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Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) general surgeon Dr. Brie Banks, Kawartha Credit Union president and CEO Norah McCarthy, PRHC Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway, and Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival chair Michelle Thornton hold a $312,025.18 cheque representing the funds raised at the 2024 festival during an event on October 9, 2024 in the hospital's cafeteria. The funds will support cancer care advancements at PRHC like digital pathology and breast seed localization. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival)

Dragon Boat Festival raises record-breaking $312,025.18 for cancer care at Peterborough Regional Health Centre

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Annual event exceeded this year's goal by over $60,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to more than $4.5 million.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

October 1 fire that claimed Peterborough woman’s life was accidental: Ontario Fire Marshal

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43-year-old woman died in apartment fire at Rubidge and Townsend streets.
A detail from a painting by JoEllen Brydon illustrating a reader's letter to her late mother Jean Armstrong Brydon, who wrote an advice column under the pen name Elizabeth Thompson for Toronto's Globe and Mail from 1966 to 1978. The female letter writer talked about women in her bridge club being inspired to burn their bras in a barbeque pit, to which Thompson replied, "With winter just around the corner you had better stock up in vests or something to cut the stormy blasts." Brydon is one of 28 Peterborough-area artists who have received $57,143 in grants from Electric City Culture Council. (Photo courtesy of JoEllen Brydon)

28 Peterborough-area artists receive $57,143 in grants from Electric City Culture Council

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City-supported grants for individual artist program funds new music, books, poems, circus arts, paintings, theatre, dance, film, and more.
Peterborough Public Health is located at 185 King Street West in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough Public Health advises recalled beef tongue jelly product was sold in Bridgenorth

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A confirmed case of listeriosis followed the purchase of the product before deli was aware of food recall.
A collision involving a passenger vehicle and three tractor-trailers closed the westbound lanes of Highway 401 at Brighton for around three hours on October 4, 2024. The driver of the passenger vehicle suffered minor injuries. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

Three separate incidents closed Highway 401 at Brighton on Friday morning

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Police and emergency crews responded to a tractor-trailer fire and two collisions between cars and tractor-trailers.
A road construction worker in Peterborough County. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough County video)

‘Any violence or harassment of our workers or our contractors will not be tolerated’:...

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County 'takes a stand against aggressive behaviour' following incidents including a driver who made death threats to a county employee.
Peterborough's Kelly McMichael returns from her adopted home of St. John's, Newfoundland to perform in support of her new sophomore album "After the Sting of It" at The John in Sadleir House on Friday night. (Photo: Jeff Harris)

nightlifeNOW – October 3 to 9

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Dan Roussel, Marlene Roussel, and Mike Roussel after planting a ceremonial burr oak on September 27, 2024 to mark the opening of Kawartha Land Trust's Roussel-Steffler Memorial Forest, located within the Roussel-Steffler Memorial Sanctuary. The Roussel-Steffler family donated their 102-acre property to Kawartha Land Trust for protection in 2023 in honour of their late husband and father Paul Roussel. (Photo: Stephanie Lake for Kawartha Land Trust)

Kawartha Land Trust opens new memorial forest in Peterborough County

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Donors can have a loved one's name included on a memorial sign in Roussel-Steffler Memorial Forest in Douro-Dummer Township.
Boardwalk Board Game Lounge on George Street welcoming trick-or-treaters and late-night shoppers to the second annual "Halloween in the Booro" event in 2023. Boardwalk Board Game Lounge is one of nearly 30 downtown Peterborough businesses that will be participating in the 2024 event from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, organized by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA). (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Spook-tacular family fun returns to downtown Peterborough October 26 with ‘Halloween in the Booro’

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For the third year, DBIA brings back popular event featuring trick-or-treating and late-night shopping at nearly 30 businesses.
As well as fire and emergency response, Peterborough Fire Services provides public fire and safety education and fire prevention, investigation, and Fire Code enforcement. (Photo: Peterborough Fire Services)

Investigation underway into death of 43-year-old Peterborough woman in apartment fire

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Woman was pronounced dead at scene after emergency crews responded to Tuesday afternoon fire at Rubidge and Townsend streets.
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