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New online chat in the Kawarthas for survivors of sexual violence

Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre is offering online chat on its new website at www.kawarthasexualassaultcentre.com, along with information on how to access services, educational resources, and more

The Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC) has launched a new interactive website that includes an online chat line on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Peterborough Police release details about homicide at Middlefield Road residence

The Special Investigations Unit is conducting an investigation into the police shooting of a 25-year-old man on Friday. Police have issued an arrest warrant for the man, currently in hospital in Toronto, for the murder of 52-year-old Cindy Torbar (photo: Rebecca Mckenzie-Nguyen / kawarthaNOW)

At a March 21 media conference, Peterborough Police Service provided an update of the March 18th shooting of a man at a Middlefield Road residence in Peterborough as well as the homicide investigation after a 52-year-old woman was found dead at the scene.

Peterborough natives bring indie thriller Numb to the Market Hall on March 23

Aleks Paunovic as Lee and Marie Avgeropoulos as Cheryl in the Canadian indie adventure-thriller Numb, which screens at the Market Hall in Peterborough on March 23 (photo: Jan Kiesser)

Chad Maker and Kirk Comrie of A71 Entertainment are once again bringing a big-screen independent film to Peterborough, with a screening of the adventure-thriller Numb at the Market Hall on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

Where dance, art, and just plain life can be painfully funny

Bill Coleman performing an excerpt from Dollhouse at the Mackenzie Art Gallery in Regina, with a costume by renowned artist Edward Poitras (photo: Sarah Abbott)

Public Energy, now in our 22nd year of bringing world-class dance to Peterborough, has recently been looking both to its past and its future, as we present new work from Coleman Lemieux and Compagnie, one of our favourite dance companies over the years.

Courageous Courtney Druce is “close to losing her battle” with cancer

"Sassy Blond" Courtney Druce, who has been fighting cancer for the past 12 years, since she was first diagnosed at the age of 15 (photo: Courtney Druce's GoFundMe page)

An update to Courtney Druce’s GoFundMe page (www.gofundme.com/s7ubvs) urges continued support for the young woman and her family, noting “she is under hospice care and does not have that much time left.”

Health unit declares community-wide flu outbreak for Peterborough area

The Peterborough County-City Health Unit has declared a community-wide influenza outbreak in Peterborough due to a recent increase in the number of confirmed local cases.

Eager gardeners can start planting seeds indoors right now

GreenUP's Ausma Clappsion stocks the shelves at the GreenUP Store and Resource Centre with varieties of heirloom tomato seeds. Also available are many varieties of untreated, non-GMO seeds including herbs, beans, beets, cucumber, zucchini, squash, radish, and more. (Photo: Karen Halley)

We have all now had a taste of spring and have enjoyed several days filled with mild temperatures and beautiful sunshine. The long-term forecast now shows consistent temperatures above zero and spring showers are beginning to bring small sprouts up in the garden.

Starting in May, you can fly to Quebec and Kitchener-Waterloo from Peterborough

Charter airline Nextjet Canada will offer flights out of Peterborough Airport in partnership with Propair, which has a fleet of 12 turboprop aircraft and 35 pilots (photo: Nextjet Canada / Facebook)

The new charter airline Nextjet Canada will provide return flights on weekdays between Peterborough, Quebec, and Kitchener-Waterloo, beginning Monday, May 2, 2016. Tickets are available now.

First two public mural locations announced for downtown Peterborough

This wall at H.E.L.P. on Simcoe and Queen Streets in downtown Peterborough will be the first site for a public mural in a joint project with the City of Peterborough's Public Art Program and the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (photo: Google Street View)

The City of Peterborough Public Art Program and the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) have announced the first two sites for public art murals in downtown Peterborough.

It’s maple syrup season in the Kawarthas

It takes about 40 litres of maple sap to produce a single litre of maple syrup

Maple syrup season is in full swing in The Kawarthas with festivals and events happening in Buckhorn, Minden, Haliburton, Campbellcroft, and Sunderland over the March Break and continuing through the Easter long weekend into the first week of April.

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