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Car on flooded road during heavy rain

Significant rainfall for greater Kawarthas region Monday night into Tuesday

Showers and isolated thunderstorms will move across region with total rainfall amounts of 25 to 50 mm expected.
Peterborough writer Erica Richmond (right) with her $530 donation to the Canadian Mental Health Association, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge. During May, Richmond announced she would donate half of the proceeds of her children's book 'Pixie and the Bees'. (Photo courtesy of CMHA HKPR)

Peterborough writer Erica Richmond raises $530 for CMHA’s Trans Peer Outreach Program

Open Sky Stories founder donated half the sales of 'Pixie and the Bees', her children's book about living with anxiety.
Team Rubicon Canada is a charitable organization that sends skilled disaster response teams of volunteers (including military veterans, first responders, and dedicated civilians) into areas requiring assistance. (Photo: Team Rubicon Canada)

Team Rubicon arrives in Peterborough to help low-income seniors and others with storm clean-up

Teams of 'greyshirts' will prepare fallen trees and limbs for green waste collection by the city.
Heavy rain coming out of a downspout. (Stock photo0

Significant rainfall forecast for Haliburton County Monday into Tuesday

Showers and isolated thunderstorms will move across region with total rainfall amounts of 25 to 50mm expected.
Some of the damage in the Ganaraska Forest caused by the May 21, 2022 derecho storm. The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) expects it will be weeks before the forest will reopen for public use. (Photo: GRCA)

Ganaraska Forest remains closed until further notice due to May 21 storm damage

Conservation authority says derecho is 'largest natural disaster' to affect southern Ontario's largest forest.
The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's opening concert of its 2022-23 season, "Welcome Back" on November 5, 2022, will include guest soloist Snow Bai on the erhu, a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. (Publicity photo)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra announces a full 2022-23 season at Showplace Performance Centre

Concerts take place November 5, December 10, February 7, April 1, and May 27, with $20 rush tickets available the day of each concert.
Doug Ford "got it done" by leading the Progressive Conservatives to their second straight majority during the Ontario election on June 2, 2022. PC candidates were elected in each of the four ridings in the greater Kawarthas region. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Facebook video)

Doug Ford’s PCs cruise to second majority, winning all four ridings in greater Kawarthas...

NDP remains official opposition but leader Andrea Horwath steps down, and Liberals suffer a disastrous night.
Quebec garage pop-rockers Sunday Crisp perform at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, June 4 as part of their Bateau Ride Stadium Tour. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – June 2 to 8

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region
Linda Kash and Megan Murphy will perform a staged reading of Irish playwright Marie Jones' 2012 play "Fly Me to the Moon", New Stages Peterborough's first production since the pandemic began, on June 19, 2022 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Facebook video)

New Stages Peterborough returns to the stage as Randy Read steps down as artistic...

Linda Kash and Megan Murphy will perform staged reading of 'Fly Me to the Moon' on June 19 at the Market Hall.
The sun sets behind the Lions Community Centre in Peterborough's East City a few minutes before the polls closed for the previous Ontario election on June 7, 2018. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Ontario voters head to the polls today to elect a new provincial government

Here's a list of all candidates in the greater Kawarthas region.

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