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Based in Apsley in North Kawartha Township, The Land Canadian Adventures provides authentic experiences that immerse children and youth in nature while building their skills and their confidence in the outdoors by creating opportunities for supervised risk. Here, three Young Trippers leap off the cliffs in proven-safe spot at the end of a portage from Anstruther Lake to Rathbun Lake in Kawartha Lakes Highlands Provincial Park. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)

The Land Canadian Adventures offers immersive outdoor adventures for kids and teens in the...

Registration now open for innovative program that brings summer camp to your cottage, backcountry canoe adventure camps for youth, and outdoor language skills programs for students.
A float plane at Elmhirst's Resort in Keene. (Photo: Province of Ontario)

Businesses and organizations in the Kawarthas region can now apply for the Tourism Relief...

Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) has $3 million available for tourism sector in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland.
The City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service in Lindsay. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Kawartha Lakes police investigating multiple reports of broken windows or doors at Lindsay businesses

Police are asking area residents with security cameras to review footage from April 13 and 14.
Close-up of a welder at work. (Stock photo)

Province announces $2.7 million for new workforce development program in Peterborough region

Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development to administer the year-long program for unemployed or precariously employed workers.
Residents 80 years of age and older receiving their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at the COVID-19 immunization clinic in Peterborough on March 21, 2021. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough Public Health announces additional COVID-19 vaccine clinics for April and May

All appointments must be made through provincial booking system.
Car window covered with light snow

Winter weather travel advisory issued for southern Kawarthas region Monday night into Tuesday morning

Between 4 and 8 cm of snow expected by Tuesday morning before changing into rain.
Francis Harris, a 45-year-old mother of three, disappeared without a trace from her Apsley-area home on April 21, 1972. The mystery of her disappearance remains unsolved 50 years later. (OPP-supplied photo)

Francis Harris’s son still hopes to solve 50-year-old mystery of Apsley woman’s disappearance

Rod Harris, who last saw his mother on April 21, 1972, is holding a candlelight vigil in Apsley on April 22.
Canopy Project Kawartha Lakes is seeking citizen sciencists to help the volunteer-led group map out significant trees. In February, five sycamore trees in Lindsay were given heritage status by Forests Ontario. (Photo courtesy of Canopy Project Kawartha Lakes)

Canopy Project Kawartha Lakes seeks citizen scientists to help map significant trees

Volunteer-led group holding an Earth Day launch event at Fleming College in Lindsay on April 22.
Jen Deck. (Supplied photo)

Peterborough-Kawartha NDP announces Jen Deck as nomination candidate for provincial election

Nomination meeting will be held April 28 to confirm local teacher and ETFO local union president as candidate.
Temporary signage in the window of the new Jethro's Bar + Stage at 137 Hunter Street West in downtown Peterborough. The live music venue, in the former location of The Sapphire Room cocktail lounge, will open on April 22, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

New live music venue coming to downtown Peterborough

Jethro's Bar + Stage will open April 22 at 137 Hunter Street West,

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