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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Long-time owner of Canada's oldest independent record store in downtown Peterborough had retired in April 2018 after closing the store.
A conceptual rendering of the new Canadian Canoe Museum, an 85,000-square-foot facility to be built alongside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway. (Illustration: Heneghan Peng and Kearns Mancini Architects)

BMO Financial Group invests $650,000 in new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough

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New facility's research and knowledge centre to be named after bank in recognition of donation.
The recipients of the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's 20th annual Awards of Excellence, including Nightingale Nursing president and CEO Sally Harding (front row, third from right). The awards were presented at an event in the Bryan Jones Theatre at Lakefield College School on October 10, 2019. (Photo: Kawartha Chamber / Facebook)

Kawartha Chamber names Sally Harding as 2019 Citizen of the Year

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Central Smith Creamery, Entomo Farms, Lakefield Literary Festival, and Griffin's Greenhouses also among Awards of Excellence recipients.
Barbara Monaghan. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Pop Ensemble)

Peterborough Pop Ensemble founder and director Barbara Monahan has passed away

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Driving force behind choral group and long-time teacher at Kenner Collegiate was fighting cancer
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