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As well as fire and emergency response, Peterborough Fire Services provides public fire and safety education and fire prevention, investigation, and Fire Code enforcement. (Photo: Peterborough Fire Services)

Peterborough woman facing arson charge following Friday night fire

Tenant at Stewart Street residence accused of setting fire that caused an estimated $200,000 damage.
Police closed County Road 25 between County Road 35 and Concession Road 8 in the Municipality of Trent Hills following a two-vehicle collision just after midnight on October 20, 2024 that claimed the lives of both drivers. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

Both drivers killed in two-vehicle collision early Sunday morning on County Road 25 north...

41-year-old Douro-Dummer man pronounced dead at the scene, 32-year-old Oshawa woman pronounced dead in hospital.
Peterborough native Sebastian Bach (former frontman of Skid Row and son of late Peterborough artist David Bierk) will rock his hometown with a concert at The Venue on Wednesday night in support of his latest album "Child Within the Man". (Photo via Sebastian Bach / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – October 17 to 23

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
CUPE's Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition launched their Trojan Horse Ontario Tour to protest privatization of hospital surgeries on October 4, 2024 at Queen's Park in Toronto, and will be visiting locations around the province until the end of November. (Photo: OCHU-CUPE)

Trojan horse protest against health care privatization to visit hospitals in Kawarthas region on...

Hospital unions objecting to Ontario government's expanded use of private clinics to deliver publicly funded services including hospital surgeries.
Leisa Way and her Wayward Wind Band (left to right: Bruce Ley, Brant Garratt, Don Reid, Jack Gaughan, and Junior Riggan) will perform the hits of the late Gordon Lightfoot and share stories, facts, and anecdotes about the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter during "Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot," which runs at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon from October 15 to 19, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Leisa Way)

Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre presents a musical tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot from October...

In 'Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot', Leisa Way and her Wayward Wind Band perform legendary songwriter's hits, share stories, and more;
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

One person seriously injured in three-vehicle collision on Highway 35 north of Cameron

A pickup truck, SUV, and minivan collided just after noon on Saturday.
A mobile phone sitting on a harvest table covered with squash and fall leaves displaying kawarthaNOW's Thanksgiving Monday 2024 holiday hours story. (kawarthaNOW photo)

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday 2024

Holiday hours for 302 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
Ghostly Hounds, the haunting and soulful folk and old-time music project of B.C. singer-songwriter and banjo player Francesca Mirai, performs a late afternoon and early evening show on Saturday at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Colin Smith)

nightlifeNOW – October 10 to 16

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
A new CCTV camera system is now up and running in downtown Lindsay, operated and maintained by the Lindsay Downtown Business Improvement Association (LDBIA) and funded by the Ontario government through the Kawartha Lakes Police Service, the City of Kawartha Lakes, and the LDBIA membership. While the cameras will not be actively monitored by the LDBIA or Kawartha Lakes police, police can request access to the footage from the LDBIA for the purpose of investigating crimes. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

CCTV camera system now up and running in downtown Lindsay

Operated and maintained by the Lindsay DBIA, system aims to deter criminal activity and provide a greater sense of security.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) general surgeon Dr. Brie Banks, Kawartha Credit Union president and CEO Norah McCarthy, PRHC Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway, and Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival chair Michelle Thornton hold a $312,025.18 cheque representing the funds raised at this year's festival during an event on October 9, 2024 in the hospital's cafeteria. The funds will support cancer care advancements at PRHC like digital pathology and breast seed localization. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival)

Dragon Boat Festival raises record-breaking $312,025.18 for cancer care at Peterborough Regional Health Centre

Annual event exceeded this year's goal by over $60,000, bringing the total amount raised since 2001 to more than $4.5 million.

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