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    • The New Canadians Centre is hosting the 2025 Canadian Multicultural Festival from June 18 to 27, featuring a series of events including dance lessons, a discussion panel, a cooking class, and more in Peterborough, with an additional event in Northumberland County. The festival culminates on Canadian Multiculturalism Day on June 27 with the New Canadians Centre 46th anniversary block party outside its Peterborough location at St. James United Church. (Photo courtesy of New Canadians Centre)

      Celebrate the diverse cultures that make up Peterborough at the Canadian…

      Cobourg post-secondary students Reagan Lalande (left) and Aishwarya Rajesh Krishnan (right) with Northumberland Hills Hospital's board chair Cyndi Gilmer following the presentation of their Health Professions Scholarship awards on June 5, 2025. Each student has received $1,500 towards their healthcare education. (Photo: Northumberland Hills Hospital)

      Northumberland Hills Hospital awards two Cobourg students with 2025 health professions…

      Pictured in an undated photo, Peterborough actor, playwright, and artist Chuck Vollmar passed away on June 11, 2025. (Photo via the Peterborough Theatre Guild)

      Peterborough actor, playwright, and artist Chuck Vollmar has passed away

      Dr. Katie O'Reilly, pathologist and medical director of laboratory medicine at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), examines a tissue sample. The PRHC Foundation has made it a priority to invest in the future of cancer care by bringing digital pathology to the regional hospital, with the help of donors. An area of focus for the Foundation's $60 million Campaign for PRHC, the state-of-the-art technology will produce efficient and more accurate diagnoses, reduce turnaround time, and empower world-class healthcare close to home. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

      With digital pathology, a new era of cancer care is in…

      Members of Sandy Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario have been flown out of the community on Hercules aircraft due to nearby wildfire Red Lake 12. (Photo: Nicholas Zahari / Department of National Defence)

      City of Peterborough hosting 300 evacuees from Sandy Lake First Nation…

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    • Warkworth singer-songwriter Jonah McLean, who recently released his latest EP "You and Me", performs at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Friday night. (Photo: Jonah McLean / Facebook)

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      The Kawartha Youth Orchestra is inviting the community to a end-of-season celebration that features the "Upbeat!" youth ensemble at 6 p.m. on June 12, 2025 at All Saints Anglican Church in Peterborough. (Photo: Peter Marcelli)

      Kawartha Youth Orchestra’s ‘Upbeat!’ ensemble takes the stage Thursday night for…

      To commemorate their time as poet laureate of Peterborough, Ziysah von Bieberstein has published "At the Risk of Listening," a collection of speeches, addresses, and poetry that were composed and performed at various events when they were poet laureate. During a two-night launch event on June 13 and 14, 2025 at Take Cover Books in Peterborough, Ziysah will be performing some readings and songs alongside Ottawa musician Nathanael Larochette. (Photo: Julie Gagne)

      Ziysah von Bieberstein launches collection of pieces written as Peterborough’s poet…

      Toronto-based Radiohead tribute band Idioteque will be performing Radiohead's 1995 album "The Bends" note-for-note in its entirety, along with an opening set of other Radiohead tunes, at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night. (Photo: Idioteque / Facebook)

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      Canadian actor, playwright, and director Cameron Grant performing as Montague in the Stratford Festival's 2021 staging of "Serving Elizabeth" by Marcia Johnson, which offers a different perspective of Princess Elizabeth's 1952 trip to Kenya when she learned she had become the Queen of England than was portrayed in the hit Netflix series "The Crown." Grant will be reprising the role when New Stages Theatre presents a staged reading of the play at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on June 14, 2025. (Photo: David Hou)

      New Stages Theatre wraps up 2024-25 season with staged reading of…

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    • Peterborough-based consulting and engineering firm Cambium, with 235 employees and additional offices in Kingston, Whitby, Barrie, and Ottawa, is being acquired by Québec-based Englobe Corporation, a leading Canadian engineering and environmental services firm owned by Colliers International Group Inc. (Photo: Cambium)

      Peterborough consulting and engineering firm Cambium to be acquired by Englobe…

      An electrician testing circuits. (Stock photo)

      Innovation Cluster launches new program to help skilled tradespeople transition from…

      The Peterborough County courthouse and administration building located at 470 Water Street in Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

      Peterborough County hosting free May 29 session for local businesses interested…

      A sold-out crowd of 200 people attended the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's inaugural Luminary Awards celebration at the Great Hall of Trent University's Champlain College on May 8, 2025, which saw awards in five categories that recognize women at all stages of their careers presented to Sheena Howard, Jenisha Sanjit Arora, Rachel Stark, Tiffany Arcari, and Jeannine Taylor. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

      Five Peterborough-area women in business honoured at inaugural Luminary Awards celebration

      Darryl Breadner has sold 4 Aces Auto Centre, the auto repair company at 485 Parkhill Road East in Peterborough he founded over 20 years ago, to The Mufflerman Inc. According to a media release from The Mufflerman, Breadner and all existing employees will remain with the business, and 4 Aces will continue to operate as an independent auto mechanical garage within The Mufflerman Group. (Photo: 4 Aces Auto Centre)

      4 Aces Auto Centre in Peterborough acquired by The Mufflerman

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    • Take Dad to Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene for the…

      Bike Month 2025 is a great time to get out and enjoy Peterborough by bike. Jump on a trail or enjoy a roll down the bicycle priority section of Bethune Street, pictured here, which spans from McDonnel to Townsend streets. (Photo: Lili Paradi)

      GreenUP’s guide to celebrating Bike Month 2025 in Peterborough

      West-end Peterborough homeowner Ray Scott's backyard garden soaks up the sun on a bright May afternoon, and so do his rooftop solar panels. The panels produce enough electricity for him to power his home, store energy in batteries for backup storage, as well as charge his electric vehicles. The Home Energy and EV Expo at the McDonnel Street Activity Centre on June 14, 2025 will feature homeowners such as Ray, who will share their experiences they've had on their electrification journeys. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)

      Learn all about heat pumps, solar power, and electric vehicles at…

      The Talk Now Child, Youth and Family Walk-in Clinic is located at Peterborough Youth Services at 459 Reid Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Google Maps)

      Peterborough family mental health walk-in clinic adjusts its hours for the…

      Between the lone line of tandem bicycles and the bright colours, a TandemEyes group ride is hard to miss on a summer evening. Here, the group passes through Jackson Park in Peterborough on the way to the Orange Corners trestle bridge. (Photo courtesy of TandemEyes)

      Visually impaired people in Peterborough can enjoy cycling thanks to TandemEyes

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