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On August 11, 2023, a 28-year-old man driving a Jeep Cherokee fled police before crashing the vehicle into a pole at Chemong Road and Towerhill Road, exiting the vehicle while carrying a gun, and entering the Peterborough Volkswagen dealership where he assaulted an employee and held them hostage when police arrived. The man, later determined to be suffering from acute mental illness, began drinking automotive fluids after police tried to get him to drop his gun and later died. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of video by Barry Killen)

Ontario’s police watchdog clears Peterborough police officer in August armed stand-off at car dealership

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A 28-year-old man who had entered the dealership with a gun and took an employee hostage later died after ingesting automotive fluids.
Police released this photo of the scene of a fatal collision between a pickup truck and a car on Dominion Road in Warkworth on December 8, 2023. The occupants of the car, which included two people from Hastings in their 70s and their family pet, died as a result of the collision. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

Two people in their 70s and their family pet dead after two-vehicle collision in...

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Collision between their car and a pickup truck happened on Dominion Road early Friday afternoon.
The Ontario government and the Ontario Trillium Foundation have provided $396,100 in capital funding to Five Counties Children's Centre to help develop an outdoor accessible backyard space at the centre's Cobourg location. Pictured are Five Counties Children's Centre CEO Scott Pepin, Ontario Trillium Foundation representative Elaine Sheppard, Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP David Piccini, Northumberland County Early Years Service Manager Lesley Patterson, and Cobourg Mayor Lucas Cleveland. (Photo courtesy of Five Counties Children's Centre)

Five Counties Children’s Centre receives almost $400,000 in funding for its Northumberland Backyard Project

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Ontario government and the Ontario Trillium Foundation have each provided capital grants to the organization serving children with special needs.
The City of Kawartha Lakes' municipal heritage committee honoured Boyd Heritage Museum (pictured is chair Barb McFadzen), author Sara Walker-Howe, Paulette Sopoci of Primrose Hill Manor, and the Manvers Township Historical Society (pictured is president Teresa Jordan) with the 2023 Osprey Heritage Awards at City Hall in Lindsay on December 7, 2023. (Photo courtesy of City of Kawartha Lakes)

City of Kawartha Lakes honours local stewards of community heritage with Osprey Heritage Awards

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Award recipients include Sara Walker-Howe, Manvers Township Historical Society, Paulette Sopoci of Primrose Hill Manor, and Boyd Heritage Museum.
Hailing from a long lineage of storytellers and musicians in Prince Edward Island, singer-songwriter and guitarist Shane Pendergast is keeping the Maritime folk tradition alive. He performs at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Saturday evening. (Promotional photo)

nightlifeNOW – December 7 to 13

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region
In 2022, the annual Loonies on the Street fundraiser raised over $160,000 in monetary donations for Kawartha Food Share, allowing the organization to purchase food items for more than 12,000 people in need every month in the Peterborough area. Through online donations and volunteers collecting donations on December 15, 2023 in downtown Peterborough, this year's fundraising goal is $100,000. (Photo: Kawartha Food Share / Facebook)

This year’s ‘Loonies on the Street’ aims to raise $100,000 for Kawartha Food Share

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23rd annual fundraiser for food insecurity in the Peterborough area returns downtown on Friday, December 15.
For the 15th annual Pink in the Rink game raising funds for cancer care, all Peterborough Petes players and coaches will act as ambassadors. The Petes have set a $50,000 fundraising goal for the games on February 3, 2024, with proceeds supporting the Wheels of Hope transportation program at the Canadian Cancer Society. If the $50,000 goal is reached, Pink in the Rink will have raised over $1 million in the past 14 years. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Petes)

Peterborough Petes aim to break $1 million in total funds raised for cancer care...

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All Petes players and coaches will act as ambassadors for the $50,000 fundraising goal for February 3 game.
Peterborough County OPP released this photo of a pickup truck that collided with a commercial vehicle on Highway 115 at Highway 7A south of Peterborough. A 34-year-old woman who was an occupant of the pickup truck died after being thrown from the vehicle when a guardrail ripped off the passenger side door. (Police-supplied photo)

34-year-old woman dies after being thrown from pickup truck in Highway 115 collision south...

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Truck collided with commercial motor vehicle Wednesday morning before guardrail ripped off passenger side door.
Hank "Washboard Hank" Fisher and Willie "Catfish Willie" Lindsay with the children's book of poetry entitled "The Radish is Reddish and Other Vegetable Poems." (Photo courtesy of Washboard Hank and Catfish Willie)

Peterborough musicians Washboard Hank and Catfish Willie share their love of vegetables with kids

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The children's book 'The Radish is Reddish and Other Vegetable Poems' was written and illustrated by the long-time musical collaborators.
Ellas Holdings Inc. is proposing a 186-unit residential and commercial development at 264 Lansdowne Street East, with 11-storey and 8-storey residential apartment buildings, on the site of the now-closed Trentwinds International Centre. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough city council endorses rezoning for new apartment buildings at Trentwinds International Centre site

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Proposal is for 186-unit 11-storey and 8-storey residential apartment building complex with ground floor commercial space.
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