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The Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce has announced both selected award recipients and all the finalists for the 21st annual Peterborough Business Excellence Awards. Rosalea Terry, founder of nectar co., has been named Businesswoman of the Year (Entrepreneur) and is also one of three finalists in both the Entrepreneurial Spirit and Marketing and Promotion categories. The recipients of awards in 15 categories, as well as the Business Citizen of the Year, will be announced during a ceremony at Showplace Performance Centre on October 29, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Roselea Terry)

Rosalea Terry named as Peterborough’s entrepreneur Businesswoman of the Year

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Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce announces selected recipients and all finalists for 2024 Business Excellence Awards.
Established in 1974 by James Hamilton, the miniature train ride at Peterborough's Riverview Park and Zoo features a miniature replica of an 1860 locomotive that is old and needs to be replaced. (Photo: Riverview Park and Zoo)

Miniature train ride at Peterborough’s Riverview Park and Zoo is back on the rails

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Popular feature with visitors was out of commission for almost three weeks for repairs.
Lang Pioneer Village's annual Corn Roast returns to the living history museum in Keene on August 18, 2024. Discover the many ways 19th-century settlers used corn, watch a variety of harvest-related and historic demonstrations, enjoy fire-cooked corn, enter a corn-on-the-cob eating contest, and more. (Photo: Heather Doughty)

Keene’s Lang Pioneer Village Museum celebrates summer harvest season with a Corn Roast on...

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Family-friendly event on August 18 features threshing demonstrations, wagon rides, live music, fire-cooked corn, and more.
The Lindsay branch of the Kawartha Lakes Public Library is located at 190 Kent Street West in Lindsay. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Lindsay library to be closed for renovations for two weeks at beginning of September

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Branch will also operate at reduced hours from August 26 to 30 to prepare for installation of new carpeting and shelving.
Peterborough police have charged three people with drugs and weapons offences after seizing two loaded handguns, 177 grams of fentanyl, 55 grams of cocaine, 122 Dilaudid pills (hydromorphone), and over $3,000 in Canadian currency during a search of a Peterborough residence on August 9, 2024. (Police-supplied photo)

Peterborough police arrest three men, including a teen, for multiple drugs and weapons offences

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Fentanyl, cocaine, and hydromorphone seized during search along with two loaded handguns.
Retiring Kawartha Lakes police chief Mark Mitchell, Kawartha Lakes mayor Doug Elmslie, and new Kawartha Lakes police chief Kirk Robertson at a formal change of command and swearing-in ceremony in Lindsay on August 9, 2024. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Kirk Robertson officially sworn in as new chief of Kawartha Lakes police

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Retiring chief Mark Mitchell also thanked for his service at August 9 change of command and swearing-in ceremony in Lindsay.
Regional health units regularly test the quality of water at beaches in the Kawarthas region during the summer months. (Photo: Peterborough Public Health)

The Beach Report for August 9 to 15, 2024

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward
A motorcycle and a pickup truck collided at County Road 45 and Broadworth Road in Trent Lakes on August 8, 2024, killing the 18-year-old driver of the motorcycle. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

18-year-old motorcyclist dead after Thursday crash in Trent Hills

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Hastings man's motorcycle collided with a pickup truck on County Road 45.
Terra Lightfoot, a Juno and Polaris award-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist from Hamilton now living in Haliburton County, makes her debut at the The Lounge in the Hollow Valley Lodge in Dorset on Saturday night. (Promotional photo)

nightlifeNOW – August 8 to 14

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Car on flooded road during heavy rain

Remnants of tropical storm Debby to bring heavy rain to Kawarthas region Thursday night...

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Rainfall warnings in effect for most of region with 50 to 75 mm possible.
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