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The Trent-Severn Waterway, which connects communities throughout Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough & The Kawarthas, and Northumberland County, is an important driver of the visitor economy in Kawarthas Northumberland. (Photo: RTO8)

Regional Tourism Organization 8 seeking four tourism professionals in Kawarthas Northumberland to serve on...

Applications open until May 22 to fill board member vacancies for Kawartha Lakes, the City and County of Peterborough, and Northumberland County.
Community Care Peterborough is marking the 35th anniversary of its "Grandparent of the Year" program, which brings different generations together and celebrates the influence they have on each other. As well as grandparents and great-grandparents, children in the City and County of Peterborough can also nominate an Elder or other special older people in their lives with whom they have a relationship. (Collage courtesy of Community Care Peterborough)

Peterborough-area children encouraged to nominate a special older person in their lives as ‘Grandparent...

Nominations for 35th anniversary of Community Care's intergenerational program due by May 9, with an in-person awards ceremony to be held in early June .
The suspect in a purse-snatching robbery that took place on Queen Street near St. Peter Street in downtown Lindsay on April 8, 2023. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seek suspect in purse-snatching robbery in downtown Lindsay on Saturday evening

Victim was not physically injured during robbery on Queen Street near St. Peter Street.
Globus Theatre founders Sarah Quick and James Barrett with their son Cue on the red carpet at the Lakeview Arts Barn during the 2013 Starlight Ball celebrating Globus Theatre's 10th anniversary. The 20th anniversary Starlight Ball, taking place on April 22, 2023, will raise funds for the theatre company's $2-million capital campaign to purchase the Lakeview Arts Barn. (Photo: Globus Theatre

Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre rolling out red carpet for gala fundraiser on April 22

Black-tie event will celebrate theatre company's 20th anniversary while raising funds to help purchase the Lakeview Arts Barn.
Former Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef chats with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he holds her infant son Samad during a visit with Monsef and her husband, former Fredericton Liberal MP Matt DeCourcey, in Peterborough this week. (Photo: Justin Trudeau / Instagram)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets former Peterborough-Kawartha Maryam Monsef’s baby boy

Trudeau was in Peterborough and visited with Monsef, her husband former Fredericton Liberal Matt DeCourcey, and one-month-old Samad.
Saskatoon folk singer-songwriter Ellen Froese will be performing at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Friday, April 7. (Photo: Little Jack Films)

nightlifeNOW – April 6 to 12

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region
Nuin-Tara Morin and assistant Chris Boyd complete the "Nothing Out of Reach" road mural in July 2022 as part of the City of Peterborough's 2022 Renaissance on Hunter public art project. Nuin-Tara Morin is one of the four artists in the 2022 program who will serve as mentors for 10 local artists to be selected for the 2023 Road Mural Mentorship Program. (Photo: City of Peterborough Public Art Program / Facebook)

New City of Peterborough public art program will mentor 10 local artists on large-scale...

Applications are open until May 1 for Road Mural Mentorship Program that builds upon the Renaissance on Hunter public art projects.
The falls at Fenelon Falls in the City of Kawartha Lakes. (Photo: Wikipedia)

ENDED – Fenelon Falls Colborne Street sewage pumping station releasing raw sewage into Fenelon...

Residents living downstream from the station who draw their water from the river advised to take extra precautions.
A hand placing green waste in a wheelbarrow during spring cleaning of a yard. (Stock photo)

Green waste collection has resumed for City of Peterborough residents

Curbside pickup of leaf and yard waste takes place weekly on your regular collection day.
Avian influenza is a highly pathogenic virus that can infect domesticated and wild birds, including chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasants, quail, and guineafowl. Cases of avian influenza among humans are rare and are almost always acquired through direct contact with infected birds or through exposure to heavily contaminated environments. (Photo: World Health Organization)

Peterborough Public Health urges residents to use caution around wild birds and poultry

Pet dog in Oshawa died after contracting avian influenza from chewing on a wild goose.

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