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Izzy Condon from Kaawaate East City Public School sits at Peterborough police chief Stuart Betts' desk on April 8, 2025. The Grade 5 student's essay on what she would do if she were police chief for a day won the police service's annual "Chief For A Day" contest. Izzy will serve as police chief on Tuesday, May 20. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Police Service)

Grade 5 student Izzy Condon selected to be Peterborough police chief for a day

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The Kaawaate East City Public School student won an annual contest to experience a day in the life of Peterborough's police chief,
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

Ontario’s police watchdog investigating death of 60-year-old man in Minden Hills

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Man exchanged gunfire with police on Sunday afternoon before being found dead from a self-inflicted injury.
The Afrocentric Awareness Network of Peterborough is a non-profit organization that strives to raise awareness of the positive aspects of Black heritage and culture. The group hosts free monthly "Afrocentric Story Time" events at the Peterborough Public Library, where Jane Braithwaite shares stories by and about Africans and the African diaspora. On January 18, 2025, she taught attendees about Anansi, a spider trickster figure in West African and Caribbean folklore who uses his cunning, resourcefulness, and wisdom to outsmart and triumph over larger opponents. (Photo: Branden McCrea)

‘Mayor Jeff Leal should resign’ – Afrocentric Awareness Network of Peterborough

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Non-profit group say mayor's 'casual' use of offensive racial slur during Trent University lecture was 'direct affront to Black people in Peterborough and beyond'.
Participants in the Youth Winter Arts Program rehearsing short scenes in preparation for the "Ten for Ten" showcase of 10 short plays at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon on May 9, 2025. (Photo: Rebecca Anne Bloom / Globus Theatre)

Young actors bring 10 short plays to the Globus Theatre stage in Bobcaygeon on...

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'Ten for Ten' will be performed by participants in the not-for-profit theatre company's Youth Winter Arts program.
County Road 45 in Alderville First Nation was closed for around seven hours after a 45-year-old Roseneath man was struck by a pickup truck on April 11, 2025. The man later died in hospital. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

45-year-old Roseneath man dies after being struck by pickup truck in Alderville

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Collision happened Friday night on County Road 45 between County Road 18 and County Road 24.
Lindsay resident Mark Doble was elected Ward 5 councillor for the City of Kawartha Lakes in a by-election held on April 10, 2025. (Photo via Mark Doble campaign website)

Lindsay resident Mark Doble elected Ward 5 councillor in Kawartha Lakes by-election

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Retired municipal assessor was elected to vacant seat on April 10 with 41% of the 2,909 votes cast.
Peterborough's own Victoria Yeh will be performing on electric violin when Paul DeLong's ONE WORD comes to The John at Sadleir House in Peterborough on Wednesday night. The band, which plays rarely heard classic tunes from the great jazz-rock fusion bands of the 1970s such as the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report, also features Paul DeLong on drums, Steve Lucas on bass, Michael Murray on guitar, and Marco Luciani on keyboards. (Photo: Trevor Hesselink / Groundswell Photography)

nightlifeNOW – April 10 to 16

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
An Elections Canada poll worker placing a "vote" sign at a polling station. (Photo: Elections Canada)

Elections Canada releases list of confirmed federal candidates in greater Kawarthas region

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23 candidates are running in the region's four ridings of Peterborough, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland-Clarke, and Hastings-Lennox and Addington-Tyendinaga.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

78-year-old Peterborough County man killed by falling tree on Monday

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The homeowner had already cleared a number of storm-damaged trees from his property when he was struck.
Little Lake rising above the retaining walls and flooding the parking lot at Ashburnham Lock 20 between Rogers Cove and Beavermead Park in Peterborough in May 2017. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

City of Peterborough offering sandbags to residents affected by localized flooding

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Three sandbag stations will be open daily as needed due to high water levels on the Otonabee River south of Little Lake.
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