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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.
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
A 59-lot residential subdivision is being proposed for Woodview in North Kawartha Township, located at the site of the former Woodview Golf Course on Northey's Bay Road across from the Wilson Park Community Centre. (Photo: Google Earth)

59-lot residential subdivision proposed for Woodview in North Kawartha Township

The subdivision would be located on 78 acres at the former Woodview Golf Course on Northey's Bay Road off Highway 28.
Famous Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds appeared virtually from his New York home to address the Town of Cobourg's community services, protection and economic development standing committee on April 9, 2025, lending his support to a request from the family of the late Grace Bowen that the Pond Arena in the Cobourg Community Centre be named after the nine-year-old Grafton hockey player who died less than a year after being diagnosed with bone cancer. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Town of Cobourg video)

Ryan Reynolds asks Cobourg council committee to rename local arena in honour of the...

The Deadpool actor says the 9-year-old Grafton hockey player, who died from cancer in 2015, 'changed my life'.
Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal chairing a city council meeting in 2023. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Outrage grows in response to Peterborough mayor Jeff Leal’s use of a racial slur

Leal spoke to a Trent University business class on March 19 and used the n-word when referring to U.S. president Lyndon Johnson.

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