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Attendees at last year's Peterborough Yoga Festival at Del Crary Park. The day-long festival, a charity event for United Way Peterborough and District, returns for its third year on Saturday, June 17. (Photo: Sherie Dove / Facebook)

Peterborough Yoga Festival celebrates inclusion and community

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Third annual festival on June 17 at Del Crary Park raises funds for the United Way
All locks on the Trent-Severn Waterway are now open for boat navigation. Three locks in Kawartha Lakes, including Lock 32 in Bobcaygeon pictured here, also now have free WiFi available. (Photo: Parks Canada / Facebook)

All locks are now open on the Trent-Severn Waterway

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Free WiFi also available at Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, and Rosedale locks.
Edmonton artist Jill Stanton's "Bloodroot" mural, under the Hunter Street Bridge in Peterborough, was completed in September 2016. The City of Peterborough's Public Art Program has issued two new proposals for public art projects in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Samantha Moss / kawarthaNOW)

City of Peterborough seeks artists and designers for two more public art projects

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Mural at YES Shelter for Youth and Families and artwork for new plaza at renovated Peterborough Public Library.
In 2016, a group of academic institutions, governments and government agencies, private sector partnerships, and non-governmental organizations came together to develop an application to the United Nations University to designate Peterborough-Kawarthas-Haliburton as a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development. Members of the RCE Coordinating Committee included Linda Slavin of For Our Grandchildren, Jane Gray of Fleming College, Cam Douglas (Secondary School Teacher), Jacob Rodenburg of Camp Kawartha, and Brianna Salmon of GreenUP. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Events celebrate launch of United Nations regional centre of expertise in the Kawarthas

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Peterborough-Kawarthas-Haliburton recognized as leader in sustainability education.

OPP RIDE check nabs 102 pot plants

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Bobcaygeon man arrested and charged.
The schedule of events, activities, races and more for the 2017 Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival. (Photo: Peter Curley / Peterborough Clicks)

The schedule for the 2017 Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival

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Find out what's happening and when at Del Crary Park on Saturday, June 10.
There's still time to sponsor an individual paddler or team for the 2017 Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival on June 10. (Photo: Peter Curley / Peterborough Clicks)

How to donate to Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival

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It's easy to sponsor a team or paddler online.
One of the 71 dragon boat teams that participated in the 15th anniversary of the Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, June 13, 2015 (photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Photos from Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival

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Photos from the 15th anniversary of Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival in 2015.
Jeanne Pengelly (far right) is a member of the Peterborough Pop Ensemble, pictured here preparing to sing at the Flower Ceremony at Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival (which they've done every year since 2008). While she was at this year's festival, she asked a number of people why it's important to them. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Pop Ensemble)

The many faces of Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival

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Hundreds of volunteers, fundraisers, spectators, paddlers, and organizers take part in the festival.
The Weber Brothers are performing on Saturday, June 3 at the Historic Red Dog Tavern in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

nightlifeNOW – June 1 to 7

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, June 1 to Wednesday, June 7.
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