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A person wearing a Santa hat in front of a Christmas tree holding a smartphone displaying the 2024 holiday hours listing on kawarthaNOW's website. (Photo: kawarthaNOW)

What’s open and closed over Christmas and New Year’s 2024

Holiday hours for 289 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

Peterborough teen facing multiple charges after abandoning partially submerged vehicle in Otonabee River

Police traced 17-year-old driver to a Lakefield address, where he told police his vehicle had hit black ice on County Road 32 Sunday night.
Cars on a road in a winter snow storm. (Stock photo)

Winter weather travel advisory in effect for Kawarthas region Monday

Snow expected to begin by late morning with accumulations of 10-20 cm expected by evening followed by risk of freezing drizzle.
Now based in Lac-des-Loups in western Quebec, Peterborough folk multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Benj Rowland is returning home to perform at the Pig's Ear Tavern on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: John Gearin)

nightlifeNOW – December 19 to 25

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
17-year-old Brady Hunt was seriously injured on December 12, 2024 when the pickup truck he was driving left the roadway on Highway 28 in Douro-Dummer Township. (Photo via GoFundMe)

Community rallies behind Selwyn teen seriously injured in Highway 28 collision

GoFundMe campaign has raised over $36,000 for 17-year-old Brady Hunt, who is in a medically induced coma at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
Kelly Isfan was appointed president and CEO of Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay in April 2020. She will be retiring from the position and her 35-year career in the healthcare industry in the latter half of 2025. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital)

Ross Memorial Hospital’s president and CEO Kelly Isfan retiring in 2025

Isfan joined the Lindsay hospital in April 2020 and oversaw the hospital's response to the pandemic.
Volunteer Peterborough at the Trent University Volunteer Fair on September 11, 2024. A $12,000 grant from The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group will help the not-for-profit organization raise awareness of its volunteer match-making service that was founded by Lois Tuffin in 2023. (Photo: Volunteer Peterborough / Facebook)

Volunteer Peterborough receives $12,000 grant from The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group

Not-for-profit organization will use grant to bolster local volunteerism by raising awareness of the volunteer match-making service.
Some of the 14 local bands and musicians who are donating their time and talents at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on March 26, 2025 for the fifth Peterborough Performs - Musicians United Against Homelessness benefit concert for United Way Peterborough & District include (left to right, top to bottom) The Spades, Little Fire Collective, Alyssa Morrissey, Georgia Rose, Michael Bell, Joanna and Danny Bronson, The Weber Brothers Band, Rick and Gailie Young with their Peterborough All-Star Band, The Hippie Chicks, Bread & Soul, Melissa Payne, and Kate Suhr. (kawarthaNOW collage of photos by Andy Carroll, Stuart Roberts, Linda Tough, Peter Rellinger, Wayne Eardley, and more)

Peterborough Performs returns for its fifth time to raise funds to address homelessness

March 26 event at Showplace will feature 14 musical acts on two stages with proceeds supporting the United Way.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough police charge part-time course instructor at Trent University with sexual assault

Incident involving non-consensual touching of a student is alleged to taken place off-campus on December 10.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Selwyn teen seriously injured in single-vehicle crash on Highway 28 Thursday night

Police and emergency crews were notified of collision by 'crash detection' feature on driver's cell phone.

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