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Two cars on a snow-covered road

Winter weather travel advisory in effect for the Kawarthas starting Monday afternoon

Up to 10 cm of snow possible by Tuesday morning.
Since the annual Crayalo Sale began, Crayola Canada has donated over $1,052,000 to the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes. The 31st annual sale runs from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on November 16, 2019 in the main building at the Lindsay Exhibition Fairgrounds. (Photo: Crayola Canada)

31st annual Crayola Sale is back at the Lindsay Ex on November 16

Crayola Canada fundraiser has raised more than $1 million for United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes/
A map at the website downdetector.ca shows the extent of the Bell service outage on November 9, 2019 based on customer reports. (Map: downdetector.ca)

Widespread Bell network outage takes down cell service in the Kawarthas

Cell providers that use Bell network were also down, along with debit.
Singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist Colin Linden, who has performed with the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, will be performing a rare solo concert at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on November 30, 2019. The music director of the hit TV series "Nashville", Colin has recently been touring the U.S. and U.K. as a member of Nashville star's Charles Esten's band. (Photo: Laura Godwin)

Great music, great conversation, and great comedy at Peterborough’s Market Hall in November

Upcoming shows include musical acts The East Pointers, Colin Linden, and Fortunate Ones along with author Maureen Jennings and comedian Seán Cullen.
Liberal MP for Peterborough-Kawartha Maryam Monsef and former Liberal MP for Fredericton Matt DeCourcey celebrate their engagement at a family gathering in Peterborough on November 7, 2019. (Photo: Maryam Monsef / Facebook)

Liberals in love: Maryam Monsef announces her engagement to Matt DeCourcey

Re-elected Peterborough-Kawartha MP and defeated Fredericton MP hold family celebration in Peterborough.
Drawing comparisons to Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention, self-proclaimed "mad composer from Oakville" Friendly Rich (Marsella) brings his experimental cabaret orchestra The Lollipop People to The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, November 13th. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – November 7 to 13

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, November 7 to Wednesday, November 13.
Car window covered with light snow

Wintry mix of weather expected for Thursday morning

Rain expected to turn into light snow overnight or early in the morning.
Insite, North America's first legal supervised consumption site, opened in 2003 in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where there is a high number of long-term injection drug users. The facility includes a 12-seat injection room where users can inject their own drugs under the supervision of nurses and staff trained in overdose intervention. A group of local politicians, health organizations, and law enforcement are working to bring a consumption and treatment services site to the downtown Peterborough area as a response to the opioid crisis which has seen 26 confirmed and suspected opioid-related deaths so far in 2019. (Photo: Vancouver Coastal Health)

What do you think about having a drug consumption and treatment site in downtown...

Online survey now available, with public information sessions coming later in November.
An employee at Shoppers Drug Mart displays a fraud prevention card, supplied by the Kawartha Lakes Police Service, that retailers can share with customers who are at risk of falling victim to the gift card scam. (Supplied photo)

Kawartha Lakes police help local retailers educate customers on gift card scam

Ontario marks Crime Prevention Week with the theme 'Preventing Crime, Protecting People'.
Early bird passes and opening tickets are now available for the 2020 ReFrame Film Festival, which takes place in downtown Peterborough from January 23 to 26. A list of the films at the 16th annual festival will be released in December, with the full schedule available in early January. (Graphic courtesy of ReFrame)

Early bird passes and opening night tickets now available for 2020 ReFrame Film Festival

16th annual documentary film festival runs January 23 to 26 in downtown Peterborough.

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