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Leisa Way and her Wayward Wind Band (left to right: Bruce Ley, Brant Garratt, Don Reid, Jack Gaughan, and Junior Riggan) will perform the hits of the late Gordon Lightfoot and share stories, facts, and anecdotes about the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter during "Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot," which runs at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon from October 15 to 19, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Leisa Way)

Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre presents a musical tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot from October...

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In 'Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot', Leisa Way and her Wayward Wind Band perform legendary songwriter's hits, share stories, and more;
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

One person seriously injured in three-vehicle collision on Highway 35 north of Cameron

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A pickup truck, SUV, and minivan collided just after noon on Saturday.
A mobile phone sitting on a harvest table covered with squash and fall leaves displaying kawarthaNOW's Thanksgiving Monday 2024 holiday hours story. (kawarthaNOW photo)

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday 2024

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Holiday hours for 302 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
Ghostly Hounds, the haunting and soulful folk and old-time music project of B.C. singer-songwriter and banjo player Francesca Mirai, performs a late afternoon and early evening show on Saturday at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Colin Smith)

nightlifeNOW – October 10 to 16

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
A new CCTV camera system is now up and running in downtown Lindsay, operated and maintained by the Lindsay Downtown Business Improvement Association (LDBIA) and funded by the Ontario government through the Kawartha Lakes Police Service, the City of Kawartha Lakes, and the LDBIA membership. While the cameras will not be actively monitored by the LDBIA or Kawartha Lakes police, police can request access to the footage from the LDBIA for the purpose of investigating crimes. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

CCTV camera system now up and running in downtown Lindsay

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Operated and maintained by the Lindsay DBIA, system aims to deter criminal activity and provide a greater sense of security.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) general surgeon Dr. Brie Banks, Kawartha Credit Union president and CEO Norah McCarthy, PRHC Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway, and Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival chair Michelle Thornton hold a $312,025.18 cheque representing the funds raised at this year's festival during an event on October 9, 2024 in the hospital's cafeteria. The funds will support cancer care advancements at PRHC like digital pathology and breast seed localization. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival)

Dragon Boat Festival raises record-breaking $312,025.18 for cancer care at Peterborough Regional Health Centre

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Annual event exceeded this year's goal by over $60,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to more than $4.5 million.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

October 1 fire that claimed Peterborough woman’s life was accidental: Ontario Fire Marshal

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43-year-old woman died in apartment fire at Rubidge and Townsend streets.
A detail from a painting by JoEllen Brydon illustrating a reader's letter to her late mother Jean Armstrong Brydon, who wrote an advice column under the pen name Elizabeth Thompson for Toronto's Globe and Mail from 1966 to 1978. The female letter writer talked about women in her bridge club being inspired to burn their bras in a barbeque pit, to which Thompson replied, "With winter just around the corner you had better stock up in vests or something to cut the stormy blasts." Brydon is one of 28 Peterborough-area artists who have received $57,143 in grants from Electric City Culture Council. (Photo courtesy of JoEllen Brydon)

28 Peterborough-area artists receive $57,143 in grants from Electric City Culture Council

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City-supported grants for individual artist program funds new music, books, poems, circus arts, paintings, theatre, dance, film, and more.
Peterborough Public Health is located at 185 King Street West in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough Public Health advises recalled beef tongue jelly product was sold in Bridgenorth

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A confirmed case of listeriosis followed the purchase of the product before deli was aware of food recall.
A collision involving a passenger vehicle and three tractor-trailers closed the westbound lanes of Highway 401 at Brighton for around three hours on October 4, 2024. The driver of the passenger vehicle suffered minor injuries. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

Three separate incidents closed Highway 401 at Brighton on Friday morning

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Police and emergency crews responded to a tractor-trailer fire and two collisions between cars and tractor-trailers.
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