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Cobourg mayor Lucas Cleveland, Cobourg police chief Paul VandeGraaf, Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre executive director Nancy Johnston, Port Hope police chief Tim Farquharson, and Port Hope mayor Olena Hankivsky during an announcement on October 5, 2023 of a $100,000 provincial grant that Cobourg police and Cornerstone will use to expand their intimate partner abuse program first piloted in 2017. (Photo courtesy of Cobourg Police Service)

Cobourg police and Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre receive $100,000 provincial grant for intimate...

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Grant will be used to expand program's geographical reach, establish a full-time position, add services for sexual assault victims, and more.
A mobile phone sitting on a harvest table covered with squash and fall leaves displaying kawarthaNOW's Thanksgiving Monday 2023 holiday hours story. (kawarthaNOW photo)

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday 2023

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Holiday hours for 294 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
A pharmacist prepares to administer a shot of Comirnaty, the updated Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 that targets the new omicron XBB subvariant, in Orlando, Florida, on September 14, 2023. (Photo: Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel / The Associated Press)

New COVID-19 Moderna XBB.1.5 vaccine now available for Peterborough area residents

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Peterborough Public Health is vaccinating residents in two highest priority eligible groups for vaccine that targets new omicron XBB subvariant.
OPP logo on police car door

99-year-old Kawartha Lakes man dead after farm accident

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Man was working on tractor on farm north of Downeyville on Thursday evening when it rolled onto him.
The James A. Gifford Causeway in Bridgenorth was closed for a week on September 29, 2023 for emergency repairs. (Photo: Peterborough County)

James A. Gifford Causeway in Bridgenorth reopens to traffic at noon on Friday

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Peterborough County's busiest stretch of road was closed for a week to complete unforeseen urgent repairs.
Chief Stuart Betts explains the Peterborough Police Service's new 'Safer Public Spaces' approach to the open-air use of illicit drugs in public spaces in the community at a media conference at the Peterborough police station on October 5, 2023. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of police video)

Peterborough police announce ‘no-tolerance approach’ to open-air illicit drug use

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'Safer Public Spaces' approach will focus on preventing drug use in parks, playgrounds, bus shelters, and store fronts, with arrest as a last resort.
Cars parked at the Port Hope Drive In, located on Theatre Road south of Highway 401 about halfway between Port Hope and Cobourg. (Photo: Port Hope Drive In)

Port Hope Drive In, Canada’s oldest operating drive-in theatre, ‘forced to close due to...

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Post on drive-in's Facebook page says theatre a victim of poor attendance.
Critically acclaimed Yukon singer-songwriter Joey O'Neil performs at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night with Toronto-based songwriter and composer Baby O (Olivia Pasquarelli) opening. (Photo via joeyoneil.com)

nightlifeNOW – October 5 to 11

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
As part of Peterborough County's "Share the Road" campaign during October, new signage has been installed on County Road 2. Drivers are being asked to be patient when they encounter slow-moving farm vehicles and farm equipment on rural highways and roads, and pass them only when it is safe to do so. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough County)

New Peterborough County campaign encourages motorists to ‘share the road’ with farm vehicles

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With fall harvest season beginning in October, drivers will encounter slow-moving tractors and farm equipment on rural roads and highways.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

Police investigating suspicious death of a 79-year-old woman in Fenelon Falls

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Women was found dead on Monday in a residence on Kanata Trail near Cameron Lake.
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