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Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival raises almost $164,000 for breast cancer care

Members of the Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival committee and the Survivors Abreast team, accompanied by Kawartha Credit Union CEO Rob Wellstood and Peterborough Mayor Daryl Bennett, present a $163,693.96 cheque to Lesley Heighway, President and CEO of the PRHC Foundation. The proceeds will be used to purchase a new state-of-the-art digital mammography machine for PRHC's Breast Assessment Centre. (Photo courtesy of Rebecca Huels, Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation).

Representatives from the Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival presented a $163,693.96 cheque to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation this morning at the Kawartha Credit Union at Lansdowne Place. With this contribution from its 15th anniversary year, the Dragon Boat Festival has raised almost $2.8 million for breast cancer care.

Just Laugh Peterborough Comedy Festival in downtown Peterborough

The Just Laugh Peterborough Comedy Festival takes place from October 23 to 30 at various locations in downtown Peterborough

The Just Laugh Peterborough Comedy Festival, a fundraiser for the Canadian Mental Health Association and the United Way, is taking place from October 23rd to 30th at various locations in downtown Peterborough.

Butterflies released in Peterborough to be tracked as they migrate to Mexico

A monarch butterfly being released at GreenUP Ecology Park. You can tell this is a male butterfly as it has a black spot on each hind wing; females lack these spots. (Photo: Samantha Stephens)

Fiery leaves falling through the autumn air are a familiar sight in Ontario. If you’re watching closely, you may notice the flutter of monarch butterflies among the colourful leaves. They are embarking on their 4000-kilometre migration.

Peterborough is Crime City

In Andrew Root's Crime City series, Mike Judson is hard-boiled private detective Victor Marshall and Kenn Gibb is Brad Bramble, a 10-year-old fighting crime through scouting (photo: Andy Carroll)

Is it possible to defeat crime in a place called Crime City? It isn’t easy, but for detective Victor Marshall it’s everyday business. From the mind of Andrew Root comes Crime City, a monthly serialized radio drama featuring Mike Judson, Daniel Smith, Kenn Gibb, and Marsala Lukianchuk.

Investors Group moving into former Craftworks building in downtown Peterborough

Investors Group will be moving into the former Craftworks building at Sherbrooke and Water in downtown Peterborough (photo: Google)

kawarthaNOW has learned that Investors Group is moving into the former Craftworks building at the northeast corner of Sherbrooke and Water Streets in downtown Peterborough.

Taking The Mount Community Centre to new levels

The Mount is competing in the Aviva Community Fund for a $100,000 grant for elevator repairs to ensure the building is accessible for all tenants (photo courtesy of The Mount)

The Mount Community Centre at 1545 Monaghan Road in Peterborough needs your vote for a grant to repair the building’s elevator so residents can move easily from floor to floor.

Peterborough community comes together to sponsor a family of Syrian refugees

"Salaam Peterborough - Families Helping Families" is a group of residents in Peterborough and Millbrook who are raising funds to sponsor a family of four from Syria

A group of Peterborough and Millbrook residents have joined forces to bring a family of Syrian refugees to Peterborough and have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the funds.

New report shows food insecurity a growing concern for Peterborough

The report finds that while Peterborough has many community-based food security initiatives, such as the YWCA Peterborough Haliburton JustFood Program, a systems-wide strategy for food from production to consumption is absent in Peterborough (photo courtesy of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton Nourish Project)

A new report entitled Food Access, Housing Security and Community Connections: A Case Study of Peterborough, Ontario was released today by Carleton and Trent University academics, in association with the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Media Arts Peterborough presents artist talks at Sadleir House

A sample of the portraits from Wayne Eardley's Relative Project, a photographic exploration of the human condition (photos: Wayne Eardley)

Media Arts Peterborough (MAP) is presenting a series of talks at Sadleir House in Peterborough on five consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning on October 13th.

Open letter to federal party leaders on issues important to cottagers

The Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations (FOCA) is a not-for-profit membership organization that represents 50,000 families across rural Ontario

As we approach the October 19th Federal Election, the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations (FOCA) has some outstanding questions about issues that are important to our community.

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