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An estimated 16,000 people crowded Del Crary Park in June 2016 to see Serena Ryder perform on the Fred Anderson Stage. (Screenshot of Cogeco YourTV video)

Del Crary Park will have new stage in time for Peterborough Musicfest’s 36th summer...

City is dismantling Fred Anderson Stage and will install a new mobile stage with 'features to meet modern production needs' .
Car on flooded road during heavy rain

Environment Canada issues rainfall warning for greater Kawarthas for Sunday

Additional 40 to 50 mm of rain expected by Monday morning/
Prominent female Afghan activist Selay Ghaffar will be the guest speaker at the 13th annual Red Pashmina Walk on April 30, 2023 at Emmanuel United Church in Peterborough. (Photo via Selay Ghaffar website)

Prominent female Afghan activist Selay Ghaffar to speak at Red Pashmina Walk in Peterborough...

Annual walk raises funds for literacy and humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.
Rotarian Graham Wilkins, who is leading the Rotary Environmentalist Innovators Fund initiative, prepares to speak as the five winners of the inaugural Rotary Environmental Innovators Award look on during an event on April 27, 2023 at Camp Kawartha in Douro-Dummer. (Photo: Community Futures Peterborough / Facebook)

Winners of Peterborough’s inaugural Rotary Environmental Innovators Award announced

Rotary Club of Peterborough and Cleantech Commons provide almost $10,000 to five environmental innovators in Peterborough area.
Toronto's Denielle Bassels Quintet is performing at the Black Horse Pub in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night as part of International Jazz Day Peterborough. (Photo: Denielle Bassels / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – April 27 to May 3

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Trent University president and vice-chancellor Dr. Leo Groarke in his office in Bata Library in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Trent University)

Trent University president Leo Groarke stepping down in June 2024

After the end of his second term as the university's president and vice-chancellor, Dr. Groarke will continue as a professor,
Mayhemingways (Benj Rowland and Josh Fewings) perform at Porchapalooza during Artsweek Peterborough 2018. Featuring live music performed by local musicians on five neighbourhood porches, Porchapalooza returns on May 6 and 7 during Artsweek 2023, which runs from May 5 to 14 with 10 days of free performance, poetry, and visual arts projects across Peterborough featuring 40 events and nearly 100 artists. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Artsweek Peterborough returns May 5 for 10 days of free performance, poetry, and visual...

Presented by Electric City Culture Council, theme for 2023 multi-arts festival is 'Art in Unexpected Places'.
20-year-old Austin DeMaeyer of Selwyn Township. (Police-supplied photo)

Peterborough police issue public safety notice after Selwyn Township man is released from custody

20-year-old Austin DeMaeyer has a 'history of targeting women' according to police.
Arnold Schwarzenegger appears in his first-ever small-screen series in the new Netflix action comedy FUBAR, which tells the story of a father and daughter who learn they are both secret CIA operatives and are forced to team up as partners. The eight-episode series premieres on Netflix on Thursday, May 25th. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in May 2023

Highlights include FUBAR, The Mother, Black Knights, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, XO, Kitty, and more.
A Place Called Home's emergency shelter in Lindsay is now offering a free bike share program for its residents thanks to a grant from the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes. Pictured with the four bikes and bike rack are Jen Lopinski of A Place Called Home (left) along with Shantal Ingram and Jennifer Bain of the United Way. (Photo courtesy of A Place Called Home)

Bike share program launched at A Place Called Home’s emergency shelter in Lindsay

Agency serving unhoused people used United Way grant to purchase four bikes for free use by shelter's residents.

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