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Articles by Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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Based in Northumberland County, Natalie Hamilton is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience. Her reporting is funded by the Government of Canada through its Local Journalism Initiative.
Lindsay Community Food Market coordinator Ashley Anderson with some of the 50 gift-filled shoeboxes distributed to Kawartha Lakes Food Source by The Shoebox Project's Kawartha Lakes chapter for women in the Kawarthas region who are experiencing poverty or homelessness. Thanks to gift donors and sponsors, the Kawartha Lakes chapter of The Shoebox Project for Women collected and delivered 210 gift-filled shoeboxes for the 2024 holiday season. (Photo courtesy of The Shoebox Project Kawartha Lakes)

Kawartha Lakes chapter of The Shoebox Project delivers 210 gift-filled shoeboxes for local women...

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Each shoebox contains about $50 worth of items including essential self-care products, little luxuries, seasonal items, and messages of encouragement .
The 35 emergency shelter beds at Transition House's new shelter at 310 Division Street location in Cobourg are now open. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Northumberland County video)

35 beds now open at new Cobourg shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Northumberland...

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Shelter at 310 Division St. also offers a warming/cooling room, accessible shower and washroom, laundry facilities, a resource centre and wellness area, and more.
100 Men of Kawartha Lakes choose three local charities to receive member donations at its meeting on December 5, 2024 at One Eyed Jack in Lindsay. Kawartha Lakes Food Source will receive $15,400 from the group of 174 men, with the Lindsay Agricultural Society and the IE Weldon Secondary School robotics team each receiving $1,000. The collective philanthropy group has met four times a year for the past seven years, raising over $250,000 for local charities. (Photo: 100 Men of Kawartha Lakes)

100 Men of Kawartha Lakes has raised over $250,000 for local charities over past...

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Giving circle of 174 men held its latest meeting on December 5, with Kawartha Lakes Food Source receiving $15,400.
Municipality of Brighton Mayor Brian Ostrander will again serve as Northumberland County's warden for 2025, with Municipality of Port Hope Mayor Olena Hankivsky also again serving as deputy warden. (Photo courtesy of Northumberland County)

Brian Ostrander will serve as Northumberland County’s top politician for another year

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Brighton mayor named warden, Port Hope mayor Olena Hankivsky appointed deputy warden for 2025 county council term.
A volunteer with Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) collects seeds from the tallgrass prairie at KLT's Ballyduff Trails nature reserve in Kawartha Lakes as part of ongoing efforts to restore the endangered ecosystem. KLT has received a $141,000 investment from the Greenbelt Foundation for restoration and stewardship work along sections of the Oak Ridges Moraine located in the City of Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough County. (Photo courtesy of KLT)

Greenbelt Foundation’s $141,000 grant will help Kawartha Land Trust restore and expand forests and...

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Investment will support restoration and stewardship work on conserved and private lands on a section of the Oak Ridges Moraine in the Kawarthas.
Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP and Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development David Piccini with his parliamentary assistant and Ajax MPP Patrice Barnes during a media event at Humber Polytechnic's Centre for Trades and Technology in Etobicoke on November 26, 2024 to announce the Working For Workers Six Act that, if passed, will support families and help more women enter and remain in the skilled trades. (Photo: Office of David Piccini)

‘We cannot build the homes, hospitals, and schools we need leaving 50 per cent...

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Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP and labour minister David Piccini highlights importance of supporting women and families in the trades sector.
Ampere, previously known as Pinnguaq, is offering a scholarship for one child or youth between the ages of nine and 12 years old at its Lindsay STEAM school. (Photo courtesy of Ampere)

Ampere offers first-ever STEAM school scholarship for children and youth in Kawartha Lakes

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Previously known as Pinnguaq, the non-profit organization recently changed its name to reflects its evolving mandate and reach.
A outdoors winter scene showing a man pulling a young boy on a sled through the woods with a young girl and boy following in the background. (Stock photo)

How families can keep the ‘happy’ in the holidays by avoiding stress and upheaval

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Five Counties Children's Centre suggests planning activities as a family, unplugging from technology, making time for outdoor and indoor play, and more.
Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) in Lindsay is recruiting volunteers for a program that gets elderly patients up and moving while they're in the Kawartha Lakes hospital with the aim of increasing their strength and mobility and accelerating their ability to return home. (Photo: Ross Memorial Hospital / Facebook)

Kawartha Lakes hospital recruiting volunteers to help keep elderly patients mobile as part of...

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Initiative provides opportunity to 'make an impactful difference within our community': Ross Memorial Hospital spokesperson.
Northumberland County purchased this 47-bedroom complex at 310 Division Street in Cobourg for a new 35-bed emergency shelter with related services to be operated by Transition House. The building is the former location of Cobourg Retirement Residence, which closed earlier in 2023. (Photo: Google Maps)

Northumberland County invites public to tour new homeless shelter in Cobourg

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With renovations nearly complete at 310 Division Street, an open house takes place on December 16.
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