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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.
In partnership with Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) and Northumberland County, the Business and Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (BECN) is presenting the "She Owns It" women's entrepreneurship conferencea in Cobourg on November 7, 2024. The half-day conference will feature presentations from Mabel's Labels co-founder and senior director Julie Cole, The Sorry Girls co-founders Becky Wright and Kelsey MacDermaid, and media host, producer, and writer Pay Chen. (kawarthaNOW collage of photos from BECN website)

Women’s entrepreneurship conference in Cobourg ‘ready to empower and inspire women leaders in business’

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Business and Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland invites local business owners to attend 'She Owns It' event on November 7.
The City of Kawartha Lakes is extending Lindsay Transit's evening hours of operation from Mondays to Saturdays for all four conventional bus routes as well as LIMO Specialized Transit. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Lindsay Transit riders are getting 3 more hours of evening service Mondays to Saturdays...

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Almost 72 per cent of survey respondents requested hours be extended until at least 10 p.m. on weekdays.
A doctor with a patient. (Stock photo)

Northumberland County council approves $40,000 for physician recruitment marketing campaign and pilot project

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One-time investment will extend call for doctors in all areas of the county: Northumberland County deputy warden.
Habitat for Humanity Northumberland is teaming up with Roda's Kitchen in Cobourg to fundraise for building projects through the limited time sale of sets of cookies decorated with a Thanksgiving theme. (Photo: Habitat for Humanity Northumberland)

Habitat for Humanity Northumberland teams up with Cobourg bakery for Thanksgiving cookie fundraiser

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Supporting affordable housing, boxes of five cookies from Roda's Kitchen can be ordered until October 4.
In 2018, Hamilton photographer Jessie Golem created a photographic series called "Humans of Basic Income," showing the human side of the Ontario provincial government's decision to cancel the basic income pilot project. Herself a participant in the program, Golem's portraits of participants in the program — who are holding signs sharing their stories of how project has benefited them — received national and international attention. (Photo: Jessie Golem)

Kawarthas region board of health calls for federal government action on guaranteed basic income

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Board for Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit endorses Bills S-233 and C-223.
Fleming College is bringing a new mobile laboratory to Lindsay's Frost campus to train personal support workers. The mobile lab is equipped with portable beds, lifts, and state-of-the-art technology. (Photo: Fleming College)

Fleming College providing education on wheels to train personal support workers in Lindsay

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New mobile laboratory will allow Frost campus students to participate in PSW program without having to commute to Peterborough campus.
At its meeting on September 18, 2024, Northumberland County council put the brakes on any further work to study different scenarios for policing services in Northumberland County. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Northumberland County council tables any further work on studying police services

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'This a lower-tier responsibility and it must stay there': county councillor Scott Jibb.
Two of the children who participated in the kids fun run during the inaugural Monarch Butterfly Festival and Run in October 2023. The 2024 event takes place on Saturday, September 21, with a sold-out 10km race and 1km kids fun run preceding the festival in Peterborough's Millennium Park. Funds raised during the event will support a non-profit environmental organization in Mexico that is working to conserve, regenerate, and protect the habitat of the endangered monarch butterfly. (Photo courtesy of Monarch Ultra)

Monarch Butterfly Festival takes flight Saturday at Millennium Park in Peterborough

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Preceded by 10km race and 1km kids fun run, 2nd annual event raises awareness and funds for monarch butterfly conservation efforts.
Both the Town and Cobourg and the City of Kawartha Lakes are among Ontario municipalities participating in "Test Your Smoke Alarm Day" on September 28, 2024, a provincial campaign led by Ontario's Office of the Fire Marshal where residents are asked to "take the pledge" to test their smoke alarms. (kawarthaNOW screenshot from Saved by the Beep video)

Cobourg and Kawartha Lakes among municipalities participating in ‘Test Your Smoke Alarm Day’ on...

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'Lives will be saved by regularly testing smoke alarms at least once a month': fire chiefs.
Northumberland County council has hired a consultant to complete a review of police services in Northumberland, which encompasses looking at one police service for the entire county instead of the current three: the Port Hope Police Service, the Cobourg Police Service, and the Ontario Provincial Police's Northumberland detachment with locations in Cobourg, Brighton, and Campbellford. (kawarthaNOW collage of police service photos)

Report on police services in Northumberland County coming before council September 18

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With current services provided by three forces, councillors will review results of study exploring concept of one county-wide police service.
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