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Anti-vaxxers show up at home of Peterborough medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott

'You didn't like our protest at PPH so ... here we are!' reads one sign

kawarthaNOW - January 15, 2022

Cars on a road in a winter snow storm. (Stock photo)

Winter storm watch in effect for greater Kawarthas Sunday night into Monday

Beau Dixon (right) as the Martian prime minister in the season finale of the critically acclaimed television series "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Peterborough’s Beau Dixon appears in ‘The Expanse’ and ‘Station Eleven’

Cold weather

Extreme cold warning in effect for greater Kawarthas region Friday night into weekend

A lone skater has the ice to himself on the Trent Canal near the Peterborough Lift Lock early in the morning on January 14, 2022. With the green flag flying, the City of Peterborough has confirmed the ice is safe and skating is officially allowed. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Skating is now officially allowed on the canal at the Peterborough Lift Lock

COVID-19 public health restrictions are in effect

kawarthaNOW - January 14, 2022

Signs point to the main entrances at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, including the Emergency Department. (Photo: PRHC)

Almost one third of Peterborough’s 35 COVID-related deaths have occurred in 2022

A winter garden is one that has been designed to provide ornamental appeal and ecological benefits during the winter months. Pictured are the seed heads of Bowman's root (Gillenia trifoliata) after a winter snowfall. (Photo: Hayley Goodchild / GreenUP)

Tips from Peterborough GreenUP on how to design your own ‘winter garden’

At a media conference in Queen's Park in Toronto on On January 12, 2022, education minister Stephen Lecce announced that students and staff in Ontario public schools will each receive two rapid antigen tests when schools reopne for in-person learning on January 17. The government will also be launching school-based vaccine clinics, among other measures. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of CPAC video)

Ontario students and staff to each receive 2 rapid antigen tests when they return to the classroom

Peterborough Police Service headquarters on Water Street in Peterborough. (Photo: Pat Trudeau)

Peterborough man charged with manslaughter in November 2020 death of infant

Police are not releasing name of accused man to protect victim's identity

kawarthaNOW - January 12, 2022

Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Police seek four suspects in Lindsay home invasion robbery

The main entrance of Peterborough Regional Health Centre. (Photo: PRHC)

Almost 7% of staff at Peterborough Regional Health Centre off work due to COVID-19

The award-winning documentary "Crutch", screening at the virtual 2022 ReFrame Film Festival, chronicles the gravity-defying life of disability activist Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, breakdancer, and skate punk, who does it all while using crutches. The virtual festival runs from January 27 to February 4, 2022. (Photo courtesy of ReFrame Film Festival)

ReFrame Film Festival 2022 releases full lineup of 71 social justice documentaries

News & Community

Anti-vaxxers show up at home of Peterborough medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott

kawarthaNOW - January 15, 2022

'You didn't like our protest at PPH so ... here we are!' reads one sign.

Cars on a road in a winter snow storm. (Stock photo)

Winter storm watch in effect for greater Kawarthas Sunday night into Monday

January 15, 2022

Extreme cold warning in effect for greater Kawarthas region Friday night into weekend

January 14, 2022

Signs point to the main entrances at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, including the Emergency Department. (Photo: PRHC)

Almost one third of Peterborough’s 35 COVID-related deaths have occurred in 2022

January 13, 2022

At a media conference in Queen's Park in Toronto on On January 12, 2022, education minister Stephen Lecce announced that students and staff in Ontario public schools will each receive two rapid antigen tests when schools reopne for in-person learning on January 17. The government will also be launching school-based vaccine clinics, among other measures. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of CPAC video)

Ontario students and staff to each receive 2 rapid antigen tests when they return to the classroom

January 12, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

Beau Dixon (right) as the Martian prime minister in the season finale of the critically acclaimed television series "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Peterborough’s Beau Dixon appears in ‘The Expanse’ and ‘Station Eleven’

Bruce Head - January 14, 2022

Actor plays Martian prime minister in series finale of 'The Expanse' and as The Tuba in four episodes of 'Station Eleven'.

The award-winning documentary "Crutch", screening at the virtual 2022 ReFrame Film Festival, chronicles the gravity-defying life of disability activist Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, breakdancer, and skate punk, who does it all while using crutches. The virtual festival runs from January 27 to February 4, 2022. (Photo courtesy of ReFrame Film Festival)

ReFrame Film Festival 2022 releases full lineup of 71 social justice documentaries

January 11, 2022

Solo bassoonist Nadine Mackie Jackson, the most widely recorded Canadian bassoonist in history, will be the special musical guest for "Wings of Sound" on March 12, 2022, the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's first in-person concert at Showplace Performance Centre since the pandemic began. The concert has been rescheduled from its original date of February 5 due to the omicron surge. (Photo: Bo Huang)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra postpones ‘Wings of Sound’ concert until March 12

January 5, 2022

"Questionable Taste" host Ray Galletti with Lakefield-born musician Royal Wood during episode four of the cooking show filmed in Peterborough and broadcast on Bell Fibe TV. The six-episode series, which will be released on YouTube in 2022, features celebrity guests attempting to recreate a favourite recipe with at least one locally sourced ingredient. (Photo courtesy of Chad Maker)

‘Questionable Taste’ cooking show filmed in Peterborough highlights local food in the Kawarthas region

December 26, 2021

15-year-old fiddler Irish Millie, pictured here performing a Facebook Live concert with her father Murray for Music From Scotland on December 23, was scheduled to perform at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, December 29. Marc Roy is now performing instead. (Photo: Music From Scotland / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – December 23 to 29

December 23, 2021

Business & Technology

Sacha Douglas, co-owner of Douglas + Son in Bobcaygeon, presents a cheque for $7,805 from Kawartha Dairy to the Bobcaygeon Food Bank. Douglas + Son and Kawartha Dairy teamed up in 2021 to sell a line of Kawartha Dairy branded hoodies and t-shirts, with $5 from each item sold going to the local food bank. (Photo: Douglas + Son)

Douglas + Son and Kawartha Dairy raise $7,805 for Bobcaygeon Food Bank

kawarthaNOW - January 8, 2022

The two Bobcaygeon businesses partnered on a line of branded hoodies and t-shirts, with a portion of sales going to the local food bank.

How Amy E. LeClair Graphic Design and Brand Studio helps business owners realize their vision

January 4, 2022

Young people wearing masks during COVID-19 pandemic. (Stock photo)

Employer applications now open for Canada Summer Jobs 2022 funding

December 21, 2021

Bonnie Annis and Will Roderick of L'Moor, a distributor of skin and body care products for spas and aestheticians located east of Cobourg, driving home from British Columbia. To address supply chain issues for their clients who are trying to fill Christmas orders, the pair flew from Kitchener to Vancouve and are now on their way home to Northumberland County with a rented SUV packed with product for their clients. (Photo: Bonnie Annis)

Two Northumberland entrepreneurs homeward bound from B.C. after taking supply chain issues into their own hands

December 11, 2021

Six businesses operated by Caitlin Smith, Patrick and Deanna Leahy, Brad Carson, Bruno Merz and Dreda Blow, Angela McDonald, and Lynda Todd have each received a $5,000 microgrant after participating in the fall intake of the Starter Company Plus program offered by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. (Photos courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Six Peterborough-area businesses receive $5,000 microgrants through Starter Company Plus

December 2, 2021

Lifestyle & Family

A lone skater has the ice to himself on the Trent Canal near the Peterborough Lift Lock early in the morning on January 14, 2022. With the green flag flying, the City of Peterborough has confirmed the ice is safe and skating is officially allowed. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Skating is now officially allowed on the canal at the Peterborough Lift Lock

kawarthaNOW - January 14, 2022

COVID-19 public health restrictions are in effect.

A winter garden is one that has been designed to provide ornamental appeal and ecological benefits during the winter months. Pictured are the seed heads of Bowman's root (Gillenia trifoliata) after a winter snowfall. (Photo: Hayley Goodchild / GreenUP)

Tips from Peterborough GreenUP on how to design your own ‘winter garden’

January 13, 2022

This photo by Jesse & Susan @followmenorth of Santa paddling in a canoe full of gifts was our top Instagram post in December 2021, with almost 17,000 impressions and almost 1,400 likes. (Photo: @followmenorth / Instagram)

Our top nine Instagram photographers for December 2021

January 9, 2022

As an alterative to leaving your natural Christmas tree for curbside pickup or taking it to a landfill, you can donate it to a local goat farm. Christmas trees are tasty and nutritious treats for goats, such as these at Flying Pig Farm in Bethany. (Photo: Flying Pig Farm / Facebook)

What to do with your discarded Christmas tree in the greater Kawarthas

January 2, 2022

This January 10 photo of a snow angel on Sturgeon Lake by Jodie Sparks was our top Instagram post in 2021, with over 30,200 impressions and almost 1,500 likes. (Photo: Jodie Sparks @jodesparks13 / Instagram)

Our top 12 Instagram photographers for 2021

December 27, 2021

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