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Jim Russell (right), CEO of United Way of Peterborough & District, presented the organization's 2022 Scholfield Award of Community Distinction to Katie and Jim Stewart of the Township of Otonabee South Monaghan on August 23, 2022. (Photo courtesy of United Way of Peterborough & District)

Peterborough County residents Jim and Katie Stewart receive United Way’s Scholfield Award of Community...

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Annual award is presented to volunteers whose efforts 'mobilize positive change within our community'.
The swing bridge connecting Maria Street to Ashburnham Drive in Pterborough's East City will be closed between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. from August 29 to 31, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s Maria Street Swing Bridge to be closed during the day from August 29...

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Detours will be in place when bridge is closed for repair work between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily.
Ana de Armas stars as Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe in the fictionalized biopic Blonde, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. The film premieres on Netflix on Friday, September 23, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in September 2022

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Highlights include Blonde, I Used to Be Famous, A Jazzman's Blues, Lou, Devil in Ohio, Entrapped, and more.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Young child dies in ‘tragic farming accident’ on Emily Township farm in Kawartha Lakes

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Child died after becoming stuck under a skid steer loader on Tuesday night.
Lindsay Barr and Melissa Payne are the headliners for 'Labour Jam Weekend', a free two-day music festival featuring 11 local musicial acts performing in the courtyard of Peterborough Square in downtown Peterborough on September 2 and 3, 2022. (Photos: Samantha Moss / Bryan Reid)

‘Labour Jam Weekend’ brings two days of free live local music to downtown Peterborough

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Lindsay Barr and Melissa Payne headline line-up of 11 musical acts performing at 'groovy' music festival in Peterborough Square courtyard September 2 and 3.
Some of the $38,000 worth of stolen laptops and tablets, government-issued identification cards, cheques, and banking and tax documents Cobourg police recovered from the vehicle of a 30-year-old Cobourg man, who faces 42 charges with more charges pending. (Police-supplied photo)

Cobourg man faces 42 charges after police recover over $38,000 in stolen property

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Laptops, tablets, and documents were allegedly stolen from vehicles and mailboxes including in Durham and York regions.
Runner Joel Kimmett (left), Eileen Kimmett, Clay Williams, and Julie Chatten (representing Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith) at the Peterborough Lift Lock on August 23, 2022, the fourth day of the annual Canal Pursuit for Mental Health, a 700-kilmetre relay run from Port Severn to Ottawa. Williams began the run in 2015, which has since raised almost $100,000 for Mood Disorders Society of Canada, to raise awareness and end the stigma around mental health issues. The Canadian flag has been signed by hundreds of people Williams has met during the eight years of the run, including the first two years when he ran the entire route himself. (Photo courtesy of Eileen Kimmett)

700-km relay run from Port Severn to Ottawa raising awareness and funds for mental...

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Ending the stigma around mental health issues a key goal of Clay Williams, who began the Canal Pursuit for Mental Health in 2015 .
The existing federal electoral districts in the greater Kawarthas region with the boundary changes proposed by the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW from Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario)

Proposed federal electoral map means significant changes for Peterborough and greater Kawarthas ridings

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Peterborough-Kawartha riding would get smaller and shift south, Hastings-Lennox and Addington and Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock ridings would get larger.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

Two dead in separate collisions in Peterborough County where vehicles went into ditches

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Two Saturday evening collisions happened north of Buckhorn and north of Norwood.
Severe thunderstorm

ENDED – Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for southern Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes late...

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Total rainfall amounts could be in excess of 50 mm.
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