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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
Cobourg police chief Paul VandeGraaf providing an update to the police service board in July 2024. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Cobourg Police Service video)

Cobourg police chief continues to push for bail reform as police seek 20.5% budget...

Chief Paul VandeGraaf says cycle of release and re-offending 'strains resources and puts victims and residents at risk'.
Trent University French studies professor Sylvie Bérard and partner and long-time collaborator Suzanne Grenier won the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for their translation of American-born Canadian author and literary critic Larissa Lai;s 2018 novel "The Tiger Flu." (Photo courtesy of Trent University)

Trent University professor wins Governor General’s Literary Award for ‘captivating translation’ of dystopian novel

Peterborough's Sylvie Bérard and collaborator Suzanne Grenier honoured for French translation of Larissa Lai's 2018 biopunk thriller 'The Tiger Flu'.
Peterborough City Hall is located at 500 George Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s projected 2026 rate increase rises to 7.92 per cent ahead of budget deliberations

Council's recent decision to award a low-barrier shelter contract to One City adds $1.12 million to draft budget.
The head office of the Kawartha Haliburton Children's Aid Society is located at 1100 Chemong Road in Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

Len Lifchus named board chair as Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society rebuilds after provincial...

Former United Way Peterborough & District CEO leads new board as the child welfare agency emerges from 13 months of provincial supervision,
At the Peterborough city council meeting on November 4, 2025, councillor Joy Lachica raised concerns about the use of a procedural tactic to prevent debate after it was used in two straight meetings on the same item. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city councillor raises concerns about use of procedural tactic at council meetings

Joy Lachica says 'call the question' is 'being weaponized' after tactic used for second time to prevent debate on GE heritage designation decision.
Parks Canada is replacing the upper and lower lock gates at Lock 20 - Ashburnham in Peterborough from November 2025 through April 2026. As pedestrians using the Trans Canada Trail normally cross the lock via the yellow bridge at the top of the lock gates, Parks Canada will be installing a temporary bridge to allow pedestrian access to the trail during the construction period. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Parks Canada replacing lock gates at Lock 20 in Peterborough from November through April

A temporary bridge will be installed on November 7 to allow pedestrian access on the Trans Canada Trail over the next six months.
Richard Freymond, the City of Peterborough's commissioner of finance and corporate services, presented a high-level overview of the city's 2026 draft budget at a general committee meeting of city council on November 3, 2025. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

City of Peterborough’s 2026 draft budget proposes 7.43% all-inclusive rate increase

Public consultations and council deliberations set for November as city aims to finalize budget for December 8 adoption date.
Staff at One City Peterborough's Trinity Community Centre preparing to open its overnight drop-in program. (Photo: One City Peterborough 2024-25 annual report)

Peterborough city council awards $1.12 million low-barrier shelter contract to One City Peterborough

Less than five months after rejecting expanded drop-in program funding for One City's Trinity Community Centre, council has reversed course.
The Peterborough Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (PACAC) has recommended to city council that additional buildings in the General Electric factory complex receive heritage designation, including the facades of buildings 8 and 34 along Albert Street, to protect them from planned demolition by GE Vernova. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough city council rejects heritage committee recommendation for additional GE building designations

Council votes to retain its October 14 decision after a brief 10-minute special general committee meeting with no debate.
The Peterborough Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (PACAC) has recommended to city council that additional buildings in the General Electric factory complex receive heritage designation, including the facades of buildings 8 and 34 along Albert Street, to protect them from planned demolition by GE Vernova. (Photo: Google Maps)

Heritage committee recommends Peterborough city council expand building designations at GE factory complex

PACAC wants five building facades and the former power house added to heritage designation as GE Vernova prepares to demolish buildings.

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