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The City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service in Lindsay. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Kawartha Lakes police chief defends decision to lay charges against Lindsay homeowner who allegedly...

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'The law requires that any defensive action be proportionate to the threat faced' says chief Kirk Robertson.
Kawartha Lakes police vehicle. (Photo: Kawartha Lakes Police Service)

Lindsay man charged after seriously injuring intruder in his apartment early Monday morning

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The intruder, also from Lindsay, is facing multiple charges and will be taken into custody when released from hospital.
The Beer Store at 882 Ward Street in Bridgenorth is closing on Sunday, October 19. So far in 2025, The Beer Store has announced the closure of over 100 retail stores across Ontario following Ontario Premier Doug Ford's 2024 decision to expand alcohol sales to grocery and convenience stores across the province. (Photo: Google Maps

The Beer Store in Bridgenorth is closing this fall

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Ontario's largest beer retailer has announced the closure of more than 100 retail stores so far.
The late Erin Sullivan (left), pictured with her grandmother and her friend Megan Murphy at the 2013 ReFrame Film Festival, where Murphy screened her short documentary "Shelf Life" about Sullivan living with cystic fibrosis. 4th Line Theatre will donate $2 from every ticket sold for the August 25, 2025 performance of Murphy's play "Wild Irish Geese" to One City Peterborough and its campaign to pay off the mortgage of the Erin Sullivan House supporting individuals coming out of homelessness. (Photo: ReFrame Film Festival)

August 25 performance of ‘Wild Irish Geese’ at 4th Line Theatre to raise funds...

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One City Peterborough's home for people coming out of homelessness is named in memory of the late Erin Sullivan, a close friend of playwright Megan Murphy.
Selwyn Beach Conservation Area is located on the northeast shore of Chemong Lake. It is best known for its excellent swimming with a gently sloping sandy beach. Parents and caregivers are advised that the beach and swimming area are not supervised. (Photo: Otonabee Conservation)

The Beach Report for August 15 to 21, 2025

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Police charge 40-year-old Peterborough man with second-degree murder

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Man had already been charged with indignity to a dead body after a 33-year-old woman was found dead in an apartment on Tuesday.
There will be plenty of cooked corn smothered in butter for the entire family to enjoy during the annual Corn Roast event at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene on August 17, 2025. Find out the many ways 19th-century settlers used corn, watch a variety of harvest-related and historic demonstrations, enter a corn-on-the-cob eating contest, and more. (Photo courtesy of Lang Pioneer Village Museum)

Celebrate harvest season 19th-century style with a Corn Roast at Lang Pioneer Village Museum...

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Family-friendly event on August 17 features threshing demonstrations, wagon rides, live music, cooked corn, and more.
In advance of the free festival weekend at Nicholls Oval Park, the Peterborough Folk Festival is presenting Ottawa indie rocker Nixon Boyd (guitarist with Hollerado) at The John at Sadleir House in downtown Peterborough on Friday night with VanCamp and I, The Mountain opening. (Photo: Adam Crosby)

nightlifeNOW – August 14 to 20

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
At a media event on August 14, 2025, the Rotary Club of Peterborough unveiled conceptual plans for a $1.5-million accessible playground at Riverview Park and Zoo in partnership with the zoo. Rotary has launched a community campaign called Project ROAR to raise funds for the new Rotary Accessible Playground, which is its latest legacy project. (Rendering: Basterfield & Associates Landscape Architects)

Rotary Club of Peterborough unveils plans for a $1.5-million accessible playground at Riverview Park...

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Community members encouraged to support Project ROAR fundraising campaign, with Rotary matching donations up to $125,000 this year,
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) boat in the water. (Photo: OPP)

33-year-old man drowned in Lake Dalrymple in Kawartha Lakes on Tuesday night

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The man went swimming off a boat but did not resurface; police recovered his body on Wednesday.
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