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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
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

Police identify victim of fatal single-vehicle collision in Port Hope on Saturday

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Campbellcroft man killed after vehicle hit hydro pole on County Road 10, Whitby man charged with impaired operation causing death
Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith and Fairhaven executive director Lionel Towns at Fairhaven Long-Term Care Home in Peterborough, which is receiving $2.2 million for additional staffing this year. It is one of five long-term care homes in Peterborough County receiving $7,212,576 in provinical funding to increase the hours of direct care provided to residents. (Photo: Office of Dave Smith)

Province providing $7.2 million for five long-term care homes in Peterborough County

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Funding will be used for additional staffing this year to increase the hours of direct care for residents.
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