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Cobourg police service board chair Adam Bureau (left) and retired sergeant Don Missen, who led the Cobourg police's former canine unit from 1997 to 2003, presented Constable Amrit Gill and German shepherd Atos with the K-9 badge at a ceremony during the police service board's meeting in council chambers at Victoria Hall on July 28, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Cobourg Police Service)

Canine unit returns to Cobourg police after 23-year absence

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Constable Amrit Gill and German shepherd Atos graduated on July 24 from an intensive canine training program led by the Guelph Police Service.
Some of the 25,714 pens, markers, highlighters, mechanical pencils, and other plastic-based writing tools collected during the June 2026 Writing Instrument Challenge organized by Clean Up Peterborough. Plastic-based writing instruments are generally too small and complex to be processed through recycling systems and consequently often end up in landfills. TerraCycle accepts pens, markers, highlighters, mechanical pencils, and other plastic-based writing tools through its free recycling program at Staples stores. (Photo courtesy of Clean Up Peterborough)

Clean Up Peterborough’s June challenge collects more than 25,000 used writing instruments

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Growing year-round recycling network helped push the total diverted from landfills since October 2024 to more than 73,000 items.
A Peterborough police car with lights flashing at night. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Two Peterborough teens arrested after armed robbery of convenience store

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14-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy facing charges after early Monday morning robbery.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

54-year-old Oshawa motorcyclist dead after single-vehicle collision in North Kawartha

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Collision happened late Saturday afternoon on Northeys Bay Road along the north shore of Upper Stony Lake.
Selwyn Beach Conservation Area is located on the northeast shore of Chemong Lake. It is best known for its excellent swimming with a gently sloping sandy beach. Parents and caregivers are advised that the beach and swimming area are not supervised. (Photo: Otonabee Conservation)

The Beach Report for July 24 to 30, 2026

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings County.
Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory founder and CEO Robert Gauvreau (front) announced the fifth annual "Gear Up for Good" campaign outside the firm's King Street office in downtown Peterborough on July 23, 2026. This year's campaign aims to prepare 300 fully stocked backpacks for children heading back to school this fall including, for the first time, 100 backpacks for children in Manitoba, where Gauvreau has two offices. (Photo: Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce / Facebook)

Gauvreau’s ‘Gear Up for Good’ school backpack campaign expands beyond Peterborough to include Manitoba

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Fifth annual campaign aims to provide 300 fully stocked backpacks for children in need through three organizations in the two provinces.
Pictured with his wife Lynn, Dr. Jeremy Fletcher will begin a family medicine practice at the Omemee Medical Centre on August 4, 2026 and will accept patients through the provincial Health Care Connect program. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative)

Dr. Jeremy Fletcher to begin family medicine practice in Omemee on August 4

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Former paramedic and current Northumberland Hills Hospital emergency physician will accept patients registered with Health Care Connect.
Northumberland County five-piece indie folk band Lo & the High Road (led by Lauren Halász and Colin McMahon) perform traditional Celtic folk songs and their own Celtic-inspired originals at The John at Sadleir House in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night. (Photo: Ashlynn Paterson)

nightlifeNOW – July 23 to 29

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region,
Local photographer Kirk Doughty captured this shot of the 2018 Canada Day fireworks over Little Lake in Peterborough. (Photo: Kirk Doughty)

City of Peterborough reschedules cancelled Canada Day fireworks to Civic Holiday long weekend

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Fireworks display over Little Lake will take place Saturday, August 1 at Del Crary Park following the Musicfest concert.
Bellmere Winds Golf Resort is located on the north shore of Rice Lake in Keene. (Photo: Bellmere Winds Golf Resort / Facebook)

63-year-old Warkworth man dies from severe injuries in propane explosion at Bellmere Winds Golf...

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The incident happened Wednesday afternoon at a residential trailer on the resort, where the man is an employee.
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