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OPP boat. (Photo: OPP / Facebook)

55-year-old boater facing multiple charges after passenger injured in single-vessel collision on Wollaston Lake

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Passenger was ejected from the boat as a result of the collision late Saturday afternoon.
Five Counties Children's Centre's annual Backyard Summer Social fundraising event on June 24, 2023 in Peterborough featured food, music and other entertainment, and fun activities for attendee including axe throwing, a lacrosse shootout, old-fashioned picnic games, and a petting zoo from Critter Visits including a 'unicorn'. Despite rain forcing some of the activities to take place indoors, the event still raised $41,664 for children's treatment services in the counties of Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterborough, and the City of Kawartha Lakes. (Photo courtesy of Five Counties Children's Centre)

Backyard Summer Social at Five Counties in Peterborough raises $41,664 for children’s treatment services

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Proceeds from June 24 event go to charitable organization's Building Abilities for Life campaign.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

27-year-old man dead after Saturday night pickup truck crash on County Road 40 north...

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Pickup truck left roadway and struck a rock wall, ejecting the driver.
Haliburton Highlands Health Services is located at 7199 Gelert Road in Haliburton, where the Haliburton hospital is also located. (Photo: Haliburton Highlands Health Services)

Haliburton Highlands receives provincial approval to acquire CT scanner and mammography unit

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Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation will be launching a major capital campaign to fund the equipment.
The beach at Sandy Lake in Trent Lakes. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

The Beach Report for July 7 to 13, 2023

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward.
Toronto-based crooner Steven Taetz, a singer-songwriter whose vocal style has been compared to that of Chris Isaak and Roy Orbison, performs at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Friday night in a double bill with Lauren Dillen and Ray Goudy of Toronto psychedelic folk band Burs. (Photo: Jen Squires)

nightlifeNOW – July 6 to 12

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Seven Peterborough-area entrepreneurial businesses received a collective $35,000 in the spring 2022 intake of the provincially funded Starter Company Plus program offered by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. Pictured are Michelle Fenn, Kate Adams, Erin Burrell, Brigh Findlay-Shields, Jack Henry, Tavlyn Evans and Crystal Walker, and Andrew Fitzpatrick. Not pictured: Kendra Mancini and Sean Fitzpatrick.(Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Seven Peterborough-area entrepreneurial businesses receive $5,000 microgrants through Starter Company Plus

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12 small businesses participated in five-week program offered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre.
A thunderstorm passes over a lake in North Kawartha Township on July 5, 2021. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for entire Kawarthas region Thursday afternoon

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Strong wind gusts, large hail, and heavy rain possible.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

A 65-year-old Oshawa man drowned in Rice Lake on Wednesday afternoon

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Members of public tried to assist man calling for help, but he went underwater and never resurfaced.
Peterborough's Warsaw Road Swing Bridge is located on Parkhill Road East between Armour Road and Television Road. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s Warsaw Road Swing Bridge closed again during the day on Thursday

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Parks Canada is closing bridge for a second time from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for seasonal maintenance.
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