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A view of Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

The Beach Report: which beaches are open & closed in The Kawarthas

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland.
New Brunswick guitarist and singer Keith Hallett performs his gritty old-time blues at The Arlington in Maynooth on Friday, June 16 and at The Garnet in Peterborough on Saturday, June 17. (Photo: Keith Hallett / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – June 15 to 21

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, June 15 to Wednesday, June 21.
Heartland Farm Mutual presents Impact 32 of Bobcaygeon with a $5,000 cheque from the iHeart Community Fund. Pictured are Heartland VP Larry Nickel, Darling Insurance partner and Impact 32 volunteer Dave Kennedy, Heartland CEO and President Carlos Rodrigues, and Impact 32 founding member Carly Poole. (Photo: Bruce Hobley)

Heartland Farm Mutual donates $5,000 to Bobcaygeon’s Impact 32

Volunteer group to use iHeart Community Fund donation for lock docking space and bike sharing.
The Father's Day Smoke & Steam Show on Sunday, June 18 at Lang Pioneer Village in Keene is the largest show of its kind in the Kawarthas, featuring tractor and power equipment displays, games, a parade through the village, and more.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – June 14, 2017

Featuring Ontario Chamber survey, Savage Arms tour, Father's Day at Lang Pioneer Village, and more.
Studio F Minus of Toronto has been selected to create the UN Peacekeepers Monument for the new Charlotte Street Urban Park in downtown Peterborough. (Illustrations: Studio F Minus)

This is the design for the UN Monument for Peterborough’s Charlotte Street Urban Park

Studio F Minus of Toronto will create two 14-foot mirrored sculptures for the new park in late 2018.
The National Gong Orchestra comprises 14 local musicians who learn to play bowed gongs before giving a public performance conducted by composer and percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani. (Photo: Peter Gannushkin)

Peterborough musicians join Nakatani Gong Orchestra for Canadian premiere

Tatsuya Nakatani brings his bowed gongs project to The Mount Community Centre on June 15.
Ontario Provincial Police

Attempted luring of 12-year-old girl in Bobcaygeon

Older man offers student a ride, OPP seeking public's help in identifying the driver.
The Sears store at Lansdowne Place in Peterborough.

Is Sears Canada on the ropes?

Company, with three stores in the Kawarthas, issues dismal results and warns about financial future.
Heat warning

Health units issue heat warning for Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes

Residents advised to take precautions until heat wave breaks on Tuesday.
Two boys jumping off of a cliff in Fenelon Falls. 15-year-old boy Harley Broome of Fenelon Falls drowned Saturday afternoon after swimming with friends on the Sturgeon Lake side of the Fenelon Falls locks. (Photo: xorozzzi / YouTube)

OPP recover body of 15-year-old who drowned in Fenelon Falls on Saturday

Harley Broome went missing after swimming with friends in area known for its cliffs.

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