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As a grand prize winner of the 2017 Aviva Community Fund, Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes will receive $87,000 in funding for its #GrieveNotAlone project idea to provide grief support services. The funding represents the approximate annual cost of providing grief support services for free to Kawartha Lakes residents.

Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes is a grand prize winner of the Aviva...

Organization will receive $87,000 in funding for its #GrieveNotAlone project idea.
Peterborough DBIA Executive Director Terry Guiel presents The Toy Shop owner Jean Grant with her first place prize in the annual Holiday Window Contest, which was judged by little brothers and sisters from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough. Grant is donating her $300 prize to the Salvation Army Toy Drive. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA)

Children award The Toy Shop with first place in downtown Peterborough holiday window contest

Owner Jean Grant will donate her $300 prize to the Salvation Army Toy Drive.
A group of cyclists using a bike lane in Peterborough. The Province of Ontario will be providing 120 municipalities (including the city and county of Peterborough, Cobourg, and Kawartha Lakes) with $93 million in funding for new bike lanes and to improve cycling infrastructure. (Photo: GreenUP)

Peterborough, Cobourg, and Kawartha Lakes to receive funding for new bike lanes and cycling...

Ontario announces $93 million for 120 municipalities under Ontario Municipal Commuter Cycling Program.
When Neil Young was in Omemee on Friday, Bobcaygeon apparel company Douglas + Son referred his team to PTBO Northern Originals, which provided a couple of Omemee t-shirts for Neil and his partner Daryl Hannah. (Photo: PTBO Northern Originals)

businessNOW for December 4, 2017

Featuring Douglas + Son and PTBO Northern Originals, Prolong Travel Mug, Premier's Award for Fleming College alumnus, local media changes, and other business news and events.
Meghan Moloney of the Peterborough Regional Health Care (PRHC) Foundation hangs a stocking on the mantel in the lobby of the hospital. Make a "Gift of Hope" donation to the PRHC Foundation this holiday season to have your stocking hung on the mantel. You can choose to make your donation in someone else's name or you can send a message of thanks to a doctor, nurse, or staff at the hospital. Your donation will help the hospital purchase lifesaving technology and equipment that makes great care possible. (Photo: PRHC Foundation)

Support the PRHC Foundation and great care at your local hospital by giving a...

Make a donation and hang a stocking on the special holiday season mantel in the hospital lobby.
Rich Cochrane won the annual Cubs' Lair youth entrepreneur competition for his startup that makes it easier for First Nations shoppers, who are excempt from paying HST, to buy online without having to submit their receipts to the government for a tax refund. Cochrane is Anishinaabe and a member of Curve Lake First Nation, has a business degree, and has also worked as a banker in downtown Toronto. (Photo: Rich Cochrane / Facebook)

Anishinaabe entrepreneur wins annual Cubs’ Lair competition in Peterborough

Rich Cochrane of Status Exempt makes it easier for First Nations shoppers to buy online
Terry Guiel, Executive Director of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), at Catalina's in downtown Peterborough on November 30 where judges and sponsors reviewed video applications for the Win This Space competition and selected the top 10 finalists. (Photo: DBIA)

Top 10 finalists selected for Win This Space entrepreneurial competition

Winner to be announced on March 1, 2018 will receive a free year's lease to a downtown Peterborough storefront and more.
Peterborough's legendary Washboard Hank performs with The Wringers at The Ganny (Ganaraska Hotel) in Port Hope on Saturday, December 2nd with shows at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. (Photo: Washboard Hank / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – November 30 to December 6

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, November 30 to Wednesday, December 6.
A map of road closures in Omemee on Friday, December 1 provided by the City of Kawartha Lakes.

‘Special event’ (aka Neil Young concert) results in parking restrictions and road closures in...

Parking will be prohibited on some roads all day, traffic will be diverted, and the OPP will be on-site.
The Lakefield & District Lions Club has donated $20,000 to the Lakefield Curling Club to support the club's Sunday Junior Curling Program for 10 years beginning in the 2018 curling season.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – November 29, 2017

Featuring Lang Pioneer Village, Lakefield Lions donation to Lakefield Curling Club, late night shopping in Lakefield, Christmas events, and more.

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