Authors Articles by Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Articles by Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
330 Articles
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 Ontario, about 1,400 people on average are waiting for a life-saving organ. Ryley Mitchell (left, pictured with her mother Joanna in 2022) received a heart transplant in 2006 when she was seven months old after she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. (Photo: Mitchell family)

March 28 virtual talk in Northumberland PACE speakers’ series targets why, what, and how...

Around 1,400 people on average in Ontario are waiting for a life-saving organ.
On March 25, 2024, Sayers Foods in Apsley will open for business for the first time in almost 40 months since a fire destroyed the original building and the only grocery store in North Kawartha Township. As well as being a food and social destination for the township's 2,300 year-round residents and 12,000 seasonal residents, the store was a driver of the local economy. (Photos: Sayers Foods / Facebook)

Sayers Foods in Apsley is finally reopening almost 40 months after a devastating fire

Rebuilt family-owned grocery store, the only one in North Kawartha Township, will have a soft opening on March 25.
Northumberland Paramedics Chief Susan Brown (sixth from left) passes the keys of a decommissioned ambulance to Habitat for Humanity Northumberland construction manager Tobias Moeller on March 20, 2024. Also pictured from left to right are Northumberland County councillors Mandy Martin and Lucas Cleveland, deputy warden Olena Hankivsky, Habitat for Humanity Northumberland community and fund development co-ordinator Melissa Morrison, councillor Bob Crate, Habitat for Humanity Northumberland housing partnerships co-ordinator Aleecia Lugossy, warden Brian Ostrander, and councillor John Logel. (Photo: Northumberland county)

‘We are pleased to see this retired ambulance repurposed’: Northumberland Paramedics chief

Paramedics and Northumberland County donate decommissioned ambulance to Habitat for Humanity Northumberland.
Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre operations specialist Neil Horner (far right) with Newcomers' Food Entrepreneur Pitch Competition participants, from left to right, Takahiro Takehana and Madoka Takehana of 'Pastry Kukki' in Cobourg, Dawood Abdulsalam and Kabirat Agunbiade of Ottawa (who won the competition with their 'Harvestroot Blend' product), and Sabrina Zaman and Nafis Muntasir of '& Natural' in Bowmanville. Not pictured is Rajesh Kumar of 'Pinni, Healthy Harmony' in Toronto. (Photo: Northumberland County)

Newcomer food entrepreneurs showcase their food products in Northumberland County competition

Newcomers' Food Entrepreneur Program helps new Canadians interested in turning their small-batch recipe into a scalable recipe for retail sale.
Peterborough Paramedics deputy chief Craig Jones with some of the 1,500 donations of blankets and sleeping bags donated by members of the community for the annual "Blankets for People" initiative. At pop-up locations throughout Peterborough County, residents were encouraged to fill an ambulance with blanket donations. Windsor's Drycleaning Centre ensured all the donations were cleaned prior to distribution for people in need, including those using the Trinity Community Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Peterborough County)

‘Blankets for People’ initiative receives ‘overwhelming’ response from Peterborough community

More than 1,500 blankets and sleeping bags collected for those in need, including 700 at pop-up locations in Peterborough County.
Located south of Westwood Park in Cobourg, the 14-acre parcel of land Northumberland County has purchased from the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board is currently a mix of forest and grassland. The county intended to develop a portion of the land for affordable housing, subject to standard zoning and environmental reviews. (Photo: Google Earth)

Northumberland County land purchase targets ‘pressing need for affordable and attainable housing’

Planning, zoning and environmental studies next steps in county's acquisition of 14-acre school board property in Cobourg.
Peterborough's newest school, Kaawaate East City Public School is located at 250 Hunter Street East near the top of Armour Hill and the Peterborough Museum & Archives. It opened in 2021 and serves students from junior kindergarten to Grade 8. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough parents launch fundraising campaign for East City school playground

Ontario Ministry of Education doesn't fund playgrounds for new schools, including Kaawaate East City Public School that opened in 2021.
The Norwood Clinic's two physicians, Dr. Alex Cormier and Dr. Angie Ford (pictured), are in the process of transitioning into the new space at 17 Spruce St. in Norwood, where they will be supported by nurse practitioner Mary Walsh. A third doctor, Dr. Ryan Hutcheson, is expected to join the team in July 2024. (Photos courtesy of Township of Asphodel-Norwood)

New medical centre opens in Norwood

Clinic in new Trillium Medical Campus building will include 3 doctors and 1 nurse practitioner.
Taking place on August 24, 2024, the 21st annual Kawartha Lakes Classic Cycling Tour begins in Lindsay and features 50, 100, and 160 kilometre road routes and 20 and 40 kilometre trail routes, with cyclists raising funds to support A Place Called Home and its programs and services for people experiencing homelessness in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton. (Photo: A Place Called Home)

Summer cycling tour to raise funds for people experiencing homelessness in Kawartha Lakes and...

Registration now open for August 24 Kawartha Lakes Classic Cycling Tour, a fundraiser for A Place Called Home in Lindsay.
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 council welcomes $2.4 million from province for new Cobourg shelter, homelessness services

'There is urgency to this mission and progress will be made through collective action': Northumberland County Warden Brian Ostrander.

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