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A thunderstorm passes over a lake in North Kawartha Township on July 5, 2021. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

ENDED – Severe thunderstorm watch Wednesday for entire Kawarthas region

Possibility of strong wind gusts up to 90 km/h, large hail, and heavy rain.
Following several years of only being able to access the boardwalk through an out-and-back hike, a permanent bridge has now been installed at Pigeon River Headwaters Conservation Area in Kawartha Lakes to complete the 3.4-kilometre trail loop. (Photo: Kawartha Conservation)

Pigeon River Headwaters Conservation Area in Kawartha Lakes reopens with new bridge

Kawartha Conservation invites families to celebrate with Father's Day scavenger hunt, colouring contest, and more.
Through their established business ReGreen, Dmitriy and Laura Sevostyanova have been manufacturing eco-bags in Kazakhstan since 2015. The entrepreneurial duo are the first international clients of the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas under the federal goverment's Start-up Visa Program, with another 40 companies under the program awaiting additional government documents so they can come to Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

Kazakhstan entrepreneurial duo bring their eco-business to Peterborough

Dmitriy and Laura Sevostyanova are the Innovation Cluster's first international clients under federal Start-up Visa Program.
Branches and brush on a residential boulevard in Peterborough's East City 10 days after the wind storm of May 21, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

It may be 4-6 weeks before City of Peterborough collects storm debris from residential...

Council directs city to allocate resources and equipment after clean-up of city-owned property is complete.
Kawartha Lakes Food Source salsa is available at Burns Bulk Food in Lindsay and 14 other locations in Kawartha Lakes and the Peterborough area. Proceeds from sales help to offset operating expenses such as rent for Kawartha Lakes Food Source, a non-profit organization that procures and distributes food to 35 local agencies and delivers food literacy programs. (Photo: Burns Bulk Food / Facebook)

Kawartha Lakes Food Source salsa now available at 15 locations in Kawartha Lakes and...

Non-profit organization has produced more than 6,000 jars since launching its own salsa brand a year ago.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough police investigating theft of three puppies from home

A woman entered a home on Saturday afternoon and left with two male and one female American Bulldog mix puppies.
The suspect in the theft of around $19,000 worth of jewellery and cash from a jewellery store in Lansdowne Place Mall on May 30, 2022. (Police-supplied photo)

Peterborough police seek suspect in $19,000 jewellery store theft

A man broke into the store after breaking into Lansdowne Place Mall on Monday morning.
The Kawarthas Northumberland Visitor Centre is located at Lock 18 in the Town of Hastings in Trent Hills, in the former Lock Master's house at 9 Bridge Street. (Photo courtesy of RTO8)

New Kawarthas Northumberland Visitor Centre opens in Hastings in Trent Hills

Positioned along the Trent-Severn Waterway, the visitor centre aims to encourage longer stays and increased tourism dollars spent within the region.
A resident in Peterborough's East City cleans up fallen branches and brush after the severe storm on May 21, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

City of Peterborough opens temporary drop-off site for storm-generated green waste

Residents can bring trees, branches, leaves, and brush to 425 Kennedy Road and dispose of them with no fees.
Some of the debris at the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough as a result of the May 21, 2022 wind storm. The hurricane-force winds tore off large swaths of the protective membrane on the museum's roof, resulting in rain and moisture damage, and damaged or blew out windows in the museum's collections centre. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Canoe Museum)

Peterborough’s Canadian Canoe Museum remains closed due to storm damage

Museum was planning to reopen June 4, but additional repairs to section of roof need to be completed.

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