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Megan Gallant
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Megan Gallant is an adventure lover who holds an M.A. in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of Gloucestershire. Her favourite place to be is near the water and between the pines in her worn-out hammock, reading true crime, drinking coffee, and cuddling her adorable goldendoodle.
Complete K9 Care founder Brent Alvey has been training dogs with obedience and behavioural issues for 13 years. At their 35-acre property in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township near Keene, he and Sarah Alvey offer boarding and training programs and classes and recently expanded to include a new daycare facility with financial and business support from Community Futures Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Complete K9 Care)

Why Complete K9 Care chose Community Futures Peterborough to finance its expansion

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Flexible repayment schedules and personalized support gave owners Brent and Sarah Alvey the confidence to grow their business and introduce new services.
Dr. Carla Henderson is the chief of anesthesiology and co-medical director of surgical services at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). Along with her team, she uses anesthesia machines to support a patient's life during surgery but also to keep a patient comfortable and give them the best chance for the best recovery. By investing in state-of-the-art anesthesia machines to replace the 13-year-old equipment currently in use, donors to the PRHC Foundation's Campaign for PRHC will be bringing greater precision and more personalized anesthesia care to patients at the regional hospital. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation seeks community support to replace aging anesthesia equipment

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State-of-the-art technology would help reduce the risk of surgical delays and support more personalized care for patients at the regional hospital.
This week's edition of kawarthaNOW's "Kawartha Localist" editorial series offers nine ways in November to enjoy cozy season in the greater Kawarthas region, including at the Haliburton International Film Festival, Boardwalk Board Game Lounge in Peterborough, The Muse Gallery and Café in Bancroft, Needles in the Hay in Peterborough, Ste. Anne's Spa in Northumberland County, The Silver Bean Café at The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre in Haliburton, Fieldside Yoga and Retreats in Kawartha Lakes, and Readers' Nook in Cobourg. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Kawartha Localist: Nine ways in November to get cozy in The Kawarthas

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From movies to yoga classes and bookstores to cafés, here's how to enjoy some quiet and rejuvenation before the holiday season ramps up.
Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Royal Wood will be headlining a benefit concert at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on November 23, 2026 in support of Our Daughters' Home: Supportive Housing for Special Needs Women. With support from local rising artist Ollie Mae, the concert's proceeds will be used to help the organization purchase a home from Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region for seven local women with developmental disabilities. (Promotional photo)

Royal Wood returns to Peterborough’s Market Hall on November 23 for Our Daughters’ Home...

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With Ollie Mae opening, the Lakefield-born singer-songwriter will help raise funds for a Habitat-constructed home for seven women with developmental disabilities.
Terry Thomas, owner of Raven Lunatic Tintype Photography, with his Eastman View Camera No. 2-D. Thomas, who creates authentic tintype portraits with the same wet-plate collodion process used in the 1850s, will be doing demonstrations and taking portraits at the Coboconk Community Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on November 13 and 14, 2026, before being a part of a Victorian murder mystery dinner experience hosted by Hystory Entertainment each evening. (Photo courtesy of Raven Lunatic Tintype Photography)

Sit for a Victorian-era photo and solve a Victorian murder mystery on November 13...

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Raven Lunatic Tintype Photography will be at the Coboconk Community Centre each day before joining Hystory Entertainment's 'A Masque of Secrets' each evening.
Erica Richmond is a Peterborough author and the founder of Open Sky Stories. Her new essay, titled "Always Ash" and published by Herstryblog, is about the anxieties and the laughter shared in the years after her trans son came out to her at 15 years old. The piece will also be published in her upcoming collection of essays called "Yelling at Dead People," about her experience with grief and parenting following the death of her children's father. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

New essay by Peterborough author Erica Richmond explores parenting a transgender son

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'Always Ash' will be featured in 'Yelling at Dead People,' Richmond's collection of essays about grief and parenting after the death of her children's father.
Karen August, Margaret Hamilton, and Nancy Wiskel were three of the many local models who participated in "The Ghost in the Room," a 2024 project by Peterborough photographer Heather Doughty showcasing the beauty of aging women. The project inspired Doughty's current work, "Stories of Cultural Ageism Experienced by Women in Canada," for which Doughty is currently seeking women aged 55 and over to be models and to share stories of ageism they have experienced, as well as participants of any age and gender to participate in a panel about how ageism shows up in contemporary society. (Photos: Heather Doughty)

Peterborough photographer Heather Doughty seeking participants for new project focused on ageism experienced by...

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Set to debut on International Women's Day 2027, 'Stories of Cultural Ageism Experienced by Women in Canada' will feature portraits, audio recordings, and panel discussions,
This week's edition of kawarthaNOW's "Kawartha Localist" editorial series highlights 13 Halloween-related events across the greater Kawarthas region, including Haunted Halloween for Kids at Hutchison House in Peterborough, Ghouly Goat Spooktacular at Haute Goat in Port Hope, Haunted Halloween Forest at Winterdance Dogsled Tours in Haliburton County, Project Skyharvest at Escape Maze in Otonabee-South Monaghan, Halloween in Haliburton, Chaos Carnival's "The Dark Circus" forest walk, and more. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Kawartha Localist: Have a spooktacular Halloween at these 13 events across the greater Kawarthas...

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From supernatural investigations to haunted forests, fundraisers, and trunk-or-treating, here's your guide to local Halloween events.
Once again clad in their yellow and purple velour tracksuits, Linda "The Liquidator" Kash and Megan "The Mauler" Murphy are gearing up to host the fifth annual Cancer Takedown on November 5, 2026 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. The fundraiser for cancer care at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) and "spirit-raiser" for anyone touched by cancer will include music from Melissa Payne, Kate Suhr, Kate Brioux, Beau Dixon, The Weber Brothers, Nicholas Campbell, Brandon Munroe, Ian McKeown, Anthony Bastianon, and Good Medicine. (Photo courtesy of Amy Kemp)

Cancer Takedown fundraiser and spirit-raiser returns to Market Hall in Peterborough on November 5

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Hosted by Linda Kash and Megan Murphy, uplifting evening of song, story, and solidarity will see Kate Brioux return to the stage after her own cancer journey.
Public Energy Performing Arts is partnering with Sara Porter Productions to present "Bad Poetry: Live in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough" for two performances on October 30 and 31, 2026 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough. Featuring musical accompaniment by musician Benj Rowland, Sara Porter's upbeat performance combines lecture-demonstration, contemporary dance performance, and queer clowning to explore how failing can lead to self-acceptance. (Photo: Omer Yukseker)

Sara Porter celebrates the art of getting it wrong in ‘Bad Poetry’ at The...

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Presented by Public Energy, the playful mix of poetry, dance, and queer clowning comes to Peterborough October 30 and 31 with musical accompaniment by Benj Rowland.
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