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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.
A tent with information about homelessneess set up inside the lobby of Robinson Place on Water Street by Wilhelmina Don-Venus, an employee of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Don-Venus will be sleeping outside on December 10, 2022 as part of her campaign to raise wareness about homelessness and to raise funds for local homelessness initiatives. (Photo courtesy of Wilhelmina Don-Venun)

Peterborough woman ‘tenting up’ on Saturday for homelessness fundraiser

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Wilhelmina Don-Venus will sleep outside to raise funds for United Way in honour of her homeless friend and her dog.
The Art School of Peterborough co-op student Cecilia Van Mierlo (left) and receptionist Raine Knudsen (right) hold up a snowflake ornament and first place award for their window display in the 2022 holiday window contest sponsored by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA). As first-place winner, the school receives $1,000. Over 3,000 votes were cast online for 27 window displays at downtown businesses and organizations. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Art School of Peterborough wins downtown holiday window contest

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Fork It and The Capital PTBO claim second and third place, with winners receiving $1,000, $500, and $300.
Dr. Warren Ball, interventional cardiologist and head of the cardiology division at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), and members of the cardiac catheterization laboratory team provide a mock demonstration of the newly replaced and upgraded suites. Donors to the PRHC Foundation invested $3.55 million in the initiative to help "keep our hearts here" by ensuring life-saving cardiac care can remain available close to home. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

Community donors invest $3.55 million in cardiac care at Peterborough Regional Health Centre

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Hospital's two life-saving cardiac catheterization laboratory suites have now been fully replaced and upgraded.
Inside the Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre, one of the municipal facilities where two-dimensional public art installations will be located in the City of Peterborough Public Art Program's "Indoor-Outdoor: The Public Art for Public Facilities Project." (Screenshot of City of Peterborough virtual tour)

Artists have until December 15 to apply for City of Peterborough’s indoor-outdoor public art...

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Indoor artworks will be displayed at municipal facilities across the city beginning in early 2023.
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