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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

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Complete a passport for a chance to win Boro gift cards and get in the festive spirit with this year's Holiday Window contest.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

26-year-old Peterborough woman charged with first-degree murder in death of 60-year-old Lakefield man

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Victim was found with serious injuries in a Lakefield home early Friday afternoon.
In 2020, the Ontario Provincial Police released a sketch of how Francis Harris might have looked like in 1992 at the age of 65 if she was still alive. Her husband Stan, who passed away in 2021, always maintained she had abandoned the family and he was not involved in her disappearance. (OPP-supplied image)

Police search of Apsley property finds no evidence in disappearance of Francis Harris 51...

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Police had searched the Harris family's former property again on Tuesday based on information received from the public.
Sam and Ryan Weber of The Weber Brothers and Fiddling Jay Edmunds are reuniting as The Lazy Devils to perform their unique brand of western swing and gypsy jazz at the Black Horse Pub in downtown Peterborough on Friday night. (Photo: The Lazy Devils)

nightlifeNOW – November 9 to 15

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Reggie Maranda of Mcthirsty's Pint (left) and Garrett Bulmer of Bobcaygeon Brewing Company (right), pictured with Mauricio Interiano and Paris Nguyen of the New Canadians Centre, raise a pint of West Coast Pale Ale, the third beer in the 'Community Brew' series, with a portion of sales to be donated to New Canadians Centre. (Photo: Luke Best / Bobcaygeon Brewing Company)

Bobcaygeon Brewing Company launches third ‘community brew’ in support of local charities

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In collaboration with downtown Peterborough pub McThirsty's Pint, a portion of sales of West Coast Pale Ale will be donated to New Canadians Centre.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) is located at 1 Hospital Drive in Peterborough. (Photo: PRHC)

16-year-old London girl arrested for Halloween bomb threat against Peterborough Regional Health Centre

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Bomb threat against hospital on morning of October 31 resulted in perimeter lockdown before police determined threat was unfounded.
A delegation of 10 members from the environmental group For Our Grandchildren visited Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith's constituency office on November 6, 2023 to deliver 100 postcards urging the Ford government to protect old-growth trees in the Catchacoma Forest from logging and to preserve the Greenbelt. (Photo courtesy of For Our Grandchildren)

Peterborough environmental group urges local MPP to put climate crisis action on Ford government’s...

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Delegation from For Our Grandchildren delivered 100 postcards to MPP Dave Smith's constituency office this week.
Aaron, a four-year-old Belgian Malinois embedded in the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit and winner of the obedience category at the 2023 Canadian Police Canine Association's National Police Dog Competition, is featured on the cover of the 2024 OPP canine unit calendar, which raises funds for the OPP Youth Foundation and Friends of The OPP Museum. (Photo: OPP)

Ontario Provincial Police’s 2024 canine unit calendar now available

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Annual calendar showcasing 12 police service dogs from across Ontario raises funds for the OPP Youth Foundation and Friends of The OPP Museum.
Registered nurse psychotherapist Sheena Howard is the founder and owner of Acceptance Nurse Psychotherapy in downtown Peterborough, which has won a nurse innovator award from the Registered Nurses' Foundation of Ontario. (Photo via Acceptance Nurse Psychotherapy)

Nurse-led psychotherapy clinic in Peterborough wins provincial nurse innovator award

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Sheena Howard's Acceptance Nurse Psychotherapy recognized by Registered Nurses' Foundation of Ontario along with five other innovative nursing projects.
Freezing rain on car

Freezing rain warning in effect for Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes for Wednesday afternoon and...

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Approaching low pressure system expected to bring snow, ice pellets, rain and freezing rain to the area,
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