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Canadian blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Johnny Cox performs at the Dominion Hotel in Minden on Monday night. (Photo via www.johnnycox.ca)

nightlifeNOW – August 10 to 16

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Bancroft woman charged with attempted murder following assault early Thursday morning

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43-year-old Heidi Brethour arrested after person found with serious injuries in the town of Bancroft.
Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith, Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Mayor Jim Martin, and AON Inc. president and CEO Brad Smith prepare to officially break ground on the new 128-bed long-term care home to be called "Station Place" in the village of Havelock in Peterborough County during an event on August 9, 2023. (Photo courtesy Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen)

Groundbreaking for Havelock’s new 128-bed long-term care home ‘a long time coming’

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AON Inc. will develop and operate the facility at 628 Old Norwood Road in Havelock.
Severe thunderstorm

Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Kawarthas region for Thursday

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Possible wind gusts up to 90 km/h, damaging nickel size hail, and heavy rain with amounts approaching 40 mm.
The 29-year-old driver of this vehicle was seriously injured in a single-vehicle collision on Highway 115 in Peterborough on August 9, 2023. (OPP-supplied photo)

One person seriously injured in single-vehicle collision on Highway 115 in Peterborough

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Southbound lanes of Highway 115 between The Parkway and County Road 28 will remain closed into Wednesday evening.
Burton Lee, executive director of business operations for the Peterborough Petes, is leaving the organization on August 15, 2023 for a position in North America's new professional women's hockey league, expected to begin play in January. (Photo: David Pickering)

Burton Lee leaving Peterborough Petes for position in North America’s new professional women’s hockey...

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Longtime business operations executive director first joined the Petes in 2013.
Peterborough police chief Stuart Betts updates the media on August 8, 2023 on a stabbing incident in downtown Peterborough late the previous night that resulted in the death in hospital of a man in his late 20s. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of YouTube video)

Police release name of victim in homicide in downtown Peterborough late Tuesday night

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27-year-old Jacob Jansen died in hospital after being stabbed in the George and Charlotte street area.
Naloxone, a lifesaving medication that temporarily reverses the deadly effects of opioid overdose, is available as an easy-to-administer, fixed-dose intranasal spray. (Photo: Narcan)

Peterborough Public Health extends drug poisoning alert

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17 suspected drug poisonings detected in Peterborough region over long weekend.
You can learn how the village tinsmith assisted 19th-century settler families with their nighttime preparations during "Village by Lantern Light" at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene on August 12, 2023. (Photo: Heather Doughty Photography).

Find out how settlers lived after dark at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene...

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Family-friendly 'Village by Lantern Light' event on August 12 also features horse-drawn wagon rides, antique timepieces, live music, popcorn over an open fire, and more.
Car on flooded road during heavy rain

Heavy rain expected across entire Kawarthas region Monday into Tuesday

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Showers will become heavy overnight Sunday with rainfall amounts from 20 to 75 mm possible before rain ends Tuesday evening.
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