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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.
Communities across the Kawarthas region will be gathering for festive and family-fun celebrations in the weeks leading up to Christmas. One such festivity will be Port Hope's annual Candlelight Festival, being held from November 29, 2024 to January 2, 2025. (Photo: Ken Solilo)

Deck the halls with these holiday events in the Kawarthas region

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From non-profit auctions to art exhibits, festivals, and fundraisers, there are many community events to get you in the holiday spirit.
Santa of course! Father Christmas will be coming to Millbrook on December 7, 2024 for the annual Christmas in the Village celebration. Taking place this year for a full day on Saturday, the event kicks off with Breakfast with Santa in the morning at the Millbrook Legion and continues throughout the day with a vendor market, live music, holiday mini photo sessions, and more, until a tree-lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. with a roast beef dinner at the Legion from 5 to 7 p.m. (Photo: Marjorie McDonald)

Celebrate the season when Christmas in the Village returns to Millbrook on December 7

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Held this year on a Saturday, the full-day event features breakfast with Santa, a vendor market, holiday photo sessions, tree lighting, and more.
After a successful holiday show last December, Peterborough's New Stages Theatre is staging another twist on a favourite festive tale from December 11 to 15, 2024 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. Katie Leamen's "A Christmas Carol Comedy" transforms the classic tale by Charles Dickens into a hilarious two-person production, with Linda Kash as the Christmas-hating Scrooge and Kerry Griffin as every other character. Directed by Mark Wallace, the actors are joined by local legend Beau Dixon as musical director, who will lead a holiday sing-along ahead of each performance and will also provide musical accompaniment for the play. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Bah humbug! Linda Kash gets miserly in New Stages Theatre’s production of ‘A Christmas...

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Kerry Griffin takes on all the other roles in Katie Leamen's hilarious play at Peterborough's Market Hall from December 11 to 15.
Bobbie Broon Home is a family-run home and lifestyle e-commerce business based in Peterborough. Founded by Christine Brown (right) and supported by her adult daughters Ceilie (left) and Emma, the store is named after and inspired by Christine's late father Robert, who always purchased built-to-last products for the home. The store offers sustainable, locally made, and Fair Trade products including handmade pillows, linens, candles, soaps, scarves, and more. (Photo courtesy of Bobbie Broon Home)

Know Your Locals: Turn your home into a cozy space with sustainable Canadian-made goods...

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Owner Christine Brown's Peterborough-based online store sells high-quality and responsibly sourced pillows, throw blankets, towels, candles, and much more.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) construction co-ordinator Shawn Durand and PRHC Foundation President and CEO Lesley Heighway at the new courtyard for the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit currently under construction. The courtyard is the latest project to be funded through the PRHC Foundation's Campaign for PRHC. In celebration of National Philanthropy Day on November 15, 2024, the PRHC Foundation announced it has reached 82 per cent of its $60-million campaign goal, the investment of which can already be seen throughout the regional hospital. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

‘Every corner of PRHC has been touched by the generosity of donors’

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On National Philanthropy Day, the PRHC Foundation celebrates community members who have helped raise 82% of the Campaign for PRHC's $60-million goal.
Peterborough singer-songwriter Georgia Rose performing at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough in October 2024. Having won third place in the 2024 Peterborough's Got Talent and first place in the Kawartha Lakes Alliance of Singer-Songwriters Youth Song Contest, the 18-year-old self-taught artist is having a successful first year in her professional music career. She will be performing both covers and original songs at the Women's Business Network of Peterborough's annual holiday gala fundraiser at the Holiday Inn on December 4, 2024. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

18-year-old singer-songwriter Georgia Rose finds success in first year of ‘dream job’ on stage

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The self-taught artist will be performing at the Women's Business Network of Peterborough holiday gala on December 4.
Tickets are available until November 25, 2024 for the third annual 50/50 fundraiser of the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre (OTCC), a registered charity that helps to protect and conserve Ontario's native turtle species and their habitats by operating a turtle hospital that treats, rehabilitates, and releases injured turtles, by performing extensive research in the field to further conservation initiatives, and by running a comprehensive education and outreach program. (Photo: OTCC)

Proceeds from Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre’s 50/50 draw will support outreach and educational programming

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With the pot of the third annual fundraiser already surpassing $20,000, tickets are available until November 25.
Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (Habitat PKR) recently celebrated the completion of its Leahy's Lane development providing affordable homeownership to 53 families in the community. For the celebratory event, one unit was staged with furniture and décor entirely from the organization's ReStores in Lindsay, Peterborough, and Lakefield. The non-profit home improvement stores and donation centres sell both new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials, and appliances, with proceeds supporting Habitat PKR's work to build affordable homes. (Photo courtesy of Habitat PKR)

Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores are a win for shoppers, donors, the environment, and affordable...

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Home improvement stores and donation centres in Lindsay, Peterborough, and Lakefield sell both new and gently used items at great prices.
Sunshine Therapy Dogs was founded in 2020 to support those in the community facing mental and emotional illness and loneliness. Backed by research on the benefits of human-animal interaction, the charity enlists volunteers to bring their dogs to organizations, institutions, and individual homes to provide companionship, and to reduce symptoms of depression and stress. The Toronto-based charity has recently expanded its coverage regions and is seeking volunteers based in the Peterborough area. (Photo courtesy of Sunshine Therapy Dogs)

Sunshine Therapy Dogs supporting mental and emotional health with expansion to Peterborough

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The Toronto-based charity is seeking volunteers to bring their dogs to community events and organizations.
Since the creation of the Peterborough Airport Master Plan in 2009, Peterborough and the Kawarthas has continued to grow as a global leader in the aerospace and aviation sector with the airport's ideal location, cutting-edge training and research programs, the presence of international and expanding businesses, and specialized services. (Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Airport)

The Peterborough Airport continues to soar with aerospace employment opportunities

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Full-time jobs have doubled to more than 500 since 2009, with 22 businesses now located at the airport and more to come.
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