19 °
  • Choose Local
    • Choose Local stories
    • Own a local business?
    • Nominate a Kawartha Localist™
    • About us
    • Advertise
    • Contact us
  • Events
  • News & Community
    • News headlines
  • Arts & Entertainment
    • nightlifeNOW
    • encoreNOW
  • Local Business
  • Lifestyle & Family
  • Submit event
  • Advertise
  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Our Team
  • Search
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
  • Submit event
  • Advertise
  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Our Team
  • Search
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
  • LOG IN
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Recover your password

kawarthaNOW.com kawarthaNOW

kawarthaNOW.com kawarthaNOW.com
  • Choose Local
    • Choose Local stories
    • Own a local business?
    • Nominate a Kawartha Localist™
    • About us
    • Advertise
    • Contact us
  • Events
    • Submit your event for free
      What’s On Now
      Art, Performance & CultureBusiness EventsChildren’s EventsCommunity EventsConcerts & Live MusicFilms & Repertory CinemasFundraising EventsMovie Listings – Cinemas & Drive-InsnightlifeNOW – Live MusicOutdoor EventsSeniors’ EventsSports & RecreationYouth EventsVirtual EventsVenues
      Featured Events
      Capitol Theatre Arts CentreGlobus TheatreNew Stages Theatre CompanyPeterborough Symphony OrchestraPeterborough Theatre Guild
      Seasonal Events
      Summer Outdoor ConcertsSummer TheatreOutdoor FilmsGolf TournamentsFall Fairs & FestivalsAutumn Studio ToursEnvironment, Ecology & GardeningRegional Farmers’ Markets
  • News & Community
    • A 26-year-old Peterborough man had his car impounded for 14 days and his driver's licence suspended for 30 days following a police investigation into a cellphone video that showed the vehicle travelling 150 km/h in a 60km/h zone on The Parkway. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

      Police charge 26-year-old Peterborough man after he recorded himself speeding

      RN Rachel Whiteside and RPN Carly Ryan are two nurses at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) who have been recognized through the donor-funded PRHC Foundation Nursing Innovation Awards, held at PRHC's inaugural Nursing Symposium during National Nursing Week in May 2025. Whiteside collaborated with local paramedics to add warming mattresses to every ambulance for babies 28 days old or younger, and Ryan conducted an evidence-based review that introduced a faster-acting cream for procedural pain control in pediatric patients. (Photos courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

      Peterborough Regional Health Centre champions groundbreaking nursing innovations

      Community Health Centres of Northumberland is one of the local organizations participating in the Northumberland Volunteer Fair on September 24, 2025 at the Cobourg Lions Community Centre. Hosted by Community Care Northumberland, the event is free for residents and organizations can still register by September 15 to participate for a small fee. (Photo: Community Care Northumberland)

      Community Care Northumberland hosting a volunteer fair in Cobourg on September…

      A truck conducting sanitary sewer flushing in the City of Kawartha Lakes. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)

      Routine sanitary sewer flushing taking place nightly in Lindsay from September…

      Terra Lightfoot and Melissa Payne join Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor during a performance at "Raise a Little Shell" at the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre (OTCC) on September 4, 2025. Emceed by Greg's wife Caolaidhe, a volunteer at OTCC who helped organize the event with the aim of raising awareness of the plight of Ontario's eight native turtle species and the work of the OTCC, the event also included a presentation from OTTC education coordinator Lisa Browning and from Ontario Nature's conservation policy and campaigns director Tony Morris. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography for kawarthaNOW)

      Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor ‘raised a little shell’ for Ontario’s at-risk…

    • News headlines
  • Arts & Entertainment
    • encoreNOW for September 8, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Taylor Abrahamse performing at Take Cover Books in Peterborough, the Peterborough Theatre Guild's season-opening production of Norm Foster's "Opening Night", New Stages Theatre's season-opening staged reading of Jonathan Wilson's "A Public Display of Affection", the Apsley Autumn Studio Tour, Classic Troubadours Live at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, and "The Beaver Club" at Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

      encoreNOW – September 8, 2025

      Every Thursday evening in July and August, the Bobcaygeon Music Council presents free outdoor concerts at Lock 32 in Bobcaygeon, as well as a concert series beginning in the fall and running into the spring. (Photo courtesy of Bobcaygeon Music Council)

      Best known for its free summer concerts, Bobcaygeon Music Council ups…

      Brooks and Bowskill (Cobourg-based wife-and-husband musicians Brittany Brooks and Jimmy Bowskill) will be performing their genre-bending mix of folk, country-rock, pop and rock and roll with Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon shows at the Ganaraska Hotel in Port Hope. (Photo: Lauren Garbutt Photography)

      nightlifeNOW – September 4 to 10

      The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's 2025-26 season conducted by music director Michael Newnham features "Bright Lights" on Novemeber 1 with tabla player Shawn Mativetsky, "Quartom Sings Noël" on December 6 with vocal quartet Quartom, "Stars of the Silver Screen" on February 7 and 8 featuring music from James Bond and more, "Inspired" with flutist Gillian Derer on April 12, and "The Creation" with The Peterborough Singers on May 9 and 10. (kawarthaNOW collage)

      Peterborough Symphony Orchestra invites listeners to ‘Look to the Stars’ during…

      Former CHEX Television personality and current executive director of BGC Kawarthas Amy Terrill is now also a published author with the release of her debut historical fiction novel "No Secrets Among Sisters." Based on the writings and stories of her Great Aunt Frankie who worked in a Toronto munitions factory during World War I, the dual-timeline novel tells the story of a modern-day journalist contemplating pursuing her political ambitions while uncovering the secrets of her great aunt's involvement in the suffrage movement. (Photo courtesy of Amy Terrill)

      Amy Terrill’s debut novel ‘No Secrets Among Sisters’ is based on…

    • nightlifeNOW
    • encoreNOW
  • Local Business
    • Community Futures Peterborough (CFP) is launching its six-part "Entrepreneurship 101" workshop series for fall 2025. Pictured is CFP loans manager Braden Clark, who will deliver the "Funding Fuel - Explore Funding and Financing" workshop on Wednesday, October 22. (Photo: CFP)

      Community Futures Peterborough’s expanded ‘Entrepreneurship 101’ series this fall features three…

      The Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce will announce the recipients of the 23rd annual Peterborough Business Excellence Awards at an event on October 22, 2025. (Photo: Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce)

      Nominees and finalists announced for 2025 Peterborough Business Excellence Awards

      Venture13, Northumberland County's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre, was launched in 2018. Facilities include the VentureZone Co-working Space, the Venture13 MakeLab, as well as the offices of anchor organizations making up the V13 Board of Partners. (Photo: Venture13 / Facebook)

      Town of Cobourg unveils fall lineup of economic development sessions for…

      Boshkung Brewing in Minden is one of two businesses in the greater Kawarthas region that have been nominated for Ontario Made Awards, an initiative of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters. (Photo: Boshkung Brewing website)

      Two Kawarthas region businesses nominated for Ontario Made Awards

      The 2025-26 Board of Directors of the Women's Business Network of Peterborough (from left to right, back and front): Membership Director Victoria McAuley, Program Director Ashley Bonner, Program Director Tina Thornton, Director at Large Victoria Shaoling Wang, Publicity Director Tiffany Daskewich, Social Director Tiffany Alton, Treasurer Cindy Koshowski, Past President Katelyn Kemp, President Adeilah Dahlke, Tech Director Jessica Erickson, and Secretary Akshana Katoch. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

      2025-26 season of the Women’s Business Network of Peterborough promises to…

  • Lifestyle & Family
    • A student enrolled in the Peterborough Suzuki School of Music, a non-profit membership organization fostering piano music education for children through performance and community enrichment opportunities. The school promotes the Suzuki Method, a music education philosophy that believes any child can learn to play an instrument in the same way any child can learn a new language. (Photo courtesy of Lenore Parajka)

      Peterborough Suzuki School of Music prioritizes learning piano through listening and…

      The beach at the Selwyn Beach Conservation Area. (Photo: Township of Selwyn)

      The Beach Report for August 29, 2025

      Ampere's STEAM School in Lindsay returns for its second year in September 2025, expanding its classes in science, technology, engineering, art, and math to include children aged five to eight as well as those aged nine to 12. Enrolment opens on September 9, with classes for children aged five to eight on Tuesdays and for those aged nine to 12 on Wednesdays. (Photo: Ampere)

      Ampere’s second year of STEAM School in Lindsay this fall expands…

      Frank and Anna Maria Buxton retired to Douro 11 years ago to be close to family and have the space to grow their own vegetables. They installed a heat pump in 2023, and are planning a solar installation for this fall. Since they began retrofits, their utility costs have fallen drastically. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

      Douro homeowners cut energy costs by two-thirds by replacing their propane…

      Young boy swimming in the water

      The Beach Report for August 22 to 28, 2025

SEARCH OUR SITE

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

31,369FollowersLike
25,529FollowersFollow
17,685FollowersFollow
3,658FollowersFollow
3,092FollowersFollow
PROUD MEMBER OF
Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce
Women's Business Network of Peterborough

SIGN UP FOR OUR ENEWS




kawarthaNOW.com - A Quid Novis Production
ABOUT US

Our mandate is to provide current events and community information to residents, visitors and cottagers in Peterborough and The Kawarthas and all surrounding communities — from Lindsay and the City of Kawartha Lakes to Campbellford, north to Haliburton and Bancroft and south to the Lakeshore — and all places in between.
Contact Us
Our Editorial Team

BECOME A #KAWARTHANOW FAN
  • Submit event
  • Advertise
  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Our Team
  • Search
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
© Copyright kawarthaNOW® 1996 - 2025. All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission, or republication strictly prohibited. Trademarks owned by kawarthaNOW include kawarthaNOW®, Keep It In The Kawarthas®, Web Sites That Work®, Kawartha Localist™, Know Your Locals™, businessNOW™, musicNOW™, artNOW™, nightlifeNOW™, encoreNOW™, and KNosh™.