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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
Montreal alt-folk singer-songwriter Roch Albert performs at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, June 26th. (Photo: Roch Albert / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – June 20 to 26

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, June 20 to Wednesday, June 26.
A coneptural rendering of the outdoor terrace at The Canadian Canoe Museum's new 85,000-square-foot facility to be built beside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway. The terrace will be named in honour of Toronto-based philanthropists George and Kathy Dembroski, who have donated $500,000 to the museum's capital campaign for the new facility. (Supplied graphic)

George and Kathy Dembroski donate $500,000 to support The Canadian Canoe Museum’s new facility

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New museum's outdoor terrace to be named in recognition of gift from Toronto-based philanthropists.
"Stranger Things 3" premieres on Netflix Canada on July 4th. In the third season of the popular series, Eleven and the Hawkins crew are out of school for the summer, on the cusp of adulthood, and are figuring out how to grow up without growing apart when their town (and the new mall) is threatened by enemies old and new. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in July 2019

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Highlights include original series including Stranger Things 3 and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and lots of new and old theatrical films.
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Police investigate homicide in village of Haliburton

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Haliburton man charged with second-degree murder.
The 11th annual YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser, held on May 24, 2019, has raised $103,028 for the YWCA Crossroads Shelter, supporting 1,593 "Safe Nights" for women and children fleeing abuse. Pictured from left to right: Jocelyn Hill of Swish, Tiffany Christie of Heads up for Inclusion, Laura Leahy of Swish, YWCA executive director Lynn Zimmer, Scott Rocha of Swish, Drew Merrett of Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre, Dan Vilar of GM Financial, Monika Carmichael of Trent Valley Honda, Kelli Richard of Kawartha Credit Union, Chris Russell of Bryston, and top individual fundraiser Tom Mortlock of top fundraising team Mortlock Construction. (Photo courtesy of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton)

YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes raises $103,028 for Crossroads Shelter

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Funds will support 1,593 'Safe Nights' for women and children fleeing abuse.
Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien and Selwyn Deputy Mayor Sherry Senis at Peterborough City Hall on June 18, 2019 announcing the panellists for the upcoming forum on Peterborough's opioid crisis, to be held at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on July 11, 2019. (Photo: @MayorPtbo / Twitter)

Panellists announced for Opioid Summit at Market Hall on July 11

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Public health, police, paramedics, and residents will be represented at forum on Peterborough's opioid crisis.
A motorcycle has been destroyed by fire and the driver is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following an accident on Highway 118 in Highlands East on June 16, 2019. A passenger also suffered injuries. (Photo: Bancroft OPP)

Motorcycle crashes and burns on Highway 118 in Highlands East

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Driver air-lifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
83-year-old Nickolas Missios and 83-year-old Aspasia Missios of Scarborough were reported missing on June 6, 2019. Police have now confirmed the two bodies found in in a submerged car near Brighton on June 17, 2019 are those of the couple. (Photos supplied by Toronto Police)

Bodies found in submerged car in Trent-Severn Waterway those of missing elderly couple

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Nickolas and Aspasia Missios of Scarborough were reported missing in early June.
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