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Toronto singer-songwriter and rapper Stacey Kay performs with Jonathan Cullen at the June 25th announcement of the 2019 lineup for the Hootenanny on Hunter Street on Saturday, August 10th. Kay will be performing at 7 p.m. during the 9th annual free music festival. Headliners will be The Jonny Trash Super Group, a collective of various musicians connected with the late Jonathan Hall, who founded the street music festival. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

2019 Hootenanny on Hunter Street lineup includes headline tribute to music festival’s founder Jonathan...

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August 10th street festival also features mix of local acts like Paper Shakers and Lindsay Barr and visiting artists like Crystal Shawanda and Stacey Kay.
Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef has announced $71.1 million in federal funding for the next phase of Via Rail's proposed high-frequency rail project from Quebec City to Toronto, running through Peterborough. The announcement was made at the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce offices, which was previously a Canadian Pacific Railway station. (Photo: Robert Taylor / Wikipedia)

New federal funding for VIA Rail project brings Peterborough one step closer to getting...

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Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef announces $71.1 million in funding for planning, consultation, and logistics.
Missing man Colin Fraser. (Supplied photo)

Police seek missing 65-year-old man in Kirkfield area

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Colin Fraser may have been seen walking north on County Road 41 on June 24.
A Via Rail passenger train. (Photo: Magnolia677 / Wikipedia)

Globe and Mail reports Canada Infrastructure Bank to support VIA Rail’s plan for high-frequency...

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MP Maryam Monsef to make June 25th announcement in Peterborough, one of the stops on proposed route.
Heavy rain coming out of a downspout. (Stock photo0

Heavy rain for the Kawarthas on Monday night

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35 to 45mm of rain will be accompanied by thunderstorms
Naloxone is a medication used to block the effects of opioids, especially in overdose, and is available as a nasal spray (pictured) or as an injection. The kits to be provided to downtown Peterborough businesses will be the nasal spray versions.

Downtown Peterborough businesses to be equipped with naloxone kits to respond to opioid crisis

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Staff will be trained on how to identify and respond to an opioid poisoning or overdose.
The City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service in Lindsay. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Pickup truck rammed, passenger assaulted during road rage incident in Lindsay

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Incident involving black Honda Civic occurred on Friday at intersection of Highway 36 and Weldon Road.
Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) has received $215,000 in funding from the Canadian government's Canada Nature Fund to support the continued protection of the Cation Wildlife Preserve near Coboconk. Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef announced the funding during the grand opening of the preserve on June 22, 2019. Pictured (left to right): Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale, KLT development manager Tara King, land donor Sharon Cation, KLT executive director John Kintare, land donor Dave Cation, and MP Monsef. (Photo: Office of Maryam Monsef)

Kawartha Land Trust receives $215,000 in federal funding for newly opened Cation Wildlife Preserve

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Funds to support ongoing protection of donated property come from Canada Nature Fund.
At a ceremony at Kawartha Lakes City Hall in Lindsay on June 21, 2019, Colleen Brandse, Kevin Bell, Shane Troyan, Heather Lively, Patricia Bell, Jack Faulkner, Lynne Johnston, and Mary Dowzer-Verbruggen were recognized for their efforts to help an elderly man who collapsed in Cambray in May. (PHoto courtesy of City of Kawartha Lakes)

Eight Kawartha Lakes residents honoured as Good Samaritans

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Group of strangers performed CPR on elderly man and assisted paramedics.
Published every Friday during swimming season, The Beach Report™ lists the the results of water quality testing at beaches in the Kawarthas. In Peterborough, the water at Roger's Cove Park beach and Beavermead Park beach (pictured) is tested every business day. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

The Beach Report for June 21 to 27, 2019

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland
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