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Terry Guiel began as the new executive director of the Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce on November 13, 2023. The chamber's previous executive director, Allyssa Adams, left the role on October 5. (Photo; Lindsay Chamber / Facebook)

Terry Guiel is the new executive director of the Lindsay & District Chamber of...

Guiel resigned in October from Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area after 10 years as executive director.
Curve Lake First Nation Elder Gidigaa Migizi (Douglas Williams) in a photo by Michael Hurcomb taken for the cover of the fall 2021 issue of Trent magazine, published by the Trent University Alumni Association. Williams was one of the first graduates of Indigenous Studies at Trent University in 1972 and went on to become associate professor and director of studies for the PhD program at Trent's Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

Trent University’s sixth college to be named Gidigaa Migizi in honour of late Curve...

The much-beloved Williams, who passed away in 2022, was a 'giant' both at Trent and in the Anishnaabeg nation.
Now the location of Crook & Coffer, The Garnet at 231 Hunter Street West was open from 2014 until 2021. Former owner Chad Emby is auctioning off memorabilia from the bar and live music venue to pay back a federal pandemic loan he received prior to selling the business. (File photo)

Auction will feature memorabilia from former downtown Peterborough bar and live music venue The...

Former owner Chad Emby hopes to raise funds to pay back a federal pandemic loan with online auction running from November 19 to 28.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

70-year-old Selwyn Township man dead in Tuesday evening collision on Highway 7 east of...

Three-vehicle collision near Jermyn Line that killed one driver also resulted in another driver begin seriously injured.
Cameron Bailey at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The TIFF CEO will be delivering a talk entitled "Creating An Urban Cultural Hub" at Trent University on November 23, 2023. The talk is free and open to the public. (Canadian Press file photo)

Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey to speak at Trent University in Peterborough...

Bailey will deliver a talk entitled 'Creating An Urban Cultural Hub' for the university's Tapscott-Lopes Business and Society Lecture,
A Peterborough Transit bus. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

City of Peterborough advises transit riders of possible labour disruption as soon as Saturday

City and union local are negotiating a new contract, with both sides in a legal strike or lockout position just after midnight on November 18.
For the past 25 years, the CPKC Holiday Train has been touring Canada and the United States to raise money, food, and awareness for the important work that food banks do in their communities. (Photo: CKPC)

CPKC Holiday Train stopping in Northumberland County on November 28

Raising awareness and funds for food banks, train's Brighton stop will feature a performance by Canadian alt-rockers Anyway Gang.
The scene of a fatal collision between a motorcycle and a tractor trailer on County Road 30 east of Warkworth on November 13, 2023. (OPP-supplied photo)

38-year-old motorcyclist dead after collision with tractor trailer east of Warkworth

Monday afternoon collision happened on County Road 30 between County Road 29 and 1st Line West.
Globus Theatre presents "A Christmas Story ... of Murder" at Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon for six performances from November 16 to 25, 2023 with some of Canada's best improvisors and performers including (left to right, top and bottom): Chris Gibbs, Ashley Comeau, Conner Thompson, Kerry Griffin, Dave Pearce, and James Barrett, who is also the writer and director. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre presents a comical take on a Christmas classic from November 16...

'A Christmas Story ... of Murder' dinner theatre murder mystery runs for six performances at the Lakeview Arts Barn.
Holiday Shopping Passports are now available at over 140 participating shops, boutiques, salons, restaurants, and cafes in downtown Peterborough. Each completed passport becomes a ballot for one of three early bird draws on Wednesdays during December for a $500 Boro gift card and a grand prize draw for a $1,500 Boro gift card in January. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area)

Get rewarded for choosing local with Holiday Shopping Passports in downtown Peterborough

Complete a passport for a chance to win Boro gift cards and get in the festive spirit with this year's Holiday Window contest.

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