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Opioids (stock photo)

Peterborough Public Health launches new opioid harms data portal

Along with drug reporting tool, portal will improve access to data and enhance local response to drug poisoning crisis.
Paddlers at the 2015 Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival, which returns to Del Crary Park in Peterborough on June 11, 2022 after a two-year absence because of the pandemic, raising funds for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Everything you need to know about the Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday

Annual breast cancer fundraiser returns to Del Crary Park on June 11 for the first time since the pandemic began.
Brooke England, 16, of Brighton, Ontario. (Police-supplied photo)

FOUND – Police seek missing 16-year-old Brighton girl

Brooke England was last seen on June 7 on County Road 41 in Brighton.
A Canada Day parade in downtown Port Hope prior to the pandemic. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Municipality of Port Hope video)

In-person Canada Day celebrations return to Port Hope

July 1st celebrations will include a car show, parade, wagon rides, live music in Memorial Park, and a fireworks display.
Lindsay-founded indie rockers The Strumbellas will perform a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest at Del Crary Park on August 10, 2022. (Photo: Will Fournier)

Peterborough Musicfest reveals 2022 summer lineup including Sam Roberts Band and The Strumbellas

Other performers include The Spoons, Gowan, The New Pornographers, Dwayne Gretzy, Suzie McNeil & JJ Wilde, and four tribute bands including a nod to the late Ronnie Hawkins.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Peterborough police seek suspect in early-morning shooting

A man in the Park and Romaine Street area was found with gunshot wounds to his leg.
Jasbir Raina has been hired as the City of Peterborough's new commissioner of infrastructure and planning services. (Supplied photo)

Jasbir Raina is Peterborough’s new infrastructure and planning services commissioner

Raina was most recently commissioner of public works and engineering for the City of Brampton.
The 18-hole disc golf course at Haute Goat in Port Hope, designed and built by TinLid Canada, features distinct short and long layouts to satisfy all calibre of disc golf enthusiasts. (Photo: Haute Goat)

Port Hope’s Haute Goat expands with 18-hole disc golf course

200-acre farm known for its goats and alpacas also hosts a weekly disc golf league and a team event on June 26.
Owner Deanna Guttman pictured in 2019 in front of her wall of yarn at Needles in the Hay in downtown Peterborough, one of seven yarn shops participating in this year's Cottage Country Yarn Crawl running from June 11 to September 6, 2022. (Photo: Amy E. LeClair)

Two ‘yarn crawls’ take place this summer in the greater Kawarthas region and beyond

Both the eight-stop Cottage Country Yarn Crawl and the 13-stop Southeastern Ontario Yarn Crawl kick off on June 11.
The Peterborough Area Roller Derby (PARD) league is hosting "Post Pandemic PARDy: Down with the Sickness", their first match since the pandemic began, at Douro Community Centre on June 18, 2022. (Photo: PARD)

Peterborough Area Roller Derby returns for the first time since pandemic began

'Post Pandemic PARDy: Down with the Sickness' match takes place at Douro Community Arena on June 18.

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