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Authors Articles by Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Articles by Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
328 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.
The Peterborough Family Health Team's Health Clinic has locations in Peterborough and Lakefield (pictured). Open to Peterborough-area residents without a family doctor, it is not a walk-in clinic; all patients are required to make an appointment. (Photo: Google Maps)

Peterborough Family Health Team introducing expanded hours for its health clinic

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Move aimed to enhance care for residents without a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
The new CT scanner at Campbellford Memorial Hospital, which will replace the existing 13-year-old CT scanner, will be more reliable and provide cleaner imaging allowing physicians to make more efficient diagnoses while reducing wait times and patient exposure to radiation. (Photo: Campbellford Memorial Hospital)

Campbellford Memorial Hospital’s new CT scanner will reduce wait times and radiation exposure

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To be installed by early April, the hospital's $1.4-million scanner will also equip physicians with cleaner images.
Alderville First Nation Chief Taynar Simpson (second from left) with councillors (from left to right) Lisa McDonald, Dawn Marie Kelly, Nora Sawyer, and Jason Marsden. Alderville First Nation is governed by a Chief and four councillors who are elected every two years by ballot vote. (Photo: Alderville First Nation)

‘This is an existential threat to our very existence as Indigenous people’: Alderville First...

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Chief Taynar Simpson sees quashing federal bill C-53 as a 'top priority'.
Ava Richardson and Kiyotami (Zenryu) Owatari moved from Japan to Peterborough County to launch their market garden farm Hello Farm in Havelock in 2021. The married couple used Japanese farming techniques to improve the soil quality, resulting in growth in overall crop yields by their second year of production. (Photo: Hello Farm)

Hello Farm recognized with Peterborough Agricultural Innovation Award for Japanese farming techniques

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Ava Richardson and Kiyotami (Zenryu) Owatari moved their farm from Japan to Havelock to grow organic heirloom vegetables.
Habitat for Humanity Northumberland hopes to raise $30,000 for local housing projects through its already sold-out Spring Dinner in the ReStore fundraiser on April 7, 2024 and other related initiatives. (Photo courtesy of Habitat for Humanity Northumberland)

Habitat for Humanity Northumberland hosting Sunday dinner in Cobourg, silent auction, online raffle

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Organization striving to raise $30,000 for local housing projects.
More than 200 walkers have registered so far for the Coldest Night of the Year event on February 24, 2024 in Port Hope, hosted by Northumberland County's Green Wood Coalition, which aims to raise $95,000 to support those experiencing homelessness, hunger, and hardship. (Photo: Green Wood Coalition)

Northumberland County’s Green Wood Coalition gears up for Coldest Night of the Year on...

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Residents can walk two or five kilometres in Port Hope to support those experiencing homelessness, hunger, and hardship.
A child helps a volunteer pack meals during a past One Million Meals Peterborough event in support of Kids Against Hunger Canada. (Photo: One Million Meals Peterborough / Facebook)

‘One Million Meals’ fundraiser underway in Peterborough to combat food insecurity

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Community members can raise money and pack meals on April 6 to benefit Kids Against Hunger Canada.
Peterborough Public Health recommends those who use drugs carry multiple naloxone kits to temporarily reverse an opioid overdose. If opioid drugs are tainted with benzodiazepines or other sedatives, naloxone cannot reverse the sedatives' effects. (Photo: Peterborough Public Health)

Peterborough Public Health extends drug-poisoning alert after five additional poisonings on Tuesday

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There have been 19 poisonings since the weekend, with sedatives confirmed in one substance.
Homeward Bound Peterborough is a four-year program that aims to help precariously housed single mothers in Peterborough city and county achieve lasting economic self-sufficiency. The program aids mothers, aged 19 and older, who are facing multiple barriers such as unstable housing, a risky financial situation, and limited or no access to education, childcare, and sustainable employment. (Stock photo)

Homeward Bound Peterborough ‘helping mothers create pathways to independence’

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Seven single moms recently graduated the program and are pursuing new futures.
Dr. Madura Sundareswaran, a family physician who has been leading the Peterborough Newcomer Health Clinic since January 2023, is seeking another family physician who can work at the clinic for a half day per week and possibly take on some of the clients of the transitional clinic after they have been discharged. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Madura Sundareswaran)

Newcomer health clinic’s effort to recruit another family doctor could benefit entire Peterborough community

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Clinic founder Dr. Madura Sundareswaran says city could need a total of 29 family physicians to meet need for growing number of unattached patients.
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