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Here is our weekly look at the five most-read stories of the past week at myKawartha.com 1) Kawartha Lakes Police issue warning three people OD 2) Woman spits in employees face 3) Woman accused of stealing from retirement home 4) Coroner’s r

LINDSAY - For the first time, the Major Peewee Kawartha Cubs baseball team will play host to the Eastern Ontario Baseball Association Tournament in Lindsay August 18-20. Action will continue on Wilson Fields Saturday between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. and

KAWARTHA LAKES — Former teacher and Trillium Lakelands Teacher Local past-president Steve Colliver has been presented with an Honorary Life Member Award from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). Honorary life memberships, the fe

Whether your child is staying local and living at home, or branching out and living on-campus, starting university or college is a big deal. While many of the school supplies remain the same, your kids will need some different things when it comes to higher learning. While some supplies are dependent on what program your son or daughter is enrolled in, there are some basics they will need.

KAWARTHA LAKES - The City of Kawartha Lakes has been warned that its levy portion paid to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) could increase if Ramara Township is successful in its bid to opt out of the authority’s membership. As

PONTYPOOL - Heather Stauble can remember when she could simply flag down a passenger train from her yard and arrive at Toronto’s Union Station a little more than an hour later. Any prospect of something even close to that returning to the communit

FENELON FALLS - The City of Kawartha Lakes Planning Committee is recommending the municipality back a plan to construct a gas station, convenience store, and Tim Hortons drive-thru restaurant near the northwest corner of the intersection of Glenarm

HAVELOCK - Five people are in hospital following a serious crash east of Havelock. The crash took place on Hwy. 7 between Weller Road and South Belmont 7th Line early Saturday afternoon (Aug. 19). Peterborough County OPP report that a group of se

A 26-year-old man is facing charges after a man was attacked with a baseball bat in Lindsay Tuesday (Aug. 15) night.

To read this week's Peterborough Court Docket, CLICK HERE. To read previous court dockets, CLICK HERE.

OPP officers conducting a traffic stop in Ops Township managed to recover a stolen vehicle before its owner even realized it was missing.

Police and counter-protesters clash in Quebec City outside right-wing event

Dafonte Miller, 19, sustained numerous injuries in 2016 incident

A short foot pursuit with Cobourg police officers led to the arrest of a local man near a downtown business.

Brooklyn driver had his rental car impounded for seven days.

U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a "working vacation" with plans to lay out the U.S. strategy for the war in Afghanistan during a prime-time TV address Monday night from Fort Myer near Washington, D.C.

On Monday, the Oregon town of Madras — a two-hour drive from Portland — is expected to swell to about 100,000 people, as visitors jostle their way in to get a glimpse of the first total solar eclipse to sweep across the continental U.S. in 99 years.

Canada, the United States and Mexico wrapped up their first round of talks Sunday to revamp the NAFTA trade pact, vowing to keep up a blistering pace of negotiations that some involved in the process said may be too fast to bridge deep differences.

Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, making the U.S. media rounds Sunday, urges President Donald Trump to stop the staff chaos at the White House and "build a team." Trump returns to White House on Monday with plans to address the nation on Afghanistan and South Asia strategy.

Jerry Lewis, the rubber-faced comedian and director whose fundraising telethons became as famous as his hit movies, has died. He was 91.