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The puck drop at the 11th annual Pink in the Rink at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on February 1, 2020. The game, which saw the Petes defeat the Oshawa Generals in front of a sold-out crowd, raised $88,300 for women's cancer research. (Photo: Jessica Van Staalduinen / Peterborough Petes)

Peterborough Petes annual Pink in the Rink game raises $88,300 for women’s cancer research

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OHL's top fundraising event has raised almost $790,000 since 2010
According to research by the National Audubon Society, the snowy owl is very vulnerable to climate change and will lose 93 per cent of its range if global temperatures rise by 3°C. By participating in the 2020 Great Backyard Bird Count, members of the public can help scientists understand where birds are and how their numbers are changing. (Photo: Diane McAllister / GBCC)

Be a citizen scientist by participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count this Family...

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Counting birds for science is one of seven simple actions people can take to protect birds and the places where they live.
Norwegian musician and composer Torgeir Vassvik, a member of the Sami indigenous people of northern Europe, creates sound-poems by combining joik (Sami folk music) with modern vocal, percussive, and instrumental techniques. He will perform at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, February 1st at an after-party for the "Being Salmon, Being Human" storytelling performances from Norway, at Nozhem at Gzowski College on Thursday and Friday night and the Mount Community Centre on Saturday afternoon. (Photo source: Kreative Nord / kreativenord.no)

nightlifeNOW – January 30 to February 5

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, January 30 to Wednesday, February 5.
Destiny Dawson. (Supplied photo)

Port Hope police searching for missing 22-year-old woman (LOCATED)

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Destiny Dawson was last seen in Port Hope on January 29.
This Valentine's Day, consider choosing more environmentally sustainable alternatives to traditional gifts, such as locally made soaps, honeys, and maple syrup, and cards made by local artists. The GreenUP Store at 378 Aylmer Street North in downtown Peterborough offers a variety of eco-friendly and locally made gift options. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Show our planet some love too this Valentine’s Day

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Consider locally sourced and fair trade alternatives to mass-produced cards, chocolate, and flowers.
Some of the stolen meat recovered by police following thefts of more than $100,000 worth of meat from Smokey Joe's Butcher Shop and Otonabee Meat Packers in Peterborough County in January 2020. Dean Prentice of Lindsay and Terry Watson of Douro-Dummer have been arrested and charged in the thefts. (Photo: Peterborough County OPP)

Two men arrested for theft of more than $100,000 in meat from two local...

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Smokey Joe's Butcher Shop and Otonabee Meat Packers will donate recovered usable meat to food bank, zoo, and area humane societies.
Local playwright, actor, musician, and composer Beau Dixon will be honoured at the proclamation ceremony for Black History Month on February 2, 2020 at Emmanuel United Church in Peterborough. Dixon will read from one of his plays and perform some of his songs at the event. (Photo: David Leyes / www.davidleyes.com)

Beau Dixon to be honoured at Black History Month proclamation ceremony in Peterborough

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Local playwright, actor, and musician will also perform at Emmanuel United Church on February 2.
Jon Kolodziej and Dana Beren Watts created this giant snowbear, which they call "Snowlar Bear", in the front yard on their home on George Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Jon Kolodziej)

Check out this epic ‘snowbear’ in downtown Peterborough

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Jon Kolodziej and Dana Beren Watts created 'Snowlar Bear' in front of their home on George Street on Sunday night.
Andrew Root paints during 'The Joy of Bob' at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough in 2017. The event, where three guest painters are challenged before a live audience to follow an episode of 'The Joy of Painting', the instructional TV show hosted by late painter Bob Ross, returns on February 20, 2020. The guest painters will be Kathryn Bahun, garbageface, and a random audience member. (Photo courtesy of Andy Carroll)

artNOW – February 2020

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Featuring Erring at King George, Cole Swanson, Dave Ellis, First Friday Peterborough, The Joy of Bob, Artspace Book + Zine Fest, and more.
Patricia Wilson, community conservation and stewardship technician with Kawartha Land Trust, explores the newly protected Fell Wetland property. Donated to Kawartha Land Trust by Allan Fell and his family in 2019, the 50-acre property is relatively untouched by human activity and is home to a forested wetland and cattail marsh. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)

Kawartha Land Trust’s newest protected property includes a provincially significant wetland

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Fell Wetland property southwest of Fenelon Falls was donated by Allan Fell and his family in 2019.
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