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Michelle Thornton is living proof that breast cancer screening saves lives

Breast cancer survivor Michelle Thornton (left) was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease in 2014, after she was called back to PRHC's Breast Assessment Centre six months after a routine screening there. She and Marilyn Buxton (right) are both members of the Survivors Abreast paddling team. (Photo: Robert Boudreau)

Michelle Thornton says the only time she can guarantee the word “cancer” won’t cross her mind is when she’s paddling with her Survivors Abreast dragon boat team.

As a survivor of breast cancer, she can attest that, once cancer is part of your life, it is with you forever. If relief comes in the form of a paddle, you pick it up.

Thornton was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in 2014.

musicNOW – May 2016

Super-talented Jimmy Bowskill performs a show with harmonica virtuouso Carlos del Junco in Cobourg on May 13 and then a solo show in Maynooth on May 14 (photo: Jeremy Kelly)

A wide variety of acts will hit stages in Peterborough and the Kawarthas in May. Get out and enjoy some great shows as the weather warms up.

Nine electric vehicle charging stations to be installed at six locations in Peterborough area

Ontario is building more electric vehicle charging stations across the province (photo: Government of Ontario)

If you drive an electric car (or are thinking of buying one), you’ll be happy to know that there will soon be six locations where you can charge your vehicle in the Peterborough area.

It takes a community to help a woman leave an abusive partner

YWCA's START program is available every Monday for any woman in the Kawarthas, young or old, looking for help to escape an abusive relationship

Often it takes a crisis to provoke the kind of community response seen in YWCA’s START program — a hub of services brought together one day every week, a place where women in abusive relationships in the Kawarthas can get answers, find resources, and “start” the process of reclaiming their lives.

Shift gears during the month of May and connect with your city

The Shifting Gears program is among the most successful transportation demand management initiatives implemented in Canada. Shifting Gears significantly reduces the number of Single Occupancy Vehicle (SOV) trips made during the month of May by encouraging community members to walk, cycle, carpool, or ride the bus. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

The Community Shifting Gears Transportation Challenge officially launched its 2016 campaign yesterday at the Peterborough County-City Health Unit. The Challenge encourages people to walk, cycle, carpool, telecommute, or ride the bus during the month of May for chance to win weekly prizes, giveaways, and a grand prize of $750 for Resorts of Ontario.

Peterborough high school students take a satirical look at children’s TV in Welcome to Butternut Grove

Enter Stage Right's original production of Welcome to Butternut Grove runs at the PCVS Auditorium in Peterborough from April 27-30

The Enter Stage Right theatre company is going to show you how to get, how to get to Butternut Grove in a brand new original musical satire, Welcome to Butternut Grove.

Lindsay and Port Hope are two of the “quaintest” towns in Ontario

Port Hope's historic downtown, waterfront trails and beaches, and proximity to the Ganaraska River put it on Cottage Life's list (photo: Christopher Pelletier)

The Kawarthas is home to two of the “quaintest” towns in Ontario — Lindsay and Port Hope — according to Cottage Life magazine.

Remembering the late great Paul O’Sullivan

Paul O'Sullivan was a highly respected and accomplished performer who died tragically at the age of 48. Every year, his wife Linda Kash organizes an improv fundraiser in his name for Hospice Peterborough.

Although it’s now been four years since Peterborough-based performer Paul O’Sullivan died in a tragic car accident, his memory lives on in the annual fundraiser in his name that sold out a month ago.

Relly On The Roof fundraiser returns for its sixth year this week

Peterborough journalist Paul Rellinger has been spending a weekend on a roof for charity for the past six years. This year, he's going up on a Thursday afternoon instead, but will still be on the roof for over 48 hours.

This week, local journalist Paul “Relly” Rellinger is returning to the roof of The Brick in Peterborough to raise funds for Habitat For Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha.

Highway 407 extension to 115 on schedule for 2019 opening

Unlike the privately owned 407 ETR (pictured here at Woodbine Avenue), the extension of Highway 407 east from Brock Road to Highway 35/115 is a separate toll road owned and operated by the Province of Ontario (photo: Wikipedia)

The second phase of the Highway 407 East extension to Highway 35/115 is on schedule and will open to traffic in late 2019. With the warm weather, you can expect to see more impacts on traffic as the project continues.

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