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BowieFest Canada is celebrating the music of the late David Bowie this weekend, starting Friday night with a launch party and Bowie karaoke at the Crook and Coffer pub in downtown Peterborough, followed on Saturday afternoon by the Bowie Bazaar in the lobby of Showplace Performance Centre and a "Ziggy Played Guitar" audition in the Nexicom Studio for a musician to take part in the opening set of The Bowie Lives starring Michael Bell (pictured) with SJ Riley on the main stage at Showplace on Saturday night. (Photo via The Bowie Lives / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – October 19 to 25

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
John Cunningham, owner of Community Alternative Funeral & Cremations Services Ltd., Ashburnham Funeral Home & Reception Centre, and Kawartha Aquamation, was named Business Citizen of the Year at the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Business Excellence Awards at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 18, 2023. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Chamber video)

John Cunningham named Peterborough’s Business Citizen of the Year

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Funeral services entrepreneur among businesses, organizations, and individuals honoured at Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Business Excellence Awards.
Having purchased the former Trinity United Church at 360 Reid Street last July, the Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network is embarking on a project with One City Peterborough to establish a community hub at the location called Trinity Centre. One City Peterborough will adapt the space to offer year-round daytime drop-in programming but also provide 45 sleeping cots for those seeking overnight shelter from October 1 through the winter until March 31. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

One City Peterborough receives $200,000 in federal homelessness funding for Trinity Centre renovations

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Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre and Peterborough Drug Strategy also receiving 'Reaching Home' funding administered by United Way of Peterborough & District.
On October 17, 2023, Peterborough police chief Stuart Betts announced the arrests of two men from the GTA and Toronto in connection with a shooting last April in Peterborough that left a Mississauga man dead. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough Police Service video)

Peterborough police arrest two out-of-town suspects for fatal shooting last April

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An 18-year-old GTA man, currently facing 20 unrelated charges including attempted murder, has been charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault.
Terry Guiel was hired as the executive director of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) in 2013. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Terry Guiel quits as executive director of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area

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No reason has been given for Guiel's resignation, effective immediately, after 10 years as a tireless promoter of the downtown.
The Ontario government has appointed singer-songwriter and record label owner Missy Knott of Curve Lake First Nation to the Ontario Arts Council, an agency that operates at arm's length from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport and provides grants and services to professional Ontario-based artists and arts organizations. The agency is governed by a volunteer board comprising 12 members who come from communities across the province. (Photo courtesy of MPP Dave Smith's office)

Missy Knott of Curve Lake First Nation appointed to Ontario Arts Council

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The first-ever appointee from Curve Lake First Nation, the singer-songwriter and business owner will help direct the province's primary arts funding organization for the next three years.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

64-year-old Cobourg man dead after his car struck a wall

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Police investigating early Monday morning collision on Theatre Road between Port Hope and Cobourg.
48-year-old William of Brighton. (Police-supplied photo)

Northumberland OPP searching for missing 48-year-old Brighton man

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William was last seen in Belleville in September 26 and is known to frequent Northumberland County and Prince Edward County.
After five years in business, siblings Nathan and Danielle White have announced they will be closing their downtown Peterborough vegan restaurant Nateure's Plate – Plant Based Eatery & Bar on October 28, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Nateure's Plate)

Downtown Peterborough vegan restaurant Nateure’s Plate closing on October 28

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Siblings Danielle and Nathan White launched their popular plant-based eatery in 2018.
Rotary Club of Peterborough-Kawartha secretary Len Lifchus and community service projects chair Bill Gordanier (left and right) with YMCA Balsillie Family Branch general manager MaryAnne Wooldridge with the new aquatics wheelchair made possible by a Rotary donation. (Photo courtesy of YMCA of Central East Ontario)

YMCA Balsillie Family Branch purchases new aquatics wheelchair with donation from Rotary Club of...

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Wheelchair will allow those with mobility issues to enter lap and therapy pools more easily.
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