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Plywood covers a front window at La Mesita Restaurante at 247 George Street North in downtown Peterborough just north of Sherbrooke after it was vandalized around 2:35 a.m. on June 7, 2026. (Photo supplied to kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough police defend response time after making arrest in La Mesita window smashing

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Chief Stuart Betts says officers were tied up with 12 other calls, including a mental health crisis, when the restaurant's front window was smashed early Sunday morning.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

17-year-old Toronto-area teen wanted for Saturday afternoon shooting in downtown Bancroft

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Victim received non-life-threatening injury in what police are calling an isolated incident.
A front window at La Mesita Restaurante at 247 George Street North in downtown Peterborough just north of Sherbrooke was vandalized sometime overnight on June 7, 2026. (Photo: La Mesita Restaurante / Facebook)

Smashed window at downtown Peterborough restaurant sparks online support and frustration

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A Facebook post by La Mesita Restaurante drew hundreds of reactions after the George Street business was vandalized early Sunday morning.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

Three men dead after collision between car and four motorcycles on Highway 7 west...

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18-year-old driver of car and 72-year-old motorcyclist pronounced dead at scene, with 65-year-old motorcyclist pronounced dead at hospital.
The nine Peterborough business leaders who were inducted into the 11th annual JA Business Hall of Fame at The Venue in downtown Peterborough on June 4, 2026. As the ceremony, Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario (JA-NEO) also announced that the late late John McNutt, the longtime CEO and president of JA-NEO and executive director of the Council for Persons with Disabilities, along with his wife of 47 years, Sheryl Hopkins, would also be inducted into the JA Business Hall of Fame. (Photo courtesy of JA-NEO)

11th annual JA Business Hall of Fame honours entrepreneurship, community service, and John McNutt’s...

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Thursday night's induction ceremony celebrated nine Peterborough business leaders and paid tribute to JA-NEO's longtime former CEO and his wife Sheryl Hopkins.
Ottawa alt-country singer-songwriter Steve Stacey (right) is performing three back-to-back shows with Pat Robillard in the Kawarthas this weekend, including at Dusk to Dawn Brewing Co. in Millbrook on Friday night, at Fenelon Falls Brewing Co. on Saturday night, and at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: Steve Stacey / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – June 4 to 10

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Written by Globus Theatre artistic director and avid soccer fan Sarah Quick (top left), "Murder at the Match: 2026 World Cup Edition" features (left to right, top and bottom) Jennine Profeta, Kerry Griffin, Allan Cooke, Mallory Brumm, and Kyle Claeys. The interactive dinner theatre murder mystery comedy runs in Bobcaygeon for seven public performances from June 25 to July 4. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Globus Theatre brings World Cup fever to Bobcaygeon with an all-new murder mystery

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Interactive dinner theatre comedy 'Murder at the Match: 2026 World Cup Edition' runs for seven performances from June 25 to July 4.
Conservation scientist Glenn M. Cunnington, pictured during the release of a snapping turtle hatchling, will join the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre as its new executive director on June 15, 2026. He is assuming the role from Dr. Sue Carstairs, who has functioned as the registered charity's executive director and medical director since 2009. (Photo: Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre)

Conservation scientist Glenn M. Cunnington joins Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre as its new executive...

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Dr. Sue Carstairs, who been executive and medical director of the Peterborough registered charity since 2009, will continue on as medical director for now.
An officer with Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) demonstrates the tracking technology used in the Project Lifesaver program, which helps searchers quickly locate people with cognitive disorders who wander. Through a collaborative partnership between local emergency services and community organizations, the internationally recognized program is coming to Kawartha Lakes in summer 2026. (Photo: OPP)

Program that helps first responders find missing people with cognitive conditions coming to Kawartha...

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Internationally recognized 'Project Lifesaver' program will launch this summer with support from local police, paramedics, and the Alzheimer Society.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

Driver struck after exiting vehicle in Highway 401 crash in Port Hope dies in...

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Police are appealing for witnesses to two-vehicle collision in eastbound lanes near the service centre on Saturday morning.
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