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Peterborough Public Health has signed on with Commute Ontario, a province-wide initiative to encourage people to use active and sustainable forms of transportation such as walking and cycling and carpooling and taking transit. Organizations that sign up for the initiative get access to programs and tools including Carpool Ontario, an online service that connects drivers with riders. (Graphic: Commute Ontario)

Peterborough Public Health first health unit to sign on with Commute Ontario

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Non-profit initiative helps municipalities, post secondary institutions, and workplaces promote active and sustainable transportation
Both the northbound and southbound lanes of Highway 115 have been closed between Porter Road and Tapley Quarter Line while police document the second multi-vehicle collision in two days on the same stretch of the highway. (Photo: OPP)

Second multi-vehicle collision in two days closes Highway 115 near Tapley Quarter Line

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One driver flown by air ambulance to Toronto with life-threatening injuries.
Hydro One's outage prediction tool is forecasting that the incoming wind storm anticipated to begin on February 24, 2019 could cause hundreds of outages across southern, central, and eastern Ontario. (Photo: Hydro One)

Hydro One crews gearing up for potential outages from forecasted wind storm

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High winds gusting at 100 km/h will begin late Sunday morning and into Sunday night.
Cars in a snowstorm

Late winter storm expected this weekend

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Freezing rain on Saturday evening, damaging winds and blowing snow on Sunday night.
Peterborough police seized almost 11 grams of blue heroin on February 21, 2019. Blue heroin is heroin mixed with the much stronger synthetic opiod fentanyl. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough man charged with trafficking in blue heroin

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Seizure of heroin mixed with fentanyl follows alert issued by Peterborough Public Health.
Hudson's Bay Co. is closing all 37 Home Outfitters stores in Canada, including the one located at 821 Rye Street in Peterborough, in 2019. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough’s Home Outfitters store to close in 2019

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Parent company Hudson's Bay Co. announces it is closing all 37 stores in Canada.
It's a fingerstyle guitarist double bill this week when Bethany's Adam Crossman returns to perform at Boiling Over's Coffee Vault in Lindsay on February 22, 2019. Guitarist Kyle Pullan from Canmore, Alberta will also be performing. (Photo: Jason Sinn Photography)

nightlifeNOW – February 21 to 27

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, February 21 to Wednesday, February 27
The municipality of Hastings Highlands is partnering with AeroPonLeaf Canada to develop a cannabis production facility to be located north of Bancroft. AeroPonLeaf Canada uses a soil-less growing technique called aeroponics to produce cannabis, a method used by other cannabis producers such as Virginia Company in Spokane, Washington. (Photo: Virginia Company)

Cannabis production facility planned for Hastings Highlands

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Municipality enters into deal with AeroPonLeaf Canada to develop property north of Bancroft.
The Peter Adams Winter Run, which raises funds for cthe YMCA Strong Kids Campaign, is named in honour of the late politican Peter Adams, who was an avid runner and one of the run's original race directors. Adams is pictured here finishing the Arctic Marathon in 1979. (Supplied photo)

Temporary road closures for Peter Adams Winter Run in Peterborough on February 24

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Fundraising run named after late politician supports the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign.
Stephen Dunkley, 34, of Havelock is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching his statutory release conditions. (Photos supplied by OPP)

Police seeking public’s help in locating federal offender

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Stephen Dunkley, 34, of Havelock is known to frequent the Peterborough, Belleville, and Campbellford areas.
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