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Hot thermometer with bright sun

Heat warning remains in effect for the Kawarthas for Saturday

Heat and humidity on Sunday should lessen as cold front moves in Saturday evening.
A view of Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

The Beach Report for July 5 to 11, 2019

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland
Taylor Esch and Kieran Northbound, two members of Kitchener acoustic band The Oldest Man I Know, bring their high-energy punk-inspired folk music to The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Tuesday, July 9th. (Photo: The Oldest Man I Know)

nightlifeNOW – July 4 to 10

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, July 4 to Wednesday, July 10.
This year, don't let your green food scraps go to waste. Register for the Kitchen to Compost program and City of Peterborough staff will deliver and install a composter in your backyard. New this year, the program includes a countertop food scrap container for holding your veggie scraps until you take them out to your backyard unit. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Want to reduce household waste? Give backyard composting a try

Kitchen to Compost program for Peterborough residents will deliver and install a composter and provide a countertop bin.
Professor, businesswoman, and Rotarian Donna Geary has passed away at the age of 59. She was a friend of kawarthaNOW publisher Jeannine Taylor, who took this photo of Geary at the official opening of the Rotary outdoor adult gym at Beavermead Park in Peterborough on June 13, 2018. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough community mourns the sudden passing of Donna Geary

Professor and businesswoman will be especially remembered for her work with the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha.
Thermometer showing high temperatures

Hot and humid weather in the Kawarthas forecast for Thursday and Friday

Humidex values will be in high 30s, heat and humidity will break for the weekend.
Hajni Hõs is leaving her position as executive director of New Canadians Centre Peterborough to become the new executive director of Hospice Peterborough. (Photo: Heather Doughty / Inspire: The Women's Portrait Project)

businessNOW – July 2, 2019

Featuring New Canadians Centre and Hospice Peterborough, Lindsay cannabis production facility, GreenUP, Cambium, Solid Leather, and more.
Lindsay Transit is offering a new Sunday service to residents effective July 7, 2019. (Photo courtesy City of Kawartha Lakes)

Lindsay Transit to offer Sunday service beginning July 7

New 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. service one of several transit enhancements in City of Kawartha Lakes.
Find out what went on behind the closed doors of 19th-century settlers when Lang Pioneer Village presents "Bedrooms and Backwoods: Secrets of the Village at Night", a special romance-inspired event taking place on July 6, 2019 (National Kissing Day) at the living history museum in Keene. (Photo courtesy of Lang Pioneer Village)

Experience the romantic life of 19th-century settlers at Lang Pioneer Village on July 6

'Bedrooms and Backwoods: Secrets of the Village at Night' takes place on National Kissing Day.
Muskoka chairs beside lake with Canadian flag in background

What’s open and closed on Canada Day 2019

Holiday hours for 265 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas.

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