Authors Articles by Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Articles by Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
324 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.
Kawartha Lakes Food Source (KLFS) is seeing rising food bank use in the City of Kawartha Lakes, which is consistent with nationwide findings recently released by Food Banks Canada in its HungerCount 2024 report. (Photo: KLFS)

Reflecting Food Banks Canada’s latest report, Kawartha Lakes Food Source seeing increased use and...

Food Banks Canada's 2024 HungerCount report 'definitely reflects our situation locally,' says Erika Henry.
Transition House board chair Meaghan MacDonald and executive director Ike Nwibe address Northumberland County Council during a special county council meeting on October 29, 2024. With a 2024 bylaw around the regulation of emergency care establishments now in place in Cobourg, Transition House may be forced to close its doors to additional guests or reduce its occupancy at its Chapel Street location. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Northumberland County video)

Northumberland County council authorizes $40,000 for purchase of hotel rooms for unsheltered residents

Council decision comes with news Transition House faces reduced occupancy to comply with Cobourg bylaw regulating emergency care establishments.
Applications for the Starter Company Growth Program, a provincially funded entreprenurial training and grant program for small businesses administered by the Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (BECN), are open until November 22, 2024. Pictured is Beverley Shepherd, founder and owner of Verano Food Holdings and a previous Starter Company participant. (Photo: BECN / Facebook)

Small businesses in Northumberland County encouraged to apply for Starter Company Growth Program

Applications for BECN-administered entrepreneurial training and grant program open until November 22.
Five Counties Children's Centre CEO Scott Pepin and alumnus Nick Scarr, a huge Cobourg Cougars fan, during the puck drop before the inaugural Cougars for Kids game in 2023. Five Counties is teaming up with the Cougars again for the second annual Cougars for Kids game at the Cobourg Community Centre on November 16, 2024. Funds raised from the game will support treatment services for children and youth with special needs in Northumberland County. (Photo: Five Counties Children's Centre)

Community members can score for Five Counties Children’s Centre at Cobourg Cougars hockey game...

'Cougars For Kids' returns for second year with goal of supporting treatment services for Northumberland kids and youth with special needs.
Peterborough's Dr. Madura Sundareswaran says keeping family doctors happy and choosing to remain practising in Peterborough is a key goal of the recently formed Peterborough Family Physician Think Tank. (Photo: Naomi Lucienne)

‘We should be equally committed to keeping family doctors in the community,’ says Peterborough...

Founded by Dr. Madura Sundareswaran, Peterborough Family Physician Think Tank strives to retain practising doctors in city.
A committee of volunteers in Lindsay is organizing a fundraising event for A Place Called Home that features a dramatic reading of "A Christmas Carol" on December 4, 2024 at Cambridge Street United Church in Lindsay, using a script that was first developed by CBC Radio in 1990 for public readings across the country in support of shelters, food banks, libraries, and hospitals. (Graphic: CBC Radio)

Lindsay citizens to present a dramatic reading of ‘A Christmas Carol’ to tackle homelessness

December 4 event at Cambridge Street United Church is a fundraiser for non-profit organization A Place Called Home.
Community Care Peterborough is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Meals on Wheels program in Peterborough, which began on October 22, 1964 when the former Civic Hospital (now Peterborough Regional Health Centre) prepared seven meals a day that were delivered by volunteers from the Rotary Club of Peterborough. Today, the program provides more than 50,000 meals annually to seniors and adults with physical challenges across the city and county of Peterborough. (Photo: Community Care Peterborough)

‘Each delivery offers not just a meal but a friendly face, providing clients with...

Community Care Peterborough marks 60th anniversary of Meals on Wheels program in Peterborough.
Members of Kawartha Lakes Fire Rescue Service's Lindsay fire station, along with the fire prevention and education team members, accept a cheque for $2,085 from Firehouse Subs Lindsay in support of the fire service's door-to-door smoke alarm program. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

Kawartha Lakes Fire Rescue Service extends grateful nod to Firehouse Subs for fundraiser

Donation of $2,085 from Lindsay business will help ensure more local homes are equipped with life-saving smoke alarms.
The 17th annual Walk a Mile event in Cobourg on October 5, 2024 raised more than $55,000 for Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre. (Photo: Cornerstone / Facebook)

Northumberland residents walk for a cause and raise more than $55,000 for Cornerstone Family...

Proceeds from Cobourg fundraiser will support programs and services for women and children affected by gender-based violence.
Two young boys and an adult at a child care centre. (Photo: Sally LeDrew Pictures by Sally LeDrew Salleeco Stock)

Northumberland County and partners aim to open 132 new licensed child care spaces by...

Locations in Port Hope, Warkworth, and Cobourg set for completion by end of 2024, with additional Port Hope location delayed.

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