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Eryn Lidster is the new creative director of the ReFrame Film Festival. (Supplied photo)

Eryn Lidster is the new creative director of the ReFrame Film Festival

Artspace board chair has a strong background in programming and project management with an emphasis on film, media art, and theatre.
Martin Boyce in 2019. He was 21 years old when he participated in the Stonewall Riots (also known as the Stonewall Uprising) in New York City's Greenwich Village of June 28, 1969. The riots are widely considered a watershed event that transformed the gay liberation movement and the 20th-century fight for 2SLGBTQ+ rights in the United States and in Canada. (Photo: James Emmerman)

Stonewall Riots activist Martin Boyce speaking in Peterborough on April 18

Free event at Fleming College's Whetung Theatre at Sutherland Campus includes performances by Peterborough artists Betty Baker and Evangeline Gentle
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

43-year-old Highlands East woman dead after Friday afternoon collision

Single-vehicle collision happened on County Road 507 north of Catchacoma in Trent Lakes.
Petroglyphs Provincial Park in North Kawartha Township contains the largest known concentration of ancient Indigenous petroglyphs (rock carvings) in Canada. The park's visitor centre features displays about the petroglyphs and their spiritual significance to the Ojibway (Nishnaabe) people. (Photo: Ontario Parks)

Advance day-use permits for Petroglyphs Provincial Park in North Kawartha Township coming May 27

Reserving in advance helps guarantee access to the park, especially during busy periods like weekends and holidays.
A concept drawing of the new Trent River crossing in Campbellford in the Municipality of Trent Hills. (Illustration courtesy of Northumberland County)

Northumberland County seeking public input on updated design for new Campbellford bridge

On April 26, community members can view and share feedback on detailed designs for proposed 188-metre bridge and surrounding road network improvements.
The sun in a hazy sky. (Stock photo)

Special air quality statement in effect for southern Kawarthas region Friday afternoon

Hot and sunny conditions are expected to cause increasing ground-level ozone concentrations.
Melissa Payne is performing with her full band (Emily Burgess, Ryan Brown, Caitlin O'Connor, and Brandon Munro) at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night to celebrate the release of her new single "So Real", with East Coast singer-songwriter R.C. Stanley opening. (Photo: Mary Zita Payne Photography)

nightlifeNOW – April 13 to 19

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
The female suspect in a theft of cash from an apartement in a condominium building on Heritage Way in Lindsay on April 12, 2023. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seek suspect in cash theft in Lindsay on Wednesday

Female suspect entered multiple apartments in condominium building on Heritage Way.
Poet Ziysah von Bieberstein. (Supplied photo)

Ziysah von Bieberstein is Peterborough’s second poet laureate

Poet and Peterborough Poetry Slam co-founder was selected from a shortlist that also included Niambi Tree and Wes Ryan.
'Shoah: How was it Humanly Possible?', a 'ready to print' exhibit about the Holocaust created by Jerusalem-based Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, on display at the National Chengchi University of Taiwan. The Beth Israel Synagogue Congregation is bringing the exhibit, which is intended for mature viewers, to Peterborough on April 17 and 18, 2023. (Photo: Yad Vashem)

Holocaust exhibit ‘for mature viewers’ comes to Peterborough on April 17 and 18

Beth Israel Synagogue Congregation is hosting 'Shoah: How was it Humanly Possible?' to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel.

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