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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.
Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (PKR) is encouraging area students in grades 4 through 6 to enter the national 2025 "Meaning of Home" contest. Each area contest submission will raise $10 for Habitat for Humanity PKR, and the contest includes three grand prizes of $30,000 and nine runner-up prizes of $10,000 for the winning students' local Habitats for Humanity. In 2023, a submission from grade 6 student Ellyot W. from St. Catherine Catholic Elementary School in Peterborough won $10,000 for Habitat PKR. (Graphic: Habitat PKR)

Humanity for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region encourages young area students to share what...

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National 'Meaning of Home' contest for students in grades 4 to 6 will support local affordable housing efforts.
During "Dining for Dementia", which runs for the month of January 2025, participating restaurants in Peterborough, Cobourg, and Campbellford will be donating a percentage of selected meals to the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton. (Graphic: Alzheimer Society)

Inaugural ‘Dining for Dementia’ during January raising funds and awareness for Alzheimer Society

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Participating restaurants in Peterborough, Cobourg, and Campbellford will donate a portion of cost of selected meals.
In October 2022, Places for People in Haliburton County purchased a five-plex building on Highway 118 east of Carnarvon. The charitable organization owns and manages 20 affordable rental housing units, including seven units for those who require a rent subsidy. (Photo: Places for People)

Places for People in Haliburton County raises over $17,000 for new furnace and heating...

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'The success of our campaign confirmed what we already knew, the Haliburton community is very generous': Susan Tromanhauser.
Venture13, Northumberland County's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre, was launched in 2018. Facilities include the VentureZone Co-working Space, the Venture13 MakeLab, as well as the offices of anchor organizations making up the V13 Board of Partners. (Photo: Venture13 / Facebook)

Town of Cobourg and Venture13 unveil winter 2025 lineup of business development sessions

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Events include a funding forum and two events focused on women in business.
The Division Street shelter in Cobourg is described as a modernized shelter that will help people experiencing homelessness move towards secure housing and independence. (Photo: Northumberland County)

‘This committee will be instrumental in building connections between the shelter and the surrounding...

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Northumberland County launches community liaison committee in support of new homeless shelter in Cobourg.
Sharron Wharram-Spry and Brian Spry (middle) presented a donation of $42,357 to the Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) Foundation as a result of the 10th annual fundraiser held at the Spry Family Christmas Tree Farm on December 7, 2024. (Photo: NHH Foundation)

Final Spry Family Christmas Tree Farm fundraiser generates more than $40K for west Northumberland...

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Annual event hosted by Sharron Wharram-Spry and Brian Spry has raised $214,000 over the past decade.
The new board of health for the Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit, a merger of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit and Peterborough Public Health, met on January 2, 2025 and elected Selwyn Township deputy mayor Ron Black (pictured) as chair for 2025, with Municipality of Highlands East deputy mayor Cecil Ryall elected as vice chair for 2025. (Photo: Selwyn Township)

New board of health for Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit elects chair and...

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Selwyn Township deputy mayor Ron Black to serve as chair for 2025 with Municipality of Highlands East deputy mayor Cecil Ryall named vice-chair.
The senior leadership team of Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, including medical officers of health Dr. Thomas Piggot (front row, right) and Dr. Natalie Bocking (back row, left). The two health units have merged under the legal name Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit, bringing together over 300 public health professionals under a single entity. The first meeting of the new board of health for the merged health unit will be held virtually on January 2, 2025. (Photo: Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit)

Merged health units in Kawarthas region unveil new legal name

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Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit will hold a special board meeting on January 2.
The Town of Cobourg is postponing its family-oriented "First Night" celebration on December 31, 2024 to a later date in January due as warm temperatures and rain have resulted in the closure of the outdoor skating rink at the Rotary Harbourfront Park. (Photo: Experience Cobourg / Facebook)

Cobourg postpones family New Year’s Eve event due to unseasonably warm weather and rain

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With outdoor skating rink currently closed, town says it will provide a new date when weather stabilizes.
Lindsay Garden Club volunteers recently delivered more than 700 brightly coloured Kalanchoe plants, along with Christmas cards created by area schoolchildren, to residents of Kawartha Lakes long-term care homes. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Garden Club)

‘Flower Power’ gift initiative delivers holiday joy to seniors at Kawartha Lakes long-term care...

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'They loved the plants, but they especially loved all of the homemade cards from the kids': Lindsay Garden Club.
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