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A Peterborough Transit bus. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

Eleven municipalities in greater Kawarthas region receive $4 million in provincial gas tax funding

Funds intended to improve public transit, with City of Peterborough receiving $1.8 million.
Gail Moorhouse has launched her business Recharge Solutions to support small rural non-profit organizations in the greater Kawarthas region. (Photo: Gail Moorhouse / Linkedin)

Gail Moorhouse launches Recharge Solutions to support small rural non-profit organizations

Former executive director at Community Futures Peterborough offers governance, strategy, and leadership consulting.
One of eight bus shelters across Peterborough whose glass was smashed in vandalism incidents between Sunday night on February 12, 2023 and Monday morning. (Photo: Matt Crowley / Twitter)

Peterborough police investigating vandalism to eight bus shelters

Incidents at bus shelters across the city happened overnight on Family Day long weekend.
Idris Elba reprises his award-winning iconic role as detective chief inspector John Luther in the new Netflix film "Luther: The Fallen Sun." Now disgraced and haunted by an unsolved murder, Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer. Following a limited release in selected cinemas, the film premieres on Netflix on March 10, 2023. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in March 2023

Highlights include Luther: The Fallen Sun, Unstable, Murder Mystery 2, Outlast, and Money Shot: The Pornhub Story.
Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott at I.E. Weldon Secondary School on February 15, 2023. The Lindsay high school is one of 40 high schools in Ontario that have received high-tech equipment through the Career-Ready with the Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA): Expanding Opportunities program, funded in part by the Ontario government. (Photo: Office of Laurie Scott)

Lindsay high school receives high-tech equipment to increase student skills for precision metal working...

I.E. Weldon Secondary School one of 40 Ontario high schools participating in government-funded Canadian Tooling & Machining Association program.
Patient Arthur Goard (seated) beside orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Sebastian Heaven at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay on February 15, 2023 prior to the first Insignia femoral stem implant being used in hip arthroplasty surgery in Ontario. Also pictured from left to right: RPN Christine Ham, Registered Nurse First Assist Susan Dallas-Wood, RN Katie Oliver, anesthesiologist Dr. Mohammed Hussein, RN Michelle McCombe, and RN Kara Harman. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital)

Lindsay’s Ross Memorial Hospital first in Ontario to use Insignia femoral stem implant in...

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Sebastian Heaven performed the inaugural surgery on patient Arthur Goard on February 15.
Peterborough police are seeking this suspect in connection with an armed assault at a Peterborough convenience store on February 19, 2023. (Police-supplied photo)

SUSPECT ARRESTED – Peterborough police seek suspect in armed assault at convenience store on...

Suspect fired a pellet gun in the face of the store clerk, who was not injured.
Man clearing snow and ice from car during a winter storm

Winter storm warning in effect for southern Kawarthas region on Wednesday

Up to 25 cm of snow and ice pellets possible, with snowfall warning now in effect for northern region.
The Kirkfield Lift Lock at Lock 36, located a few kilometres north of the village of Kirkfield, in 2016. (Photo: The Cosmonaut, CC BY-SA 2.5 CA, via Wikimedia Commons)

Intermittent single-lane closures on Kirkfield Road at Lock 36 from February 21 to 24

Parks Canada says closures needed for placement of crane to conduct repairs on Kirkfield Lift Lock.
The late Peterborough artist David Bierk's "Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II", which overlooked the ice at the Peterborough Memorial Centre for over four decades, has been acquired by the Art Gallery of Peterborough for its permanent collection. (Photo: BrassOrchidBlades / Reddit)

Late artist David Bierk’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth has permanent home at Art Gallery...

Large painting had overlooked the ice at the Peterborough Memorial Centre for over four decades until the Queen's death in September.

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