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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.
The entrepreneurs representing 20 small businesses in the city and county of Peterborough that have been selected to participate in the 2025 Starter Company Plus program, a provincially funded entrepreneurial training program administered by the Business Advisory Centre at Community Futures Peterborough, during an announcement in the lobby of the VentureNorth building in downtown Peterborough on April 23, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

20 Peterborough-area businesses selected for 2025 Starter Company Plus program

Participating businesses range from handcrafted smoothies and live event painting to holistic wellness, mobile dog training, and even a travelling dinosaur exhibit.
Peterborough city councillor Kevin Duguay speaks in support of a city staff report recommending a 60% raise for the mayor and a 52% raise for councillors starting in the next term of council from 2026-2030. The only other councillor to address the report was Gary Baldwin, who voted against the report after his motion to defer the report failed. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council endorses 52% raise for councillors and 60% raise for mayor

Increase to $147,631 for the mayor and $54,991 for councillors would apply to next term of council starting in December 2026.
The Curtis Cronkwright Quartet features Nathan Hiltz on guitar, Curtis Cronkwright on drums, Duncan Hopkins on bass, and Perry White on saxophone. The jazz quartet performs at The Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on April 26, 2025 as part of International Jazz Day Peterborough celebrations. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Instagram video)

‘Dine with Jazz’ returns on April 26 as part of International Jazz Day Peterborough...

Eight jazz musicians will perform at four downtown restaurants, followed by a concert by the Curtis Cronkwright Quartet.
Federal Liberal leader and prime minister Mark Carney spoke to a large crowd of supporters during a rally at the Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre on April 19, 2025. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Liberal leader Mark Carney welcomed to Peterborough by a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters

The prime minister spoke for around 30 minutes, taking a few jabs at Pierre Poilievre but always returning to threats from the U.S.
Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) during the light heavyweight division final against Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Despite being only 18, he easily won all four of his fights to claim the gold medal. (Photo: Marvin Newman/SI/Icon SMI)

New series about boxing legend Muhammad Ali being filmed in Cobourg from April 21...

Shooting of Amazon Prime Video's 'The Greatest' includes a parade scene on April 30 where residents will have a chance to be unpaid extras.
Peterborough City Hall. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

City of Peterborough staff propose 60% raise for the mayor and 52% raise for...

Increase would take effect in December 2026, along with a 17% increase in the vehicle/transportation allowance.
Linda Kash, Ian Burns, and Pat Maitland founded klusterfork entertainment in 2019, producing live improv comedy shows as well as workshops for adults, with performers and instructors including local improvisers, Canadian TV and film celebrities, and Second City alumni. The trio have decided to shut down the production company as of May 30, 2025. (Photo: Adam Martignetti)

After five successful seasons, Peterborough’s klusterfork entertainment to shut down as of May 30

Linda Kash, Pat Maitland, and Ian Burns launched their company in 2019 with a sold-out debut improv show at Market Hall.
In celebration of the bicentennial of the Peter Robinson emigration of Irish settlers to the Peterborough region, Peterborough Musicfest is presenting three Irish-themed concerts from August 2 to 9, 2025: U2 tribute band Acrobat on August 2, Canadian Celtic rockers Mudmen with local fiddler Irish Millie on August 6, and Irish trio The Celtic Tenors on August 9. (Graphic: Musicfest)

Peterborough Musicfest to celebrate Robinson emigration bicentennial with 3 Irish-themed concerts in August

U2 tribute band Acrobat performs on August 2, Mudmen with Irish Millie on August 6, and The Celtic Tenors on August 9.
The Theatre On King's artistic administrator Kate Story and artistic director Ryan Kerr in 2017. The pair have announced they are resigning from the black-box theatre that Kerr founded in downtown Peterborough in 2013. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW)

The end of an era: Ryan Kerr and Kate Story are resigning from The...

General manager Shannon McKenzie will take over the black-box theatre that Kerr founded in 2013.
New Stages Theatre is presenting a staged reading of Emil Sher's acclaimed real-life drama "The Boy in the Moon", based on Canadian journalist and author Ian Brown's award-winning 2009 memoir of the same name, for one night only on May 3, 2025 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre. (Graphic: New Stages Theatre)

New Stages brings acclaimed real-life drama ‘The Boy in the Moon’ to the Market...

Staged reading on May 3 of Emil Sher's play based on Ian Brown's memoir about his severely disabled son Walker stars Cliff Saunders, Linda Kash, and Sydney Marion

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