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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.
Hastings resident Mark Cameron, president and cofounder of the Canadian International Medical Relief Organization (CIMRO), accepts a $2,250 donation from Dr. Kristy Hiltz of Sherbrooke Heights Animal Hospital that will allow CIMRO to purchase 15 boxes of suture material to help repair wounds of those injured during the the February 6th magnitude 7.8 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria. Also pictured is CIMRO's disaster response service dog Zaria. (Photo courtesy of Sherbrooke Heights Animal Hospital)

Peterborough vet clinic raises $2,250 for earthquake medical relief in Turkey and Syria

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Sherbrooke Heights Animal Hospital launched its 'Suitcase Full of Suture' fundraiser last week for the Canadian International Medical Relief Organization.
Brad Brackenridge tries out a wrestling move on Sam Weatherdon during a rehearsal for "Ring Rats", which tells the story of a broken-down former professional wrestler hired to train a young woman. Written and directed Derek Weatherdon, the fourth original play from Planet 12 Productions runs at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough from February 22 to 25, 2023. (Photo: Adam Martignetti)

Peterborough actors Brad Brackenridge and Sam Weatherdon go to the mat in ‘Ring Rats’

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Written and directed Derek Weatherdon, fourth original play from Planet 12 Productions runs at The Theatre On King from February 22 to 25.
Four firefighters with Peterborough Fire Services immersed in 3°C water in Peterborough's Little Lake during annual water and ice rescue training on February 14, 2023. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Firefighters train in the icy waters of Peterborough’s Little Lake

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Peterborough Fire Services are conducting water and ice rescue training during the week of February 13.
A search-and-rescue team at the destroyed Galeria Business Center in Diyarbakir in sotheastern Turkey, a city with a population of 1.8 million, on February 6, 2023 when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria. One of the buildings in the background later collapsed following an aftershock. (Photo: Mahmut Bozarslan / Voice of America)

Hastings resident and CIMRO president Mark Cameron issues urgent appeal for earthquake medical relief

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Internationally recognized organization will use donated funds to help treat those injured during devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake.
Kevin Cornish and Janet Dawson (second and third from left) of Indian River Acres in Peterborough County were honoured at Sunderland Co-operative Inc. on February 6, 2023 with the inaugural Peterborough Agricultural Innovation Award for their sustainable method of farming pumpkins. Also pictured are Garth Stoner from Sunderland Co-op (left), Elmer Buchanan from the Peterborough Agricultural Roundtable, and Peterborough County Warden Bonnie Clark. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Agricultural Roundtable)

Indian River Acres wins award for sustainable pumpkin farming method

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Owners Janet Dawson and Kevin Cornish are recipients of inaugural Peterborough Agricultural Innovation Award.
Nova Scotia's Juno award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joel Plaskett will perform an acoustic show at Peterborough's Market Hall on February 23, 2023 with all proceeds supporting Peterborough Musicfest's 2023 summer season. (Photo: Robert Georgeff)

Juno award-winning musician Joel Plaskett returns to Peterborough for Musicfest fundraiser

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Nova Scotia native, who produced Peterborough musician Benj Rowland's album, will perform acoustic show at Market Hall on March 22.
Jimmy Bowskill and Brittany Brooks of Brooks & Bowskill. (Photo: Mat Dunlap)

Cobourg’s Brooks & Bowskill performing three shows at The Ganny in Port Hope in...

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Musical duo Brittany Brooks and Jimmy Bowskill recently released their debut album 'Too Many Roads'.
Juno-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist Terra Lightfoot performing with Tom Wilson of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings at Peterborough's Market Hall on December 7, 2022. Originally from Hamilton, the roots-rocker is now living in Haliburton County and will peform for the first time in her new hometown on January 28, 2023. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Juno-nominated Terra Lightfoot’s first concert in her new Haliburton hometown is a sell-out

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Singer-songwriter and guitarist, who moved from Hamilton to Haliburton Highlands in 2020, will perform at the Haliburton Legion on January 28.
Peterborough Symphony Orchestra music director and conductor Michael Newnham invites you to "An Intimate Welcome" at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on February 4, 2023. The third concert of the 2022-23 season will include the orchestra's five principal string players performing work by Dvorák, the orchestra's wind players performing work by Mozart and Gounod, and more. (Photo: Huw Morgan)

Strings and winds the focus of the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra’s February 4th concert

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'An Intimate Welcome' at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough features works by Dvorák, Mozart, Gounod, and Brahms.
Award-winning two-spirt Anishinaabe artist Waawaate Fobister performs as the titular character in their latest work 'Omaagomaan', which raises awareness of the decades-long impact of mercury poisoning on Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)

Waawaate Fobister’s ‘Omaagomaan’ raises awareness of decades-long mercury poisoning of Grassy Narrows First Nation

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Public Energy presents award-winning two-spirit Anishinaabe artist's latest work at the Market Hall in Peterborough on February 2.
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