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Along with her years of experience in the private sector, the Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes' new executive director Laurie Dillon-Schalk co-founded Conquer COVID-19, one of Canada's fastest-growing national pandemic relief efforts in 2020. (Photo: Volvo Canada)

Laurie Dillon-Schalk is new executive director of Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes

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Dillon-Schalk has more than 20 years of advertising and marketing experience as well as non-profit leadership and fundraising experience.
Illegal drugs and currency seized by Kawartha Lakes police after executing a search warrant at a Lindsay home on January 10, 2022. (Photo: Kawartha Lakes Police Service)

Two men charged after drug bust in Lindsay

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After executing a search warrant on Tuesday, Kawartha Lakes police seized fentanyl, crystal meth, and cocaine.
A young boy receiving a vaccination. (Stock photo)

Peterborough Public Health to resume enforcing vaccination requirements for students

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Required vaccinations can be booked with a health care provider or the health unit's routine immunization clinic.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Police investigating after man’s body found in Municipality of Port Hope

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Body was discovered Monday afternoon near a vehicle parked on Harris Road east of hamlet of Canton.
The Canadian documentary "Love in the Time of Fentanyl," which tells the story of a vibrant group of misfits, artists, and drug users who operate a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighbourhood ravaged by the overdose crisis, is one of the 60 films screening during the virtual 2023 ReFrame Film Festival from January 26 to February 3. (Photo courtesy of ReFrame Film Festival)

Peterborough’s ReFrame Film Festival unveils 2023 film lineup

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Audiences across Canada can stream 60 social justice documentary films during virtual festival from January 26 to February 3.
Holiday Shopping Passport Early Bird winner Helen Lovick shows off her winning passport at Gentry Apparel with shop owner Andrew Damiany. Lovick won the final early bird draw of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) annual Holiday Shopping Passport program. She completed her winning passport at the Avant-Garden Shop at 377 George Street North in downtown Peterborough, where she purchased clothing during the holiday season. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Helen Lovick receives $500 reward for shopping local in downtown Peterborough

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Final early bird draw for Holiday Shopping Passport was held December 21, with $1,500 grand prize draw taking place January 11.
One of the two West African dwarf crocodile hatchlings at the Riverview Park & Zoo in Peterborough. (Photo: Riverview Park & Zoo)

Peterborough’s Riverview Park & Zoo announces two West African dwarf crocodile hatchlings

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The smallest true crocodile species, the West African dwarf crocodile has a life span of up to 75 years.
Haliburton Highlands OPP document the scene of a single ATV collision on Highway 35 near Matabanick Road in the Township of Algonquin Highlands that claimed the life of the 43-year-old driver on January 8, 2023. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

43-year-old Haliburton County man dead in single ATV collision on Sunday morning

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Collision happened on Highway 35 near Matabanick Road in Township of Algonquin Highlands.
The two men suspected of stealing a grey 2022 Hyundai Elantra from a Port Hope car dealership on January 5, 2022. (Police-supplied photos)

Police seek two men in theft of car from Port Hope dealership

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Suspects took a car out for a test drive on Thursday night and then drove off with the car.
Highlands East volunteer firefighter Todd Bertram took this photo of the fire that broke out on January 5, 2022 at The Homestead Trailer Park on Eels Lake between Apsley and Bancroft. (Photo: Todd Bertram)

Fire destroys two buildings at popular Homestead Trailer Park in Haliburton County

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No injuries reported after Thursday evening fire at property located on Eels Lake between Apsley and Bancroft.
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