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The 18th annual Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival takes place on Saturday, June 9th at Del Crary Park in Peterborough. Registration is now open for the festival, which has new features for paddlers and visitors alike. (Photo: Peter Curley / Peterborough Clicks)

Registration now open for enhanced 2018 Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival

18th annual event features new team rewards, single paddler's option, vendor's village, family fun zone, and more.
Windsor-area singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist Max Marshall brings his original folk/country blues/ragtime to the Arlington Pub in Maynooth on Tuesday, March 13. (Photo: Amy Pelow)

nightlifeNOW – March 8 to 14

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, March 8 to Wednesday, March 14.
Dr. Judith Buys, a 55-year-old mother of two and founder of Cornerstone Family Dentistry in Peterborough, died in August 2016 following burns suffered from a flash fire caused by an ethanol-fuelled lamp. The family has launched a $12-million negligence lawsuit against the manufacturer of the lamp. (Photo: Cornerstone Family Dentistry)

Family of the late Judith Buys launches $12 million negligence lawsuit

Peterborough dentist died in 2016 from injuries after flash fire from ethanol-fuelled lamp.
Elderly woman responding to phone scam

Elderly woman defrauded of $13,600

Peterborough police warn residents about new bank scam.
Students in Fleming College's Museum Management and Curatorship program are raising funds to enhance their "If the Shoe Fits: Fashion, Function, Footwear" exhibit at Peterborough Museum & Archives, which opens on April 26, 2018. (Photo via Indiegogo)

Fleming College students raising funds to enhance museum exhibit

Student-curated 'If the Shoe Fits: Fashion, Function, Footwear' exhibit will open at Peterborough Museum & Archives in April 2018.
The sap is running and McLean Berry Farm in Buckhorn is preparing for its annual Maplefest maple syrup festival, which runs every weekend in March from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning March 10th. The family-friendly festival features wagon rides, log sawing, tree tapping, maple candy demos, visiting the sugar bush and sugar shack, and more. (Photo: McLean Berry Farm / Facebook)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – March 7, 2018

Featuring Young Professionals seminar, free Chamber membership, Maplefest, RTO8 partnership allocation, and more.
The team of ViSmart from Fleming College, one of the innovation finalists for the 2018 Bears' Lair entrepreneurial competition. The finalists, which also include Transit One and and Kavtek in the innovation stream, and Full Tilt Cycle, Percheron Plastic Inc., and Indigo Green in the goods and services stream, were announced at a showcase event at The Venue in Peterborough on March 6, 2018. (Photo: Ferydoon Diba / Twitter)

Six entrepreneurs move on to compete in Bears’ Lair finale

Two businesses will win $40,000 in cash and services at final pitch event on April 18, 2018.
President's Choice 100% Cricket Powder, sourced from Entomo Farms in Norwood, is now available in local Loblaw stores. While new to Canadian culture, 80 per cent of the world's population already incorporates insects into their diet in some form. (Photo: Loblaw Companies Limited)

Cricket powder from Norwood’s Entomo Farms now in Loblaw stores

New President's Choice product is Loblaw's first move into sustainable insect protein.
The title of a racial injustice event to be hosted by the Trent Central Student Association on March 12, 2018 at Trent University has created controversy. (Graphic: TCSA / Facebook)

Racial injustice event planned at Trent University creates controversy

'It's OK to be [Against] White[ness]' features keynote speaker Michael Cappello from the University of Regina.
Opioids (stock photo)

Temporary overdose prevention site planned for Peterborough

Supervised location, to be determined, would help prevent opioid-related overdose deaths.

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