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Cars on a snow-covered road during a winter storm. (Stock photo)

Winter weather travel advisory in effect for Haliburton County overnight Wednesday

Total snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 cm are expected by Thursday morning.
Trent University's Champlain College was named in honour of the 17th-century French colonist and explorer Samuel de Champlain. A committee established to consider and reflect upon the legacy of Champlain has issued eight recommendations endorsed by the university's board of governors. (Photo courtesy of Trent University)

Trent University decides how to deal with legacy of French colonist and explorer Samuel...

Champlain College to retain its name, but Trent's next college and residence will be given an Indigenous name.
Have your fortune read during Historic All Hallows' Eve at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene on October 28 and 29, 2022. (Photo: Larry Keeley)

Learn about the origin of Halloween traditions at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene

Family-friendly Historic All Hallows' Eve runs the evenings of October 28 and 29.
The Creepy Doll Museum exhibit at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough in 2021. (Photo: Creepy Doll Museum / Instagram)

Creepy dolls invade The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough for the Halloween weekend

Kathryn Bahun and Ben Hatcher's Creepy Doll Museum returns for its fourth straight year on October 28 and 29.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Toronto man faces manslaughter charge in connection with April opioid death in Peterborough

24-year-old Tshierry Cite is also charged with death by criminal negligence and drug trafficking.
Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre presents Comedy October at the Lakeview Arts Barn kicks off with Jennine Profeta's all-female comedy ensemble "Girls Nite Out" on October 21 and 22, 2022, followed by Linda Kash's "Klusterfork's Hilarious Hallowe'en" on October 29. (kawarthaNOW collage)

‘Comedy October’ at Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre features shows led by comediennes Jennine Profeta and...

'Girls Nite Out' runs October 21 and 22 followed by 'Klusterfork's Hilarious Hallowe'en' on October 29.
Kait Dueck is the new festival director of the ReFrame Film Festival effective October 18, 2022. (Supplied photo)

Kait Dueck is the new festival director of the ReFrame Film Festival

Peterborough resident has worked at Showplace Performance Centre for more than a decade.
Fortified locking bicycle lights mounted to a bike. (Photo: Richard Masoner / Flickr)

Peterborough biking organization offering free bike lights to cyclists this fall

'B!KE Bright' outreach events at public library on October 18 and on the Rotary Trail on October 25 will also offer basic bike maintenance checks.
Peterborough theatre artist and writer Kate Story reading from her young adult novel "Urchin" during a book launch event at The Theatre On King in fall 2021. "Urchin" is one of the five finalists in the English language young people's literature category of the 2022 Governor General's Literary Awards. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Peterborough writer Kate Story’s book ‘Urchin’ a finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary...

Also a theatre artist, Story's latest work 'Anxiety' set to premiere at The Theatre On King on November 24.
Trent University and the Joyce Family Foundation announced the $2.5 million Joyce Family Foundation Bursary Endowment Fund on October 14, 2022. The bursary will be available to four undergraduate students in any field of study per year with preference given to students who come from the City or County of Peterborough, Durham Region, and Haliburton County. (Photo courtesy of Trent University)

Foundation created by late Tim Hortons co-founder donates $2.5 million for Trent University’s largest-ever...

Joyce Family Foundation Bursary Endowment Fund will help students who otherwise might not be able to pursue post-secondary education.

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