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Kim Dolan (far left) is the new executive director of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton effective February 3, 2020. Dolan, who has been executive director at PARN for the past 13 years, is pictured here moderating the panel at the Peterborough Opioid Summit on July 11, 2019 at Market Hall Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)

Kim Dolan is the new executive director of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton

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Executive director of PARN for the past 13 years has previously worked at YWCA Crossroads Shelter and other YWCA programs.
The emergency department at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay was temporarily closed following flooding on December 18, 2019 caused by burst heating coils. (Photo: Ross Memorial Hospital / Twitter)

Ross Memorial Hospital emergency department in Lindsay re-opens following flooding incident

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Burst heating coils on Wednesday night temporarily closed emergency department.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stated that, to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, we must cut carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050. To achieve negative emissions in the next 30 years, our best available solutions are to restore natural carbon-storing mechanisms. Planting and maintaining trees are among the most effective methods of removing carbon from our atmosphere. Restoring ecosystems is also essential to achieving negative emissions. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Think globally and act locally when it comes to climate action

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Local initiatives in Peterborough are already creating meaningful and measurable change.
A person in the winter with their face covered and mittened hands over their ears. (Stock photo)

Extreme cold warning in effect for Peterborough and Kawarthas Lakes

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Wind chill values of -30°C are expected Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
Thermometer on snow showing extreme cold temperature of 20 below zeroExtreme cold

Snow squalls overnight on Tuesday followed by extreme cold by Wednesday night

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Wind chills will approach -28°C on Wednesday night with frostbite risk.
"Máxima", directed by U.S. filmmaker Claudio Sparrow, is the opening night feature film on January 23, 2020 at the 2020 ReFrame Film Festival in downtown Peterborough. The documentary tells the story of Máxima Acuña, 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for South and Central America, a farmer who stood up for her right to peacefully live off her own land, a plot of land in the Peruvian highlands sought by Newmont and Buenaventura Mining to develop the Conga gold and copper mine. (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)

ReFrame Film Festival announces opening night feature film and documentaries by local filmmakers

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Award-winning 'Máxima' will open festival on January 26th, with local films including 'Town of Widows' and 'Circus Boy'.
Older woman walking in a winter snow storm

Significant snowfall possible on Saturday for most of the Kawarthas

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Risk of freezing rain overnight Friday turning into heavy snow Saturday accompanied by strong and gusty winds.
Give the gift of beauty and wellness to your loved ones this holiday season by purchasing gift cards from Euphoria Wellness Spa in downtown Peterborough. The full-service spa is one of Canada's top 50 spas and the only accredited 5-Star Spa of Canada in the Kawarthas. (Supplied photo)

Choose local and spoil your loved ones with the gift of beauty and wellness...

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Gift cards from award-winning full-service spa in downtown Peterborough never expire and can be used for any services and products
Peterborough singer-songwriter Lindsay Barr, who recently released her new single and video "I Don't Dance", is performing in downtown Peterborough at Next Door on Thursday, December 12th and at The Social on Saturday, December 14th. (Photo: Samantha Moss)

nightlifeNOW – December 12 to 18

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, December 12 to Wednesday, December 18.
The Peterborough Professional Firefighters are donating $2,000 to The Toy Shop in downtown Peterborough so owner Jean Grant can use the funds to n to leverage deals for more than $6,000 worth of toys from her suppliers, who help with the initiative. The toys will be donated to the annual Salvation Army Toy Drive. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Peterborough firefighters donate $2,000 to The Toy Shop for annual Salvation Army Toy Drive

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The Toy Shop owner Jean Grant will use donation to leverage deals for more than $6,000 worth of toys.
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