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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.
Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (Habitat PKR) held a groundbreaking ceremony in Fraserville on May 7, 2025 for a 3D-printed affordable home to be built for a local family. Pictured from left to right are Cormor Inc. CEO and co-founder Dwight Corcoran, Community Futures Peterborough board member Ron Black, Otonabee-South Monaghan Township mayor Joe Taylor, Peterborough County warden Bonnie Clark, Habitat PKR board chair Hope Lee, and future Habitat homeowners James, Kayla, and their three children. (Photo courtesy of Habitat PKR)

Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region breaks ground on 3D-printed affordable home in...

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Project 'a model of what's possible when we think differently,' says Habitat PKR board chair.
Lucy Roda (right), owner and Roda's Kitchen in Cobourg, and her team recently baked and decorated hundreds of Easter cookies in support of Community Care Northumberland's Meals on Wheels program, raising $5,800. (Photo: Community Care Northumberland / Facebook)

Easter cookie fundraiser nets $5,800 for Community Care Northumberland’s Meals on Wheels program

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Annual fundraiser saw hundreds of cookies baked and decorated by Roda's Kitchen in Cobourg.
Sky Haven Equestrian Centre & Retreat in Bethany is one of the tourism-related businesses in Kawarthas Northumberland that has taken advantage of the Acceler8 personalized business mentorship program from Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8). Refreshed for 2025, the program is now accepting applications in advance of the upcoming tourism season. (Photo: Sky Haven Equestrian Centre & Retreat)

Tourism operators in Kawarthas Northumberland can apply for Regional Tourism Organization 8’s business mentorship...

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'Acceler8' program provides participants with one-on-one coaching from experienced tourism professionals.
Susan Zambonin, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (Habitat PKR), presented Lindsay ReStore volunteer Kevin Deuchars with the King Charles III Coronation Medal at a special volunteer celebration hosted at Omemee Coronation Hall on April 30, 2025 during National Volunteer Week. (Photo: Habitat PKR)

Lindsay ReStore volunteer Kevin Deuchars honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal

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Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region presented the longtime community volunteer with the medal during National Volunteer Week.
Members of the Handbags for Hospice committee celebrate the $121,000 that the April 10 event raised in support of Community Care Northumberland's hospice services offered at Ed's House in Northumberland County. (Photo: Ed's House Northumberland Hospice Care Centre)

‘Handbags for Hospice’ raises $121,000 to Support Ed’s House and hospice services in Northumberland...

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Funds will support clients with health system navigation, volunteer in-home visiting, supportive care and grief and bereavement support, and more.
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)

A Place Called Home in Lindsay reflects on recent expansion of shelter from 19...

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Non-profit organization has also received a $5,000 United Way grant to purchase grocery cards for up to 50 people as risk of homelessness
Beekeeping was one of the workshops available to local female students in Grade 7 and 8 during Northumberland County's first-ever FemSTEAM event on April 24, 2025, which gave the students an opportunity to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). Participants also learned about local STEAM businesses and attended a panel discussion with local STEAM entrepreneurs. (Photo: Northumberland County)

Female elementary school students in Northumberland County learn about careers in science, technology, engineering,...

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Northumberland's first-ever FemSTEAM event offered nearly 100 Grade 7 and 8 students a day of mentorship and hands-on learning.
Terry, a Peterborough resident who supports himself by delivering papers and recycling bottles and cans, tries out the prototype sleeping cabin built by Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes (PATH). After leasing a site at 385 Lansdowne Street East from Habitat for Humanity Peterborough and Kawartha Region, PATH applied to the City of Peterborough for a temporary use zoning by-law amendment to build 24 one-room sleeping cabins with wrap-around services to help address the city's homelessness crisis. Although city staff recommended approval of the application, Peterborough city council voted against it, prompting PATH to appeal the decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal. (Photo: Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes)

Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes hosting May 31 fundraiser to support Ontario Land Tribunal...

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The grassroots group is appealing Peterborough city council's decision to reject a staff recommendation for temporary use by-law to allow 24 sleeping cabins.
Attendees at the sold-out "HomeGrown: A Habitat Garden Party Fundraiser" for Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (Habitat PKR) on June 1, 2024 at Northview Gardens in Peterborough. Habitat PRK is hosting the second annual event, "HomeGrown: A Habitat Vineyard Party Fundraiser", at Rolling Grape Vineyards in Bailieboro on June 7, 2025. (Photo: Habitat PKR)

‘HomeGrown’ fundraiser to support Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region’s affordable homebuilding projects

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Attendees at June 7 event will hear about the organization's first-ever 3D-printed home, a home for seven women with special needs, and more.
Five Counties Children's Centre staff and volunteers will be at McDonald's locations in Cobourg and Port Hope on May 8, 2025 as the regional children's treatment centre has once again been chosen as the local charity to benefit from McHappy Day. A portion of proceeds from every food and beverage item sold all day will be donated to Five Counties and Ronald McDonald House Charities. (Photo: Five Counties)

McDonald’s restaurants in Cobourg and Port Hope choose Five Counties Children’s Centre as ‘McHappy...

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For the second year in a row, the regional children's treatment centre will benefit from annual fundraiser on May 8.
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