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The Bohnsack family (Holly and her two daughters) and Lois and Steve Wight both lost everything in a house fire in Havelock on June 19, 2022. (Photos via GoFundMe)

Two Havelock families lose everything in Sunday house fire

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GoFundMe campaigns set up to help Holly Bohnsack and her daughters and Lois and Steve Wight.
Syrian restaurant Levantine Grill is one of six downtown Peterborough restaurants participating in the Multicultural Food Crawl from June 20 to July 1, part of the New Canadians Centre's Canadian Multiculturalism Festival. (Photo courtesy of Levantine Grill)

‘Taste The World at Home’ during the Canadian Multiculturalism Festival in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough

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Multicultural Food Crawl runs at six downtown restaurants from June 20 to July 1, with free samples on June 25.
Parks Canada is temporarily closing Lock 1 - Trenton through Lock 18 - Hastings (pictured) on June 20, 2022 until further notice due to high water levels and flows. Seven locks were previously closed on June 17. (Photo courtesy of Kawarthas Northumberland / RTO8)

Parks Canada closing 18 more locks along Trent-Severn Waterway due to high water

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In addition to the seven locks already closed, Locks 1 through 18 will close as of June 20.
Families enjoying Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

The Beach Report for June 17 to 23, 2022

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward.
Previously a general practitioner in New South Wales in Australia, Dr. Luke Johnson will be returning to Canada to practise as a family doctor in Fenelon Falls. (Photo: Coffs Harbour GP Super Clinic)

Kawartha Lakes is getting a new family doctor this summer

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Previously a general practitioner in Australia, Dr. Luke Johnson will join the Kawartha North Family Health Team in Fenelon Falls in July.
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.
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