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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.
A Place Called Home (APCH), which operates an emergency shelter in Lindsay and outreach services to those who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County, is celebrating the success of its annual Kawartha Lakes Classic Cycling Tour this past summer. The event attracted more than 150 cyclists and raised $40,000 for the organization. (Photo: Bill Dickinson)

Kawartha Lakes cycling fundraiser raises $40,000 for A Place Called Home to help support...

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'Nothing beats the feeling of seeing them move into their own space,' says manager of Lindsay shelter.
Compass Early Learning & Care has announced it is expanding its child care services in the Kawartha Lakes with the purchase of the former elementary school at 1047 Portage Rd. in Kirkfield. A new child care program with 49 spaces is expected to open in 2025. (Photo courtesy of Compass Early Learning & Care)

Compass Early Learning & Care plans to open new child care centre in Kirkfield

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Offering 49 spaces, child care program in former elementary school anticipated to open in 2025.
Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes are recognizing National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a variety of events both on and before Monday, September 30. In addition to local events in communities across the country, the national commemorative gathering "Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation" will be broadcast live from Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday. (Photo: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation website)

Events in Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on...

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'We need to take meaningful action to fulfil our collective commitment to reconciliation': Peterborough mayor Jeff Leal.
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.
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