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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.
Northumberland County's municipal building, which includes community service spaces, meeting rooms including council chambers, and administrative offices, is located at 555 Courthouse Road in Cobourg. (Photo: Northumberland County)

Northumberland County council votes to open temporary winter warming room in county council chambers...

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Following June decision to close warming room at Division Street shelter, council had directed staff to explore four possible locations.
The Town of Cobourg is seeking public feedback about its proposed 10-year parks and recreation master plan. A drop-in community workshop will be held on October 30, 2025 at the Cobourg Community Centre and online engagement tools including a survey are available until November 10. (Photo: Town of Cobourg)

Cobourg seeking input from residents and visitors on the future of the town’s parks...

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People can find out more about the proposed 10-year master plan at an October 30 drop-in community workshop and can complete an online survey.
The United Way Peterborough & District released the final report from the 2024 point-in-time count of people experiencing homelessness in Peterborough on October 14, 2025. (Graphic: United Way Peterborough & District)

Report reveals rising chronic homelessness in Peterborough

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Nearly 80% of unhoused people surveyed in 2024 had been homeless for six months or more, according to United Way's latest point-in-time count.
A women covers her face with her hands with a young boy in the background. (Stock photo)

Peterborough parents feel isolated and overwhelmed, according to new research report

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Report from Trent University's Research for Social Change Lab and Lakelands Public Health highlights key challenges of raising children and offers evidence-based recommendations.
Allison Adam, entrepreneurship officer at Community Futures Peterborough (CFP), will deliver a free ideation and business planning workshop in Havelock on January 21, 2026 as part of the CFP Business Advisory Centre's "Entrepreneurship 101: County Edition" series. The three-part series also includes a marketing and branding workshop on February 4 in Millbrook, and a funding and cash flow workshop on February 18 in Lakefield. (Photo courtesy of CFP)

Community Futures Peterborough expands popular ‘Entrepreneurship 101’ workshop series to Peterborough County

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Three in-person sessions in Havelock, Millbrook, and Lakefield early in the new year will cover business planning, marketing and branding, and funding and cash flow.
Port Hope has the largest volume of historic low-level radioactive wastes in Canada, produced between 1933 and 1988 from uranium and radium refining operations of former Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. A $2.9-billion initiative began in 2012 to clean up the radioactive waste in both Port Hope and Clarington. (Photo via Port Hope Area Initiative)

Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee hosting October 29 public meeting on nuclear issues

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Leading Canadian anti-nuclear activist Dr. Gordon Edwards will speak about health, safety, and security issued related to nuclear power.
In March 2025, Northumberland County announced a 33-member coalition called Prosper in Northumberland to promote and bolster the local economy in response to U.S. trade tariffs, which included the launch of a "Buy Local" campaign over the summer as well as a survey of local residents and businesses. (Photo: Northumberland County)

Northumberland County celebrates Small Business Week by sharing results of recent ‘buy local’ survey

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Prosper in Northumberland coalition survey found two-thirds of residents make supporting locally owned small businesses a priority.
Adam Morrison of the Alzheimer Society of Ontario, Jen Johnstone of the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton, and Jill MacPhee of Kawartha Centre are the speakers at the "Dementia on the Front Lines" event on October 20, 2025 at the Peterborough Golf and Country Club. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

‘Dementia on the Front Lines’ event on October 30 in Peterborough to address rising...

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Hosted by Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton, event will feature three experts.
Five Counties Children's Centre was one of six Peterborough-area organizations that benefited from donations from the second season of Women's Adventures in Golf, a women-led volunteer group that offers fun, themed golfing opportunities once a month for Peterborough women of all skill levels while also raising funds for local charities. In 2025, the group raised more than $5,200, bringing its two-year total to more than $10,000 in support of local women, children, and families. (Photo: Five Counties Children's Centre)

Women’s Adventures in Golf swings big in 2025, raising more than $5,200 for local...

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The women-led group's second season welcomed nearly 300 participants, building friendships and confidence while supporting six Peterborough-area organizations.
Peterborough County has received a grant through the Invasive Phragmites Control Fund, a program of the not-for-profit Invasive Species Centre supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources, that will help the county identity populations of invasive phragmites along road allowances with the goal of developing a program to manage the aggressively spreading grass that crowds out native plants. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough County)

Peterborough County receives grant to map invasive phragmites along county road allowances

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Mapping initiative will guide development of a program to manage the aggressively spreading grass that crowds out native plants.
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