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Carlotta James of Peterborough Pollinators with her 7-year-old son Salvador Haines, who painted this canoe paddle for the Painted Paddle art exhibit, which features 20 canoe paddles painted by volunteer artists on display at various locations in downtown Peterborough throughout February. Salvador says his paddle art, called The Elements, "represents the balance in nature with flowers blooming during the day and its roots growing by night, surrounded by the four elements: light blue for air, dark blue for water, red for fire and green for earth. Also, there’s a secret word painted in the roots, can you find it?". (Photo: Peterborough Pollinators / Facebook)

Outdoor public art exhibit of painted canoe paddles comes to downtown Peterborough in February

Painted by volunteer community artists, paddles will be auctioned off to raise funds for One City Employment Program

kawarthaNOW - January 27, 2021

A performance at the 2018 Lakefield Jazz, Art & Craft Festival. Organizers have cancelled the 2021 event, originally scheduled for July 3, due to the ongoing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Lakefield Jazz, Art & Craft Festival / Facebook)

This summer’s Lakefield Jazz, Art & Craft Festival cancelled due to pandemic

Manjit Minhas, founder of the 10th largest brewery in the world and one of the “dragons” on CBC’s popular Dragons’ Den TV series, is one of the keynote speakers at the StrikeUP virtual conference for female entrepreneurs, hosted by Northumberland CFDC on March 4, 2021. (Photo via StrikeUP website)

businessNOW: Manjit Minhas and Amber Mac keynote speakers at StrikeUP virtual conference for female entrepreneurs

A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 1,740 new COVID-19 cases, including 11 in greater Kawarthas region

Elizabeth Campbell, a 106-year-old resident at Fairhaven long-term care home in Peterborough, is the first person in the Peterborough area to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The Moderna vaccine was administered on January 26, 2021 by Lori Rowsell, infection prevention and control practitioner at Fairhaven. (Photo: Peterborough Public Health)

First Peterborough vaccines administered Tuesday at Fairhaven long-term care home

Health unit's goal is to provide the first dose of Moderna vaccine to 1,100 residents at eight local long-term care homes by February 5

Paul Rellinger - January 26, 2021

The Kawartha Youth Orchestra adjusted to the pandemic so it can carry on with its work, including this master class with Canadian Opera Company Orchestra concertmaster and violinist Marie Berard at All Saints' Anglican Church in Peterborough in November 2020, which was also streamed live on Facebook. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Youth Orchestra)

Playing through a pandemic, the Kawartha Youth Orchestra hasn’t missed a beat

Ontario government extends state of emergency until February 9

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development's Business Advisory Centre has entirely transformed its services for entrepreneurs into a virtual format while also expanding them. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur with a great idea or an experienced business owner looking to expand, the Business Advisory Centre has a wide range of online business advisory and learning services that can help you achieve success. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre goes completely virtual and expands services for local entrepreneurs

Residents of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, which in March 2020 suffered the largest COVID-19 outbreak in Ontario at the time, will be among the first to receive doses of the Moderna vaccine received by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit on January 25, 2021. (Photo: Central East CCAC / YouTube)

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit receives 700 doses of Moderna vaccine

Residents of Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Hope Street Terrace in Port Hope, and Maplewood in Brighton among first to be vaccinated

kawarthaNOW - January 25, 2021

Like the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Moderna vaccine is a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine. Delivered in two doses 28 days apart, it is 94.1 per cent effective at preventing COVID-19. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Health)

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Peterborough

With in-person dining prohibited for the second time during the pandemic, Peterborough's locally owned restaurants need the community's support more than ever. Publican House Brew Pub in downtown Peterborough is open for food pickup orders, and you can also add beverages (including Publican House's own renowned brews) to your order. (Photo courtesy of Publican House)

Here’s how you can support locally owned restaurants in Peterborough during the lockdown

Carter Ryan Pollock. (Police-supplied photo via Christine Pollock)

Missing 11-year-old Carter Ryan Pollock has returned home

News & Community

This summer’s Lakefield Jazz, Art & Craft Festival cancelled due to pandemic

kawarthaNOW - January 27, 2021

Organizers hope to host an outdoor concert later in the summer.

Ontario reports 1,740 new COVID-19 cases, including 11 in greater Kawarthas region

January 26, 2021

First Peterborough vaccines administered Tuesday at Fairhaven long-term care home

January 26, 2021

Cars on road during winter storm with snow causing poor visibility.

Winter weather travel advisory Tuesday afternoon for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland

January 26, 2021

Ontario government extends state of emergency until February 9

January 26, 2021

Ontario reports 1,958 new COVID-19 cases, with 3 new deaths in Kawartha Lakes

January 25, 2021

Arts & Entertainment

Outdoor public art exhibit of painted canoe paddles comes to downtown Peterborough in February

kawarthaNOW - January 27, 2021

Painted by volunteer community artists, paddles will be auctioned off to raise funds for One City Employment Program.

Playing through a pandemic, the Kawartha Youth Orchestra hasn’t missed a beat

January 26, 2021

In summer of 2017, filmmaker Suzanne Crocker (bottom right) and her family started their year-long quest to feed themselves from food gathered, grown, and hunted close to their home in the Yukon. In "First We Eat", which screens at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival, Crocker explores their journey and the complexity of improving local food security in the far north. (Photo: Alex Hakonson)

Three filmmakers talk about their films screening at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival

January 21, 2021

At the new online marketplace set up by the Kawartha Lakes Arts Council, you can purchase works by local artists who are members of the arts council, such as 'Ginko Leaf Branch', a metallic wall sculpture by Paul and Beverly Williams. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Arts Council and the artists)

Kawartha Lakes Arts Council is helping local artists move online

January 20, 2021

Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, and Simona Brown are in a love triangle in the British psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Sarah Pinborough. The six-part series premieres on Netflix on February 17, 2021. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in February 2021

January 19, 2021

The 2021 ReFrame Film Festival is a panacea for pandemic boredom, offering nearly 50 feature-length and short documentary films streaming online between January 22 and 29, including local films such as Drew Hayden Taylor's "Cottagers & Indians", which explores the decades-long disagreement between Indigenous wild-rice harvester James Whetung and landowners on Pigeon Lake. Taylor will also be delivering a keynote address on the opening night of the festival on Friday, January 22. (Photo: Paul Kemp Productions)

Sarah’s top picks at the 2021 ReFrame Film Festival

January 18, 2021

Business & Technology

businessNOW: Manjit Minhas and Amber Mac keynote speakers at StrikeUP virtual conference for female entrepreneurs

Bruce Head - January 26, 2021

Also featuring The Avant-Garden Shop, Peterborough Microgreens, Movingmedia Canada, Women Breaking Barriers, Workforce Development Board, and more.

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre goes completely virtual and expands services for local entrepreneurs

January 25, 2021

Premier Doug Ford packing bottles of disinfectant into boxes during a tour of Charlotte Products in Peterborough on July 30, 2020. Charlotte Products has ramped up production of its cleaning products during the pandemic and is facing a shortage of bottles for its products. Along with a $1 million provincial investment, Peterborough's Merit Precision is investing $1.3 million for an expansion that will allow it to supply bottles to Charlotte Products. (Photo: Government of Ontario)

Ontario invests $1 million in Peterborough’s Merit Precision to manufacture bottles for hand sanitizers and disinfectants

January 18, 2021

A "temporarily closed" sign on a store window. (Stock photo)

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