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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.
The Lindsay Garden Club is gearing up for its second annual "Flower Power" Christmas initiative. The project is designed to deliver holiday cheer to seniors in long-term care homes in the City of Kawartha Lakes through flowers and personalized Christmas cards. (Photos: Lindsay Garden Club)

Lindsay Garden Club harnessing ‘Flower Power’ to share Christmas joy with seniors in area...

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Flowering plants and Christmas cards from area schoolchildren aim to deliver cheer this holiday season.
A teenage boy sitting on the street against a fence with his head down on crossed arms on his knees. (Stock photo)

Northumberland agency launching ‘Nightstop’ program for youth in need of emergency housing

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Network of trained volunteer hosts will provide safe short-term accommodation for those 16 and older starting in 2025.
Ed's House Northumberland Hospice Care Centre officially unveiled its new wind phone, an addition to the Hamilton Township hospice's therapy garden, on November 21, 2024. The original wind phone was created in Japan by Itaru Sasaki in 2010 while he was grieving his cousin who died of cancer. He purchased an old-fashioned phone booth and set it up in his garden with an obsolete rotary phone that was not connected to wires and called it "kaze no denwa" (Japanese for "phone of the wind"). (Photo: Ed's House / Facebook)

Northumberland County hospice welcomes addition of ‘wind phone’ in therapy garden

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'The phone has gained popularity and is a comforting outlet for those dealing with a loss': Hospice services director.
The teams of Rebound Child and Youth Services and Cobourg Home Depot kicking off the Holiday 2024 Orange Door Project campaign, an initiative of the Home Depot Canada Foundation to help prevent youth homelessness across the country. Until December 22, 2024, Northumberland County residents donate to the campaign during checkout at the Cobourg Home Depot or online. According to Rebound, more and more youth in the community are experiencing unstable housing. (Photo: Rebound Child and Youth Services)

‘Youth experiencing unstable housing is growing in our community’: Rebound Child and Youth Services

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Northumberland agency is receiving a boost from Cobourg Home Depot through the Holiday Orange Door Project Campaign to fight youth homelessness.
Northumberland County is encouraging community members who have a disability or have lived experience with disabilities to join the Northumberland Accessibility Advisory Committee and help identify barriers to accessbility and create practical inclusive solutions. Pictured is assistive listening technology installed at customer service desks in county facilities that not only makes it easier for visitors to hear staff behind plexiglass safety barriers by dimming background noise and sharpening the sound of speech, but also has integrated hearing loop technology that enables a wireless transfer of speech directly to a visitor's hearing aids. (Photo: Northumberland County)

Northumberland County seeking members for accessibility advisory committee to help build a barrier-free future

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'Individuals with disabilities or related experiences bring authentic perspectives to the discussion,' says county's accessibility coordinator.
Construction crews tearing up recently poured concrete sidewalks on the south side of Walton Street in downtown Port Hope after footprints were left in the still-curing concrete, part of the Walton Street reconstruction project. The municipality says the damaged sidewalks will either be repaired or removed and repoured and fully cured in time for Port Hope's Christmas celebrations beginning November 29, 2024. (Photo: Municipality of Port Hope)

Port Hope’s candlelight walk and Santa Claus parade still going ahead after sidewalk damage...

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Municipality says crews are working to repair or replace the damaged sidewalks before Christmas celebrations begin on November 29.
Located at 64 Lindsay Street South in Lindsay, A Place Called Home (APCH) offers emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness and a daily drop-in service for people at risk of homelessness in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County. (Photo: APCH)

‘Be kind and patient with those living outside’: Lindsay shelter manager

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A Place Called Home shares suggestions for how the public can support those staying at sites and encampments in Kawartha Lakes.
On November 19, 2024, City of Kawartha Lakes council approved naming the osprey as the municipality's official bird. (Photo courtesy of City of Kawartha Lakes)

City of Kawartha Lakes council names osprey as municipality’s official bird

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'Graceful in flight, powerful and resilient by nature, the osprey is a fitting symbol of Kawartha Lakes'
Parents Julie and Aaron Grant and their son Jude are being featured in a new promotional campaign recently launched by Five Counties Children's Centre. The regional children's treatment centre supports Jude and other children with special needs in the Kawartha Lakes and in Peterborough, Northumberland, and Haliburton counties. In 2023, Five Counties received a $135,200 grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation to implement new fundraising and communications strategies. (Photo courtesy of Five Counties Children's Centre)

Parents praise Five Counties Children’s Centre for impact on their son’s development

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Regional children's centre uses Ontario Trillium Fund grant to double its fundraising impact so it can help even more kids and their families.
Sharron Wharram-Spry and Brian Spry of Spry Family Christmas Tree Farm in Cobourg will be hosting their 10th and final fundraiser for Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation on December 7, 2024, with proceeds helping fund the purchase of a hematology analyzer for the hospital's laboratory. (Photo courtesy of Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation)

Northumberland residents can find the perfect Christmas tree while supporting local healthcare

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Northumberland Hills Hospital fundraiser at Spry Family Christmas Tree Farm in Cobourg returns for its 10th and final time on December 7.
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