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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

Featuring Ashburnham Realty, Kawartha Chamber, Trent University, Entomo Farms, Shorelines Casino Peterborough, Cork & Bean, and more

Bruce Head - October 15, 2018

Kawartha Lakes OPP are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the GMC Sierra pick-up truck and two suspects, the female driver and male passenger, shown in these photos. (Supplied photos)

Police release photos of two suspects in Fenelon Falls thefts

Minister of Status of Women Maryam Monsef with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the 2017 announcement of the Women Deliver Conference, to be held in 2019 in Vancouver. The Peterborough-Kawartha MP sat down with kawarthaNOW's Paul Rellinger on October 12, 2018 for a chat on a range of issues. (Photo: Women Deliver)

Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef’s busy week ends with an issue-ranging chat

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 together

The four-kilometre Jackson Creek Trail in the heart of Peterborough is a popular destination for local residents. Otonabee Conservation is conducting tree removal and bridge restoration work along the trail in October 2018. (Photo: Otonabee Conservation)

Section of Jackson Creek Trail to be closed this fall for bridge replacement

Other work happening in October along popular Peterborough trail includes the removal and planting of trees

kawarthaNOW - October 12, 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

Shorelines Casino Peterborough, located at 1400 Crawford Drive in Peterborough, will officially open at 5 p.m. on October 15, 2018. (Illustration: Great Canadian Gaming Corporation)

New Peterborough casino to officially open on October 15

The 30th Annual Crayola Sale, a fundraiser for the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes, takes place on the morning of Saturday, October 13, 2018, at the Lindsay Exhibition Fairgrounds and is open to the public. (Photo: United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes)

Popular Crayola Sale for the United Way takes place this Saturday in Lindsay

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 the Market Hall in Peterborough

Killer Tree Productions remounts 'Evil Dead The Musical' from October 11 to 13

Sam Tweedle - October 11, 2018

International student in Peterborough victim of new phone scam

Vern Bastable, Manager of GreenUP Ecology Park in Peterborough, helps a customer at the Ecology Park Garden Market select the right tree for her yard. Fall is the best time to plant a tree, when the soil conditions become perfect for tree routes to establish themselves. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Autumn tree sale at Ecology Park in Peterborough on October 13

Anwen O'Driscoll as Catherine Llewellyn, Anthony Jackson as Robert Llewellyn, and David Draper as Harold Dobbs in Lindsay Little Theatre's production of David Auburn's award-winning drama "Proof". Directed by Altaire Gural, the play also starts Ellen Giddings as Claire Llewellyn. It runs October 12, 13, 19 and 20 at Lindsay Little Theatre in Lindsay. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Fantastic cast and experienced director a winning formula in ‘Proof’

News & Community

Police release photos of two suspects in Fenelon Falls thefts

kawarthaNOW - October 15, 2018

Suspects' pick-up truck eluded police during a chase in Bobcaygeon on October 14.

Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef’s busy week ends with an issue-ranging chat

October 15, 2018

Section of Jackson Creek Trail to be closed this fall for...

October 12, 2018

New Peterborough casino to officially open on October 15

October 11, 2018

Popular Crayola Sale for the United Way takes place this Saturday...

October 11, 2018

International student in Peterborough victim of new phone scam

October 11, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

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

Josh Fewings - October 14, 2018

Canada's preeminent musical couple bring Moon vs. Sun to Showplace in Peterborough on October 23rd.

nightlifeNOW – October 11 to 17

October 11, 2018

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

October 11, 2018

Fantastic cast and experienced director a winning formula in ‘Proof’

October 10, 2018

An early make-up test of Rowan Lamoureux as Shrek and Lindsay Barr as Donkey in the St. James Players' production of "Shrek: The Musical", which runs from November 9 to 17 at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough. (Photo: St. James Players)

The world’s most famous mean green ogre comes to Peterborough in...

October 9, 2018

The Weber Brothers (Ryan and Sam Weber) are back from a tour of eastern Canada and will perform with their band (Ryan Browne, Emily Burgess, and Marcus Browne) at the Arlington Pub in Maynooth on Saturday, October 6. (Photo: Randall Cook Photography & Music / randallcook.ca)

nightlifeNOW – October 4 to 10

October 4, 2018

Business & Technology

businessNOW – October 15, 2018

Bruce Head - October 15, 2018

Featuring Ashburnham Realty, Kawartha Chamber, Trent University, Entomo Farms, Shorelines Casino Peterborough, Cork & Bean, and more.

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

People gather around a display at Love Local Expo, the region's largest business trade show, in 2016. For the first time ever, this year's Love Local Expo takes place at the Evinrude Centre in Peterborough. Featuring more than 90 local businesses, Love Local Expo runs from noon to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. The event is free, there's lots of free parking, and there will be prizes including a notebook computer. (Photo: Peterborough Chamber of Commerce)

businessNOW – October 1, 2018

October 1, 2018

The Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism has announced the nominees for its 2018 Awards of Excellence. The awards will be presented at the 19th Annual Awards of Excellence and Social Gala, taking place on Thursday, November 8th at Lakefield College School.

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

September 26, 2018

Lifestyle & Family

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

Eva Fisher - October 9, 2018

Featuring Mercado La Hacienda, Nateure's Plate, the Seasoned Spoon, and YES Shelter for Youth and Families.

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

From uneaten leftovers to untouched fruits and vegetables to food that is forgotten, households waste more food than restaurants, hotels, stores, and farms combined. Around $1,500 worth of food per household gets thrown out every year -- around one out of six bags of groceries per week!

Did you know almost half of all wasted food comes from...

September 13, 2018

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

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