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Cars on snow-covered highway.

Messy mix of winter weather for New Year’s Eve

5-10 cm of snow with chance of freezing rain in northern parts of the Kawarthas starting Monday night.
Naomi DuVall as Samantha (right) with Lindsay Unterlander in Michelle Foster's new short "A New Year's Story". (Photo courtesy of Oblivious Muse Films)

Omemee filmmaker releases a new short for New Year’s

Michelle Foster's 'A New Year's Story' features local actors Naomi DuVall, Lindsay Unterlander, and more.
Celebrate New Year's Eve at The Venue in downtown Peterborough in Brazilian Carnival style, with a celebration featuring samba drumming group A Fantástica Bateria along with contemporary Brazilian dance music from Batucatronica and DJ Rodrigo Flores. (Photo: Michael Zender)

nightlifeNOW – December 27 to January 2

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, December 27 to Wednesday, January 2, 2019.
Freezing rain on tree branch

Freezing rain warning for northern Kawarthas on Thursday night

Temperatures will gradually increase overnight for a high of 10°C on Friday.
Police are reminding the public to be aware that no ice is safe ice and to avoid driving on frozen lakes and rivers.

Police release identities of two snowmobilers in Christmas Day tragedy

Gerald White, 76, and Patricia White, 69, died after their snowmobiles went into Jack Lake near Apsley.
Mother with child sick with the flu

What to do if you get the flu over the holidays

Family doctors and walk-in clinics for those without a family doctor are two alternatives to the emergency department.
What’s open and closed over Christmas and New Year’s 2018

What’s open and closed over Christmas and New Year’s 2018

Holiday hours for 257 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas.
A white-tailed deer at the Cation Wildlife Preserve, one of many species of wildlife that use the 669-acre property as a natural corridor. Now that David and Sharon Cation have donated the property to Kawartha Land Trust, it will be protected in perpetuity from the kind of development over the last century that saw its old-growth forest destroyed and a reduction of the area's biodiversity. (Photo: KLT volunteer Andy Holden)

New wildlife preserve with public trails opens near Coboconk

David and Sharon Cation have donated their 669-acre property to Kawartha Land Trust to ensure its future protection.
The Weber Brothers (Ryan Browne, Sam Weber, Ryan Weber, Marcus Browne, and Emily Burgess) are performing a Christmas show at The Red Dog in Peterborough on Friday, December 21st, with a portion of proceeds going to Warming Room Community Ministries. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – December 20 to 26

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, December 20 to Wednesday, December 26.
17-year-old Anthony from Lindsay is now receiving cancer treatment closer to home at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), allowing him to stay home with his family and continue to hang out with his friends. Your donations to the PRHC Foundation this holiday season will help purchase additional specialized equipment and technology needed for PRHC's new pediatric oncology clinic. (Photo: Jeremy Kelly)

How community donations helps kids like Anthony get the cancer care they need closer...

The fifth in our five-part series from the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation.

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