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    • Lakelands Public Health medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott (left) with PARN executive director Dane Record (second from left) during a May 2022 media tour prior to the opening of Peterborough's Consumption and Treatment Site (CTS) on Simcoe Street in downtown Peterborough. Also pictured are CTS program manager Kerri Kightley and Fourcast executive director Donna Rogers. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

      ‘It’s not a hypothetical’: Medical officer of health says Peterborough CTS…

      Peterborough city clerk John Kennedy presents Jenisha Sanjit Arora with the Youth Volunteer of the Year award during the 2025 Civic Awards ceremony at the McDonnel Street Community Centre on May 21, 2026 as city councillor Lesley Parnell and Mayor Jeff Leal look on. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

      Civic Awards honour Peterborough residents who have ‘made a meaningful difference…

      Peterborough Folk Festival board chair Rob Davis speaks to representatives of 27 other local charitable organizations that received grants from the Peterborough Foundation between December 2024 and December 2025, totalling over $250,000, during a recipient reception at St. Joseph's at Fleming on May 21, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Mike Melnik / Peterborough Foundation)

      28 local charities thank Peterborough Foundation for helping fund vital capital…

      An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

      Single-vehicle crash on Fifes Bay Road in Selwyn Township claims life…

      Peterborough City Hall. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

      What’s on the Peterborough city council agenda for May 25

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    • American jazz drummer and music producer Jamaal Cody will perform a solo show at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: Jamaal Cody / Facebook)

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      Begonia (aka Alexa Dirks) and Bahamas (aka Afie Jurvanen), who shared the 2026 Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year, will both be performing at the 37th annual Peterborough Folk Festival, which takes place from August 13 to 16, 2026. (Supplied photo)

      Bahamas and Begonia among the headliners performing at the 2026 Peterborough…

      Retired Ontario Superior Court Justice and poet James Clarke (middle) watching a rehearsal on April 28, 2026 of Trent Valley Archives Theatre's "The Kid from Simcoe Street," based on his 2012 memoir of the same title, along with his grandson and script consultant David Francis Clarke and his old friend Murray Byrne, who he was recently reunited with after 73 years and who makes a cameo in the play, which is being staged at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre for four performances from June 4 to 7, 2026. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

      ‘The Kid from Simcoe Street’ tells the real-life story of James…

      encoreNOW for May 18, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Northumberland Players season-ending production of "The Last Real Summer" at Cobourg's Firehall Theatre, Get Down Tonight featuring Leisa Way and the Wayward Wind Band at Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre, a screening of Dr. Jenny Ingram's "No More Silent Battles" at Lakefield College School's Bryan Jones Theatre, Melissa Payne's Harmony for Healthcare benefit concert at Campbellford's Aron Theatre, Trent Valley Archives Theatre's "The Kid from Simcoe Street" at Peterborough's Market Hall, and "Chris Tsujiuchi's Big Gay Cabaret" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

      encoreNOW – May 18, 2026

      Fresh off a Governor General Literary Award win last year, Trent University French studies professor Sylvie Bérard has earned a 2026 French-language Trillium Book Award nomination for "Mes morts jeune." The autobiographical essay offers reflections on memory and grief told through a series of portraits of late loved ones. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

      Trent University professor’s book on grief is a French-language finalist for…

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    • While Dr. Joe Hoja (left) of Peterborough Optimetric has spent decades cycling through Peterborough, commuting by bike is a newer experience for his colleague Dr. Bella Sudik (right). Now sharing a similar ride to work, the two have bonded over their love of cycling and rarely miss a chance to swap biking tips. (Photo: Rebekkah Hyams / GreenUP)

      From secure bike parking to financial incentives, Peterborough businesses are creating…

      Community Futures Peterborough's Business Advisory Centre entrepreneurship officer Allison Adam (far right) in the Venture North building in downtown Peterborough with the six young entrepreneurs selected to participate in the 2026 Summer Company program funded by the provincial government and delivered by the Business Advisory Centre. The Business Adivsory Centre received 40 applications for this year's program, which is almost double the number received in 2025. (Photo courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

      Six young entrepreneurs in Peterborough city and county getting a boost…

      A couple walks along the Trent Severn Waterway in Lindsay. The new Visitor Research Program delivered by Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) allows business operators, municipalities, and tourism partners within Kawarthas Northumberland to access visitor data collected through Environics Analytics based on mobile device detection. The program can be used to access insights on who visitors are, where they come from, and how they can best be reached. (Photo: Fred Thornhill)

      Regional Tourism Organization 8 launches new Visitor Research Program to support…

      Peterborough entrepreneur Susan Tung (left) opened Mei Mei, a Chinese buffet restaurant at 1040 Lansdowne Street West, with financial support from Community Futures Peterborough (CFP). Tung first became connected with the not-for-profit organization while participating in the Business Advisory Centre's Starter Company Plus program to expand Hanoi House by launching Electric City Catering, and later obtained a flexible loan from CFP to finance renovations for the restaurant's opening. (Photo courtesy of Susan Tung)

      From advice to funding, how Community Futures Peterborough helped restaurateur Susan…

      Dr. Jenny Ingram (middle) receiving the Legacy award, which honours a woman "whose career is defined by excellence, generosity, and community impact," at the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's second annual Luminary Awards celebration at Trent University's Champlain College on May 7, 2026. One of seven women who received awards, Dr. Ingram is a trailblazer in geriatric medicine and seniors' care and the founder of the Kawartha Centre, the site for international Alzheimer research trials, and recently released the documentary "No More Silent Battles." Also pictured are the inaugural Legacy award winner Jeannine Taylor of kawarthaNOW (left) and Julie Kellett of sponsor Darling Insurance. (Photo: Martha Sullivan)

      Seven Peterborough-area women in business honoured at second annual Luminary Awards…

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    • Electric vehicle (EV) drivers don't need worry about the price of gas. At the third annual Home Energy and EV Expo on May 23, 2026 at the McDonnel Street Activity Centre, visitors will have the opportunity to test drive an EV. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

      The future is electric: 3rd annual Home Energy and EV Expo…

      Lock 42 - Couchiching on the Trent-Severn Waterway. (Photo: Parks Canada)

      Four lock stations to remain closed when Trent-Severn Waterway opens for…

      The Peterborough and Area Master Gardeners are longtime supporters of GreenUP Ecology Park. Every year, master gardeners provide customers with expert advice during opening weekend. After the GreenUP Ecology Park Native Plant Nursery opens for the season on May 16, 2026, they will continue to provide horticultural advice to visitors every weekend until the end of June. (Photo: Jessica Todd / GreenUP)

      Native plant nursery at GreenUP’s Ecology Park in Peterborough opens for…

      Installing a rain barrel is a simple way to collect water for outdoor use while reducing the amount of water entering local storm sewers. Rain barrels can be connected in a series to detain and collect even more runoff. GreenUP landscape program manager Hayley Goodchild demonstrates how to link rain barrels together at a residential property. (Photo: Jessica Todd / GreenUP)

      Why more Peterborough homeowners should consider installing a rain barrel

      Five Counties Children's Centre occupational therapist Jess hands an ornament to two-year-old Arthur during a recent treatment session. With the help of Five Counties staff, Arthur has taken a significant course correction after a rare form of childhood cancer left him paralyzed from the waist down, including with a mini stand-up wheelchair known as a mobile stander. (Photo courtesy of Five Counties Children's Centre)

      ‘Arthur is proof that big happiness really does come in the…

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