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What’s open and closed over New Year’s

Holiday hours for 247 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas.
Many local pubs and clubs are ringing in the New Year with celebrations and live music. On Sunday, December 31, The Weber Brothers will be celebrating New Year's Eve and the release of their new CD "Patches" at The Red Dog in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Rheal Doucette / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – December 28 to January 3

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, December 28 to Wednesday, January 3.
McLean Berry Farm is one of the seven local vendors threatened with expulsion from the Peterborough Farmers' Market. McLean Berry Farm has sold its locally grown produce at the market for 27 years. (Photo: McLean Berry Farm / Facebook)

Seven local vendors threatened with expulsion from the Peterborough Farmers’ Market

Farmers' market board notice accuses the vendors, who have protested resellers at the market, of detrimental behaviour.
26-year-old Terrence Bradley died after being struck by a car in Minden on Christmas Eve. (Photo: Meagan McNally / GoFundMe)

26-year-old Minden man dies on Christmas Eve after being struck by a car

Terrence Bradley was walking home from his job at a local grocery store
Thermometer on snow showing extreme cold temperature of 20 below zeroExtreme cold

Extreme cold warning for the Kawarthas will continue until New Year’s Day

Arctic airmass continues to generate frigid conditions across central and eastern Ontario.
Woman on escalator with shopping bags

What’s open & closed over Christmas

Holiday hours for 246 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas.
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

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...

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

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

Someone returned the figure originally stolen from a nativity scene at St. Paul's United Church on December 9.

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