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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.
Beau Dixon performing during Peterborough's Artsweek 2023 at Porchapalooza, which featured live music performed by local musicians on neighbourhood porches. The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) has issued an open call for proposals for Artweek 2025, which runs from September 29 to October 5. (Photo: Julie Gagne)

Artists of all kinds encouraged to submit proposals for Artsweek 2025 in Peterborough

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Electric City Culture Council is presenting the city's biennial festival of the arts from September 29 to October 5.
Internationally acclaimed Canadian writer Jane Urquhart, whose latest novel is the Giller Prize longlisted "In Winter I Get Up at Night", will be one of nine authors participating in the 2025 Lakefield Literary Festival. The festival takes place on Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19 at the Bryan Jones Theatre at Lakefield College School, along with the popular children's tent at Cenotaph Park. (Photo of Jane Urquhart by Nicholas Tinkl)

Internationally acclaimed Canadian author Jane Urquhart to headline Lakefield Literary Festival

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July 18 and 19 event also features Jennifer Robson, Helen Humphreys, Martha Baillie, Adelle Purdham, Sheung-King, Canisia Lubrin, Lana Button, and Nadia Hohn.
Canadian punk rock band Gob performing at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena on January 30, 2025 at the final show of Canadian rock band Sum 41's farewell tour. (Photo: Renegade Rock Photography)

Canadian punk rockers Gob performing for the first time at Peterborough Musicfest on July...

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The Juno-nominated west coast band rose to prominence in the Canadian punk scene during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Liberal Emma Harrison celebrates her election as Peterborough's new MP at the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough on April 28, 2025. She defeated Conservative incumbent Michelle Ferreri by over 10,000 votes. (Photo: Allyson Rader)

Liberal Emma Harrison unseats Conservative incumbent Michelle Ferreri in Peterborough

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Peterborough has reaffirmed its reputation as a bellwether riding, with Mark Carney's Liberals set to form government.
As he did at Peterborough city council's general committee meeting on April 22, 2025, councillor Gary Baldwin again made a motion at the April 28 council meeting to defer approval 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. Baldwin's motion was again defeated, with council then voting 8-3 in favour of the report. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

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

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Report recommending increase for council's next term was passed 8-3, with Mayor Jeff Leal and councillors Gary Baldwin and Dave Haacke voting against it.
As part of The Canadian Canoe Museum's new Builders in Residence Program, senior members of the Qajakkut Society in Iqaluit, Nunavut will be at the museum beginning in October 2025 to build south Baffin-style qajaak (two kayaks) and share their knowledge and paddling skills through lessons and programs. Pictured are society leaders Robert Comeau, Izaac Wilman, and Aasivak Arnaquq-Baril with historian and kayak builder Harvey Golden as a qajaq is under construction. (Photo courtesy of Qajakkut Society)

The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough launches new Builders in Residence Program

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Expert canoe and kayak builders and makers from across Canada will come to the museum to demonstrate their craft for visitors.
Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock MPP Laurie Scott cuts a ribbon to officially launch the Caboose Community Bike Hub in Haliburton on April 24, 2025. Also pictured (front row from left to right) are Irv Handler, Friends of the Rail Trail chair and project coordinator Pamela Marsales, Klara Oyler from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and Angelica Ingram from Haliburton County Tourism, and (back row, left to right), community supporters Mark Roberts, Cheryl Bathe, Laurie Jones (hidden), and Xavier Massé, and Municipality of Dysart et al Dysart councillor Pat Casey. (Photo: Hugh Taylor)

Caboose Community Bike Hub launches in Haliburton to encourage rural cycling

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Friends of the Rail Trail with support of Municipality of Dysart et al will oversee six-month pilot project funded by Ontario Trillium Foundation grant.
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

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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

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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...

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Eight jazz musicians will perform at four downtown restaurants, followed by a concert by the Curtis Cronkwright Quartet.
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