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"Perched Sentinel" (acrylic on canvas) by Diane Dowsett, one of more than 70 artists participating in the 47th annual Buckhorn Festival of the Arts on August 17 and 18, 2024 at the Buckhorn Community Centre. (Photo: Buckhorn Festival of the Arts / Facebook)

Buckhorn Festival of the Arts returns for its 47th year on August 17 and...

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Award-winning family-friendly festival features over 70 new and returning artists, two special exhibits, an amateur art competition, art demonstrations, and more.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

81-year-old man drowns while tubing in Kawartha Highlands Signature Park

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Whitby man went missing Friday afternoon after getting off his tube while drifting down the Mississauga River,
You shouldn't have any challenges keeping your family supplied for the Civic Holiday long weekend, as most grocery stores, drug stores, malls, and big box stores and some beer and liquor stores are open on Monday. (Stock photo)

What’s open and closed on the 2024 Civic Holiday

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Holiday hours for 302 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
A view of Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

The Beach Report for August 2 to 8, 2024

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward.
Cars in heavy rain

Thunderstorms with heavy rain expected in southern Kawarthas region Friday

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Torrential downpours could result in rainfall amounts of 30 to 60 mm.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

Driver facing charges in Warkworth collision that killed elderly couple and their family pet

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34-year-old woman from Carrying Place was driving pickup truck that collided with couple's car in December.
Peterborough native Noah Abrahamse and The Mumbo Jumbo Combo will perform two shows in Peterborough over the long weekend as part of their "Dias Latinos" tour. The critically acclaimed seven-piece ensemble, with band leader Abrahamse on alto saxophone, will perform a night of salsa and Latin jazz on Friday night at Bar Vita and on Saturday night at the Black Horse Pub. (Photo: Hailey Simms)

nightlifeNOW – August 1 to 7

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
York Regional Police are seeking witnesses who may have seen this suspect and/or vehicle in the area of Kirkfield in Kawartha Lakes on July 25, 2024. Changlin Yang, 26, of East Gwillimbury has been charged with kidnapping, forcible confinement, and aggravated assault after Ying Zhang, 57, went missing from her Markham workplace on July 25, 2024. (Police-supplied photos)

Police find human remains near Kirkfield during search for kidnapped Markham woman

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Arrested suspect was seen with white van police believe was driven to Kirkfield the afternoon of her abduction.
The suspect in a break-and-enter in a downtown Peterborough business in the early morning of July 29, 2024. (kawarthaNOW screenshots of police-supplied video)

Peterborough police seek suspect in $34,000 break-and-enter at downtown business

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Suspect stole merchandise, computers, studio lighting, audio equipment, gym equipment, and other items early Monday morning.
Hospital workers belonging to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) gathered outside of Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith's constituency office on Chemong Road in Peterborough on July 30, 2024 to protect the Ontario government's use of private clinics to deliver publicly funded health care services previously delivered at public hospitals. (Photo: CUPE's Ontario Council of Hospital Unions / Facebook)

Hospital workers protest health care privatization at Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith’s office

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Ontario government is expanding the use of private clinics to deliver publicly funded services including MRIs and CT scans and surgeries.
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