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      Two men are dead after their canoe capsized on Sturgeon Lake…

      Donations made to The Home Depot Canada Foundation's Orange Door Project in person at the Cobourg Home Depot or online will support Rebound Child & Youth Services in Northumberland County, including the innovative Nightstop program to prevent youth homelessness. (Photo: Rebound Child & Youth Services)

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      Peterborough residents Steve Paul (right) and Peter Hewitt captured a potentially injured trumpeter swan along the Trent Canal trail just south of the Parkhill swing bridge on June 4, 2025, with Paul then driving it to the Shades of Hope Wildlife Refuge. Two days earlier, Hewitt and Karen Hjort-Jensen had sat with the swan for more than two hours after noticing the swan was behaving strangely and reached out to various organizations for help, including Trumpeter Swan Conservation Ontario which connected them with volunteer Paul. (Photo: Karen Hjort-Jensen)

      Peterborough residents team up to help a wild trumpeter swan

      Dr. Natalie Bocking is the deputy medical officer of health for Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Public Health, the legal name of the recently merged Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health. Despite the merger, members of the public should continue to engage with their local public health offices as usual until otherwise directed. (Photo: Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit)

      First case of measles in vaccinated Kawartha Lakes resident is rare…

      In celebration of Local Food Week, City of Kawartha Lakes economic development officer for agriculture Kelly Maloney was at the Fenelon Falls Farmers' Market on June 6, 2025 to give away Kawartha Choice FarmFresh insulated grocery bags. The municipality is reminding residents looking to source local food that they can visit the Kawartha Choice FarmFresh website, which connects consumers with local food through farms, farmers' markets, retail stores, restaurants, and agri-tourism experiences. (Photo: Kawartha Choice FarmFresh / Facebook)

      City of Kawartha Lakes celebrates agriculture as a major economic growth…

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    • Toronto-based Radiohead tribute band Idioteque will be performing Radiohead's 1995 album "The Bends" note-for-note in its entirety, along with an opening set of other Radiohead tunes, at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night. (Photo: Idioteque / Facebook)

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      Canadian actor, playwright, and director Cameron Grant performing as Montague in the Stratford Festival's 2021 staging of "Serving Elizabeth" by Marcia Johnson, which offers a different perspective of Princess Elizabeth's 1952 trip to Kenya when she learned she had become the Queen of England than was portrayed in the hit Netflix series "The Crown." Grant will be reprising the role when New Stages Theatre presents a staged reading of the play at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on June 14, 2025. (Photo: David Hou)

      New Stages Theatre wraps up 2024-25 season with staged reading of…

      An abstract painter and musician, Lakefield's David Goyette is well known in Peterborough for his community support, philanthropy, and tireless promotion of the arts. Goyette is the sole finalist for the Peterborough Arts Awards' Arts Champion award, which recognizes a person who has consistently provided outstanding support and encouragement for the development of the arts in Peterborough through philanthropy, volunteerism, or the development of partnerships and collaborations. The winner of the $2,000 award gives it to a local not-for-profit professional arts organization. (Photo: Victoria Pearce)

      Finalists announced for the Peterborough Arts Awards

      encoreNOW for June 2, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) "Fireside Munsch" by M. John Kennedy at Peterborough's Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre, Film Access Northumberland's Eye2Eye Film Festival at Cobourg's Concert Hall at Victoria Hall, LeRoy Anderson and Donna Ramsay of "The Tommy Hunter Show" with Whiskey Jack at Peterborough's Air Force Club, Tom Cochrane at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, "Waitress" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, and "The Wizard of Oz" at Campbellford's Westben. (kawarthaNOW collage)

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      Cailin Stadnyk and David Silvestri, who starred in the extended run of the award-winning global sensation "Come From Away" at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre, are bringing their cabaret show "Lights, Love and Lyrics" to Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon for one night only on June 14, 2025. The tribute to the great love songs of movies and musicals is produced by their "Come From Away" co-star Lisa Horner and also features "Come from Away" pianist Richard Evans and bassist Jon Maharaj. (Graphic: Globus Theatre)

      ‘Come from Away’ stars bring a one-night-only cabaret to Globus Theatre…

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    • Peterborough-based consulting and engineering firm Cambium, with 235 employees and additional offices in Kingston, Whitby, Barrie, and Ottawa, is being acquired by Québec-based Englobe Corporation, a leading Canadian engineering and environmental services firm owned by Colliers International Group Inc. (Photo: Cambium)

      Peterborough consulting and engineering firm Cambium to be acquired by Englobe…

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      Innovation Cluster launches new program to help skilled tradespeople transition from…

      The Peterborough County courthouse and administration building located at 470 Water Street in Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

      Peterborough County hosting free May 29 session for local businesses interested…

      A sold-out crowd of 200 people attended the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's inaugural Luminary Awards celebration at the Great Hall of Trent University's Champlain College on May 8, 2025, which saw awards in five categories that recognize women at all stages of their careers presented to Sheena Howard, Jenisha Sanjit Arora, Rachel Stark, Tiffany Arcari, and Jeannine Taylor. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

      Five Peterborough-area women in business honoured at inaugural Luminary Awards celebration

      Darryl Breadner has sold 4 Aces Auto Centre, the auto repair company at 485 Parkhill Road East in Peterborough he founded over 20 years ago, to The Mufflerman Inc. According to a media release from The Mufflerman, Breadner and all existing employees will remain with the business, and 4 Aces will continue to operate as an independent auto mechanical garage within The Mufflerman Group. (Photo: 4 Aces Auto Centre)

      4 Aces Auto Centre in Peterborough acquired by The Mufflerman

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    • West-end Peterborough homeowner Ray Scott's backyard garden soaks up the sun on a bright May afternoon, and so do his rooftop solar panels. The panels produce enough electricity for him to power his home, store energy in batteries for backup storage, as well as charge his electric vehicles. The Home Energy and EV Expo at the McDonnel Street Activity Centre on June 14, 2025 will feature homeowners such as Ray, who will share their experiences they've had on their electrification journeys. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

      Learn all about heat pumps, solar power, and electric vehicles at…

      The Talk Now Child, Youth and Family Walk-in Clinic is located at Peterborough Youth Services at 459 Reid Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

      Peterborough family mental health walk-in clinic adjusts its hours for the…

      Between the lone line of tandem bicycles and the bright colours, a TandemEyes group ride is hard to miss on a summer evening. Here, the group passes through Jackson Park in Peterborough on the way to the Orange Corners trestle bridge. (Photo courtesy of TandemEyes)

      Visually impaired people in Peterborough can enjoy cycling thanks to TandemEyes

      Families attending Five Counties Children's Centre's 'Ready for School' event in Cobourg in August 2024 prepare to board a school bus to see what the ride entails. Offering supports for children who may face greater challenges due to physical, developmental, or communication needs, the events are returning in Peterborough, Cobourg, and Lindsay in spring 2025 to provide families with even more time to prepare. (Photo: Five Counties)

      Five Counties is helping special needs kids heading to school in…

      Lock 31 (Buckhorn) on the Trent-Severn Waterway. (Photo: Parks Canada)

      Trent-Severn Waterway opens for boating season in time for the Victoria…

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