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Kawartha Lakes police arrest two men for three separate grandparent scam incidents on Tuesday

49-year-old Yannick Galarneau of Quebec and 26-year-old Mohamed Mahmood of Hamilton face fraud charges.
In the Netflix romantic comedy film "Your Place or Mine", Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon star as two polar-opposite best friends living in different cities who swap houses for a week and get a peek into each other's lives. It premieres on Netflix on Friday, February 10th. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in February 2023

Highlights include Your Place or Mine, Perfect Match, season four of You, We Have a Ghost, and Gunther's Millions.
Police service dog Isaac is a drug detection specialist with the Peterborough Police Service's canine unit. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough police dog Isaac sniffs out cocaine beside East City trail

Two residents reported a suspicious item on Tuesday in the area of foot path near Maria Street.
Jack and Ila Crowe, the late founders of Kawartha Dairy in Bobcaygeon, beside one of their old delivery vehicles. (Photo: Kawartha Dairy)

Kawartha Dairy founders among 11 inductees of inaugural Business Hall of Fame for Kawartha...

Along with the late Jack and Ila Crowe, other inductees include Nicki and Dedes Costas of Olympia Restaurant and Jason and Karissa Ward of Ward Lawyers,
Snow plow on highway during snow squall

Snowfall warning in effect for much of Kawarthas region Wednesday into Thursday

Snow will begin early Wednesday afternoon with 15-20 cm possible by Thursday morning.
Brendan, Lorrie, and Lou Neskovski, who own and operate The Lokal Hub and Eatery and The Lokal Market in Woodville, as well as The LunchBox seasonal food truck business, have acquired Kawartha Lakes Winery in Fenelon Falls. (Photo: Vicky Champagne / Champagne Photography Studio Inc.)

The Lokal in Woodville expands into Fenelon Falls

Family-owned local vendors' market and eatery has acquired Kawartha Lakes Winery.
Beautiful Canoe Collective members Mapu Graner, Kerry Bebee, and Urpi Pine will perform their play "Journey the Canoe" at Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space at Trent University on January 27 and 28, 2003. The 45-minute play reclaims traditional Indigenous birthing practices and explores the performers' own birth stories. (Photo courtesy of the Beautiful Canoe Collective)

Beautiful Canoe Collective’s ‘Journey the Canoe’ reclaims traditional Indigenous birthing practices

Created and performed by three Indigenous women, play premieres at Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space in Peterborough January 27 and 28.
Trent University alumni Steve Robertson and Ashley Holmes, along with two other investor friends, are reopening The Pig's Ear Tavern in summer 2023. The historic pub closed in 2017 after former owners John and Lylie Punter retired and sold the building. (Photo: Trent University Alumni Association)

Peterborough’s iconic Pig’s Ear Tavern to reopen this summer

Trent University alumni Steve Robertson and Ashley Holmes are reopening the historic pub, which closed in 2017.
Anne Overhoff, chief nursing executive and vice president clinical of Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, is retiring on February 24, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital)

Ross Memorial Hospital’s chief nursing executive and vice president clinical is retiring

Anne Overhoff, who is retiring after 14 years at the Lindsay hospital, implemented a COVID-19 ward and oversaw the COVID-19 assessment centre.
A young reader explores a book during a previous Peterborough Family Literacy Day event at Peterborough Square. After a two-year absence because of the pandemic, the annual event returns for the morning of Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Peter Rellinger)

Popular annual Family Literacy Day event returns to Peterborough Square on January 28

Saturday morning reading-themed event will feature storytellers and a free book for every child in attendance.

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