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The printing press at The Lindsay Post circa 1910. Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives project staff are digitizing issues of historial Lindsay newspapers published from 1915 to 1973 and uploading them to the Internet Archive. Along with newspaper issues, the project will digitize 4,000 negatives that belonged to the late journalist, author, and historian Alan Capon. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives)

Kawartha Lakes Museum & Archives digitizing Lindsay’s newspaper history

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Museum is also digitizing 4,000 negatives that belonged to the late journalist, author, and historian Alan Capon.
As part of the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival's family day on June 24, 2023, "Tiger" Will Mason will be performing songs and sharing stories for the whole family. Mason has performed on stages for over half of his life, including as an actor and a professional musician. In 1986, an Anishinabe elder gave him the spirit name "Kahntahwi-wim'tchi'get", which means "Maker of Beautiful Music". He combines native contemporary sounds, with bluegrass, Americana, Canadiana, country rock, blues rock, folk, and more. (Photo: Tiger Will Mason / Facebook)

Families invited to enjoy free activities on June 24 at Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival

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Taking place on Saturday afternoon at Trent University, family day features music and stories, games and craft vendors, information booths, food, and fun.
Canadian children's music duo Splash'N Boots (Taes "Boots" Leavitt and Nick "Splash" Adams) will be performing at the 34th annual Peterborough Folk Festival in Nicholls Oval Park on August 20, 2023. (Photo: Jen Squires)

Juno-winning children’s music duo Splash’N Boots to perform at Peterborough Folk Festival on August...

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34th annual music festival includes two days of admission-by-donation music and more at Nicholls Oval Park on August 19 and 20.
The City of Peterborough's bulk wood annual sale includes 250 to 300 trees of various sizes, averaging 18 inches in diameter, removed from municipal property by the city's forestry staff. The submission deadline for quotes is July 7, 2023. (Photo courtesy of City of Peterborough)

City of Peterborough invites quotes for annual sale of bulk wood

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Sale includes 250 to 300 trees of various sizes removed from municipal property by the city's forestry staff.
'Queen of the Fringe' Alex Dallas will perform her award-winning and critically acclaimed one-woman show "Horseface" for one night only at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon on June 15, 2023. (Photo: Alex Dallas)

Globus Theatre brings Alex Dallas’s hilarious and harrowing ‘Horseface’ to Bobcaygeon for one night...

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Veteran fringe comedian's critically acclaimed one-woman show recounts her experiences with men behaving badly.
Lang Pioneer Village Museum's Sawyer-Massey traction steam engine was manufactured in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1921. This 17-horsepower engine is equipped with a single ground drive and is just strong enough to move its own weight at very low speed. (Photo courtesy of Lang Pioneer Village Museum)

Dads of all ages will enjoy the Father’s Day Smoke & Steam Show at...

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Family-friendly event on June 18 features antique tractors and steam engines, tractor games, historic demonstrations, a tractor parade, and more.
Amanda Devlin, Stephanie Dancey, Renee Oake, Lisa Oelke were four of the six Peterborough swimmers who competed at the 2023 Speedo Canadian Masters Swimming Championships in Calgary, Alberta from May 26 to 28, 2023. Along with Chris Heffernan and Joel Simmonds, the swimmers collectively took home six medals and 17 ribbons, including four gold medals for Renee Oake and two bronze medals for Joel Simmonds. (Photo: Peterborough Swim Club / Facebook)

Six Peterborough swimmers win at Canadian Masters Swimming Championships in Alberta

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Renee Oake took home four gold medals and Joel Simmonds captured two bronze medals at May 26 to 28 competition.
Peterborough police chief Stuart Betts demonstrates the in-car camera system that has been installed in 25 police vehicles, including all marked cruisers and some unmarked crusiers. The system will record audio and video for front-facing activity outside the vehicle and within the prisoner-control area of the rear seat, with the forward-facing cameras connected to a microphone an officer wears that captures all audio communication when the in-car camera system is active. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Camera system now operational in 25 Peterborough police vehicles

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City council has also endorsed a request to allow Peterborough police to install CCTV cameras in downtown Peterborough.
Haliburton Highlands Health Services president and CEO Carolyn Plummer and board chair David O'Brien appear before a special meeting of Haliburton County council on May 26, 2023 after releasing a plan to consolidate the Minden and Haliburton emergency departments. After that presentation, Minden Hills Township mayor Bob Carter called on the board to resign. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Haliburton Highlands Health Services president and CEO Carolyn Plummer goes on medical leave

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Ross Memorial Hospital's Veronica Nelson will act in position during absence of Plummer, who oversaw controversial closure of Minden emergency department.
Heavy rain. (Stock photo)

Special weather statement for heavy rain in Kawarthas region overnight Sunday and Monday

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Heaviest rainfall expected Monday afternoon, with 30 to 50 millimetres possible by early Tuesday morning.
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