Saturday, October 18, 2025
Home Authors Articles by kawarthaNOW

Articles by kawarthaNOW

kawarthaNOW
6195 Articles
Our generic staff writer account, covering breaking and local community news. Follow kawarthaNOW on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.
A grapple removes debris from the fire-devastated Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield on October 12, 2025 as a Priestly Demolition Inc. employee supervises from a boom truck. (Photo: Scott Norwood)

Fire-devastated Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield is being demolished

kawarthaNOW -
Controlled demolition began Sunday morning less than three days after fire in historic building that displaced apartment residents.
A smartphone sitting on a harvest table covered with squash and fall leaves displaying kawarthaNOW's Thanksgiving Monday 2025 holiday hours story. (kawarthaNOW photo)

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday 2025

kawarthaNOW -
Holiday hours for 302 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
The building at 24 Queen Street in downtown Lakefield on October 10, 2025, the day after a fire engulfed the upper level apartments as well as Kawartha Home Hardware on the main floor. (Photo courtesy of Selwyn Township)

Devastating fire at Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield has been contained

kawarthaNOW -
Lakefield community has come together to collect donations and assist families and pets displaced by the fire.
Smoke billows out of the historic building housing Kawartha Home Hardware at 24 Queen Street in downtown Lakefield on October 9, 2025. (Photo: Mike Quigg)

Fire engulfs Home Hardware store in downtown Lakefield

kawarthaNOW -
Witnesses report the blaze began in the upper portion of the historic building and all occupants were able to get out safely.
Local musicians will perform a tribute to Toronto country-rock icons The Sadies on Friday night when Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough hosts the 3rd Annual Ptbo Salutes: The Sadies, with proceeds donated to charity in memory of founding member Dallas Good (front), who died from coronary illness in 2022 at the age of 48. (Photo: Ron Johnson)

nightlifeNOW – October 9 to 15

kawarthaNOW -
Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Guests at the Lakeside Gala at The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough on October 4, 2025 listen to a speech by the museum's executive director Carolyn Hyslop and curator Jeremy Ward in the museum's atrium during the inaugural event that raised $150,000 in support of the not-for-profit museum and its programming. (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Canoe Museum)

Inaugural Lakeside Gala raises $150,000 for The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough

kawarthaNOW -
Fundraising event on October 4 featured live music, fine cuisine, storytelling, auctions, the launch of an Inuit kayak build, and more.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway (third from left) accepts a cheque for $400,104.01 from Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival representing the proceeds raised at the 24th edition of the festival held on June 14, 2025 at Del Crary Park. The record-breaking donation exceeded the 2025 fundraising goal of $260,018.01 by over $140,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to $4.9 million for cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment in the Peterborough region. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival)

Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival raises record-breaking $400,104.01 for cancer care at Peterborough Regional Health...

kawarthaNOW -
24th annual festival held on June 14 exceeded its fundraising goal by over $140,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to $4.9 million.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

Two people dead in serious collision on Highway 118 in Haliburton County

kawarthaNOW -
64-year-old female motorcyclist and 79-year-old male passenger died Sunday morning after colliding with a transport truck north of Carnarvon.
With its team of chiropractors and a physiotherapist and a massage therapist, Hybrid Health and Rehabilitation in Peterborough treats acute and chronic pain, concussion, aches and sprains, vertigo, and more through individualized treatment plans that leave clients moving like they used to. In addition to hosting various levels of postpartum classes for new moms, the clinic has just launched a new program that will help new dads build strength and find community. (Photo courtesy of Hybrid Health and Rehabilitation)

Know Your Locals: Peterborough’s Hybrid Health and Rehabilitation provides individualized treatment plans to get...

kawarthaNOW -
Owned by husband-and-wife chiropractors Dr. Shayla Conrad and Dr. Dan Calow, the clinic has also just launched a fitness and community class for new dads.
Trent University's associate vice president of students Lawrence Lam speaks as Peterborough police staff sergeant Mark Reesor looks on during a media conference on October 3, 2025 about police preparations for Trent University's 54th annual Head of the Trent weekend. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough Police Service video)

Peterborough residents will see a larger-than-normal police presence during Trent University’s Head of the...

kawarthaNOW -
An additional 11 officers will be on and off campus, along with the police service's crowd management unit and volunteer auxiliary unit.
123...620Page 2 of 620

Become a #kawarthaNOW fan

31,882FollowersLike
25,663FollowersFollow
17,654FollowersFollow
4,618FollowersFollow
3,715FollowersFollow
3,111FollowersFollow

Sign up for kawarthNOW's Enews

Sign up for our VIP Enews

kawarthaNOW.com offers two enews options to help readers stay in the know. Our VIP enews is delivered weekly every Wednesday morning and includes exclusive giveaways, and our news digest is delivered daily every morning. You can subscribe to one or both.




Submit your event for FREE!

Use our event submission form to post your event on our website — for free. To submit editorial content or ideas, please contact us.

EDITOR'S PICKS

SIGN UP FOR OUR ENEWS




© Copyright kawarthaNOW® 1996 - 2025. All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission, or republication strictly prohibited. Trademarks owned by kawarthaNOW include kawarthaNOW®, Keep It In The Kawarthas®, Web Sites That Work®, Kawartha Localist™, Know Your Locals™, businessNOW™, musicNOW™, artNOW™, nightlifeNOW™, encoreNOW™, and KNosh™.