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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.
Since opening in mid-January, between 30 and 40 people have used the StopGap Drop-in Centre operated by One City Peterborough in the former Trinity United Church every night. (kawarthaNOW screenshot from One City Peterborough video)

More than 100 people contributed $30,000 to support Peterborough’s overnight drop-in centre

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Community Foundation issued call for donations in December, following city's decision not to provide funding.
The new Peterborough Animal Care Centre at 1999 Technology Drive is now open to the public for adoptions, donations, licensing, and more. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Saturday. (Photo: Peterborough Humane Society)

New Peterborough Animal Care Centre is now officially open to the public

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Peterborough Humane Society has opened doors at new 24,000-square-foot facility for adoptions, donations, licensing, and more.
Photographer Mike Quigg captured the northern lights over Kasshabog Lake in northern Peterborough County on February 27, 2023. (Photo: Mike Quigg @_evidence_ / Instagram)

The northern lights may be visible in the Kawarthas region again this weekend

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Recent coronal mass ejections and solar flares produced dazzling displays earlier this week.
A few of the events and exhibits during the First Friday Peterborough art crawl on March 3, 2023. Clockwise from left: "Babcia" by Marta Chudolinska, one of many artists at the Book + Zine Fest at Artspace Peterborough; portraits and recent works by Kathryn Durst at ACME Art and Sailboat Company; "The Cherished Pine" by Beverly MacRae at Cork and Bean; and Nicole Bauberger, one of the six artists participating in "These Are The Artists In Your Neighbourhood" at Watson & Lou's Gallery of Sorts, an audio-visual presentation of conversations between the artists and students in a Grade 10 art class. (kawarthaNOW collage)

What’s happening at March’s First Friday Peterborough art crawl

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Highlights include Book + Zine Fest, These Are The Artists In Your Neighbourhood, Together We Paint, Portals of Curiosity, and more.
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.
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