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Lindsay resident Mark Doble was elected Ward 5 councillor for the City of Kawartha Lakes in a by-election held on April 10, 2025. (Photo via Mark Doble campaign website)

Lindsay resident Mark Doble elected Ward 5 councillor in Kawartha Lakes by-election

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Retired municipal assessor was elected to vacant seat on April 10 with 41% of the 2,909 votes cast.
Peterborough's own Victoria Yeh will be performing on electric violin when Paul DeLong's ONE WORD comes to The John at Sadleir House in Peterborough on Wednesday night. The band, which plays rarely heard classic tunes from the great jazz-rock fusion bands of the 1970s such as the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report, also features Paul DeLong on drums, Steve Lucas on bass, Michael Murray on guitar, and Marco Luciani on keyboards. (Photo: Trevor Hesselink / Groundswell Photography)

nightlifeNOW – April 10 to 16

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
An Elections Canada poll worker placing a "vote" sign at a polling station. (Photo: Elections Canada)

Elections Canada releases list of confirmed federal candidates in greater Kawarthas region

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23 candidates are running in the region's four ridings of Peterborough, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland-Clarke, and Hastings-Lennox and Addington-Tyendinaga.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

78-year-old Peterborough County man killed by falling tree on Monday

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The homeowner had already cleared a number of storm-damaged trees from his property when he was struck.
Little Lake rising above the retaining walls and flooding the parking lot at Ashburnham Lock 20 between Rogers Cove and Beavermead Park in Peterborough in May 2017. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

City of Peterborough offering sandbags to residents affected by localized flooding

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Three sandbag stations will be open daily as needed due to high water levels on the Otonabee River south of Little Lake.
An elector casts a ballot while a poll worker looks on. (Photo: Elections Canada)

Two separate debates for federal election candidates in Peterborough riding take place April 8...

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Business issues debate takes place at Lakefield College School, with housing and homelessness debate following at All Saints' Anglican Church.
One of Canada's top modern reggae bands, Toronto-based The Human Rights, will be performing at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Friday night, with Lakefield dub poet Chet Singh and Peterborough reggae band Dub Trinity opening. (Photo via The Human Rights website)

nightlifeNOW – April 3 to 9

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region
A hydro worker deals with a broken tree limb on a power line on March 31, 2025 after a severe ice storm resulted in hundreds of power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of Ontario residents, mainly in central and eastern regions of the province. (Photo: Hydro One)

Hydro worker threatened by North Kawartha resident frustrated by lack of power to their...

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While the worker didn't want to proceed with charges, Peterborough County OPP is reminding the public that making threats is a criminal offence.
Fenelon Falls in the City of Kawartha Lakes, with the Fenelon River in the foreground. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Fenelon Falls and Lindsay wastewater systems releasing untreated sewage into the Fenelon and Scucog...

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Amount of wastewater entering systems has exceeded capacity, residents drawing water downstream of sewage pumping stations should take precautions.
Some of the members of a Peterborough family of 11 who have been displaced after a fire broke out in their East City home while they were using the fireplace to heat the home during a power outage after the weekend ice storm. (Photo via GoFundMe)

GoFundMe launched after fire in East City home displaces Peterborough family of 11

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Fire broke out on April 1 when the fireplace was being used to heat the home during a power outage caused by the ice storm.
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