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The 19th annual YWCA Empty Bowls fundraiser takes place at The Venue in Peterborough on February 25, 2023. All proceeds from the event, where ticket holders can choose from a selection of hand-crafted bowl donated by local artisans of the Kawartha Potters Guild and Kawartha Woodturners Guild and receive a local restaurant coupon card, will directly support YWCA Nourish Food programs to prevent and relieve hunger in the city and county of Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton)

YWCA Peterborough Haliburton’s Empty Bowls event raising funds to alleviate food insecurity

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Proceeds from February 25 fundraiser at The Venue in downtown Peterborough support YWCA Nourish Food programs.
Peterborough musicians Benj Rowland, Nicholas Campbell, and Nathan Truax will be joining host Melissa Payne for a songwriters' revue at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Sunday night. (kawarthaNOW collage)

nightlifeNOW – February 2 to 8

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
A thermometer in the snow showing a low of minus 35 degrees Celsius. (kawarthaNOW-modified stock photo)

Extreme cold warning in effect for entire Kawarthas region Thursday night into Saturday morning

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Wind chills will reach -40°C to -45°C Thursday night into Friday and -40°C Friday night into Saturday morning.
Peterborough native Devon Girard is the new executive director of Community Futures Peterborough. (Supplied photo)

Devon Girard is new executive director of Community Futures Peterborough

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Peterborough native was most recently with Northumberland CFDC where she founded StrikeUP Canada for women entrepreneurs/
A lone skate on the Trent-Severn Waterway canal below the Peterborough Lift Lock in January 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

(CANAL NOW CLOSED) – Green flag is flying at the Peterborough Lift Lock canal

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Skating is now allowed for the first time this winter at the popular location.
Cars in a snowstorm

Snow squall watch in effect Thursday for much of Kawarthas region

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Fast-moving arctic cold front will also usher in coldest air of the season so far.
Peterborough resident Susan Leask (back row, third from left) was one of 16 recipients of the 2022 Ontario Senior Achievement Awards, presented by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell and Ontario Minister for Seniors and Accessibility Raymond Cho (front row, fourth and third from right) at Queen's Park in Toronto on January 31, 2023. (Photo: Ontario Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility)

Susan Leask of Peterborough one of 16 recipients of the Ontario Senior Achievement Awards

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Leask recognized for being a dedicated and active volunteer at Hillsdale Terraces Long-Term Care Home in Oshawa since 2015.
Peterborough deputy police chief Tim Farquharson is retiring on March 1, 2003 after 36 years of service. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough deputy police chief Tim Farquharson will be Port Hope’s new police chief

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Farquharson will assume his new role on March 1.
Alice Williams and Nadine Changfoot at the ReFrame Film Festival's in-person opening night event at Showplace Performance Centre on January 26, 2023. The documentary film festival continues until February 3, featuring more than 60 films streaming online as well as panel discussions, filmmaker Q&As, and a free exhibition in partnership with Artspace Peterborough. (Photo: Ziysah von Bieberstein)

At the ReFrame Film Festival, all are welcome

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Peterborough's documentary film festival, streaming to anyone in Canada, strives to break down barriers to access.
Rosie and Sadie Hussey show their support for "Love Month", a month-long series of events Kawartha Lakes Food Source is hosting with local businesses and organizations to raise wareness about food insecurity in the City of Kawartha Lakes, while also providing the community with more opportunities to donate during one of the months when the non-profit food distribution organization feeds the most people yet receives the fewest donations. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Food Source)

Show your love for food-insecure families in Kawartha Lakes during ‘Love Month’

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Kawartha Lakes Food Source is hosting a series of events with local businesses and organizations including Kawartha Conservation.
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