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Lasair Wood is the new owner of The Food Forest Cafe in downtown Peterborough. (Photo via @marymaggiem / Instagram)

Young entrepreneur is new owner of Food Forest Cafe in downtown Peterborough

19-year-old Lasair Wood purchases vegan restaurant business after working there for a year,
Shh! The post-apocalyptic horror-thriller "A Quiet Place", directed by and starring John Krasinski (The Office, 13 Hours, Jack Ryan), is coming to Netflix Canada on January 2nd. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in January 2019

Featuring A Quiet Place, The Incredibles 2, The Punisher, Grace and Frankie, and a lot of Netflix original content.
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)

YMCA renames its winter fundraising run to honour the late Peter Adams

'The Peter Adams Winter Run' takes place on February 24, 2019 in Peterborough.
The free New Year's Eve service on Peterborough Transit was first offered in 2015, sponsored by Wolfe Lawyers. (Photo: Don Vassiliadis / Twitter)

Ride the bus for free on New Year’s Eve in Peterborough

Wolfe Lawyers also sponsoring free New Year's Eve family skate at Evinrude Centre.
A baby

Ontario’s most popular baby names over the past 100 years

Olivia and Noah were top baby names for 2017.
Premier Doug Ford welcomes Kawartha Lakes Mayor Andy Letham to a one-on-one meeting at Queen's Park in Toronto on December 10, 2018. (Photo: Office of the Premier)

Andy Letham one of seven mayors who met with Premier Doug Ford

Kawartha Lakes mayor sat down with the premier for a one-on-one conversation on Monday.
The Southern Ontario Ice Climbing Festival (SOIce Fest) takes place from February 8 to 10, 2019 in Maynooth. Festival co-founder, photographer, and passionate climber Peter Hoang took this photo of an ice climber near Huntsville. Because of the granite rock walls of the Canadian Shield found in the area, northern and central Ontario is a popular destination for ice climbers. (Photo courtesy of Peter Hoang, peter-hoang.com)

Festival will bring hundreds of ice climbers to Maynooth in February

Fifth annual Southern Ontario Ice Climbing Festival from February 8 to 10, 2019 also raises funds for local community initiatives.
Karen Scott of Apsley with her $400,000 prize. (Photo: OLG)

Apsley resident Karen Scott wins $400,000 in Big Spin lottery

Winning ticket was purchased at Foodland in Madoc.
Amy Semple got the worst news of her life when she was 32 years old: she had breast cancer. But thanks to the expert and compassionate staff at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and equipment and technology funded by donors like you, she is a breast cancer survivor. (Photo: Jeremy Kelly)

How community donations helped make Amy Semple a breast cancer survivor

The third in our five-part series from the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation.
Alberta's Juno and CCMA award-winning country musician Gord Bamford is performing at The Venue in downtown Peterborough on Tuesday, December 11th, with special guest opener JoJo Mason. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – December 6 to 12

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, December 6 to Wednesday, December 12.

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