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Heavy rain coming out of a downspout. (Stock photo0

Significant rainfall coming to the Kawarthas on Saturday night

Gusty winds and total rainfall amounts of 30 to 50 mm possible, with heaviest rain falling overnight Saturday.
Edmonton funk/soul/pop band Carter and the Capitals (Eric Wildeman on guitar, Eric Doucet on keyboards, Ali Mirzaie on bass guitar, and Sam Malowany on drums and percussion) is on tour for the first time in Ontario supporting their debut album. They will be performing an "All Soul's Night Funk Party" at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, October 30th. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – October 24 to 30

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, October 24 to Wednesday, October 30.
Martin Scorsese reunites Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro (pictured) along with Al Pacino in "The Irishman", an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. The Netflix film premieres on Wednesday, November 27th. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in November 2019

Highlights include Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, season three of The Crown, and a lot of Christmas movies
Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before being sworn in as Trudeau's youngest cabinet minister on November 5, 2015, was re-elected to a second term in the federal election on October 21, 2019. Prime Minister Trudeau will be leading a minority Liberal government in Ottawa. (Photo: Maryam Monsef / Facebook)

The Kawarthas turn Conservative blue except in Peterborough-Kawartha, where Monsef is re-elected

Liberal incumbents in Northumberland-Peterborough South and Hastings-Lennox and Addington are defeated.
"The Mush Hole" by Kaha:wi Dance Theatre tells the story, from the perspective of survivors, of the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario -- Canada's first residential school that became the model for all that followed. Presented by Public Energy, the powerful dance and multimedia performance comes to Market Hall Performing Arts Centre for one night only on November 2, 2019. (Photo: Ian R. Maracle)

‘The Mush Hole’ confronts the legacy of trauma of residential schools

Public Energy presents Kaha:wi Dance Theatre's powerful dance and multimedia portrayal at Peterborough's Market Hall on November 2.
Dooher's Bakery in Campbellford, known for delicious baked goods including its famous cream-filled crueller, has been named "Sweetest Bakery in Canada" for the second year in a row in an online competition sponsored by Michigan-based Dawn Food Products. . The family-owned bakery wins a grand prize valued at almost $7,000. (Photo courtesy of Dooher's Bakery)

Dooher’s in Campbellford named Canada’s Sweetest Bakery for the second year in a row

Popular family-owned bakery is also celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2019.
Kim Doolittle will be singing and playing bass in the Sister all-women blues band with Cheryl Lescom (vocals), Chuckee Zehr (keys and vocals), Kathleen Lovett (vocals and guitar), and Michell Josef (drums) on Friday, October 18th at the Red Dog in downtown Peterborough (with the Shout Sister Choir opening) and on Sunday, October 20th at the Ganny in Port Hope, with Susan Latimer on lead guitar for the Peterborough show and Emily Burgess on lead guitar for the Port Hope show. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – October 17 to 23

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, October 17 to Wednesday, October 23.
Carmela Valles, former executive director of New Canadians Centre Peterborough and current owner of Carmela Valles Immigration Consulting, has been named the 2019 Business Citizen of the Year by the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce. (Photo: New Canadians Centre Peterborough)

Peterborough Chamber names Carmela Valles as 2019 Business Citizen of the Year

D.M. Wills, Tiny Greens, Publican House, Inclusive Advisory, and Showplace also among Business Excellence Awards recipients.
Shock-rocker Alice Cooper will perform at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on April 1, 2020. (Photo: Kyler Clark Photography)

Veteran gothic rocker Alice Cooper coming to Peterborough Memorial Centre on April 1

Peterborough concert is part of his Ol' Black Eyes Is Back tour and is his only Ontario date.
Moondance owner Mike Taveroff in January 2018, when he announced he was retiring and closing the iconic downtown Peterborough record store. He closed the store and retired in April 2018, and was diagnosed with stage four cancer less than a year later. Taveroff passed away on the Thanksgiving weekend. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)

Moondance owner Mike Taveroff has passed away from cancer

Long-time owner of Canada's oldest independent record store in downtown Peterborough had retired in April 2018 after closing the store.

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