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Peterborough-based consulting and engineering firm Cambium, with 235 employees and additional offices in Kingston, Whitby, Barrie, and Ottawa, is being acquired by Québec-based Englobe Corporation, a leading Canadian engineering and environmental services firm owned by Colliers International Group Inc. (Photo: Cambium)

Peterborough consulting and engineering firm Cambium to be acquired by Englobe Corporation

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Cambium will operate as a separate division within Englobe, a leading Canadian engineering and environmental services firm.
Toronto-based Radiohead tribute band Idioteque will be performing Radiohead's 1995 album "The Bends" note-for-note in its entirety, along with an opening set of other Radiohead tunes, at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night. (Photo: Idioteque / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – June 5 to 11

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Smoke from forest fires in Quebec hangs over the Township of Highlands East in Haliburton County on June 25, 2023. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Special air quality statement in effect for entire Kawarthas region due to wildfire smoke

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Smoke from wildfires in western Canada may continue to affect the area Thursday night into Friday for some areas.
Measles test

First measles case in the Kawarthas region confirmed in the City of Kawartha Lakes

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Regional health unit is following up with people who may have been exposed from May 28 to 31 at locations in Dunsford and Lindsay.
An abstract painter and musician, Lakefield's David Goyette is well known in Peterborough for his community support, philanthropy, and tireless promotion of the arts. Goyette is the sole finalist for the Peterborough Arts Awards' Arts Champion award, which recognizes a person who has consistently provided outstanding support and encouragement for the development of the arts in Peterborough through philanthropy, volunteerism, or the development of partnerships and collaborations. The winner of the $2,000 award gives it to a local not-for-profit professional arts organization. (Photo: Victoria Pearce)

Finalists announced for the Peterborough Arts Awards

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The Electric City Culture Council will announce the winners during a June 12 reception at the Canadian Canoe Museum.
encoreNOW for June 2, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) "Fireside Munsch" by M. John Kennedy at Peterborough's Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre, Film Access Northumberland's Eye2Eye Film Festival at Cobourg's Concert Hall at Victoria Hall, LeRoy Anderson and Donna Ramsay of "The Tommy Hunter Show" with Whiskey Jack at Peterborough's Air Force Club, Tom Cochrane at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, "Waitress" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, and "The Wizard of Oz" at Campbellford's Westben. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – June 2, 2025

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Featuring the Heaslip Foundation Summer Festival in Peterborough, the Eye2Eye Film Festival in Cobourg, 'Waitress' at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, and more.
The first-ever Pride-coloured crosswalk in Fenelon Falls has been installed at the intersection of May and Water streets, an initiative of the City of Kawartha Lakes, the Fenelon Falls & District Chamber of Commerce, community residents, and local businesses and organizations. (Photo: Julia Taylor / Facebook)

Fenelon Falls has its first-ever Pride-coloured crosswalk to kick off Pride Month

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Celebrating inclusivity and diversity, the crosswalk is the first under the City of Kawartha Lakes' newly approved coloured crosswalk policy.
Award-winning virtuoso harmonica player Carlos del Junco will be performing with his band The Blue Mongrels as a quartet at the Lakefield Jazz, Art & Craft Festival at Isobel Morris Park on July 12, 2025. (Photo via Carlos del Junco website)

Virtuoso harmonica player Carlos del Junco headlining this year’s Lakefield Jazz, Art & Craft...

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Annual festival at Isobel Morris Park features six jazz performances, over 20 artisans and crafters, and local food and beverage vendors.
Kawartha Lakes police vehicle. (Photo: Kawartha Lakes Police Service)

Kawartha Lakes police rescue man who jumped into the Scucog River in Lindsay on...

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Officers entered the water to pull the man to shore, where he was treated for hypothermia and taken to hospital
Peterborough musician VanCamp (Calvin Bakelaar) provides a soundtrack for shoppers during a summer sidewalk sale in downtown Peterborough, with the street closed to motor vehicle traffic. The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) will be hosting Second Saturday Sidewalk Sales on June 14, July 12, August 9, and September 13, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Monthly Saturday sidewalk sales coming to downtown Peterborough this summer

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Two blocks of George Street will be closed to motor vehicles during the events, which will also feature pop-up street vendors and community activities.
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