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Joel Wiebe and Terry Gueil of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) with Theresa Foley of Showplace Performance Centre, Jonathan Moreno of Wild Rock Outfitters, and James and Lena Wallwork of Lift Lock Escape, at the launch of the 2018 Holiday Shopping Passport Program at Wild Rock Outfitters on November 12, 2018. Showplace and Lift Lock Escape are two of the new organizations and businesses participating in this year's program. (Supplied photo)

Showplace and Market Hall participating in this year’s Holiday Shopping Passport program

Program rewarding downtown Peterborough shoppers features 144 local businesses and organizations

kawarthaNOW - November 12, 2018

The Innovation Cluster and Trent Business Students Association have teamed up to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week this week with a series of events, including the Pitch It! entrepreneurial competition for Trent University and Fleming College students on November 15, 2018. Pictured are the winners of the 2017 Pitch It! entrepreneurial competition, where five teams each took home $500. (Photo courtesy of the Innovation Cluster)

businessNOW – November 12, 2018

Jeremy Hannan pitching the CobraMask, a full-face combination mask and snorkel, on CBC Television's Dragons' Den. The Whitby entrepreneur, whose family summers on Katchewanooka Lake at Young's Point north of Peterborough, will appear on the November 15, 2018 episode of the popular business reality show. (Photo: CBC Television)

Local entrepreneur dives into CBC Dragons’ Den with his full-face snorkelling mask

Ballet Jörgen's "The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition", featuring professional dancers as well as a selection of local youth dancers, will be performed on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Jim Orgill)

Ballet Jörgen’s ‘The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition’ returns to Showplace on November 29

The unlikely trio of "Shrek: The Musical": Elizabeth Moody as Princess Fiona, Rowan Lamoureaux as Shrek, and Lindsay Barr as Donkey. The St. James Players production of the Tony-nominated musical runs from November 8 to 17 at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Charming and fun ‘Shrek: The Musical’ contains uplifting message of unity and acceptance

St. James Players family-friendly production runs November 9 to 17 at Showplace in Peterborough

Sam Tweedle - November 9, 2018

The recipients of the 2018 Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's Awards of Excellence on stage at Bryan Jones Theatre at Lakefield College School on November 8, 2018. Cindy Windover (front row, third from left) was named Citizen of the Year. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Cindy Windover is the Kawartha Chamber’s 2018 Citizen of the Year

Formed in Australia and based in Victoria BC, folk-pop trio Belle Miners (Felicia Harding, Marina Avros, and Jaime Jackett) perform at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, November 10, 2018 with Melody Ryan and Blue Hazel. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – November 8 to 14

Fleshy Thud's Ryan Kerr performs in his new play "Unexploded Ordnance" which runs from November 8 to 11, 2018 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll for Public Energy)

Ryan Kerr remembers The Great War with an emotional personal journey in ‘Unexploded Ordnance’

Fallen leaves make for a beautiful sight in the Heritage Park neighbourhood in Peterborough. Leaves left on the ground over the winter are also beneficial for protecting plants and providing overwintering sites for insects and hibernating animals. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Tired of raking? Make your fallen leaves work for you this autumn

Leave them for insects and animals, mulch them for your garden, compost them, or use them for a no-dig garden

GreenUP - November 8, 2018

The Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market opened on Saturday, November 3rd at its new winter location in Peterborough Square in downtown Peterborough. The indoor market runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday from November to April and includes the same features as the summer outdoor market, including products from local primary producers (pictured is Brian Allin of Allin's Orchards), prepared food, artisan products, live music, and a children's area. (Photo: Barb Shaw / kawarthaNOW.com)

Vendors put down roots in new indoor space for Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market

Community Futures Peterborough is now located in the Venture North building in downtown Peterborough, bringing the economic development organization under the same roof as partner organizations including the Innovation Cluster, Community Futures Ontario East, and Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development. This will help Community Futures connect its clients to to the business development services and programs offered at Venture North. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

‘It’s all under one roof’ with Community Futures Peterborough’s move to Venture North

Canadian singer-songwriter Craig Cardiff performs an intimate show at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough on November 11, 2018. (Publicity photo)

Craig Cardiff is the people’s singer-songwriter

News & Community

Showplace and Market Hall participating in this year’s Holiday Shopping Passport program

kawarthaNOW - November 12, 2018

Program rewarding downtown Peterborough shoppers features 144 local businesses and organizations.

Kawartha Lakes police warn Lindsay retailers of distraction-style thefts

November 7, 2018

Vendors put down roots in new indoor space for Peterborough Regional...

November 6, 2018

The RONA store at 157 Chemong Road in Peterborough is closing, along with the Lakefield store, as part of an announcement by parent company Lowe's that 31 stores will be closed across Canada. The stores will be closed by February 2019. (Photo: Google Maps)

RONA stores in Peterborough and Lakefield to close

November 5, 2018

Fairhaven resident Joe Sullivan, 98, displays a montage of medals related to his war service. Sullivan was one of the Canadian assault troops in the 3rd Canadian Division of the Canadian Army who landed on Juno Beach in Normandy during the Allied invasion of German-occupied France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, which led to the liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation on May 8, 1945. In 2015, Joseph Sullivan was awarded the French National Order of the Legion of Honour (bottom left) in recognition of his war service. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)

Juno Beach still a clear memory for 98-year-old WWII veteran Joseph...

November 4, 2018

A man has died after police approached his pickup truck on Tuckers Road, off Highway 28 north of Apsley. (Photo: Google Maps)

Special Investigations Unit investigating death of man near Apsley

Updated November 2, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

Ballet Jörgen’s ‘The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition’ returns to Showplace on November 29

Paul Rellinger - November 11, 2018

An interview with artistic director Bengt Jörgen about the signature seasonal production featuring local youth dancers.

Charming and fun ‘Shrek: The Musical’ contains uplifting message of unity...

November 9, 2018

nightlifeNOW – November 8 to 14

November 8, 2018

Ryan Kerr remembers The Great War with an emotional personal journey...

November 8, 2018

Craig Cardiff is the people’s singer-songwriter

November 6, 2018

Fleshy Thud's Ryan Kerr performs in his new play "Unexploded Ordnance", co-created with and directed by Kate Story, which premieres from November 8 to 11, 2018 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough. The play will also tour four area high schools as part of their Remembrance Day programming. (Photo: Andy Carroll for Public Energy)

‘Unexploded Ordnance’ is a fresh, powerful, and original look at World...

November 3, 2018

Business & Technology

businessNOW – November 12, 2018

Bruce Head - November 12, 2018

Featuring Global Entrepreneurship Week, Rural Economic Development funding, Kawartha Chamber awards, Digital Main Street grants, upcoming business events, and more.

Local entrepreneur dives into CBC Dragons’ Den with his full-face snorkelling...

November 11, 2018

Cindy Windover is the Kawartha Chamber’s 2018 Citizen of the Year

November 9, 2018

Members of the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism will be laying wreaths at Remembrance Day ceremonies across the area this week.

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

November 7, 2018

‘It’s all under one roof’ with Community Futures Peterborough’s move to...

November 6, 2018

Crayola Canada, headquartered in Lindsay, has donated $42,620.80 to the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes, representing the proceeds from this year's annual Crayola Sale. Pictured are (left to right, back to front) 2018-2019 United Way Campaign Chair Police Chief Mark Mitchell, Crayola Canada HR Mike Soehner, Crayola Canada Finance John DeBois, United Way CKL Community Investment Coordinator Shantal Ingram, United Way CKL Board President Duncan Gallacher, and Crayola Canada General Manager Paul Murphy. (Photo courtesy of United Way CKL)

businessNOW – November 5, 2018

November 5, 2018

Lifestyle & Family

Tired of raking? Make your fallen leaves work for you this autumn

GreenUP - November 8, 2018

Leave them for insects and animals, mulch them for your garden, compost them, or use them for a no-dig garden.

Commute Ontario is a non-profit initiative to encourage commuters across the province to try sustainable and healthy travel options. The initiative's goal is to reduce 20 million kilometres of vehicle travel in the province over the next three years, eliminating an estimated 17 million kilograms of greenhouse gases. (Graphic courtesy of Commute Ontario)

Trent University first post-secondary school to sign on with Commute Ontario

November 1, 2018

The Great Horned Owl is one of 11 species of owls known in Ontario. Owls are adapted for life in the dark, with a highly developed sense of sight and pinpoint hearing. As predators of mice, moles, and voles, owls have an important ecological niche. (Photo: Alex Galt / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Why we shouldn’t fear bats, spiders, and owls

November 1, 2018

Peterborough residents reclaim their neighbourhood streets with Pulse Pop-ups

October 25, 2018

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

October 18, 2018

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

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

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