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This week's edition of kawarthaNOW's "Kawartha Localist" editorial series offers nine ways in November to enjoy cozy season in the greater Kawarthas region, including at the Haliburton International Film Festival, Boardwalk Board Game Lounge in Peterborough, The Muse Gallery and Café in Bancroft, Needles in the Hay in Peterborough, Ste. Anne's Spa in Northumberland County, The Silver Bean Café at The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre in Haliburton, Fieldside Yoga and Retreats in Kawartha Lakes, and Readers' Nook in Cobourg. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Kawartha Localist: Nine ways in November to get cozy in The Kawarthas

From movies to yoga classes and bookstores to cafés, here's how to enjoy some quiet and rejuvenation before the holiday season ramps up

Megan Gallant - November 3, 2026

Peterborough mayor-elect Michael Eamon outside City Hall. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

kawarthaNOW sits down for a one-on-one with Peterborough mayor-elect Michael Eamon

United Way Peterborough & District CEO Jason Seguya feeds the bear — Peterborough Century 21 Lakers mascot Teddy — during the launch of the second annual Ultimate Burger Battle at Agave by Imperial in downtown Peterborough on November 2, 2026. The fundraiser will see 11 participating restaurants donate $2 to the United Way from every featured burger sold during November, with seven volunteer Burger Ambassadors (including Teddy) making their way to all the participating restaurants to taste the entries, share their experiences on social media, and encourage people to join the fundraiser. (Photo: Tiffany Arcari)

Peterborough restaurants fire up their grills for second annual Ultimate Burger Battle

The "Horned Dinosaurs: More Than Triceratops" exhibit runs at Peterborough Museum & Archives from November 7, 2026 to March 21, 2027 and features a variety of skulls, interpretive displays, and the cast skeleton of Centrosaurus Apertus, a horned dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of Canada around 76 million years ago. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Museum & Archives)

Dinosaurs return to Peterborough Museum & Archives in new exhibit running until March

Some members of the Lindsay Curling Club will don 19th-century attire to mark the club's 150th anniversary during a 24-hour curling marathon on December 11 and 12, 2026, raising funds for local charities including the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation. Members of the public are invited to an open house on December 12 featuring a pancake breakfast, raffles, games, curling demonstrations, and opportunities for visitors to try throwing a stone themselves. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Curling Club)

Lindsay Curling Club to celebrate 150 years with 24-hour curling marathon

Anniversary event on December 11 and 12 will support local charities including Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation and features a public open house

kawarthaNOW - November 3, 2026

Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Royal Wood will be headlining a benefit concert at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on November 23, 2026 in support of Our Daughters' Home: Supportive Housing for Special Needs Women. With support from local rising artist Ollie Mae, the concert's proceeds will be used to help the organization purchase a home from Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region for seven local women with developmental disabilities. (Promotional photo)

Royal Wood returns to Peterborough’s Market Hall on November 23 for Our Daughters’ Home benefit concert

encoreNOW for November 2, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) the 5th annual Cancer Takedown fundraiser at Peterborough's Market Hall, Dreamer - The Supertramp Experience at Lindsay's FLATO Academy Theatre, Natalie MacMaster in conversation with Megan Murphy in Lakefield, The Bowie Lives at Bancroft Village Playhouse, and Public Energy's presentation of "Bodies Under Siege" at the Market Hall. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Peterborough’s YES Shelter uses $40,700 grant to better to better support unhoused and at-risk youth and families

Terry Thomas, owner of Raven Lunatic Tintype Photography, with his Eastman View Camera No. 2-D. Thomas, who creates authentic tintype portraits with the same wet-plate collodion process used in the 1850s, will be doing demonstrations and taking portraits at the Coboconk Community Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on November 13 and 14, 2026, before being a part of a Victorian murder mystery dinner experience hosted by Hystory Entertainment each evening. (Photo courtesy of Raven Lunatic Tintype Photography)

Sit for a Victorian-era photo and solve a Victorian murder mystery on November 13 and 14 in Coboconk

Raven Lunatic Tintype Photography will be at the Coboconk Community Centre each day before joining Hystory Entertainment's 'A Masque of Secrets' each evening

Megan Gallant - November 1, 2026

Cale Crowe and Genevieve Adam at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope in 2024 during the announcement of the theatre's 2025 season, which included the world premiere of their musical "Rez Gas." Crowe composed all of the music, Adam wrote a lot of the script, and the pair came up with characters and plot together. (Photo courtesy of Capitol Theatre)

Alderville’s Cale Crowe and Cobourg’s Genevieve Adam win national playwriting award for ‘Rez Gas’

Representatives from the Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) along with Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock MPP Laurie Scott, outgoing Minden Hills mayor Bob Carter, Oshkaabewis Dave Rice from Wasauksing First Nation, school board trustees, and more attended a groundbreaking ceremony on October 30, 2026 for a new new Outdoor Education and Indigenous Centre at its future location in Minden. (Photo: TLDSB)

Groundbreaking ceremony held for new $3.8-million outdoor education and Indigenous learning centre in Minden

Erica Richmond is a Peterborough author and the founder of Open Sky Stories. Her new essay, titled "Always Ash" and published by Herstryblog, is about the anxieties and the laughter shared in the years after her trans son came out to her at 15 years old. The piece will also be published in her upcoming collection of essays called "Yelling at Dead People," about her experience with grief and parenting following the death of her children's father. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

New essay by Peterborough author Erica Richmond explores parenting a transgender son

kawarthaNOW sits down for a one-on-one with Peterborough mayor-elect Michael Eamon

Paul Rellinger - November 3, 2026

With his swearing-in set for November 19 at The Mount Community Centre, the first-time politician is enjoying the honeymoon before the real work begins.

Peterborough restaurants fire up their grills for second annual Ultimate Burger Battle

November 3, 2026

Lindsay Curling Club to celebrate 150 years with 24-hour curling marathon

November 3, 2026

Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith with YES Shelter for Youth & Families emergency shelter manager Paige Hewie and executive director Aimée Le Lagadec in a short video from the non-profit organization celebrating a $40,700 seed grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation that has helped YES strengthen its internal and staff capacity to better support unhoused and at-risk youth and families in the community. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Peterborough’s YES Shelter uses $40,700 grant to better to better support unhoused and at-risk youth and families

November 2, 2026

Groundbreaking ceremony held for new $3.8-million outdoor education and Indigenous learning centre in Minden

October 31, 2026

Kawartha Localist: Nine ways in November to get cozy in The Kawarthas

Megan Gallant - November 3, 2026

From movies to yoga classes and bookstores to cafés, here's how to enjoy some quiet and rejuvenation before the holiday season ramps up.

This week's edition of kawarthaNOW's "Kawartha Localist" editorial series highlights 13 Halloween-related events across the greater Kawarthas region, including Haunted Halloween for Kids at Hutchison House in Peterborough, Ghouly Goat Spooktacular at Haute Goat in Port Hope, Haunted Halloween Forest at Winterdance Dogsled Tours in Haliburton County, Project Skyharvest at Escape Maze in Otonabee-South Monaghan, Halloween in Haliburton, Chaos Carnival's "The Dark Circus" forest walk, and more. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Kawartha Localist: Have a spooktacular Halloween at these 13 events across the greater Kawarthas region

October 27, 2026

To mark Small Business Week from October 19 to 25, 2026, this week's edition of kawarthaNOW's "Kawartha Localist" editorial series highlights 10 small businesses across the greater Kawarthas region as selected by our readers, including Peterborough businesses Take Cover Books, Sweet Fern Floral Studio, The Doggery, Living Local Marketplace, and Watson & Lou, as well as Millbrook Mercantile in Millbrook, The Roost Farm & Market in Kawartha Lakes, The Old Tin Shed in Bancroft, Centre & Main Chocolate Co. in Warkworth, and Heart N Soul Gifts in Lindsay. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Kawartha Localist: 10 small businesses worth celebrating in the greater Kawarthas

October 19, 2026

Peterborough mayor Jeff Leal presents a certificate of recognition of five years of family ownership from the City of Peterborough to The Venue owners April Sendel (left) and Kevin Sendel (second from right) and general manager Tiffany Daskewich (right) during a celebration at the downtown Peterborough event space on October 13, 2026. (Photo: Joshua Gillis)

The Venue in downtown Peterborough celebrates five years of family ownership

October 16, 2026

This week's edition of kawarthaNOW's "Kawartha Localist" editorial series features 10 must-try sandwiches across the greater Kawarthas region as selected by our readers, including at The Grape and Wedge in Apsley, Muster Point in Bobcaygeon, Mindful Crowe Lunchbox in Marmora, Milk and Honey Eatery in Lindsay, Tobi's Grab and Go Sandwiches in Bancroft, the Cardiff Country Store, Corner Bites Eatery in Lindsay, Sam's Place in Peterborough, The Counter on King in Colborne, and Wattle & Daub in Bancroft. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Kawartha Localist: Sink your teeth into 10 standout sandwiches across the greater Kawarthas

October 13, 2026

Royal Wood returns to Peterborough’s Market Hall on November 23 for Our Daughters’ Home benefit concert

Megan Gallant - November 2, 2026

With Ollie Mae opening, the Lakefield-born singer-songwriter will help raise funds for a Habitat-constructed home for seven women with developmental disabilities.

Sit for a Victorian-era photo and solve a Victorian murder mystery on November 13 and 14 in Coboconk

November 1, 2026

Alderville’s Cale Crowe and Cobourg’s Genevieve Adam win national playwriting award for ‘Rez Gas’

November 1, 2026

New essay by Peterborough author Erica Richmond explores parenting a transgender son

October 31, 2026

businessNOW: Awards, anniversaries, and new beginnings across the region

Jeannine Taylor - October 26, 2026

The Canadian Canoe Museum earns provincial recognition, Millbrook Mercantile celebrates seven years, The Hippie Chippie prepares to move into Peterborough's former Nostimo location, and more.

David Feeley of Cogeco YourTV receiving the 2026 Business Citizen of the Year award from Susan Dunkley, board chair of the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce, at the annual Business Excellence Awards gala at Kawartha Downs in Fraserville on October 22, 2026. (Photo: Jordan Lyall / Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce)

Cogeco’s David Feeley named Peterborough’s 2026 Business Citizen of the Year

October 23, 2026

Rob Arkell, mission leader for the Wild Again initiative at Wild Rock Outfitters in downtown Peterborough, accepts a used item at the trade-in desk, where customers can keep high-quality products in circulation by trading in their used merchandise for store credit. This credit can be used to purchase new or used products, or the trade-in value can be donated to the organization's ComPassion Project. (Photo: Jeff Faulds / Wild Rock Outfitters)

From outdoor gear to farm soil, Peterborough businesses put the circular economy into practice

October 22, 2026

For Small Business Week 2026, the Innovation Cluster is opening its downtown Peterborough workspace to local entrepreneurs, professionals, and small business owners for a free day of coworking on Wednesday, October 21. Participants can use hot desks, high-top tables, and shared work areas, with coffee and light snacks provided, while learning more about the Innovation Cluster’s workspace and membership options. (Photo: Bryan Reid for Innovation Cluster)

Small Business Week brings workshops, networking, and celebrations to Peterborough and the Kawarthas

October 16, 2026

One of the region's largest suppliers and processors of steel, aluminum, brass, and plastic materials, Kawartha Metals Corp. in Peterborough is receiving $500,000 from the federal government toward a $1-million project to expand its advanced steel-processing capabilities through specialized equipment. The company is one of 10 in Eastern Ontario receiving a total of nearly $6.6 million from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to modernize operations, strengthen competitiveness, and expand products and services. (Photo: Kawartha Metals Corp.)

Five businesses in the Kawarthas region receive more than $2.5 million in federal funding

October 15, 2026

Dinosaurs return to Peterborough Museum & Archives in new exhibit running until March

kawarthaNOW - November 3, 2026

'Horned Dinosaurs: More Than Triceratops' opens November 7 with skeletons, skulls, and displays exploring the evolution of ceratopsians.

Lakelands Public Health medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott says good health for schoolchildren is more than just avoiding physical illness. Mental health, social connection, physical activity, good nutrition, and healthy habits all matter. He suggests families establish regular sleep routines, reduce screen time, make healthy eating a priority, and encourage time outdoors and physical activity such as walking to school when possible. (Photo: GreenUP)

Healthy school-year routines start with small steps at home

October 19, 2026

October is Walktober - a month to highlight the benefits of walking - as well as the month in which municipal elections are happening. Ensuring safe conditions support active transportation around schools, hospitals, recreation centres, and retirement homes are often the responsibilities of the local government. (Photo: Pete Rellinger)

This Walktober, consider how your municipal vote shapes the streets you walk

October 15, 2026

A recently completed garage project built through Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre's Beaver Homes & Cottages program. The program offers more than 500 pre-designed garages and carriage homes, which can be altered to fit each customer's lifestyle and preferences. In addition to providing premium-grade materials for the build, the program includes support from a local consultant to finalize designs, navigate permits, and find a local contractor. (Photo courtesy of Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre)

Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre helps bring your dream garage to life

October 11, 2026

Heat pumps are installed and maintained by Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) businesses like 123 HVAC, based in Selwyn Township and serving the broader Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes region. Owner Cory Rawn (left), pictured with business partner Mike Baker, dispels some common myths about heat pumps in advance of GreenUP's inaugural Heat Pump Week from October 13 to 16, 2026. (Photo courtesy of 123 HVAC)

Too noisy, too costly, too cold? A local HVAC contractor addresses common myths about heat pumps

October 8, 2026

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