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A view of Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

The Beach Report for August 10 – 16, 2018

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland .
Florida-born bluesman Sean Chambers, named one of the top 50 blues guitarists of the last century by Guitarist magazine in the UK, is performing at the Dominion Hotel in Minden on Monday, August 13.

nightlifeNOW – August 9 to 15

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, August 9 to Wednesday, August 15.
Severe thunderstorm

Severe thunderstorm watch in place for the Kawarthas

Storms expected this afternoon and evening as cold front moves in
The winners of the 2018 Peterborough Business Excellence Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony at Showplace Performance Centre on October 17, 2018. (Photo: Peterborough Chamber Of Commerce / Facebook)

Peterborough Chamber announces Business Excellence Awards finalists

Awards in 20 categories will be handed out on October 17 at Showplace Performance Centre.
Lang Pioneer Village in Keene is hosting the first-ever Fibrelicious Food & Fibre Arts Festival from August 10-12, 2018. The event features demonstrations including sheep herding and shearing, textiles, rug hooking, hand weaving, and broom making, along with culinary demonstrations include cooking in a dutch oven, ice cream making, baking the perfect pie, and a variety of tasty treats. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – August 8, 2018

Featuring Fibrelicious at Lang Pioneer Village, Lakefield Sidewalk Sale, new Chamber members, Award of Excellence nominations, and more.
David A. Winter, president of Peterborough-based video game studio Canuck Play, with Maximum Football 2018, which has been certified for and officially released on both the PS4 and Xbox One video game platforms. (Photo courtesy of the Innovation Cluster)

businessNOW – August 7, 2018

Featuring Canuck Play, Kawartha Lakes Starter Company Plus grant recipients, acorn30's new Peterborough Ex Android app, Pilates on Demand, regional business events, and more.
Barry Killen captured this scene of a rescue in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park of a camper who was injured when a piece of equipment containing flammable liquid exploded at her remote campsite on Shark Lake. The woman, who suffered burns to areas of her body, was later airlifted by helicopter to Peterborough Regional Health Centre. (Photo: Barry Killen)

Injured camper in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park airlifted by helicopter on Civic Holiday

Woman in her early 60s was badly burned when refuelling a cooking stove at her campsite.
Severe thunderstorm

Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for all of the Kawarthas

Significant rainfall, strong wind gusts, and hail possible this afternoon and evening.
Thermometer showing high temperatures

Heat warning in effect for the Kawarthas until Tuesday

Temperatures of 31 degrees, feeling like 40, expected Sunday and Monday.
A doctor conducting a medical consultation

Kirkfield is losing its only family doctor

Dr. Kinga Koprowicz is relocating her practice from Kawartha Lakes to Orillia as of November.

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