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The White Lightning Shopping Bus in Little Britain during a test run in the summer of 2018. Bus owners Michael Bryant and Pauline Kiely are launching regular routes every Tuesday beginning April 30, 2019. (Photo: Danielle VanGennip)

Free rural transit in Kawartha Lakes begins on April 30

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White Lightning shopping bus will make stops in Lindsay, Woodville, Oakwood, Little Britain, Cameron, Long Beach, Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon, Dunsford, and Omemee.
Kristey (second from left) is a 13-year-old girl currently receiving treatment at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, which has made it challenging for her to go shopping for a dress for her Grade 8 gradulation. Staff of the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic including RN Shay Cannon (left) contacted Shelby Watt (second from right), owner of Save Our Soles in downtown Peterborough, to ask if she could help. (Photo: Peterborough Regional Health Centre / @prhc1 Instagram)

Peterborough business owner Shelby Watt steps up to help a young girl find the...

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13-year-old Kristey, undergoing treatment at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, was unable to shop for a dress for her Grade 8 graduation,
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Health unit concludes investigation into potential hepatitis and HIV exposure at Lindsay dental clinic

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After extensive testing, no newly positive cases of hepatitis C, hepatitis B, or HIV have been identified.
Laser light directed at aircraft can create a hazard by distracting or temporarily blinding a pilot during a critical phase of flight. It is a federal offence in Canada punishable by up to $100,000 in fines and/or up to five years in prison. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)

Police seek person responsible for shining a laser at a small aircraft over Lindsay

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Intentionally pointing laser light at an aircraft is a federal offence punishable by fines and jail time.
Members of the Peterborough Police Service Auxiliary Unit, Special Constables, Torch Run Team members, Canine Unit Constable Cowie and Police Service Dog Isaac, civilians, Fleming College students, and family members helped to raise $32,000 in donations during the annual Easter Tolls for Special Olympics on April 20, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough police and volunteers raise more than $32,000 during Easter Tolls for Special Olympics

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Voluntary exit tolls were held at six locations across Peterborough on the Easter weekend.
Over the next few weeks, Parks Canada is conducting spring maintenance on swing bridges in the Trent-Severn Waterway across the Kawarthas. Pictured is the Maria Street Swing Bridge in Peterborough, which connects Ashburnham Road to East City. It will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April 30, 2019. Warsaw Road Swing Bridge and McFarlane Street Bridge will also be temporarily closed on April 24 and May 1 respectively.

Warsaw, Maria, and McFarlane swing bridges in Peterborough to be temporarily closed over next...

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Parks Canada is conducting spring maintenance to prepare for 2019 season opening of Trent-Severn Waterway.
Sweet Bottoms Coffee at 19 Colborne Street in Fenelon Falls is closing on May 6, 2019. (Photo: Sweet Bottoms Coffee / Facebook)

Sweet Bottoms Coffee in Fenelon Falls is closing on May 6

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Owners Diane Reesor and Wayne Jolly are retiring.
Oshawa indie pop band Dizzy (brothers Charlie, Alex, and Mackenzie Spencer and Katie Munshaw), who won the 2019 Juno for Alternative Album of The Year for their debut "Baby Teeth", are opening for fellow nominee Newmarket indie garage-pop band Tokyo Police Club at The Historic Red Dog Tavern in downtown Peterborough on Friday, April 19th. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – April 18 to 24

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, April 18 to Wednesday, April 24.
Jessica Correa, founder and CEO of environmental social enterprise Random Acts of Green, which is receiving $200,000 in federal funding to develop, promote, and evaluate its mobile app that motivates Canadians to change their behaviour when it comes to climate change. (Photo courtesy of Random Acts of Green)

Peterborough’s Random Acts of Green receives $200,000 from federal government’s Climate Action Fund

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Funding will help social enterprise to develop and promote its mobile app that measures and rewards Canadians for their 'green acts'.
Colored Easter eggs in a miniature shopping cart, gift boxes, tulips and computer keyboard and mouse on a wooden background.

What’s open and closed over Easter 2019

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Holiday hours for 258 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas
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