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An officer with Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) demonstrates the tracking technology used in the Project Lifesaver program, which helps searchers quickly locate people with cognitive disorders who wander. Through a collaborative partnership between local emergency services and community organizations, the internationally recognized program is coming to Kawartha Lakes in summer 2026. (Photo: OPP)

Program that helps first responders find missing people with cognitive conditions coming to Kawartha...

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Internationally recognized 'Project Lifesaver' program will launch this summer with support from local police, paramedics, and the Alzheimer Society.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

Driver struck after exiting vehicle in Highway 401 crash in Port Hope dies in...

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Police are appealing for witnesses to two-vehicle collision in eastbound lanes near the service centre on Saturday morning.
Pictured with other award winners, five-time Paralympian Alec Denys (middle) received the Trailblazer Award from the Abilities Centre in Whitby on May 29, 2026. The award is presented to a Canadian with a disability who has overcome systematic barriers to achieve a significant accomplishment that redefined how society perceives ability. (Photo: Abilities Centre)

Five-time Paralympian Alec Denys honoured with national award in advance of National AccessAbility Week

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The 74-year-old Warsaw resident received the Trailblazer Award from the Abilities Centre in Whitby on May 29.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

16-year-old Bobcaygeon girl dead in two-vehicle collision on County Road 49 on Saturday night

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Sole passenger in the vehicle she was driving was airlifted to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries.
High winds across central and eastern Ontario on May 29, 2026 downed trees, utility poles, and power lines, leaving tens of thousands of Hydro One customers without power. (Photo: Hydro One)

High winds on Friday leave tens of thousands of people in cottage country without...

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Some areas in the northern Kawarthas region might not see power restored until late Sunday.
Peer Christensen during an artist talk at the Art Gallery of Peterborough for his 2022 exhibition "Landscapes of Conveyance," which was inspired by he and his wife Lori's trip aboard the Algoma Harvester on a five-day journey through the St. Lawrence Seaway in 2019. (Photo: Zach Ward)

Well-known Peterborough artist Peer Christensen has passed away at 72

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He died in hospice on May 25 after being diagnosed with brain cancer in early 2025.
Lindsay musician Tyler Koke will be performing with Nigel Broersma and Dwane Parsons for his "High Horse" EP Release Party at Dusk to Dawn Brewing Co. in Millbrook Saturday night. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – May 28 to June 3

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Two pedestrians struck by vehicles in separate incidents in Peterborough on Wednesday

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One of the victims, an 88-year-old man, was transported by air ambulance to a Toronto hospital.
Port Hope fire chief Jason Williams receiving the 2026 Fire Chief of the Year award from Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officers Association vice-president Don Casey on May 27, 2026 at the association's 69th annual symposium training and education symposium at Casino Rama in Orillia. (Photo via Municipality of Port Hope)

Port Hope’s Jason Williams named 2026 Fire Chief of the Year

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Honour from Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officers Association recognizes Williams' distinguished career as a fire and emergency services professional,
During its second annual Writing Instrument Challenge, grassroots volunteer group Clean Up Peterborough is e residents, schools, businesses, municipalities, libraries, workplaces, community groups, and others across Peterborough County and beyond to collect their used, broken, and dried-out writing instruments for recycling. The collected items will then be donated to the non-profit organization TerraCycle through their free recycling program at Staples stores. TerraCycles cleans the items, separates them by material, and turns them into raw materials to then be used to make new products. (Photo: Steve Paul / Clean Up Peterborough)

June recycling challenge invites Peterborough County residents to help keep used writing instruments out...

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Clean Up Peterborough's free community-wide Writing Instrument Challenge accepts pens, markers, highlighters, mechanical pencils, and other plastic-based writing tools.
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