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More than 600 people took part in the fifth annual Lock & Paddle event at the Peterborough Lift Lock on August 26, 2023, paddling 403 canoes and kayaks into the two tubs at the world's tallest hydraulic lift lock over four lockages. (Photo: Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site, Parks Canada / Facebook)

Saturday’s Lock & Paddle event saw 403 canoes and kayaks go through the Peterborough...

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More than 600 paddlers participated in Parks Canada's fifth annual celebration of the world's tallest hydraulic lift lock.
OPP boat. (Photo: OPP / Facebook)

69-year-old boater drowned in Pigeon Lake on Sunday night

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Kawartha Lakes man, the lone occupant of his boat, apparently fell overboard and was not wearing a life jacket.
Motorcycle enthusiast Terry Guiel (closest to camera), executive director of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), leads participants in Peterborough's first-ever United on the Highway Poker Run on August 26, 2023, raising funds for United Way Peterborough & District. The event was organized by the DBIA in partnership with Cogeco and the United Way with prizes donated by sponsors including Lafarge, Euphoria Wellness Spa, Liftlock Cruises, Classy Chassis, Team VanRahan Century 21, Cogeco, Sink or Swim Tattoos, and Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Peterborough’s first-ever United on the Highway Poker Run raises funds for the United Way

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A little rain didn't dampen the enthusiasm of local motorcyclists participating in Saturday's DBIA-organized event.
The City of Kawartha Lakes' "Recipe Revival" project includes a recipe for tea biscuits from the Abbott sisters, who operated the Maryboro Lodge in Fenelon Falls from 1913 until it become a museum in 1963. (Photo courtesy of City of Kawartha Lakes)

Kawartha Lakes launches ‘Recipe Revival’ project to celebrate region’s heritage through food

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Project will collect and curate recipes submitted by the community as well as recipes from the city's historical archives.
Victoria Park Beach in Cobourg. (Photo: Town of Cobourg)

The Beach Report for August 25 to 31, 2023

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward.
"What if for one day everything stopped, and we all just listened to the music?" The last Saturday in August in worldwide Play Music On The Porch Day. In celebration of the day, Haliburton Highlands Brewing is hosting an open jam on Saturday afternoon. (Graphic: Play Music On The Porch Day)

nightlifeNOW – August 24 to 30

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Almost a year after a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest, 34-year-old Eduardo 'Tito' Silva was arrested in Sault Ste. Marie on August 22, 2023 and charged with second degree murder and multiple other offences in connection with the July 2022 shooting death of 37-year-old Shawn Singh in Peterborough. (Police-supplied photo)

34-year-old Barrie man arrested for July 2022 murder of Shawn Singh in Peterborough

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Eduardo 'Tito' Silva was taken into custody at his Sault Ste. Marie residence on Tuesday after a two-hour stand-off with police.
On August 24, 2023, an Amber Alert was issued for three-month-old Jazmine Gill-Bissonnette who was abducted by her father, 23-year-old Jacob Bissonnette, in Roseneath about 52 kilometres east of Peterborough. A couple of hours after the Amber Alert was issued, police located the infant safe in Roseneath and took her father into custody. (Police-supplied photos)

Amber Alert cancelled for baby girl abducted by her father in Rosneath

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Three-month-old Jazmine Gill-Bissonnette located safe, police take father into custody.
On August 23, 2023, Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation CEO Erin Coons (middle) accepted a $20,000 cheque from longtime members of the Ops Ladies Auxiliary (left to right) Marion Brumwell, Joan Magahay, Noreen Brasier, and Anne Walker at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay. The volunteer group is disbanding now that the Ops Community Centre and Arena has been demolished. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation)

Disbanding Ops Ladies Auxiliary donates $20,000 to Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation in Lindsay

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Volunteer group was formed in 1974 with the construction of the now-demolished Ops Community Centre and Arena.
Last held from 2016 to 2019, Parks Canada's Lock & Paddle event returns to the Peterborough Lift Lock on August 26, 2023. Paddle alongside hundreds of canoes and kayaks along the Trent-Severn Waterway towards the world's tallest hydraulic lift lock, where the two tubs will be packed full as everyone is sent 65 feet (20 metres) in the air. (Photo: Parks Canada)

Lift your spirits (and your canoes and kayaks) at the Peterborough Lift Lock on...

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Parks Canada's annual 'Lock & Paddle' event returns to the world's tallest hydraulic lift lock for the first time since 2019.
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