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Cars in heavy rain

Thunderstorms with heavy rain expected in southern Kawarthas region Friday

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

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

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

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

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

Ontario government is expanding the use of private clinics to deliver publicly funded services including MRIs and CT scans and surgeries.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

LOCATED – Peterborough police searching for missing Norwood teen

14-year-old Phillip Aron was last seen in downtown Peterborough on July 29.
Phone scam

Cobourg resident almost defrauded of $47,000 in FINTRAC phone scam

Scammer posed as representative of federal financial intelligence unit and claimed warrant was out for the victim's arrest.
Cobourg police are seeking to identify this person of interest in connection with four break-and-enter incidents at businesses in the Town of Cobourg that occurred on July 22 and 26, 2024. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seek person of interest in four break-and-enters in Cobourg

One business was broken into on July 22 and three other businesses suffered break-ins on July 26.
Young boy swimming in the water

The Beach Report for July 26 to August 1, 2024

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

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