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Hillbilly boogie/rockabilly/swing dance band The Quickshifters (Clayton Yates on guitar, Johnny Wong on sax, Marcus Browne on drums, Rob Foreman on bass and vocals) are performing at The Ganny in Port Hope on Friday and Saturday night with a family-friendly matinee on Saturday afternoon (they also perform every Thursday night at Hot Belly Mama's in downtown Peterborough). (Photo: The Quickshifters / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – December 21 to 27

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, December 21 to Wednesday, December 27.
Loblaw and Weston Bakeries, which produces several brands of bread including Country Harvest, have admitted they participated in an industry-wide arrangement to fix the price of some packaged breads between 2001 and 2015.

After fixing bread prices for 14 years, Loblaw is offering its customers a $25...

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Some people on social media are suggesting donating the card to a local food bank.
Thanks to generous local sponsors, the Township of Selwyn is offering free public skating in Lakefield and Ennismore over the holidays.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – December 20, 2017

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Featuring Chamber and ServiceOntario holiday hours, AODA report deadline, free public skating, and more.
After the original figure of Mary and Baby Jesus was stolen from St. Paul's United Church in Bancroft, an anonymous donor replaced the figure with this one. Now, the original stolen figure has also been returned to the church. (Photo: Reverend Lynn Watson / Facebook)

Mary and Baby Jesus are back in Bancroft in time to celebrate Christmas

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Someone returned the figure originally stolen from a nativity scene at St. Paul's United Church on December 9.
Jeff Day (right) is resigning as executive director of Community Futures Peterborough, effective January 12, 2018. At a December 8th Eastern Ontario Development Program announcement, Day shakes hands with Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef as Wendy Curtis, Executive Director of Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation, looks on. (Photo: Office of Maryam Monsef)

Jeff Day is resigning as executive director of Community Futures Peterborough

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Former businessman will leave economic development position on January 12 after 15 months.
The City of Peterborough will receive $1,725,994 in gas tax funding to improve public transit. Six other municipalities in the Kawarthas will also receive a portion of gas tax funding. (Photo: Brianna Salmon, GreenUP)

Seven municipalities in the Kawarthas to receive $3 million in gas tax funding

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City of Peterborough to receive $1.7 million, funds will be used to improve public transit,
You can now order food for delivery from La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant in downtown Peterborough, one of several local restaurants partnering with online food ordering and delivery service SkipTheDishes. (Photo: Montserrat)

businessNOW for December 18, 2017

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Featuring SkipTheDishes, Simple and Natas Cafe, Canadian Canoe Museum, Trade Tech Industries, City of Peterborough, Ontario cannabis stores to be located in Peterborough and Lindsay, and more.
Elderly woman responding to phone scam

Mississauga man charged after attempt to defraud elderly Peterborough woman

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Woman was told to send $15,000 in fees to claim lottery winnings.
Thieves removed the figures of Mary and Baby Jesus from this nativity scene at St. Paul's United Church in Bancroft last weekend. (Photo: Reverend Lynn Watson)

Mary and Baby Jesus are missing in Bancroft

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Someone stole the figures from a nativity scene at St. Paul's United Church last weekend.
Legendary folk rocker Joe Hall, pictured here in 2014 at JP Hovercraft's 60th birthday celebration, performs a matinee show on Saturday, December 16 at the first-ever live music event at Moody's Bar & Grill in Millbrook. (Photo: SLAB Productions)

nightlifeNOW – December 14 to 20

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, December 14 to Wednesday, December 20.
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