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Members of the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism will be laying wreaths at Remembrance Day ceremonies across the area this week.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – November 7, 2018

Featuring Remembrance Day ceremonies, Weed and the Workplace session, Social Gala live auction items, and more.
The RONA store at 157 Chemong Road in Peterborough is closing, along with the Lakefield store, as part of an announcement by parent company Lowe's that 31 stores will be closed across Canada. The stores will be closed by February 2019. (Photo: Google Maps)

RONA stores in Peterborough and Lakefield to close

U.S. parent company Lowe's announces closures of 31 'underperforming' stores across Canada.
Fleshy Thud's Ryan Kerr performs in his new play "Unexploded Ordnance", co-created with and directed by Kate Story, which premieres from November 8 to 11, 2018 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough. The play will also tour four area high schools as part of their Remembrance Day programming. (Photo: Andy Carroll for Public Energy)

‘Unexploded Ordnance’ is a fresh, powerful, and original look at World War I

Ryan Kerr's one-man journey through the Great War runs November 8 to 11 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough.
A promotional photo for the winter location of the Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market, which moves indoors to the lower level of Peterborough Square starting November 3. The winter market features 21 primary producers, along with 13 prepared food vendors, and nine artisans. (Photo: 79 Development / Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market)

Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market moves indoors for the winter

Popular downtown market opens in lower level of Peterborough Square for first time on Saturday, November 3.
New York City's "stompin' roots and blues" trio Daddy Long Legs (Daddy Long Legs, Josh Styles, and Murat Akturk) performs a free show at The Twisted Wheel in downtown Peterborough on Sunday, November 4, 2018.

nightlifeNOW – November 1 to 7

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, November 1 to Wednesday, November 7.
Commute Ontario is a non-profit initiative to encourage commuters across the province to try sustainable and healthy travel options. The initiative's goal is to reduce 20 million kilometres of vehicle travel in the province over the next three years, eliminating an estimated 17 million kilograms of greenhouse gases. (Graphic courtesy of Commute Ontario)

Trent University first post-secondary school to sign on with Commute Ontario

Non-profit initiative aims to reduce vehicle travel by 20 million kilometres over next three years.
A man has died after police approached his pickup truck on Tuckers Road, off Highway 28 north of Apsley. (Photo: Google Maps)

Special Investigations Unit investigating death of man near Apsley

Man sustained 'grievous injury' after police approached his pickup truck on Tucker's road off Highway 28
Clocks move back an hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 4, 2018 when Daylight Saving Time ends. The good news is that we regain that extra hour we lost in the spring; the bad news is that it will be dark by 5 p.m.

‘Fall back’ as Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend

Remember to change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Garry Douglas, project manager at Kawartha Lakes Construction and a director of the board of the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, passed away suddenly on October 27, 2018.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – October 31, 2018

Featuring a remembrance of Garry Douglas, last call for Social Gala tickets, an invitation to bush country sign owners, and more.
Fred Thornhill, a veteran photojournalist who resides near Bobcaygeon, took this photo of Canada's largest pumpkin, a 1,959-pound monster grown by Phil and Jane Hunt of Cameron, located north of Lindsay. Andrew Munro carved the pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern, which is on display in the Hunts' front yard off Highway 35. (Photo: Fred Thornhill Photography)

See Canada’s biggest jack-o’-lantern on display in Kawartha Lakes

Phil and Jane Hunt of Cameron grew the record-breaking 1,959-pound pumpkin.

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