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Sandra Clancy will retire as CAO of the City of Peterborough on April 28, 2023. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

City of Peterborough CAO Sandra Clancy announces retirement

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Clancy, who has worked at the city for 38 years including the last four as CAO, will retire on April 28, 2023
Snow plow on highway during snow squall

Heavy and blowing snow expected for Kawarthas region Thursday into Friday

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Snowfall amounts of 10 to 15 cm by Friday morning in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Hastings Highlands
LA Alfonso's short film "One Day in December," with lyrics by Rob Fortin and music by Susan Newman, imagines the experience of a teacher and students ho witnessed the 1916 explosion and fire at the Quaker Oats plant in Peterborough from their classroom at King George Public School. The film, which premiered in May at Public Energy's ‘Erring at King George' multidisciplinary arts festival, is now available for online viewing. (Screenshot: LA Alfonso)

‘One Day in December’ is a musical imagining of the 1916 tragedy at the...

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LA Alfonso's short film, with lyrics by Rob Fortin and music by Susan Newman, is now available for online viewing.
Eight Peterborough-area entrepreneurs received a collective $40,000 in the fall 2022 intake of the provincially funded Starter Company Plus program offered by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. Pictured are Vanessa Bruce, Ineke Turner, Lisa Mace, Jena Trimble, Kate Griffin, Lisa Burkitt, Jacquelyn Craft, and Nathan Truax. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Eight Peterborough-area entrepreneurs receive $5,000 microgrants through Starter Company Plus

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12 small businesses participated in five-week program offered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre,
Dr. Lynn Mikula first joined Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) in 2011 as a staff general surgeon, and was appointed chief of surgery in 2015. She went on to become the hospital's executive vice president, chief of staff, chief medical executive, and chief medical information officer. Effective March 31, 2023, she will be PRHC's new president and CEO. (Photo courtesy of PRHC)

Dr. Lynn Mikula named next president and CEO of Peterborough Regional Health Centre

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Currently executive vice president, chief of staff, and more, Dr. Mikula takes over for retiring Dr. Peter McLaughlin on March 31, 2023 .
Heather Adey (left) displays her winning holiday shopping passport with The Toy Shop owner Jean Grant. Adey, who completed her passport after purchasing a selection of board games and ice bubbles for her two young daughters, receives a $500 Boro gift card as well as a Peterborough Musicfest Diner's Book. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Heather Adey receives $500 reward for shopping local in downtown Peterborough

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Holiday Shopping Passport $500 early bird draws continue on December 14 and 21, with $1,500 grand prize draw on January 11.
Pontypool's Derek Welch (left) at Casa Loma in Toronto with seven other bakers representing central Canada in a regional qualifying round for CTV's new reality cake competition series "Cross Country Cake Off," which premieres on December 15, 2022. (Photo: CTV)

Kawartha Lakes man competing in CTV’s ‘Cross Country Cake Off’

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Derek Welch of Pontypool one of 24 bakers from across Canada vying for $50,000 prize in cake competition.
Sarah Quick as the Wicked Stepmother and Rebecca Anne Bloom as Cinders in Globus Theatre's "Cinderella," a traditional British panto based on the classic fairy tale featuring music, comedy, and fun for the entire family. The panto at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon runs over two weekends until December 18. (Photo courtesy of Globus Theatre)

Globus Theatre’s ‘Cinderella’ is a traditional British panto for the entire family

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Community actors join six professional actors for music, comedy, and fun at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon until December 18.
Kawartha Conservation has created the Illuminated Forest along the Cedar Forest Trail at Ken Reid Conservation Area near Lindsay. The Illuminated Forest is available nightly until the end of December. (Photo: Kawartha Conservation)

Walk among hundreds of glowing trees at Ken Reid Conservation Area near Lindsay

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Kawartha Conservation's new 'Illuminated Forest' is now open until the end of December.
The Weber Brothers (pictured here at the El Mocambo in Toronto), who recently released their new album "Wild as the Wild Dogs," will be performing along with 11 other musical acts at a benefit concert on Sunday at the Red Dog in downtown Peterborough to raise funds for Frank Girard, a musician and a former sound technician at the Red Dog who recently underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery in Toronto. (Photo: Edward Rajewski)

nightlifeNOW – December 8 to 14

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
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