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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.
Five Counties Children's Centre was one of six Peterborough-area organizations that benefited from donations from the second season of Women's Adventures in Golf, a women-led volunteer group that offers fun, themed golfing opportunities once a month for Peterborough women of all skill levels while also raising funds for local charities. In 2025, the group raised more than $5,200, bringing its two-year total to more than $10,000 in support of local women, children, and families. (Photo: Five Counties Children's Centre)

Women’s Adventures in Golf swings big in 2025, raising more than $5,200 for local...

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The women-led group's second season welcomed nearly 300 participants, building friendships and confidence while supporting six Peterborough-area organizations.
Peterborough County has received a grant through the Invasive Phragmites Control Fund, a program of the not-for-profit Invasive Species Centre supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources, that will help the county identity populations of invasive phragmites along road allowances with the goal of developing a program to manage the aggressively spreading grass that crowds out native plants. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough County)

Peterborough County receives grant to map invasive phragmites along county road allowances

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Mapping initiative will guide development of a program to manage the aggressively spreading grass that crowds out native plants.
A young woman with her arm around the shoulders of an elderly person. (Stock photo)

Northumberland PACE launches new season of health and wellness speakers on October 23

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Free 'Independent Living as We Age' webinar features guest speaker Micki McLean, who has 20 years of experience working in the retirement industry in Cobourg.

Initiative to grant Rice Lake legal personhood status gaining momentum, says Alderville First Nation...

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Taynar Simpson receives support from Alderville community, with recent Port Hope benefit concert raising more than $20,000 for initiative.
Organized by Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (Habitat PKR), the Women Build Retreat held from October 3 to 5 at Camp Timberlane in Haliburton County taught participants how to build a bunkie, which will be auctioned off to raise funds for an affordable housing project in Haliburton. The event also raised $15,000 for affordable housing projects across the Kawarthas region. (Photo: Habitat PKR)

Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region’s Women Build Retreat raises $15,000 to support...

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Women learned construction skills during three-day event in Haliburton, with Habitat also offering a six-week workshop series for women this fall.
Northumberland County is hosting a series of open houses in October 2025 for the public to review the draft of an agriculture amendment to the county's official plan, including proposed updates to mapping. (Photo: Northumberland County)

Northumberland County hosting open houses for residents to review updates to agriculture mapping in...

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Proposed amendment aims to strike a balance between the pressures of growth and the need to preserve agricultural lands.
The Cobourg Fire Department, along with a production team including local actors and Town of Cobourg staff, has launched a new fire prevention video that strongly drives home the importance of having working smoke alarms and a practised home escape plan. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Cobourg Fire Department video)

Cobourg Fire Department launches hard-hitting PSA to spark fire safety awareness

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Locally produced 'In A Minute' video underscores how fast fire spreads and why working smoke alarms and practised escape plans save lives.
Abbeyfield House Society of Lakefield president Ron Black and Abbeyfield Canada executive director JP Melville at the Ontario East Municipal Conference in Ottawa in September 2023, when they gave a standing-room-only presentation about Abbeyfield Canada and the Abbeyfield Lakefield project. (Photo: Abbeyfield Canada)

Abbeyfield House Society of Lakefield to mark site plan approval of its family-style seniors’...

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Community invited to October 18 event for the unveiling of a rendering of 19-unit building on Ermatinger Street, with construction slated to begin in 2026.
Rose Wilton, founder and program manager of The Rose Quest, in October 2024 with a donation of personal hygiene products for Kinark Child and Family Services. As the next step of the personal care initiative she founded in 2014, which became a non-profit organization in 2020 and a registered charity in 2024, Wilton's organization is raising $200,000 to create Ontario's first community-focused hygiene centre for those in need. The organization expects to provide 25,000 essential hygiene items to more than 2,000 people annually. (Photo: The Rose Quest / Facebook)

Rose Wilton in Northumberland County launches Ontario’s first centre dedicated to tackling hygiene poverty

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The Rose Quest Hygiene Centre would provide more than 25,000 hygiene items to more than 2,000 people through schools, shelters, food banks, and more.
Catherine McNeely accepts the "Bee a Hero" award from City of Kawartha Lakes councillor Pat Warren as the city's environmental advisory committee Deb Pearson (left) and Mayor Doug Elmslie look on during the committee of the whole meeting on October 7, 2025. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Kawartha Lakes video)

City of Kawartha Lakes recognizes residents and businesses with ‘Bee a Hero’ and environmental...

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Catherine McNeely, Zachary Steele, Diane and Glenn Hunt, John Bush, Kristie McCabe, and Bonita O'Neill among the award recipients.
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