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Kawartha Rotary's annual Christmas Auction raises funds to support a variety of community projects in Peterborough. In October 2024, Brock Mission's Primary Care Clinic, which offers medical care for anyone experiencing homelessness, celebrated the opening of a much-needed washroom made possible with funding from the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha and the Peterborough Family Health Team. Pictured from left to right are nurse practitioner Lee-Anne Quinn, Kawartha Rotary president Dean Ostrander, Peterborough Family Health Team CEO Duff Sprague, Peterborough Street Medicine physician Dr. John Beamish, and Brian O'Toole and Wendy Swain of Kawartha Rotary's major projects committee. (Photo courtesy of Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha)

2024 Kawartha Rotary Christmas Auction returns to benefit meaningful community projects in Peterborough

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Annual auction runs November 18 to December 1 with more than one hundred items donated by local businesses and organizations.
Detective sergeant Josh McGrath in a Peterborough Police Service video describing the incident on November 16, 2024 at the Hunt Terraces apartment building that resulted in the death of a 62-year-old Peterborough man who was a tenant in the building. A 38-year-old Peterborough man who is also a tenant in the building has been charged with second-degree murder. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

38-year-old Peterborough man charged with second-degree murder after tenant altercation

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A 62-year-old Peterborough man died following Saturday night incident at Hunt Terraces on Bonaccord Street.
The headliners at the Peterborough Musicians Benevolent Association's monthly show at The Social in downtown Peterborough on Saturday afternoon are Al Black and the Steady Band (Andy Pryde on bass, Al Black on drums, and Gary Peeples on guitar) featuring Jim Usher on sax and special guest Sean Daniels on keyboards, with Sam Allison aka Lotus Wight as the spotlight musician. (Photo: Al Black & Steady Band / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – November 14 to 20

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Detective sergeant Josh McGrath and deputy police chief Jamie Hartnett speak to the media on November 13, 2024 at the site of a shooting at 850 Fairbairn Street in Peterborough, where three male suspects fired multiple shots into the townhomes and into the air the previous night. No one was injured in the incident, which police believe is connected to the illicit drug trade. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of police video)

Peterborough police seeking suspects after multiple shots fired into Fairbairn St. townhomes Tuesday night

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No one was injured in 'brazen' incident, which police believe is connected with the illicit drug trade.
Linette Doherty, Kerry Griffin, Jennine Profeta, Kelly Burrows, Dave Pearce, Chris Gibbs, and Maya Doherty star in Globus Theatre's festive murder mystery dinner theatre experience "Murder at the Snowball Ball," which runs for six performances at the Lakeview Arts Barn from November 14 to 23, 2024. (Graphic: Globus Theatre)

Help solve a festive ballroom murder mystery at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon

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'Murder at the Snowball Ball' runs for six performances from November 14 to 23 at the Lakeview Arts Barn.
The Northumberland Orchestra Society performing at Trinity United Church in Cobourg as the Northumberland Orchestra and Choir. The group's choir was forced to fold largely due to budget constraints and the community symphony orchestra, which now focuses on performing instrumental music, is facing imminent insolvency. (Photo: Northumberland Orchestra Society)

Northumberland Orchestra Society issues appeal for community support as it faces imminent insolvency

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Budget constraints already forced 46-year-old community symphony orchestra's choir group to fold in 2023.
While both of their vehicles are a write-off, neither driver was seriously injured in this head-on collision on Highway 7 just east of Peterborough on November 8, 2024. (Police-supplied photo)

No serious injuries after head-on crash on Highway 7 east of Peterborough

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Westbound SUV crossed into eastbound lanes in Friday morning collision between Keene Road and Drummond Line.
Dr. John Beamish and Dr. Yosra AlMakadma (fourth and fifth from left) are two of the physicians involved in Peterborough Street Medicine, which will receive over $1 million per year over three years to provide primary health care and mental health services to people in Peterborough who are homeless or underhoused through an alternate funding plan agreement. Also pictured from left to right are Peterborough city councillor Keith Riel, mayor Jeff Leal, Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith, and city councillors Alex Bierk and Joy Lachica. (kawarthaNOW composite photo via Alex Bierk / Office of Dave Smith)

Physician-led Peterborough Street Medicine group receives provincial funding to provide care for homeless people

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Ontario government will provide over $1 million a year over three years to group co-led by Dr. John Beamish.
A northbound lane of The Parkway between The Queenway and Lansdowne Street West will be closed until November 13, 2024 due to an emergency water main repair. (Photo: Google Maps)

Northbound lane of The Parkway to be closed until November 13

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Peterborough Utilities Group is completing an emergency water main repair.
A motorcycle and a pickup truck collided at County Road 45 and Broadworth Road in Trent Lakes on August 8, 2024, killing the 18-year-old driver of the motorcycle. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

62-year-old Roseneath man charged in connection with August death of 18-year-old Hastings motorcyclist

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Man faces charge of careless driving causing death after his pickup truck collided with motorcycle northeast of Roseneath.
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