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Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef is now Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Minister of International Development after a federal Cabinet shuffle on March 1, 2019. (Photo: Office of Maryam Monsef)

Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef is now also Minister of International Development

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Minister retains her current portfolio as Minister for Women and Gender Equality.
Canada's largest live outdoor country music and camping festival, the Havelock Country Jamboree has once again been named one of the top 100 festivals in Ontario for 2019 by Festivals & Events Ontario. It has also been named "Festival & Event of Distinction" for being one of the most well-known and respected celebrations in the province that draw both a domestic and international audience. (Photo: Anita Bell)

Three festivals in the Kawarthas among top 100 festivals in Ontario

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Festivals & Events Ontario recognizes Havelock Country Jamboree, Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree, and Buckhorn Fine Art Festival.
Recent Maple Blues Award winner Emily Burgess with brothers Rico and Marcus Browne in their trio The Emburys are back home from their U.S. tour and will be performing at the Historic Red Dog in downtown Peterborough on March 2, 2019, along with Toronto roots-rock band The Actual Goners. (Photo: Karol Orzechowski)

nightlifeNOW – February 28 to March 6

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, February 28 to Wednesday, March 6.
A stock photo of a black and white Siberian husky. The Siberian Husky Assistance & Rescue Program (SHARP) in Peterborough has removed 20 huskies from a property in Highlands East, about halfway between Apsley and Bancroft, after OPP officers noticed the poor condition of the dogs. The dogs are currently in foster homes and will be put up for adoption.

Twenty huskies rescued from Highlands East property

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Police were on property for an unrelated matter when they noticed poor condition of the dogs,
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.
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