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Like many live performance venues, Lindsay Little Theatre at 55 George Street West in Lindsay has not seen any box office revenues since the pandemic hit. To keep the doors open for the day when live theatre can resume, the community theatre group has been running as series of small fundraising campaigns in partnership with local businesses and charities. (Photo: Lindsay Little Theatre)

Lindsay Little Theatre gets creative to keep the doors open during the pandemic

Community theatre group has been busy running many small fundraisers in partnership with local businesses and charities

Sarah McNeilly - October 26, 2020

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

Ontario reports 851 new COVID-19 cases, including 6 in the greater Kawarthas region

Some of the 13,560 pounds of food collected for for Kawartha Food Share during the "Spare A Square #2" city-wide porch food drive on October 24, 2020. (Photo: Kawartha Food Share / Facebook)

Peterborough porch food drive collects 13,560 pounds of food and $4,710 for Kawartha Food Share

Clocks move back an hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2020 when daylight saving time ends. The good news is that it will be lighter in the morning when we get up to go to work or school; the bad news is that the sun will set at 5 p.m. (Stock photo)

‘Fall back’ when daylight saving time ends after Halloween

The Workforce Development Board's Local Jobs Hub makes it a lot easier to find job opportunities in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Muskoka. The online tool automatically aggregates local job listings from more than 30 online job boards, and comes with enhanced features users may find helpful with their search, including a regional map that cross-references job postings with nearby bus routes, cycle routes, schools, childcare centres, and more. (Photo: Workforce Development Board)

Looking for work in Peterborough and the Kawarthas just got a lot easier with the Local Jobs Hub

Workforce Development Board's free online tool automatically pulls local job listings from over 30 online job boards

Paula Kehoe - October 25, 2020

Although In From The Cold, Peterborough's favourite annual Christmas concert, will not take place at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre this year due to the pandemic, organizers will be selecting a "best of" selection of songs from 20 years of past concerts. In From The Cold "Safe At Home" will be broadcast and streamed on Trent Radio 92.7 FM on December 11 and 12, 2020. Over the last 20 years, the concert has raised more than $140,000 for Peterborough's YES Shelter for Youth and Families, and listeners will be encouraged to donate to YES this year. (Photo: In From The Cold / Facebook)

Listen to the best of 20 years of Peterborough’s ‘In From The Cold’ Christmas concerts on December 11 and 12

As of October 26, 2020, the Peterborough COVID-19 testing centre will be located inside Northcrest Arena at 100 Marina Boulevard. As drive-through testing will no longer be available, people with appointments will be asked to come inside the arena for their test. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough COVID-19 testing centre moves inside Northcrest Arena on Monday

Maquettes (preliminary scale models) of the two sculptures to be installed as public art in the Rain Garden south of Maryboro Lodge (home of the Fenelon Museum) in Fenelon Falls. "Portage", a bronze work by Madoc artist James C. Smith that's an homage to the location's history as a portage and gathering area of First Nations peoples, features three life-sized bronze canoe paddle figures participating in a portage. "River Grove", a work in glass and steel by Apsley artist Susan Rankin, is a nod to the region’s forests and logging history and features a series of colourful towers six to eight feet tall. (Photos courtesy of Fenelon Arts Committee)

Fenelon Arts Committee raising funds for two new public artworks in Fenelon Falls

Wreckage on County Road 2 west of Colborne after two motorcycles collided on October 23, 2020. One person died and another one was critically injured as a result of the collision. (Photo: OPP)

One person dead, one critically injured after two motorcycles collide near Colborne

One rider died in hospital, a passenger on one of the bikes was airlifted to Toronto

kawarthaNOW - October 23, 2020

A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 826 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland

Two maple leaves stuck on a rain covered window during a fall storm. (Stock photo)

Gusty showers and thunderstorms Friday night for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Haliburton

Jo Anne's Place at 1260 Lansdowne Street in Peterborough re-opened on October 23, 2020. It had temporarily closed for a day for professional cleaning and sanitization after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo: Jo Anne's Place)

Jo Anne’s Place reopens Lansdowne Street store in Peterborough

News & Community

Ontario reports 851 new COVID-19 cases, including 6 in the greater Kawarthas region

kawarthaNOW - October 26, 2020

2 new cases in Peterborough, 2 new cases in Northumberland, and 2 new cases in Hastings and Prince Edward counties.

COVID-19 tests in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports record increase of 978 new COVID-19 cases

Updated October 26, 2020

Peterborough porch food drive collects 13,560 pounds of food and $4,710 for Kawartha Food Share

October 26, 2020

‘Fall back’ when daylight saving time ends after Halloween

October 26, 2020

New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from September 24 - October 24, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)

Ontario reports another record increase with 1,042 new COVID-19 cases, including 4 in Peterborough

October 25, 2020

Looking for work in Peterborough and the Kawarthas just got a lot easier with the Local Jobs Hub

October 25, 2020

Arts & Entertainment

Lindsay Little Theatre gets creative to keep the doors open during the pandemic

Sarah McNeilly - October 26, 2020

Community theatre group has been busy running many small fundraisers in partnership with local businesses and charities.

Fenelon Arts Committee raising funds for two new public artworks in Fenelon Falls

October 24, 2020

"Even though I've had more time on my hands, I've been missing the mental clarity and emotional focus to write music." - Sue Newman, Music/Theatre Artist / "We tried to have some physically distanced band rehearsals, but quickly realized it wasn't very practical. I continue to play music every day and look forward to being able to play for a live audience in the future." - Rob Fortin, Music/Theatre Artist (Photo: Julie Gagne)

The Essential Project: music/theatre artists Sue Newman and Rob Fortin

October 22, 2020

Season four of The Crown takes us into the 1980s, when Queen Elizabeth clashes with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher while Prince Charles enters a tumultuous marriage with Lady Diana Spencer (performed by relative newcomer Emma Corrin). Season four premieres on Netflix Canada on Sunday, November 15th. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in November 2020

October 21, 2020

"On a practical level, I've lost contracts and income opportunities; but, on another level, I feel as though I've lost a part of myself. The stage is my church, I miss it dearly." Sarah McNeilly, Theatre Artist (Photo: Julie Gagne)

The Essential Project: theatre artist Sarah McNeilly

October 20, 2020

A compilation of photos from 4th Line Theatre's original outdoor production "Bedtime Stories and Other Horrifying Tales". The Halloween-themed show runs from October 20 to 30, 2020 at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. (Photos: Wayne Eardley / Brookside Studio)

4th Line Theatre conjures theatre-magic with ‘Bedtime Stories and Other Horrifying Tales’

October 19, 2020

Business & Technology

In a pre-recorded video, Angela Jones of Lakeshore Designs in Peterborough aceepts the Women's Business Network of Peterborough's Businesswoman of the Year (Entrepreneur), presented at the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce 2020 Peterborough Business Excellence Awards online ceremony on October 21, 2020. The Women's Business Network of Peterborough also named the Chamber's own Sandra Dueck as Businesswoman of the Year (Organization). (YouTube screenshot)

Angela Jones of Lakeshore Designs and Ian Scates of Central Smith among those honoured at Peterborough Business Excellence Awards

Bruce Head - October 22, 2020

Peterborough Chamber's annual awards ceremony went online this year to recognize more than 50 local businesses and individuals.

Hard Winter Bakery, owned by Graham Thoem and Jessica Arsenault, is now open at 133 Hunter Street East in Peterborough's East City, just across the street from the Liftlock Foodland. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

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