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The 2025 inductees of the Peterborough & District Pathway of Fame (left to right, top and bottom): Jerry Allen, Roy Craft, Ted Dawes, Susan Dunkley, Julie Fallis, the late Dr. Garry Humphreys, Peggy Shaughnessy, and Bob Trennum. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Peterborough Pathway of Fame announces 2025 inductees

The inductees are Jerry Allen, Roy Craft, Ted Dawes, Susan Dunkley, Julie Fallis, the late Dr. Garry Humphreys, Peggy Shaughnessy, and Bob Trennum.
Makenna Sinden-Flemming was airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto following a head-on collision County Road 36 north of Buckhorn on June 6, 2025. (Photo via GoFundMe)

Fundraiser set up for 17-year-old girl critically injured in head-on collision Friday in Trent...

Makenna Sinden-Flemming was only weeks from high school graduation and her 18th birthday when her car collided with a minivan on County Road 36.
Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival returns to Del Crary Park for its 24th time on June 14, 2025, featuring dragon boat races on Little Lake, a vendor market, beer garden, family fun zone, and more. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival returns to Del Crary Park for its 24th time on...

Along with dragon boat races on Little Lake, the annual breast cancer fundraiser features a vendor market, beer garden, family fun zone, and more.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) boat in the water. (Photo: OPP)

Two men are dead after their canoe capsized on Sturgeon Lake near Bobcaygeon on...

Police say a third man in the boat, which did not have any life jackets, was able to swim ashore.
The rail crossing on Burnham Street south of Westwood Drive in Cobourg. (Photo: Google Maps)

Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Cobourg

Incident happened on Friday afternoon at the rail crossing at Burnham Street south of Westwood Drive.
Chief Stuart Betts explains the Peterborough Police Service's new 'Safer Public Spaces' approach to the open-air use of illicit drugs in public spaces in the community at a media conference at the Peterborough police station on October 5, 2023. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of police video)

Peterborough police to arrest people using illicit drugs in public spaces starting June 9

Under Safer Public Spaces approach announced in 2023, police only arrested substance users if they refused to move to another location.
The scene of a serious multi-vehicle collison on County Road 36 between Edwina Drive and County Road 507 in Trent Lakes on June 6, 2025. (Photo: Peterborough County OPP)

Two people seriously injured in Friday morning crash on County Road 36 north of...

Drivers of two vehicles have been taken to hospital, with one to be airlifted to Toronto.
Peterborough-based consulting and engineering firm Cambium, with 235 employees and additional offices in Kingston, Whitby, Barrie, and Ottawa, is being acquired by Québec-based Englobe Corporation, a leading Canadian engineering and environmental services firm owned by Colliers International Group Inc. (Photo: Cambium)

Peterborough consulting and engineering firm Cambium to be acquired by Englobe Corporation

Cambium will operate as a separate division within Englobe, a leading Canadian engineering and environmental services firm.
Toronto-based Radiohead tribute band Idioteque will be performing Radiohead's 1995 album "The Bends" note-for-note in its entirety, along with an opening set of other Radiohead tunes, at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night. (Photo: Idioteque / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – June 5 to 11

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Smoke from forest fires in Quebec hangs over the Township of Highlands East in Haliburton County on June 25, 2023. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Special air quality statement in effect for entire Kawarthas region due to wildfire smoke

Smoke from wildfires in western Canada may continue to affect the area Thursday night into Friday for some areas.

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