Ever-busy Hawksley Workman bringing his new music to the Market Hall...

May 16, 2019

The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra brings its 2018-19 season to a close on May 25th with "Witches' Sabbath", a performance of Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique" (1830) and Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 100. Pictured is Maestro Michael Newnham conducting the orchestra during its "Classical Roots" concert on February 2, 2019. (Photo: Huw Morgan)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra season finale features passionate and explosive works by...

May 12, 2019

Juno award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hawksley Workman performs at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on May 23, 2019. (Publicity photo)

musicNOW – May 2019

May 11, 2019

Toronto alt-rockers Future History (Kevin Ker, Justin Dillon, Todd Larter, Sarah Carmosino, and Braedon Garret) will be performing at The Twisted Wheel in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, May 11th in support of their new record "For", with special guests Say Ritual and Tijuana Jesus. (Photo: Mike Guymer)

nightlifeNOW – May 9 to 15

May 9, 2019

Business & Technology

businessNOW – May 21, 2019

Bruce Head - May 21, 2019

Featuring 705 Creative, Peterborough County Recognition Awards, Canadian Canoe Museum, Eastern Ontario Regional Network, and more.

Applications are now open for the Summer Company program, Ontario's flagship youth entrepreneurship program delivered locally by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. The program connects students aged 15 to 29 with training, mentorship, and funding to start a summer business. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

businessNOW – May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019

Cambium Consulting & Engineering) along with the panel of judges (Stuart Harrison, Sally Harding, Jonathan Bennett, Raymond Yip Choy, and Jeff Taylor). The three finalists will make a private presentation to the Community Futures Peterborough board on June 18th, and the winner (who will receive a repayable loan of $100,000 with no interest for three years) will be announced on June 26th. (Photo: Community Futures Peterborough / Facebook)

businessNOW – May 6, 2019

May 6, 2019

Dylan Trepanier of Alexander Optical and Cheryl Gould of Electric Juice Factory have won the 2019 Bears' Lair Entrepreneurial Competition, with each taking home a cash prize of $8,350. The final pitch event was held on April 30, 2019 at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bianca Nucaro / kawarthaNOW.com)

Alexander Optical and Electric Juice Factory win the 2019 Bears’...

April 30, 2019

The six finalists of the 2019 Bears' Lair entrepreneurial competition (Transit One, AVROD, Alexander Optical, Electric Juice Factory, Emily Mae's Cookies & Sweets, and PedalBoro) are competing for two cash prizes at the final pitch event on April 30th at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019

Dana Empey, chair of the board of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development (PKED), in a screenshot from the economic development organization's "2018 year in review" video. Empey was one of the speakers at PKED's annual gneeral meeting, held on April 25, 2019 in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development aims to grow region’s high-tech...

April 26, 2019

Lifestyle & Family

19th-century history comes back to life when Lang Pioneer Village reopens on May 21

kawarthaNOW - May 19, 2019

Award-winning museum in Keene redesigns, renovates, and launches two new events for its 52nd season.

Bring nature back into your garden this year with native plants

May 16, 2019

Chefs Eric Boyar from SixThirtyNine in Woodstock and Tyler Scott from Rare Grill House in Peterborough preparing their rainbow trout dish for the Terroir Symposium's Rural Retreat at South Pond Farms in Pontypool on May 7, 2019. (Photo: Eva Fisher / kawarthaNOW.com)

KNosh News – May 2019

May 14, 2019

Bike riding is an excellent way for all ages to build a little physical activity into the day and it's a lot of fun too. (Photo: Lindsay Stroud)

Want to promote active living? Bikes can do that.

May 9, 2019

Customers at last year's GreenUP Ecology Park Plant Sale show off their plant purchases. This year, this annual fundraiser for Ecology Park will be held on Saturday, May 18th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Attention all gardeners! The GreenUP Ecology Park Annual Plant Sale returns...

May 2, 2019

DeNureTours offers "Your Way" vacation opportunities where guests have the freedom of independent travel, while avoiding the logistical hassles of managing a trip. DeNureTours of Lindsay is offering three "Your Way" itineraries, which all run in the same style, to New York (six days), Nashville (pictured, six days), and Chicago (five days). (Supplied photo)

DeNureTours ‘Your Way’ vacations let you experience New York, Nashville and...

April 30, 2019

Visit our special editorial section for the 2018-19 Women's Business Network of Peterborough

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