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Atul Swarup and Marie Press of the Rotary Club of Peterborough presenting a $25,000 cheque to YES executive director Aimee Le Lagadéc (third from left) and Brian O'Toole and Carl Brown of the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha present a $25,000 cheque to YES transitional housing manager Melissa Free (third from right) in front of YES's Brock Street location. (Photo: Rotary Club of Peterborough)

Peterborough Rotary clubs donate $50,000 to YES Shelter for Youth and Families

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Donation will help build two units for transitional youth housing program and renovate an existing 12-plex building.
Natasha Lyonne returns to the role of Nadia in the second season of the 2019 hit Netflix comedy-drama series "Russian Doll", premiering on Netflix on April 20, 2022. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in April 2022

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Highlights include season 2 of Russian Doll, The Bubble, Bullsh*t The Game Show, Ozark, Our Great National Parks, and more.
Peterborough artist Alex Bierk has announced his intention as Peterborough city councillor in Town Ward in the October 24, 2022 municipal election. (Supplied photo)

Artist Alex Bierk to run for Town Ward councillor in Peterborough

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Bierk says municipal politics are at an 'impasse' with a lack of action on 'hard issues'.
A home on Fairbairn Street was extensively damaged after a car drove into it following a collision with a taxi van on March 21, 2022. (Photo: Brian Papypra)

Car crashes into Peterborough home on Monday

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Driver suffered a medical incident before collision and was taken to hospital.
A Nazi flag at the truckers protest in Ottawa in January 2022. According to Statistics Canada, hate targeting the Black and Jewish populations remained the most common types reported by police across Canada in 2020. (Photo: Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs / Twitter)

Police respond to report that Peterborough area had highest rate of hate crimes per...

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Statistics Canada reports Peterborough census metropolitan area had 19.4 hate crimes per 100,000 in 2020.
Freezing rain on car

Special weather statement for freezing rain and rain in greater Kawarthas region Wednesday

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Environment Canada says up to 5 mm of ice accretion is possible, as well as 10 to 25 mm of rain and strong easterly wind.
One of several changes to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit's online COVID-19 dashboard as of March 21, 2022 is the reporting of results of wastewater surveillance currently being done at municipal treatment plants in Lindsay and Cobourg. (Photo: Town of Cobourg)

Health unit changes COVID-19 reporting for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton

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Online dashboard now splits current and historical data and provides key indicators for lower-tier municipalities as well as wastewater surveillance data.
On September 27, 2019, youth in Peterborough led a protest march to local federal political candidates' campaign offices as part of The Global Climate Strike protest. This youth-led global protest movement took place in 4,500 locations in 150 countries and is one of the largest movements of its kind in history. (Photo: Leif Einarson)

Peterborough children and youth leading local Global Climate Strike day event on March 25

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Members of Youth Climate Action Club among speakers at event at Confederation Square.
"Rise Above" (21.5" x 13.5") by Peterborough artist Nick Leniuk features a hand-carved serpentine stone sunflower with a peace emblem centre (a design donated by a Russian artist) mounted on a raw board stained with the colours of the Ukranian flag. Leniuk is auctioning the piece off until March 28 with all proceeds to the Canada Ukraine Foundation-Ukrainian Canadian Congress. (Photo courtesy of Nick Leniuk)

Peterborough artist auctioning art piece to funds for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine

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Nick Leniuk, whose father came to Canada from Ukraine, has created a piece called 'Rise Above' featuring a hand-carved sunflower with the design donated by a Russian artist.
Although spring officially arrives on March 20, 2022, it will be a few weeks yet before we'll see start seeing buds on the trees. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Spring officially arrives Sunday morning with the vernal equinox

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The days start getting longer than the nights
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