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Born and raised in Peterborough, Michelle Shaughnessy has been pursuing her career in stand-up comedy in Toronto since she was 18 years old. (Photo: Michelle Shaughnessy)

Peterborough native vying to become Canada’s best comic

Michelle Shaughnessy is one of 18 semi-finalists in SiriusXM's Top Comic competition.
Elderly woman responding to phone scam

Tax scam continues to circulate in Peterborough area

Peterborough police have received 10 complaints over the past two days.
Young boy swimming in the water

The Beach Report for July 28, 2017

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland.
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist David Ross Macdonald, who Acoustic Guitar Magazine compared to "a collaboration between Nick Drake and a mid-1970s Bruce Cockburn", is performing with Toronto's Brian Macmillan at the Pastry Peddler in Millbrook on Sunday, July 30th. (Photo: David Ross Macdonald)

nightlifeNOW – July 27 to August 2

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, July 27 to Wednesday, August 2.
At a news conference today, the OPP in partnership with the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service and the Office of the Chief Coroner unveiled a three-dimensional model of what is believed to be a young male, whose remains were discovered by a hiker in Algonquin Park in 1980. (Photo: OPP)

Police release facial reconstruction of man whose remains were found in Algonquin Park in...

Man who died between between 1971 and 1978 has never been identified.
Dr. Koren Bennetts and Dr. Verona Sulja, formerly with Cornerstone Family Dentistry, are opening their new dental practice Electric City Dental in September 2017. (Photo: Electric City Dental)

Electric City Dental opening in Peterborough this fall

New dental practice owned by Dr. Verona Sulja and Dr. Koren Bennetts, formerly of Cornerstone Family Dentistry.
The 162nd Annual Lakefield Agricultural Fair takes place from July 28 to 30 at the Lakefield Fairgrounds. Pick up your entry tags and advance ride passes at the Kawartha Chamber office.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – July 26, 2017

Featuring the Lakefield Agricultural Fair, Community Care Pig Roast and Comedy Night, Warsaw Benefit Cruise Night, and more.
A screen capture of the new CHEX TV website at globalnews.ca on July 26, 2017.

Peterborough’s CHEX TV website has just moved to the Global News website

Website change part of integration plan following Corus Entertainment's purchase of Shaw Media last year.
Elaine Hogan decorated their new Lifestyle Home Products sunroom with Canada flag pillows, inspiring Lifestyle to photograph the sunroom in honour of Canada's sesquicentennial. (Photo: Lifestyle Home Products)

The sunroom that saved Canada Day

100% Canadian-made sunrooms from Lifestyle Home Products bring the outdoors indoors.
A Halictid Sweat Bee on Prickly Wild Rose, one of the pollinators that the City of Kawarthas Lakes will strive to protect as Canada's latest Bee City. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

The City of Kawartha Lakes is now a Bee City

Designation by Bee City Canada recognizes city's commitment to protect pollinators and their habitat.

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