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A wintry mix of precipitation. (Stock photo)

Wintry mix of precipitation forecast for Kawarthas region on Saturday

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Snow and freezing rain will rapidly turn to rain in the south accompanied by strong winds, with 5 to 10 cm of snow possible in the north.
Niagara Falls alt-rock and pop band James Blonde (guitarist Steph Mercier, drummer Phil Taylor, and bassist Neil Carson) will be performing at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, March 29 with Peterborough-born folk-rock band JJ and The Pillars. (Photo: James Blonde)

nightlifeNOW – March 23 to 29

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Peterborough police staff sergeant Dan MacLean spoke to the media on March 23, 2023 after a three-year-old girl died in hospital from injuries she sustained when she was struck in the driveway of a Woodglade Boulevard home when a vehicle left the roadway. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough Police Service video)

3-year-old girl dies after being struck by SUV in driveway of Peterborough home

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Collision happened Thursday morning on Woodglade Boulevard when vehicle left roadway.
The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun stars with Ali Wong in the new Netflix dramedy series "Beef", which follows two strangers who descend into an escalating vendetta after a road rage incident. It premieres on Netflix on Thursday, April 6th. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in April 2023

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Highlights include Beef, Chupa, Florida Man, Seven Kings Must Die, Chimp Empire, The Diplomat, and more
Ticket holders at YWCA Peterborough Haliburton’s Empty Bowls fundraising event on February 25, 2023 received a handcrafted ceramic or wooden bowl and a restaurant coupon card featuring discounts from participating local restaurants. Proceeds from the event will 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 raises over $30,000 to alleviate food insecurity

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Proceeds from February 25th event will support YWCA Nourish Food programs to prevent and relieve hunger in the city and county of Peterborough.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre's COVID-19 assessment centre opened in April 2020 to respond to the community need for COVID-19 assessment and testing. In December 2022, the clinic expanded its services to provide assessment, testing, and treatment for patients with respiratory symptoms from colds and flu as well as COVID-19. (Photo: PRHC)

Peterborough and Lindsay hospitals are both closing their COVID-19 clinics

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Expanded to treat cold and flu as well as COVID-19, PRHC clinic closes after March 31 and Ross Memorial Hospital clinic closes March 24.
On May 21, 2022, a derecho windstorm moved across southeastern Ontario, resulting in sustained winds of up to 120 kilometre per hour that toppled hydro transmission towers and broke utility poles, damaged homes, and uprooted trees, with broken branches also taking down power lines and damaging property. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Four municipalities in greater Kawarthas region receiving almost $1.2 million in provincial disaster recovery...

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Funding under Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance program will cover extraordinary costs and damage as result of May 21, 2022 wind storm.
Pictured here in 1999, Joyce Echaquan was a 37-year-old Indigenous woman and mother of seven who died on September 28, 2020 in a Quebec hospital. Before her death, she recorded a Facebook Live video that showed her screaming in distress and health care workers abusing her. She was later given morphine, despite her concerns she would have an adverse reaction to it, and died later that day of a pulmonary edema. (Photo: Alice Echaquan)

Ensuring health equity for all means eliminating racial discrimination

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Peterborough health and political leaders speak out on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Hikers at the base of the James Cooper Lookout Trail in Haliburton Highlands during the annual Hike Haliburton Festival, one of four festivals in the greater Kawarthas region among the list of the top 100 festivals and events in Ontario by Festivals and Events Ontario. (Photo: Hike Haliburton Festival / My Haliburton Highlands)

Four festivals in greater Kawarthas region among top 100 festivals and events in Ontario

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Awards presented to Hike Haliburton Festival, Tweed & Company Theatre in Hastings County, Port Hope Arts Festival, and Port Hope Candlelight Festival.
Members of the Peterborough Peace Council at their monthly vigil on the corner of George and MacDonnel streets in Peterborough on March 28, 2022. The group, which has held its monthy vigil consistently for the past eight years, will apply to form a local chapter of World Beyond War, a global nonviolent movement to end war and establish a just and sustainable peace. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Peace Council)

Peterborough Peace Council aims to become first Ontario chapter of global World Beyond War...

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Group will hold its 96th monthly vigil in a row on March 27, and will 'reclaim' Mother's Day at May 11 presentation.
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