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The top of Ashburnham Memorial Park, known as Armour Hill to Peterborough residents, shrouded in fog. The Ashburnham Memorial Stewardship Group was founded in June 2021 to advocate for positive changes to the park, which was donated to the City of Peterborough in 1937 to serve in perpetuity as a war memorial. (Photo courtesy of Ashburnham Memorial Stewardship Group)

Volunteers needed to help clean up Peterborough’s Armour Hill on November 5

Event being organized by Ashburnham Memorial Stewardship Group, which advocates for positive changes to the historical park that includes a war memorial.
Campbellford Memorial Hospital is located at 146 Oliver Road in Campbellford. (Photo Campbellford Memorial Hospital)

Campbellford Memorial Hospital’s emergency room reopened Sunday night

Capacity to admit new patients is still affected by ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
The Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls is hosting its second annual pumpkin parade from 6 to 9 p.m. on November 1 and 2, 2022. (Photo: The Grove Theatre / Facebook)

Give your jack-o’-lantern one last chance to shine after Halloween at a local pumpkin...

Pumpkins will be fed to farm animals or composted after events in Peterborough, Port Hope, Fenelon Falls, Lakehurst, Norwood, and Havelock.
Held during October 2022, the 12th annual Pure Country 105 and MOVE 99.7 "Bras Around the Building" campaign, in conjunction with Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre, has collected 3,472 bras and raised $12,603 for breast cancer research. (Photo courtesy of Pure Country 105 and MOVE 99.7)

‘Bras Around the Building’ campaign in Peterborough raises $12,603 for breast cancer research

Over 3,400 bras will hang from Pure Country 105 and MOVE 99.7 building in downtown Peterborough until October 31.
Peterborough native Michael C. Duguay, who recently released his new single "Saint Maybe," is performing on Saturday afternoon at Moody's in Millbrook and Saturday night at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Dave Rideout)

nightlifeNOW – October 27 to November 2

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Campbellford Memorial Hospital is located at 146 Oliver Road in Campbellford. (Photo: Campbellford Memorial Hospital)

Campbellford hospital extends emergency department closure due to COVID-19 outbreak

Outbreak on inpatient unit means emergency department will now remain closed until Sunday evening.
Nominations are open for the Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario 2023 Business Hall of Fame in both Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough. (Graphic: JA-NEO)

Nominations open for inaugural Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame for Kawartha Lakes

Nominations are also now open for the eighth annual Business Hall of Fame for Peterborough.
Former federal Liberal MPs Maryam Monsef and Matt DeCourcey are expecting a baby in 2023. (Photo: Odigski Media)

A ‘baby on the way’ for former Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef

Monsef announces on social media she and her partner partner Matt DeCourcey are starting a family.
Imelda Staunton stars as Queen Elizabeth with Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana and Dominic West as Prince Charles in the firth season of The Crown, which depicts the most turbulent era of the Queen's reign in the 1990s. It premieres on Netflix on Wednesday, November 9 and, following calls for sensitivity given the Queen's death, will include a disclaimer the series is a fictionalized portrayal based on historical events. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in November 2022

Highlights include season 5 of The Crown, Wednesday, Blockbuster, 1899, Enola Holmes 2, Slumberland, and Pepsi, Where's My Jet?.
All proceeds from the sale of the 2023 OPP Canine Unit calendar go to the OPP Youth Foundation and the Friends of The OPP Museum. The 2022 calendar raised more than $42,900 for the two charitable organizations. (OPP-supplied photo)

Police dogs across Ontario featured in 2023 OPP Canine Unit fundraising calendar

Proceeds from sale of seventh annual calendar support OPP Youth Foundation and Friends of The OPP Museum charities.

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