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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.
Organized by the Kawartha Cycling Club in partnership with A Place Called Home and sponsored by Boston Pizza Lindsay, the 22nd annual Kawartha Lakes Classic Cycling Tour takes place in Oakwood on August 23, 2025, with all proceeds supporting emergency shelter services for individuals and families in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County experiencing homelessness. (Photo courtesy of A Place Called Home)

Kawartha Lakes Classic Cycling Tour returns August 23 to benefit Lindsay’s homeless shelter

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Starting in Oakwood this year, the annual fundraiser for A Place Called Home offers five routes ranging from 20 to 160 kilometres.
Formerly Minden Pride, Pride in the Highlands is celebrating Pride Week in the Haliburton Highlands with a series of events running from August 18 to 24, 2025. (Photo via My Haliburton Highlands website)

Pride in the Highlands will be dancing in the street in Minden on August...

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Inclusive free event is part of Pride Week in Haliburton Highlands, which runs from August 18 to 24.
In a region classified as experiencing high to extreme fire risk, Northumberland County is reminding all who frequent the Northumberland County Forest to take every precaution necessary to prevent sparks that might ignite a fire, including from cigarette butts and engines. Pictured is a prescribed burn in April 2015 in the red pine plantation south of the Beagle Club Road parking lot to reduce fuel (pine needles) and prepare the site for ongoing restoration and conversion from a red pine plantation to oak forest. (Photo: Northumberland County Forest / Facebook)

Northumberland County urges county forest visitors to exercise ‘extreme caution’ amid extreme fire risk

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'Forest staff have enhanced monitoring and surveillance activities' as dry conditions persist, county says.
Peterborough County-City Paramedics, Peterborough County, and the Otonabee-South Monaghan Fire Department have launched a public awareness campaign called "Love Your Number." The campaign reminds residents, especially those in rural and seasonal areas, to ensure their civic/9-1-1 address sign is clear and well-maintained so emergency responders can easily see it from the road. (Photo: Peterborough County)

Peterborough County launches campaign to remind residents to keep civic address signs visible for...

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'When seconds matter, visibility can make all the difference': Peterborough County-City Paramedics chief.
English Islands, an AI-powered reading platform that boosts literacy by giving real-time feedback as students read aloud and tracking performance gains, is one of the 21 tech companies participating in the fall 2025 cohort of the Innovation Cluster's LevelUP business accelerator program for Ontario-based growth-stage companies in the hard and soft technology sectors whose products have reached the minimum viable product (MVP) stage and beyond. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of English Islands video)

Innovation Cluster in Peterborough announces 21 tech companies chosen for fall 2025 cohort of...

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Interest in the business accelerator program from companies across the region and the GTA continues to grow.
Incoming Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) Auxiliary president Rick Riley and Jennifer Gillard, NHH's vice-president of patient experience, public affairs, and strategic partnerships, present flowers to outgoing NHH Auxiliary president Selena Forsyth (right) at the auxiliary's annual meeting on July 24, 2025 at the Cobourg hospital. (Photo: NHH)

Northumberland Hills Hospital retains and celebrates its healthy volunteer base

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Despite a national decline in volunteerism, the west Northumberland County hospital's auxiliary now has more than 325 volunteers.
Clean Up Peterborough founder Steve Paul went through two bags of plastic, collected during spring clean-ups organized by the grassroots volunteer environmental group, to identify the different types of plastics used. Pictured are items made of #5 plastic, also known as polypropylene. Despite being accepted by curbside recycling programs, #5 plastic is one of the least recycled plastics in Canada, with estimates showing less than five per cent ever gets recycled. Paul is planning a new micro-recycling and makerspace initiative called Second Nature Studio that will initially make use of #5 plastic before expanding to include other plastics. (Photo: Steve Paul)

Clean Up Peterborough building a local list of common items made of #5 plastic,...

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To prepare for his new micro-recycling program, Steve Paul is asking residents to 'Find Your Fives' by logging plastic items such as pill bottles and yogurt containers.
A two-bedroom unit at the Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (PKR) Leahy's Lane development in Peterborough, staged with furniture from the Habitat ReStore. Habitat PKR is currently accepting applications for one, two, and three-bedroom condominium units that were previously occupied by Habitat homeowners but have become available again through Habitat PKR's affordable housing buyback program. (Photos: Habitat PKR)

Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region currently accepting homeownership applications for condos in...

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Previously occupied units in Leahy's Lane Phase I development have become available again through the organization's affordable housing buyback program.
One of the young people who participated in the youth entrepreneurship showcase at Staples in Cobourg in 2024. The showcase returns in 2025 on Wednesday, August 13 featuring youth participants from both the My Future My Career program and the Summer Company Program offered by Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (BECN). Some of the young entrepreneurs from the two programs will also be selling their products at the Cobourg Farmers' Market on Saturday, August 23. (Photo: BECN)

Young entrepreneurs in Northumberland County will be showcased at Staples in Cobourg on August...

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Annual event features children and youth participants in Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland's Summer Company and My Future My Career programs.
The HOPE Learning Centre of the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) is hosting free drop-in "Art Splash" events at Millennium Park in Peterborough on August 8, 2025 and in Victoria Park in Lindsay on August 15, 2025. The aim of Art Splash is to brighten the day of passersby with encouraging chalk art and inspiring messages from members of the community, celebrating creativity, promoting community connections, and raising mental health awareness. (Photo: CMHA HKPR)

Art Splash events in Peterborough on August 8 and Lindsay on August 15 will...

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Hosted by CMHA HKPR's HOPE Learning Centre, the free drop-in events invite community members to create encouraging chalk art and messages,
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