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Smoke billows out of the historic building housing Kawartha Home Hardware at 24 Queen Street in downtown Lakefield on October 9, 2025. (Photo: Mike Quigg)

Fire engulfs Home Hardware store in downtown Lakefield

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Witnesses report the blaze began in the upper portion of the historic building and all occupants were able to get out safely.
Local musicians will perform a tribute to Toronto country-rock icons The Sadies on Friday night when Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough hosts the 3rd Annual Ptbo Salutes: The Sadies, with proceeds donated to charity in memory of founding member Dallas Good (front), who died from coronary illness in 2022 at the age of 48. (Photo: Ron Johnson)

nightlifeNOW – October 9 to 15

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Guests at the Lakeside Gala at The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough on October 4, 2025 listen to a speech by the museum's executive director Carolyn Hyslop and curator Jeremy Ward in the museum's atrium during the inaugural event that raised $150,000 in support of the not-for-profit museum and its programming. (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Canoe Museum)

Inaugural Lakeside Gala raises $150,000 for The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough

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Fundraising event on October 4 featured live music, fine cuisine, storytelling, auctions, the launch of an Inuit kayak build, and more.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway (third from left) accepts a cheque for $400,104.01 from Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival representing the proceeds raised at the 24th edition of the festival held on June 14, 2025 at Del Crary Park. The record-breaking donation exceeded the 2025 fundraising goal of $260,018.01 by over $140,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to $4.9 million for cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment in the Peterborough region. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival)

Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival raises record-breaking $400,104.01 for cancer care at Peterborough Regional Health...

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24th annual festival held on June 14 exceeded its fundraising goal by over $140,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to $4.9 million.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

Two people dead in serious collision on Highway 118 in Haliburton County

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64-year-old female motorcyclist and 79-year-old male passenger died Sunday morning after colliding with a transport truck north of Carnarvon.
With its team of chiropractors and a physiotherapist and a massage therapist, Hybrid Health and Rehabilitation in Peterborough treats acute and chronic pain, concussion, aches and sprains, vertigo, and more through individualized treatment plans that leave clients moving like they used to. In addition to hosting various levels of postpartum classes for new moms, the clinic has just launched a new program that will help new dads build strength and find community. (Photo courtesy of Hybrid Health and Rehabilitation)

Know Your Locals: Peterborough’s Hybrid Health and Rehabilitation provides individualized treatment plans to get...

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Owned by husband-and-wife chiropractors Dr. Shayla Conrad and Dr. Dan Calow, the clinic has also just launched a fitness and community class for new dads.
Trent University's associate vice president of students Lawrence Lam speaks as Peterborough police staff sergeant Mark Reesor looks on during a media conference on October 3, 2025 about police preparations for Trent University's 54th annual Head of the Trent weekend. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough Police Service video)

Peterborough residents will see a larger-than-normal police presence during Trent University’s Head of the...

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An additional 11 officers will be on and off campus, along with the police service's crowd management unit and volunteer auxiliary unit.
Vocalist and musician Caitlin O'Connor (Blue Hazel, The Detention Club, The Union), seen here at Peterborough Musicfest's Future Sounds Stage in July 2025, performs a solo show at the Rolling Grape Vineyard in Bailieboro on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: Peterborough Musicfest)

nightlifeNOW – October 2 to 8

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (OPP photo)

Police charge 31-year-old Port Credit man with manslaughter in connection with a death in...

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Kawartha Lakes OPP have identified the victim as 50-year-old Jason Bucsis of Toronto.
The late Gerry Smith, who passed away in 2024 at the age of 62, was a sergeant with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) who retired in 2017 after 30 years of service. (Photo via Peterborough County OPP)

Smith-Ennismore Community Police dedicating Bridgenorth office to late OPP sergeant Gerry Smith on Thursday

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Smith was a huge supporter of auxiliary and community policing who retired in 2017 and passed away suddenly in 2024 at the age of 62.
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