This Friday (October 2nd) sees the return of the Team 55 Friday Night Lights football game, a fundraiser to raise suicide awareness and support local mental health programs.
Raising suicide awareness among high school students
Photos from Cultivate in Port Hope
The first Cultivate festival of food and drink took place this past weekend at Memorial Park in downtown Port Hope. kawarthaNOW’s events editor Angela Johnson was there on Saturday and took a few photos.
Peterborough County-City Health Unit announces plans for new downtown location
Officials from the Peterborough County-City Health Unit (PCCHU) have announced details of the plan to move to downtown Peterborough this fall.
Displaying bras to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer
The fifth annual “Bras Around the Building” campaign, where women donate their bras to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer, kicks off today and continues through October.
The campaign culminates on Friday, October 23rd, when the donated bras will be strung around the outside of the Energy 99.7/Country 105 building in Peterborough and the 91.9 BOB FM building in Lindsay.
Five design concepts for a new Canadian Canoe Museum
On Wednesday, September 23rd, the Canadian Canoe Museum held an open house where five potential designs for a new museum from architectural teams were presented to the public for the first time.
Douro Street in East City becomes Fun Street this Saturday
Fun Streets are community events that transform local residential roads into sites of play, active transportation, and recreation. Peterborough’s first Fun Street event took place on Stewart Street in May, and brought hundreds of people out into the road to celebrate their community and to engage in a number of fun and exciting activities.
What really happened at Ravenscroft?
The Peterborough Theatre Guild celebrates its landmark 50th season with a mixture of drama, mystery and murder in director David Morris’ production of Ravenscroft.
Area landowners offer new site for casino in Peterborough
Two local businessmen have a parcel of land at the corner of Highway 115 and Airport Road they think would be a perfect location for a new casino in the Peterborough area.
161st Lindsay Exhibition runs Wednesday to Sunday
One of the largest and most popular agricultural fairs in central Ontario, the 161st Annual Lindsay Exhibition begins on the first day of fall and runs until Sunday, September 27th at the Lindsay Fairgrounds (354 Angeline St. S.). Here are some highlights of what to do and see at the fair.
Before We Arrive: The Story of The Weber Brothers is nearing release
It seemed like a normal night last Thursday at Galaxy Cinemas in Peterborough as moviegoers paid their admission to Straight Outta Compton and Jurassic World. But over in theatre nine, a film you couldn’t buy tickets to was about to be screened for the first time to an audience.
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