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Heavy snow and damaging wind gusts up to 120 km/h on December 23, 2022 resulted in power outages in the Cobourg and Colborne areas. (Photo: Lakefront Utility Services Inc. / Facebook)

Winter storm causes power outages in Cobourg and Colborne area

It may take 12 to 24 hours for power to be restored due to unsafe working conditions
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough police make arrest in September road rage incident involving handgun

48-year-old Cavan-Monaghan Township man faces multiple charges in incident where he fired handgun at another driver.
Veteran Canadian singer-songwriter Ken Tizzard will be hosting his first live Whiskey Wednesday show in four years at the Be My Guest Family Restaurant in Campbellford on Wednesday, December 28th. (Photo via Ken Tizzard / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – December 22 to 28

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
A woman sitting at a Christmas-decorated table holding a mobile phone displaying kawarthaNOW's Christmas and New Year's holiday hours story. (kawarthaNOW photo)

What’s open and closed over Christmas and New Year’s 2022

Holiday hours for 278 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
Campbellford Memorial Hospital is located at 146 Oliver Road in Campbellford. (Photo Campbellford Memorial Hospital)

Campbellford hospital’s emergency department to close for most of Christmas Day due to staff...

From 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on December 25, ambulances will be diverted to closest area hospital.
15-year-old Rahmya Cottrelle. (Police-supplied photo)

LOCATED – Peterborough police seek missing 15-year-old girl

Rahmya Cottrelle was last seen in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday.
Snow plow on highway during snow squall

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

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

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

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

Funds will support Lindsay hospital's new clinical information system, part of a digital transformation.

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