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United Way Peterborough & District released the 16th annual "Housing is Fundamental" report on October 6, 2021. Pictured are CEO Jim Russell along with housing advocate Paul Armstrong, who authored the report. (Photo courtesy of United Way Peterborough & District)

Peterborough’s rental market continues to outpace inflation and wage increases

Affordability remains a challenge according to United Way Peterborough & District's 'Housing is Fundamental' report.
Havelock-Belmont Public School is located at 55 Mathison Street in Havelock. (Photo: Havelock-Belmont Public School / Twitter)

COVID-19 outbreak closes Havelock-Belmont Public School in Peterborough County

10 cases now confirmed at the school; students will transition to virtual learning until further notice.
A laboratory worker completes a COVID-19 test

Ontario reports 429 new COVID-19 cases, including 9 in greater Kawarthas region

Regional active cases remain at 67 with 6 new cases in Peterborough and 3 in Hastings Prince Edward.
Indian restaurant Chaska brands itself with the tag line "Indian Street Food Obsession". A location will be opening in downtown Peterborough on October 18, 2021. (Photo: Chaska / Facebook)

New Indian ‘street food’ restaurant opening in downtown Peterborough

Chaska opens October 18 in former location of Pete’s Subs and Burgers.
Photo courtesy of Peterborough Power and Sail Squadron

Trent-Severn Waterway to reopen for recreational boating on Thanksgiving long weekend

Parks Canada had temporarily closed system due to high water levels and flows.
Six artists from Nogojiwanong-Peterborough are participating in Trent Radio's "Your Radio Is Their Stage" arts project, with consecutive five-week residencies in radio production and broadcast each culminating in a radio broadcast of the artists's work re-imagined for radio. Top row: Melanie McCall, Jose Miguel Hernandez, and JoEllen Brydon. Bottom row: Justin Million, Gillian Turnham, and John Marris. (kawarthaNOW collage of artist photos)

New Trent Radio project brings visual arts to the airwaves

'Your Radio Is Their Stage' will see six Nogojiwanong-Peterborough visual artists re-imagine their work using radio as an artistic medium.
COVID-19 lab test swabs. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 511 new COVID-19 cases, with 19 in greater Kawarthas region over weekend

Regional active cases drop by 16 to 67 with 9 new cases in Peterborough, 9 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Haliburton.
Highway 35 north of Lindsay was closed between Cambray Road and Long Beach Road on October 3, 2021 for a police investigation of a vehicle rollover that claimed the life of the driver and sent a passenger to hospital with minor injuries. (Photo: OPP / Facebook)

Second fatal vehicle rollover in Kawarthas region in past two days

Rose Titus, 59, died at the scene after single-vehicle collision on Highway 35 north of Lindsay on Sunday morning.
A COVID-19 test being conducted in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 668 new COVID-19 cases, including 17 in greater Kawarthas over past 2...

Regional active cases decrease to 83 with 11 new cases in Peterborough, 3 in Hastings Prince Edward, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland.
In "Sound of Mind and Body", which will be performed at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 7, 2021, dancer and choreographer Bill Coleman's brain waves will be transmitted to equipment and software operated by musician and sound artist Gordon Monahan (background), affecting music and lights in real time. Public Energy is also presenting Victoria Ward's "Kitten!", a re-imagining of her 1993 indie theatre hit, at The Theatre On King on October 15 and 16, 2021. (Photo supplied by Public Energy)

Peterborough’s Public Energy returns to in-theatre performances in October

'Sound of Mind and Body' takes place at Market Hall on October 7 with 'Kitten!' at The Theatre On King on October 15 and 16.

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