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The sun in a hazy sky. (Stock photo)

Special air quality statement in effect for southern Kawarthas region Friday afternoon

Hot and sunny conditions are expected to cause increasing ground-level ozone concentrations.
Melissa Payne is performing with her full band (Emily Burgess, Ryan Brown, Caitlin O'Connor, and Brandon Munro) at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night to celebrate the release of her new single "So Real", with East Coast singer-songwriter R.C. Stanley opening. (Photo: Mary Zita Payne Photography)

nightlifeNOW – April 13 to 19

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
The female suspect in a theft of cash from an apartement in a condominium building on Heritage Way in Lindsay on April 12, 2023. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seek suspect in cash theft in Lindsay on Wednesday

Female suspect entered multiple apartments in condominium building on Heritage Way.
Poet Ziysah von Bieberstein. (Supplied photo)

Ziysah von Bieberstein is Peterborough’s second poet laureate

Poet and Peterborough Poetry Slam co-founder was selected from a shortlist that also included Niambi Tree and Wes Ryan.
'Shoah: How was it Humanly Possible?', a 'ready to print' exhibit about the Holocaust created by Jerusalem-based Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, on display at the National Chengchi University of Taiwan. The Beth Israel Synagogue Congregation is bringing the exhibit, which is intended for mature viewers, to Peterborough on April 17 and 18, 2023. (Photo: Yad Vashem)

Holocaust exhibit ‘for mature viewers’ comes to Peterborough on April 17 and 18

Beth Israel Synagogue Congregation is hosting 'Shoah: How was it Humanly Possible?' to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel.
The Trent-Severn Waterway, which connects communities throughout Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough & The Kawarthas, and Northumberland County, is an important driver of the visitor economy in Kawarthas Northumberland. (Photo: RTO8)

Regional Tourism Organization 8 seeking four tourism professionals in Kawarthas Northumberland to serve on...

Applications open until May 22 to fill board member vacancies for Kawartha Lakes, the City and County of Peterborough, and Northumberland County.
Community Care Peterborough is marking the 35th anniversary of its "Grandparent of the Year" program, which brings different generations together and celebrates the influence they have on each other. As well as grandparents and great-grandparents, children in the City and County of Peterborough can also nominate an Elder or other special older people in their lives with whom they have a relationship. (Collage courtesy of Community Care Peterborough)

Peterborough-area children encouraged to nominate a special older person in their lives as ‘Grandparent...

Nominations for 35th anniversary of Community Care's intergenerational program due by May 9, with an in-person awards ceremony to be held in early June .
The suspect in a purse-snatching robbery that took place on Queen Street near St. Peter Street in downtown Lindsay on April 8, 2023. (Police-supplied photo)

Police seek suspect in purse-snatching robbery in downtown Lindsay on Saturday evening

Victim was not physically injured during robbery on Queen Street near St. Peter Street.
Globus Theatre founders Sarah Quick and James Barrett with their son Cue on the red carpet at the Lakeview Arts Barn during the 2013 Starlight Ball celebrating Globus Theatre's 10th anniversary. The 20th anniversary Starlight Ball, taking place on April 22, 2023, will raise funds for the theatre company's $2-million capital campaign to purchase the Lakeview Arts Barn. (Photo: Globus Theatre

Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre rolling out red carpet for gala fundraiser on April 22

Black-tie event will celebrate theatre company's 20th anniversary while raising funds to help purchase the Lakeview Arts Barn.
Former Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef chats with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he holds her infant son Samad during a visit with Monsef and her husband, former Fredericton Liberal MP Matt DeCourcey, in Peterborough this week. (Photo: Justin Trudeau / Instagram)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets former Peterborough-Kawartha Maryam Monsef’s baby boy

Trudeau was in Peterborough and visited with Monsef, her husband former Fredericton Liberal Matt DeCourcey, and one-month-old Samad.

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