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During "Kids' Bike Build", B!KE: the Peterborough Community Bike Shop refurbishes donated bikes and provides them free of charge to local organizations working with children and youth. (Photo: B!KE)

Peterborough’s community bike shop seeks donations of kids’ bikes to give away to local...

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B!KE will refurbish donated bikes on March 26 and April 2 and give them away to organizations working with children and youth.
The existing federal electoral districts in the greater Kawarthas region with the final boundary changes in the 2023 report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario. The final boundary changes reflect the public consultation process. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW from Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario)

The greater Kawarthas region is about to have a new federal electoral map

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New ridings will be named Peterborough, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland-Clarke, and Hastings-Lennox and Addington-Tyendinaga.
The Rolling Stones Tribute Band will perform note-for-note recreations of the hit songs of of one of the most popular and enduring bands in rock history. The band will perform with opener The U.K. Invasion Tribute Band at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on March 3, 2023. (Photo: The Tribute Specialists)

Double-header of classic British rock at Showplace in Peterborough on Friday

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The Tribute Specialists present The Rolling Stones Tribute Band with opener The U.K. Invasion Tribute Band on March 3.
Chef Jennifer Guiterrez of Agave by Imperial holds the Top Hot Chocolatier trophy the Mexican restaurant in downtown Peterborough received as the champions of the inaugural Ptbo Hot Chocolate Fest. Also pictured from left to right are restaurant server Cynthia Routledge, restaurant owner and operator Nitin Grover, and sever Madison Imrie. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Agave by Imperial crowned champion of Peterborough’s inaugural Hot Chocolate Fest

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Mexican restaurant's 'Hot Churro-late' takes first place, followed by Milk + Tea's 'Bubble Pudding Chocolate' and Speak Easy Cafe's 'Breakfast of Chocolate'.
Dwayne Gretzky returns to Peterborough Musicfest on July 5, 2023 to perform a free-admission concert. The popular Toronto-based ensemble performed at Musicfest last year on July 16. (Photo: YoSteve Productions / Peterborough Musicfest)

Popular band Dwayne Gretzky returns to Peterborough Musicfest this summer

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Experience a 'curated nostalgia trip' as Toronto-based ensemble performs classic pop and rock hits on July 5.
Each of these five leprechauns will be hiding on a rotating schedule in 13 pubs in downtown Peterborough during the "Catch the Leprechauns" scavenger hunt in March. The first 100 people to ind all five leprechauns will win a "pint of gold" including a piece of glassware from a local brewery, swag, and more. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Catch the leprechauns at downtown Peterborough pubs during March and win a ‘pint of...

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Peterborough DBIA launches scavenger hunt to celebrate city's Irish heritage and promote the city's vibrant downtown pub scene.
A dragon boat team races at Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival in 2015. Since 2001, the annual festival has raised more than $3.9 million for cancer care at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Registration opens Wednesday for 22nd annual Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival

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Festival aims to raise $205,000.18 for cancer care equipment and technology at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Two Peterborough teens face charges for assaulting homeowner

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Homeowner had confronted a group of teens trying to break into residence early Saturday morning.
Edvoy founder and CEO Sadiq Basha and Trent University president Dr. Leo Groarke on February 15, 2023 at ICEF Dubai, where the two signed an agreement to launch the TEX Advanced Learning Centre at the university's Durham campus in Oshawa. (Photo: Edvoy)

Peterborough’s Trent University partners with educational company Edvoy to launch TEX Advanced Learning Centre

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Through its digital platform, Edvoy will bring hundreds of international students to university's Durham campus in Oshawa.
Peterborough resident Tilly Stimpson is a 15-year-old advocate, volunteer, and fundraiser for JDRF, a non-profit organization working to change the reality for those living with type 1 diabetes. The organization has selected her to represent Canada at the JDRF 2023 Children's Congress in Washington, D.C. in July 2023, where she and other delegates will meet with some of the top decision-makers in the U.S. government to help them understand what life with type 1 diabetes is like and why research to fund both life-changing and cure-based therapies is so critical. (Photo: Stimpson family)

Peterborough’s Tilly Stimpson will represent Canada at JDRF Children’s Congress in Washington, D.C. this...

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15-year-old has been raising awareness and funds ever since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a toddler.
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