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Heavy rain. (Stock photo)

Significant rainfall returning to the Kawarthas on Wednesday

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20 to 40 millimetres of rain expected during the day and overnight on May 1.
Members of the Jacobs family in front of their new home at 76 Quinquish Road in Curve Lake on April 28, 2019. The home was made possible through a partnership between Curve Lake First Nation and Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region. (Photo courtesy of Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region)

Jacobs family receives first-ever Habitat For Humanity home built at Curve Lake First Nation

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Second home of 'Maawandoonan – Coming Together in Partnership' project is now under construction.
A "general strike" will take place on May 1, 2019 in cities across Ontario to protest the policies and recent funding cuts announced by the Ford government. The protests have largely been organized using social media. (Graphic: May 1st General Strike Against Ford @StopDoug / Facebook)

Protests against the Ford government are taking place in 26 cities across Ontario on...

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'May 1st General Strike Against Ford' includes protests in Peterborough and Lindsay.
Kids enjoying camping at Beavermead Campground in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Otonabee Conservation)

Warsaw Caves and Beavermead campgrounds open for 2019 season on May 10

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Otonabee Conservation celebrating its 60th anniversary with events and activities at the family-friendly campgrounds in Warsaw and Peterborough.
Staff and board members of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough pose with Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Peterborough—Kawartha MP, on April 26, 2019 following an announcement of federal funding.. The organization is one of six women's oroganizations in Ontario that are receiving funding under the Government of Canada's Capacity-building Fund. From left to right: board chair Frances Wilbur, Minister Maryam Monsef, board member Marlis Lindsay, board treasurer Mary Goddard, executive director Debbie Carriere, and board member Emily Rashotte with Clive. (Photo: Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough / Facebook)

Two women’s organizations in the Kawarthas receive $492,000 in federal funding

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Multi-year funding will help Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough and Women's Resources of Kawartha Lakes in Lindsay build capacity.
Hamilton-based folk-roots duo Piper & Carson (Piper Hayes and Carson Ritcey-Thorpe) perform at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, May 1st, with guest opener Alé Suárez. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – April 25 to May 1

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, April 25 to Wednesday, May 1.
In 2017, Little Lake rose above the retaining walls and flooded the parking lot at Ashburnham Lock 20 at Beavermead Park in Peterborough. While water levels are not yet this high, the City of Peterborough remains under a flood warning as water levels will continue to rise along the Kawartha Lakes and Otonabee River and 25 to 45 millimetres of rain is forecast for Friday. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Flood warning remains in effect for Peterborough as water levels continue to rise

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City encourages residents to take precautions with forecast for 25 to 45 millimetres of rain on Friday .
Car on flooded road during heavy rain

Heavy rain on Friday likely to worsen flooding conditions in the Kawarthas

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Rain will begin overnight on Thursday, with 20 to 40 millimetres possible by Friday night.
Comedian Amy Poehler makes her directorial debut in "Wine Country", a new Netflix comedy starring Poehler's real-life friends and former Saturday Night Live castmates Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, Emily Spivey, and Tina Fey. The film, about a group of long-time friends who reunite during a vacation to Napa Valley and revisit past their past choices, debuts on Netflix Canada on May 10, 2019. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in May 2019

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A little bit of the old and a lot of the new, including Amy Poehler's new comedy "Wine Country", comes to the streaming service.
The White Lightning Shopping Bus in Little Britain during a test run in the summer of 2018. Bus owners Michael Bryant and Pauline Kiely are launching regular routes every Tuesday beginning April 30, 2019. (Photo: Danielle VanGennip)

Free rural transit in Kawartha Lakes begins on April 30

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White Lightning shopping bus will make stops in Lindsay, Woodville, Oakwood, Little Britain, Cameron, Long Beach, Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon, Dunsford, and Omemee.
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