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Highway 28 is closed between Haultain Road and Apsley while police document a head-on-collision that claimed the life of one driver. Pictured is a closure of Highway 28 following another head-on collision in February 2019 on the same stretch of highway. (Photo courtesy of Geri-Lynn Cajindos)

Police identify victim of Wednesday’s head-on collision on Highway 28 near Woodview

69-year-old Carolyn Clement pronounced dead at scene, other driver faces charges.
Car in flood

Local conservation authorities warn of potential for flooding

Lots of rain and warm temperatures on Thursday and Friday will thaw portions of snow pack and increase chance of flooding.
Porsche the two-toed sloth at the Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough passed away on March 4, 2019. (Photo: Riverview Park and Zoo / Facebook)

Porsche the two-toed sloth at Peterborough’s Riverview Park and Zoo has passed away

Porsche came from the Calgary Zoo following the 2013 flood in Alberta.
Cars on snow-covered highway.

Up to 15 cm of snow for northern Kawarthas today

Mix of rain in snow with strong winds in southern Kawarthas.
Rain and snow through a car's windshield at night

Wintry mix of snow and freezing rain on Saturday night

Precipitation will change to rain by early Sunday morning, with gusty winds.
Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien. (Photo: NV Media Productions for kawarthaNOW.com)

Watch an interview with Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien

Celebrating International Women's Day with the youngest mayor in Peterborough's history and only the third woman to hold the office.
Hip-hop and funk brass band My Son the Hurricane returns to Peterborough for a show at the Red Dog in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, March 9th, as part of the Peterborough Folk Festival's Winter Folk Fest. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – March 7 to 13

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, March 7 to Wednesday, March 13.
Women in bed with hand on alarm clock

Get ready to lose an hour of sleep as Daylight Saving Time begins this...

Remember to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Jonathan MacKay of Sustain Eco Store accepts the grand prize, which includes a free year's lease of a storefront in downtown Peterborough, at the Win This Space 2019 entrepreneurial competition finale at Aria on March 5, 2019. Jonathan and his wife Celine (not pictured) already own and operate an eco-lifestyle retail store in Huntsville, which they will expand to a second location in downtown Peterborough this spring. (Supplied photo)

Huntsville eco-lifestyle retailer Sustain is Win This Space grand prize winner

Jonathan and Celine MacKay get a downtown storefront free for a year, will open second location in Peterborough this spring.
Staff of the Holiday Inn Peterborough-Waterfront in downtown Peterborough are ready to welcome your family for a pirate-themed staycation during March Break. (Photo: Holiday Inn Peterborough-Waterfront)

Avast ye! Bring your family to Holiday Inn Peterborough-Waterfront for a pirate-themed March Break...

Discounted room rates, pirate-themed fun, nightly movies, and kids eat for free.

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