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Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

13-year-old Peterborough boy facing 12 charges in three assaults against two other teens on...

Four other teens also facing charges after two 15-year-old boys were assaulted at Lansdowne Place Mall and outside Shoppers Drug Mart on Chemong Road.
Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) co-founders during the original 2020 announcement of the world's first and only Indigenous fringe festival, before it was postponed until 2021 because of the pandemic. Pictured are Joeann Argue, assistant professor in Indigenous performance at Trent University, Lee Bolton, theatre coordinator of Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space at Trent University, and Drew Hayden Taylor, the award-winning Indigenous playwright, author, columnist, and filmmaker who first proposed the idea of the festival in 2019. (Photo courtesy of NIFF)

This year’s Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival at Peterborough Theatre Guild has been cancelled

Organizers cite withdrawal of most of the festival's accepted artists for 'financial or personal reasons'.
Freezing rain and snow at night

Wintry mix of weather for Kawarthas region continues for first weekend of spring

Environment Canada issues special weather statement for 5-12 cm of snow in the north and up 2 mm of freezing rain in the south.
A bike path runs along a 300-metre section of fence on the east side of Airport Road south of Sir Sandford Fleming Drive in Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough police investigating racist graffiti as hate-bias crime

Sometime overnight on March 19, an offensive racial slur was spray-painted nine times along a 300-metre section of fence on Airport Road.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Driver who flashed lights at unmarked Northumberland OPP cruiser facing charges

After 50-year-old Lindsay man was pulled over, he refused a impaired test which carries same penalties as impaired driving.
Cars on road during winter storm with snow causing poor visibility.

First day of spring on Friday will see snow, ice pellets, and risk of...

Special weather statement calls for up to 10 cm in northern areas and 'wintry mix' of snow and ice pellets with a chance of freezing rain in the south.
Saskatchewan's retro rockers The Sheepdogs (Ewan Currie, Ryan Gullen, Shamus Currie, and Ricky Paquette) are performing at The Venue in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night as part of their Out All Night Tour. (Promotional photo)

nightlifeNOW – March 19 to 25

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

23-year-old Oshawa man charged with attempted murder in connection to drug-related shooting in Peterborough...

Two suspects robbed a couple at 701 George Street North apartment building, shooting and seriously injuring a 39-year-old woman.
Chris Vyn, former outreach worker with One City Peterborough, provides food and supplies to a woman experiencing homelessness in 2022. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of One City Peterborough video)

One City Peterborough ending outreach programs for unsheltered people in May

Funding shifts prompt non-profit to focus resources at Trinity Community Centre, raising concerns about fewer touchpoints for vulnerable people.
La Mesita Mexican Restaurant is one of 20 restaurants in downtown Peterborough and East City that are participating in the 2026 Peterborough Mac & Cheese Festival organized by the the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) and running from April 1 to 25 with a grand finale event at Quaker Foods City Square on Saturday, April 25. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Downtown Peterborough’s award-winning Mac & Cheese Festival returns from April 1 to 25

Popular annual festival features a grand finale celebration at Quaker Foods City Square and People's Choice and Judge's Choice awards.

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