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Windsock blowing in strong winds on a cloudy day

Strong winds across the Kawarthas region on Friday

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Wind gusts up to 70 km/h will begin near noon and end in the evening.
Boiling Over's Coffee Vault at 148 Kent Street in downtown Lindsay opened in 2015. (Photo via Boiling Over's Coffee Vault website)

Boiling Over’s Coffee Vault in Lindsay is not reopening

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Popular downtown coffee house was damaged in a sewage leak last August.
Peterborough rock quartet the Austin Carson Band is returning to the stage for the first time since 2019 and kicking off a summer resort tour in the Kawarthas with a show at the Red Dog Tavern in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, June 18 with special guests Nicholas Campbell and The Two-Metre Cheaters. (Supplied photo)

nightlifeNOW – June 16 to 22

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
A tornado at Sturgeon Lake in Kawartha Lakes on June 23, 2020. (Photo: Amy Reeds @amy_reeds / Twitter)

ENDED – Tornado watch in effect for Hastings County with severe thunderstorm watch for...

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For all areas, wind gusts of 90 to 110 km/h are possible afternoon into early evening along with nickel to ping pong ball sized hail.
The Morton Nature Sanctuary is a 133-acre ecologically significant property that Peterborough philanthropists Patricia and David Morton have donated to Kawartha Land Trust. (Photo: Patricia Wilson / Kawartha Land Trust)

Peterborough’s Patricia and David Morton donate 133-acre property to Kawartha Land Trust

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Home to at least two species at risk, new Morton Nature Sanctuary is protected in perpetuity from logging or development.
"Proxy pupil: Knowing the world but blind to the sphere" by Laura Thompson, one of the many art exhibits on display at the Erring at King George multidisciplinary arts festival in Peterborough in May 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Pilot program offers grants for professional artists in Peterborough area

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Apply to Electric City Culture Council by July 7 for grants of up to $1,500 or $3,500.
Not all plastics are synthetic polymers derived from petrolium oil. Cellulose is a naturally occurring polymer found in the walls of plant cells. Some cellulose-based packaging has been developed, like this option used by local soap-maker, Sherrie La Masurier of Simply Natural Canada. This packaging may look like single-use plastic made from fossil fuels and destined for the landfill, but this cellulose-based wrap will biodegrade in a standard backyard composter or municipal composting facility. (Photo: Kristen Larocque)

Our romance with everything plastic doesn’t have to be tragic

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Peterborough GreenUP explores the good, the bad, and the undeniably useful world of plastics.
Lock 22 - Nassau Mills is one of seven locks along the Trent-Severn Waterway Parks Canada is closing on June 17, 2022 until further notice due to high water levels and flows. (Photo: Parks Canada / Twitter)

Parks Canada closing seven locks along Trent-Severn Waterway due to high water

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Closures take effect June 17, with controlled breach of dam construction site at Lock 19 - Scotts Mills over weekend.
Members of Dragons Abreast, the first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team in Toronto and one of the first in the world, with the five-foot model of a dragon boat they donated to The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough on June 15, 2022. The model is a scale replica of the dragon boat built in 2008 by the Avalon Dragons, Newfoundland and Labrador's first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team. (Photo: The Canadian Canoe Museum / Facebook)

Dragons Abreast donates model dragon boat to Peterborough’s Canadian Canoe Museum

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Toronto's first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team embarking on 125km fundraising paddle along the Trent-Severn Waterway.
Ryan and Sam Weber of The Weber Brothers, from the Hootenanny on Hunter Street in Peterborough in August 2015. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Ryan and Sam Weber and Kate Suhr among Peterborough Pathway of Fame inductees

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Induction ceremony for 25th anniversary year will take place September 10 at Showplace Performance Centre.
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