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'Impros vs Joes' at the Gordon Best Theatre on February 17, 2023 will see improv professionals (top to bottom, left to right) Linda Kash, Bruce Hunter, Pat Maitland, Kerry Griffin, and Janet van de Graaff perform with a group of improv amateurs. Peterborough musician Danny Bronson (bottom right) will provide musical accompaniment. (Collage: kawarthaNOW)

Hilarious improv comedy returns to downtown Peterborough on Friday night

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'Impros vs Joes' at Gordon Best Theatre sees klusterfork entertainment bring together seasoned improv veterans with improv amateurs/
Filomena Tassi, the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) with Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MP Francis Drouin (left) and Brasserie Tuque de Broue Brewery Inc. owner Nicolas Malboeuf (right) on February 13, 2023 in Embrum, where Tassi announced nearly $40 million over the next three years for Community Futures Development Corporations in southern Ontario. (Photo: FedDev Ontario)

Federal government announces $40 million for Community Futures Development Corporations in southern Ontario

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Funding over next three years will support 36 CFDCs in southern Ontario, including five in greater Kawarthas region.
The City of Peterborough will implement a weekly 'green bin' service to collect household organic waste effective October 31, 2023. At the same time, residents will be required to put their garbage in clear garbage bags and garbage collection will move from weekly to every other week. Weekly recycling collection will continue. (Stock photo)

Peterborough city council approves big changes to residential waste collection this fall

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Starting October 31, clear garbage bags will be required, a weekly green bin collection begins, and garbage collection shifts to every other week.
Dr. Lesslie Ponraja is moving from his practice in England to join the Kinmount and District Health Centre as a family doctor effective March 1, 2023. (Photo: Dr. Lesslie Ponraja)

New family doctor joining the Kinmount and District Health Centre

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Dr. Lesslie Ponraja will share existing patient roster with Dr. Elena Mihu as she prepares for retirement.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Tuesday morning fatal collision closes Highway 7 east of Peterborough

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Driver of SUV is dead following collision with tractor-trailer between Keene Road and Burnham Line.
Ontario Associate Minister of Health and Addictions Michael Tibollo speaks at the Opioid Summit on July 11, 2019 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough in front of photographs of opioid overdose victims. (Photo: Office of Michael Tibollo / Twitter)

Residential detox and addiction treatment facility proposed for greater Kawarthas region

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Community agencies put together proposal for 12-bed facility as provincial government has $1.138 million available.
Black Honey Bakery & Café's Mayan Hot Chocolate is one of 15 hot chocolate creations available during the inaugural Hot Chocolate Fest in downtown Peterborough from February 17 to 26, 2003. This luxurious vegan hot chocolate beverage is infused with cayenne pepper and cinnamon with a whipped cream topping and chili pepper and cocoa paired with a spiced chocolate cookie for dipping. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Inaugural Hot Chocolate Fest coming to downtown Peterborough in February

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From February 17 to 26, festival goers can vote on their favourites from among 15 hot chocolate creations at participating cafés and restaurants.
OPP logo on police car door

26-year-old Pickering man dead after snowmobile crashes into dock on Four Mile Lake

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Collision happened early Monday morning near Coboconk in City of Kawartha Lakes.
An Ontario Provincial Police vehicle in the winter. (Photo: OPP)

37-year-old American man dead after snowmobile crashes into tree in Haliburton County

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Collision happened Friday night on snowmobile trail in Township of Algonquin Highlands.
During the 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count running from February 17 to 20, 2023, citizen scientists can count the birds they see, like this red-headed woodpecker, and submit the results online to help researchers track changes in bird populations over time. (Photo: Manny Salas, Macaulay Library)

The Great Backyard Bird Count returns for its 26th year for the 2023 Family...

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Hundreds of thousands of citizen scientists participate in annual count that helps researchers track changes in bird populations over time.
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