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Snow plow on highway during snow squall

Winter storm warning in effect for entire Kawarthas region Friday into Saturday

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Snowfall amounts from 5-20 cm and wind gusts from 70-120 km/h depending on where you live, with additional rainfall warning in Northumberland County.
Activity Haven Senior Centre in Peterborough provides a range of social, recreational, and educational programs for adults 50 years of age and older, along with social activities and events such as this Christmas dinner and dance in December 2022. (Photo: Activity Haven / Facebook)

Ontario government provides $88,306 in funding for three Peterborough-area organizations to keep seniors connected

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Peterborough-Kawartha MP Dave Smith announces seniors community grants for Hospice Peterborough, Activity Haven, and Curve Lake First Nation.
Six new officers of the Peterborough Police Service were officially sworn in on December 19, 2022 at Peterborough City Hall. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough Police Service welcomes six new recruits

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Constables Jeremy Avey, John Bangay, Christopher Cox, Blake Harris, Daniel Hicks, and Dominic Moukarzel were officially sworn in on Monday.
Bobcaygeon Legion president Gary Whelan and Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation CEO Erin Coons at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay on December 19, 2022, where Whelan presented a gift of $5,000. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation)

Bobcaygeon Legion donates $5,000 to Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation

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Funds will support Lindsay hospital's new clinical information system, part of a digital transformation.
Cars on road during winter storm with snow causing poor visibility.

Environment Canada forecasts ‘significant’ winter storm for Christmas weekend

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Temperatures expected to plummet Friday with blizzard conditions late Friday into weekend for some areas.
Four Peterborough police officers and police service dog Isaac close in on an elderly Peterborough man and his dogs (top left) who became lost while walking in a remote wooded area of Cavan. Police also used a remotely piloted aircraft system to help the group navigate safely out of the bush. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough police video)

Peterborough police rescue elderly man and his dogs who were lost in Cavan bush

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Canine unit and remotely piloted aircraft system assisted in Sunday night search-and-rescue operation.
A snow-covered tent in a park in Peterborough, Ontario on December 19, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Community organizations form partnership for emergency winter response to Peterborough’s homelessness crisis

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'We want to ensure no one dies in the cold' says executive director of One City, which will operate program at former Trinity United Church.
Stefphanie and Jon of the MacHart (Hart & MacDonnell) family, along with their son Riddick, died in a head-on collision on Highway 7 in Peterborough County on November 22, 2022. Daughter Rowghan survived the crash but was airlifted to a SickKids Hospital in Toronto in critical condition. (Photo: Tanya Hart / GoFundMe)

Actor Ryan Reynolds sends video to 14-year-old girl who survived Peterborough car crash that...

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Doctors have told Rowghan Hart 'she may never walk again' following November 22 crash on Highway 7.
Cars on a snow-covered road during a winter storm. (Stock photo)

Snow squall warning in effect for Kawartha Lakes Sunday night into Monday

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Total snowfall of 15-25 cm possible with heavy snow and blowing snow.
The 2023 ReFrame Film Festival opens on Thursday, January 26 with an exclusive in-person screening at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough of the documentary "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," which follows the American photographer and activist Nan Goldin (pictured) and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty that was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll. Goldin became addicted to OxyContin soon after being prescribed the drug and her dependency lasted several years. (Photo supplied by ReFrame Film Festival)

A first look at some of the acclaimed documentaries coming to the 2023 ReFrame...

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Exclusive opening night in-person screening takes place at Peterborough's Showplace Performance Centre, with full program for virtual festival to be released in early January.
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