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The goal of this year's Lock & Paddle event is to allow as many paddlers as possible a chance to "lock-through" the Peterborough Lift Lock. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24th, with registration beginning at 10 a.m. and lockage beginning at noon. Local vendors and entertainment will be on site for the duration of the event. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW.com)

Lock & Paddle aims to get as many paddlers as possible through the Peterborough...

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Third annual event takes place on Sunday, June 24th and includes vendors and live entertainment.
The fourth annual Peterborough Pulse event, where people replace cars on downtown Peterborough streets, returns on Saturday, July 21, 2018. A media launch was held on June 20th beside the Peterborough Downtown Farmers' Market. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area)

Fourth annual Peterborough Pulse open streets event returns on July 21

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New this year is a Charlotte Street snack hub and the summer-long Pulse Play Guide.
Strawberry season is underway at McLean and Buckhorn Berry Farms, with pre-picked and pick-your-own options available. The farms have recently unveiled a new logo and website, and you can visit them at local farmers' markets in Peterborough (the Wednesday downtown market and the new Saturday downtown market), Lakefield, Stanhope, Haliburton, and Minden. (Photo: McLean Berry Farm / Facebook)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – June 20, 2018

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Featuring Summer Social PBX, Five Minutes for Business, Agilec food drive, McLean Berry Farm, and more.
Park Place Financial and Terry Windrem Insurance Agencies, both headquartered in Peterborough, have announced a merger. Pictured are Park Place Financial co-founders of Mike D'Alessandro (left) and Darrell Wade (right) with Terry Windrem of Terry Windrem Insurance Agencies, who will become the President and CEO of Park Place Financial. Staff from the two companies will merge and relocated to a renovated building at the location of the former Roland's Restaurant on Highway 7 East by the fall of 2018. (Photo courtesy of Park Place Financial)

Two of Peterborough’s leading wealth and risk management firms are merging

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Terry Windrem of Terry Windrem Insurance Agencies will become President and CEO of Park Place Financial.

Your child’s star will shine this summer at Market Hall’s Creativity Camps

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Performing arts camps for kids ages 7 to 14 run July and August in downtown Peterborough.
Peterborough Housing Corporation CEO Darlene Cook and Homeward Bound manager Marnie Watson receive a cheque for $20,000 from Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough board chair Diane Richard and executive director John Good. Led by Peterborough Housing Corporation, Homeward Bound helps inadequately housed or homeless mother-led families achieve self-sufficiency. (Photo: Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough)

Peterborough program for homeless single moms receives $20,000 boost from Community Foundation

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Homeward Bound helps single moms with housing, child care, education, and employment.
Kathy Doornenbal, who opened her Driving Miss Daisy franchise in Peterborough in 2009, has announced she is selling the franchise, which provides non-medical services for seniors and people with special needs. Her and her husband Bob Doornenbal will be moving back to Alberta. (Photo: Driving Miss Daisy)

businessNOW – June 18, 2018

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Featuring Driving Miss Daisy, You're Welcome, City of Kawartha Lakes, Victoria County Historical Society, and regional business events.
Heat warning

One more day of high heat and humidity

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Cold front later on Monday will bring precipitation and cooler temperatures.
Donors and volunteers from Kawartha Land Trust and the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre came together on June 15, 2018 to release more than two dozen snappping turtle hatchlings at the Jeffrey-Cowan Forest Preserve along Stoney Lake Trails in North Kawartha. The hatchlings came from eggs recovered from an injured snapping turtle brought to the centre last fall. (Photo: Kawartha Land Trust)

Baby snapping turtles have a new home at Kawartha Land Trust’s Stony Lake Trails

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Volunteers release more than two dozen hatchlings from eggs incubated by Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre.
Young boy swimming in the water

The Beach Report for June 15 – 21, 2018

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland.
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