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    • An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

      57-year-old Peterborough woman dead in two-vehicle collision on Highway 7 near…

      Jennifer Moore appearing on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin in March 2025 when she was the chief administrative officer for Northumberland County. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

      Former Northumberland County CAO Jennifer Moore to become Selwyn Township’s new…

      Members of 100 Women Peterborough outside Ashburnham Funeral Home & Reception Centre on April 28, 2026, where they presented a $10,000 cheque to Peterborough Child and Family Centres, representing the collective donations of the members of the group. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

      100 Women Peterborough donates over $10,000 to Peterborough Child and Family…

      The Gull River overflows in the Township of Minden Hills in April 2026. (Photo: Maryboro Lodge Museum)

      Letting nature be can help reduce flooding risk in the Kawarthas,…

      Hanoi House owner Susan Tung with Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation President and CEO Lesley Heighway during the launch of the PRHC Foundation's "Business Cares" program at Tung's Vietnamese restaurant on April 28, 2026. The new program is designed to make it simple for businesses like Tung's to show their support for the $70 million Campaign for PRHC while also strengthening their own brand in the community. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

      Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation launches new Business Cares program to…

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    • Wrapping up their respective 2025-26 seasons, the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and the Peterborough Singers will be coming together for a rare collaboration on the Mother's Day weekend to perform "The Creation" by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn at Emmanuel United Church in Peterborough, with concerts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 9 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 10. (Photos: PSO and Peterborough Singers)

      Peterborough Symphony Orchestra and Peterborough Singers come together for season-ending performances…

      Public Energy Performing Arts is presenting "Finding Home: A Salmon Journey Upstream," a theatre show geared to young audiences aged 5 to 12 produced by Animacy Theatre Collective and Theatre Direct Canada, at the Peterborough Theatre Guild on May 9, 2026. Created and performed by Alexandra Simpson and Morgan Brie Johnson and featuring puppetry, clown, dance, and live music, the show follows two Lake Ontario salmon who make the challenging journey up the Humber River. (Photo: Kathryn Hanson)

      Public Energy adds family-friendly theatre performance about friendship and growing up…

      Jazz takes over the Black Horse Pub in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night as International Jazz Day Peterborough presents jazz vocalist Carling Stephen followed by the Curtis Cronkwright Quartet featuring Chris Gale on saxophone, Nathan Hiltz on guitar, Duncan Hopkins on bass, and Peterborough's own Curtis Cronkwright on drums. (Graphics: Black Horse Pub)

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      encoreNOW for April 20, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Goddo at Peterborough's Showplace, Rob Phillips and Carling Stephen at the Black Horse during the International Jazz Day Peterborough's Dine with Jazz series (photo by Andy Carroll), a screening of the 1921 silent film "Through the Back Door" at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, The Weber Brothers at Peterborough's Market Hall and Lindsay's Academy Theatre, "Paul and Linda Plan A Threesome" at Peterborough's Market Hall, and the Kawartha String Orchestra at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School. (kawarthaNOW collage)

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      Jared Nathan and Blair "TheHandy" Williams, both Toronto comedians living with disability, are the founders of Disability Privilege Productions, which aims to make comedy more accessible and inclusive. The company is bringing its "Laughs Without Limits" stand-up comedy show to The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough on April 25, 2026. Hosted by Blair and headlined by Jared, the show will also feature comedians Tia Percy and Todd Blenkhorn. (Photo courtesy of Disability Privilege Productions)

      Disability Privilege Productions brings inclusive stand-up comedy to Peterborough with ‘Laughs…

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    • Erin Shannon, Amanda Bedford, Marcia Steeves, and Tori Silvera (left to right, top and bottom) are four of the 60 women in business in the city and county of Peterborough who have been nominated for the second annual Luminary Awards hosted by the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce. The finalists in each of the seven categories will be announced during a sold-out luncheon on May 7, 2026 at Trent University's Champlain College. (kawarthaNOW collage)

      From entrepreneurs to employees, the 60 Luminary Award nominees represent vast…

      All Creatures Great and Small in Cobourg was the recipient of the inaugural Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Award at the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce's 23rd annual Business Achievement Awards in partnership with the Town of Cobourg. One of nine awards presented on March 27, 2026, the IDEA Award recognizes businesses that have taken proactive steps to raise awareness about the importance of welcoming and accommodating all. (Photo courtesy of Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce)

      Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce announces winners of 23rd annual Business…

      Lisa Couture of Couture Candy PTBO has transitioned her small business at 386 George Street North in downtown Peterborough from a traditional storefront into a full-time live selling model, whereby she hosts a livestream on social media to present products that viewers can purchase online. Couture says the increasingly popular marketing strategy could be the "resurgence" that small businesses need, and is hosting consultations to help other small business owners use and benefit from the new trend. (Photo: Couture Candy PTBO / Instagram)

      ‘The resurgence that small businesses need right now’: two Peterborough retailers…

      Rhonda Keenan, General Manager of Peterborough County Economic Development, stands between Lori Alexander and Ryan Taylor, two of the six graduates of the first cohort of Community Futures Peterborough's free NEXT (New Entrepreneurial eXploration Training) program for displaced workers. Funded in part by Peterborough County, the NEXT program was originally intended to provide on-site training at local companies that had announced layoffs but was redesigned after other displaced workers reached out to Community Futures Peterborough to ask if they could participate in the program. (Photo courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

      Community Futures Peterborough marks first graduating cohort of NEXT program for…

      Donning hip waders and safety gear, staff from Engage Engineering collect garbage in and along the creek beside their downtown Peterborough office every spring, and plant native species along the banks of the creek. The efforts of the business are bringing wildlife back to the area. Pictured are Steven Dingman, Dominik Jedrzejewski, Logan Mattern, and Joshua Burke. (Photo courtesy of Engage Engineering)

      Peterborough business makes caring for the local environment a team effort

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    • 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…

      Sue Throop didn't believe she could make it to work on her bike. Her son Brett, GreenUP's new active transportation program coordinator, convinced her to ride with him one day in 2009 and she's been pedalling ever since. (Photo courtesy of Sue Throop)

      ‘Big transportation shifts start with small changes – ask my mom’

      A previous iteration of The Children's Garden at Ecology. Although the activities shown no longer exist due to the outdoor elements and use over time, GreenUP is fundraising toward new features that will attract more children and families to the park to engage in nature-based play. (Photo: GreenUP)

      Help GreenUP reimagine child’s play at Ecology Park in Peterborough and…

      The Monarch Ultra committee, including Monarch Ultra co-founder Carlotta James (far right) at a previous Monarch Festival in Millennium Park in downtown Peterborough. The 2026 festival, which includes a 10-kilometre race and a one-kilometre kids' fun run, takes place on Saturday, September 19. (Photo: Kateryna Sysoieva)

      Monarch Festival and Race returns to Peterborough this September for its…

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