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This year's YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes exceeded the '3,000 Safe Nights Challenge' presented by Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre, raising $138,204.12 for Crossroads Shelter. Pictured from left to right: Jen Cureton, YWCA Director of Philanthropy & Communications; Monika Carmichael, General Manager of Trent Valley Honda and Title Sponsor of YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes; and Drew Merrett, Owner of Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre and '3,000 Safe Nights Challenge' Sponsor. (Photo: YWCA Peterborough)

YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes raises $138,204.12 for Crossroads Shelter

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Funds will provide 3,007 Safe Nights for women and children fleeing abuse.
As black bears are known to travel hundreds of kilometres foraging for food, they are often sighted in urban areas that are close to wilderness and provide easy access to food sources. (Photo: Getty Images)

Watch out for the black bear roaming in Peterborough

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Police confirm bear is in west end, ask anyone who sees the bear to call 9-1-1.
Free WiFi is now available in some of the highest-traffic areas of downtown Peterborough,

Free WiFi now available in downtown Peterborough

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Peterborough DBIA launches new service along with a mobile app.
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Peterborough police auction moves online this year

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Police Auctions Canada website includes items from 19 police services across Canada.
This sign may be one of the mementos you can purchase when the contents of the building are auctioned off by developer Parkview Homes in June. Parkview Homes will donate the proceeds from the online auction to local charities (photo: Esther Vincent, evmustang.ca)

Pig’s Ear auction set for June 11 to 15

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Parkview Homes plans to donate proceeds of auction to charity.
The Kirkfield Lift Lock is one of 15 locks featured in a new drone video from Parks Canada, promoting free seasonal lockage permits as part of the Canada 150 celebrations. Parks Canada celebrated the official opening of the Trent-Severn Waterway at Lockfest in Bobcaygeon on Saturday. (Photo: Parks Canada)

Watch this drone video of locks on Trent-Severn Waterway

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Parks Canada celebrates official opening of waterway at Lockfest in Bobcaygeon.
At the event announcing $9 million in provincial funding for the new canoe museum, Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal is invited to carve a canoe paddle, symbolic of the journey to the new facility to be built beside the Peterborough Lift Lock. Also pictured are representatives from The Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough Mayor Daryl Bennett, Curve Lake First Nation Chief Phyllis Williams, and Peterborough County Warden Joe Taylor. (Photo: The Canadian Canoe Museum)

New canoe museum gets a boost with $9 million from Province

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Funding will support construction of new facility beside the Peterborough Lift Lock.
Lockfest, which takes place on Saturday, May 27 at Lock 32 Bobcaygeon, celebrates the official opening of the Trent-Severn Waterway for the 2017 navigation season. (Photo: Parks Canada / Facebook)

Celebrate the opening of the Trent-Severn Waterway at Lockfest on Saturday

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Houseboat tours, seminars, live music, and more at Lock 32 in Bobcaygeon on May 27.
A new pollinator garden at Hilliard and Marina streets in Peterborough is about to be planted. The Northcrest Pollinator Garden Project was funded under the City of Peterborough's 2016 Participatory Budgeting initiative, which provides residents with the opportunity to identify priority capital projects in their neighbourhoods with an expenditure of up to $20,000.

New pollinator garden in Peterborough about to be planted

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Public is invited to community planting day on May 31.
To ensure boater safety and reduce erosion, Parks Canada is opening the Trent-Severn Waterway in stages. Only locks 28 to 42, between Burleigh Falls and Couchiching, will be open for boat navigation as of Friday, May 26. (Photo: Parks Canada)

Trent-Severn Waterway only partially open for season on May 26

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Locks between Burleigh Falls and Couchiching are open, other locks remain closed to boat traffic due to water conditions.
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