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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 new Peterborough Animal Care Centre is located at 1999 Technology Drive in southeast Peterborough will house the socieity's shelter and adoption and education centre, a regional high-volume spay and neuter clinic to provide affordable spay and neuter services and prevent pet overpopulation, and the Ontario SPCA’s provincial dog rehabilitation centre, which is the first of its kind in Canada. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Humane Society)

Peterborough Humane Society moves into new state-of-the-art animal care centre

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Existing shelter closed January 14, with soft opening of 1999 Technology Drive facility expected in mid-February.
Construction is complete on The Railyard, Ashburnham Realty's new six-storey residential and commercial building at 127 Hunter Street East in Peterborough's East City, beside the Rotary Greenway Trail. Applications are now open for the 40 residential units in the building, with occupancy expected by spring. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Ashburnham Realty’s new development in Peterborough’s East City taking shape

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Construction completed on largest building, with construction on second building underway and one additional building still to be built.
Operated by Ukrainian refugee families, Cafe Lviv at 90 Mill Street North in downtown Port Hope serves authentic Ukrainian cuisine including borscht (pictured), nalysnyky, kanapky, Chicken Kyiv, deruny, varenyky, holubtsi, and more. (Photo: Mira Knott / Knott Studio)

Ukrainian refugee families open Cafe Lviv in downtown Port Hope

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Serving authentic Ukrainian cuisine, restaurant at 90 Mill Street North has become a popular dining destination.
A homeless person. (Stock photo)

Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough seeking donations for new emergency overnight drop-in centre

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Despite no municipal funding, drop-in centre will run at the former Trinity United Church from mid-January to the end of April.
Between the "bomb cyclone" at the end of December and the May derecho wind storm that ripped through southern Ontario and Quebec, the climate crisis was one of the top stories of 2022. Pictured is a car on Lock Street in the south end of Peterborough crushed by falling tree branches during the derecho on May 21, 2022. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

kawarthaNOW’s top 22 stories of 2022

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Our most-read, most-shared, and most interesting stories from the past 12 months.
Hamilton-based musician, artist, and author Tom Wilson reads from his memoir "Beautiful Scars" during a December 8, 2022 event at Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School in Peterborough organized by the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund in partnership with Sony Music Publishing. Wilson told the students about his discovery nine years ago, at the age of 54, that he was actually Indigenous. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Musician Tom Wilson tells Peterborough students about discovering his ‘secret’ Indigenous identity

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Reconciliation event at Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School was organized by Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund in partnership with Sony Music Publishing
Town Ward councillor Alex Bierk speaks in support of one of his two motions to address the city's homelessness crisis at the inaugural general committee meeting of Peterborough's new city council on December 5, 2022. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough livestream)

New Peterborough city council votes down two motions to address city’s homelessness crisis

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Councillor Alex Bierk's motions to support emergency winter response and tiny homes project defeated, with Mayor Leal's own motion for tiny homes approved.
The Market, a family-owned small business at 112 Queen Street in Lakefield, is giving its customers a break on the rising price of lettuce by selling it at cost. (Photo: The Market / Facebook)

The Market in Lakefield gives its customers a break on the high cost of...

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'I decided to do that just for our customers' says Lee Galley of the locally owned independent grocery store.
A holiday tradition returns to Showplace Performance Centre when the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra presents "A Holiday Welcome" featuring special musical guest James Westman on December 10, 2022. Pictured is the orchestra with guest artists Bradley Christensen and the Toronto Children's Chorus at its last holiday concert before the pandemic, "Christmas Fantasia" in December 2019. (Photo: Huw Morgan)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concert tradition returns to Showplace on December 10

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'A Holiday Welcome' features a selection of classical and popular seasonal favourites with special musical guest, baritone James Westman.
Marc Bendavid, Kyana Teresa, and Duff Goldman (back) star in "A Gingerbread Christmas," written by Peterborough's Carley Smale with Blaine Chiappetta based on a story by Carley and Peterborough's Katelyn James. The movie is now streaming on Crave after premiering on Discovery+ in November. (Key art: Discovery+)

Peterborough screenwriter Carley Smale’s ‘A Gingerbread Christmas’ now streaming on Crave

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Holiday movie is latest in a series by the 'rom-com connoisseur', with 2020's award-nominated 'Midnight at the Magnolia' also now streaming on Netflix.
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