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    • Hosted by Maryam Monsef's ONWARD and the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce, "A Conversation about the Status of Women in our Community" on March 31, 2026 at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough is a follow-up to last winter's "How Women Superpower Canada's Economy" event. Held in honour of the late civic leader and feminist Ann Farquharson, the 2026 event will explore key topics such as women's leadership, economic empowerment, gender equity, intersectional barriers, community impact, and pathways forward and will include a light lunch and time for networking. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

      Maryam Monsef’s ONWARD to host ‘A Conversation about the Status of…

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      Snow or freezing rain with strong wind gusts in Kawarthas region…

      Musician Kayla Howran opened Jethro's Bar + Stage in April 2022 to provide another live music venue in downtown Peterborough. The venue features regular live music on Thursday to Saturday nights, along with the blues jam on Sunday afternoons. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

      Jethro’s Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough is closing in April

      The St. Patrick's Day 5k Run and Walk scheduled for March 15, 2026 before the St. Patrick's Day Parade has been effectively cancelled less than 40 hours before the event after Peterborough city council reversed its earlier decision to grant organizer Dave Dame a temporary road closure permit for George Street in the downtown core. (Photo: Runner's Life)

      ‘A black eye for the city’: Peterborough city council vote leaves…

      A special meeting of Peterborough city council on March 13, 2026 was adjourned due to a lack of quorum, with only four members of council appearing in person along with one councillor by phone. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

      Special Friday afternoon meeting of Peterborough city council adjourned due to…

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    • Hamilton indie folk-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist Mattie Leon (right) will be performing with his brother and longtime collaborator Mike Leon (left) and bassist Nelson Sobral at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Friday night. (Publicity photo)

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      Circus, physical theatre, and visual artist Nicole Malbeuf is one of 17 Peterborough-area artists who have received a grant from Electric City Culture Council through the 2025 grants for individual artists program. Malbeuf is working on a children's story/art book adaptation of her 2021 live circus-theatre performance piece "A Hen Called Freedom" (pictured), a draft of which she will read from accompanied by projected images from the live show during Public Energy's "Rough Cuts #2" on March 13, 2026 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Public Energy Performing Arts)

      17 Peterborough-area artists receive $35,250 in grants from Electric City Culture…

      encoreNOW for March 9, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) "Frozen: The Broadway Musical" at Peterborough's Showplace, St. Patrick's Day Kitchen Party at Camp Kawartha Environment Centre, "Screwball Comedy" at Peterborough Theatre Guild, The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight at Peterborough Memorial Centre, "It's Too Late To Stop Now - The Music of Van Morrison" at Cobourg's Victoria Hall, and The Great Canadian Fiddle Show at Peterborough's Market Hall. (kawarthaNOW collage)

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      Erica Richmond (right), pictured with (left to right) author Jessica Westhead, illustrator Jordan Brown, and Take Cover Books owners Sean and Andrew Fitzpatrick, was one of four local authors who celebrated the launch of their new "little books" published by the Give a Sheet Press at the Highly Likely Festival of Music and Literature on February 28, 2026 at Take Cover Books in Peterborough's East City. Every quarter, Give a Sheet Press publishes four little books of up to 2,500 words each. Richmond's book "Suicide After Parenting" explores grief through visual and experimental essay forms. (Photo courtesy of Erica Richmond)

      Peterborough author Erica Richmond explores parenting through grief in her new…

      Juno-nominated Canadian blues band The Johnny Max Band is performing at the Ganaraska Hotel in Port Hope on Saturday night featuring special guest Chuck Jackson, former lead singer and harmonica player with Downchild Blues Band. (Photo: Michio Tanaka Photography)

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    • 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

      Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon is one of the three finalists for the Tourism Excellence Award for the Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce's 2026 Awards of Excellence. The winners of 17 awards will be announced at the awards gala at the Victoria Park Armoury in Lindsay on Saturday, April 25, along with Business Person Of The Year, Legacy Leader Of The Year, and Citizen Of The Year. (Photo: Globus Theatre)

      Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce announces finalists for 2026 Awards…

      Organizers, sponsors, and some of the 60 nominees for the second annual Luminary Awards for Women in Business during a nominee announcement at the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce offices on February 11, 2026. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

      Tickets now on sale for Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of…

      A representative of Morton Medical Centre in Douro-Dummer and GreenUP energy manager Clara Blakelock review optimal programmable thermostat settings during an energy efficiency walkthrough of the facility. GreenUP and the Peterborough DBIA are inviting small business owners to a free breakfast open house on February 18, 2026, where energy experts will be available to answer questions. (Photo: Jackie Donaldson / GreenUP)

      Ask the energy experts: Free open house in Peterborough on February…

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    • Some of the 25 businesses and organizations that participated at Clean Up Peterborough's inaugural RE:Connect circular economy event on October 29, 2025 at the Morrow Building in Peterborough. The free family-friendly event returns on April 15, 2026 and will give attendees the opportunity to learn creative and practical ways to repair, reuse, and recycle materials to divert them from the landfill. The spring event also features three all-new sustainability initiatives: a clothing swap, a jigsaw puzzle swap, and an art contest. (Photos courtesy of Clean Up Peterborough)

      Clean Up Peterborough’s circular economy event returns April 15 with three…

      GreenUP education program coordinator Melanie Ellison and education and active transportation program manager Ashley Burnie Seeds in front of the Peterborough Transit bus that served as a classroom for Grade 7 and 8 students from St. Paul Catholic Elementary School in Lakefield on February 12, 2026. The students experienced hands-on education to familiarize them with riding transit safely and with confidence. (Photo: Melanie Ellison / GreenUP)

      Selwyn Township partners with GreenUP and Peterborough Transit to teach rural…

      With all the snow this winter insulating maple trees, Red Mill Maple Syrup is predicting a good maple syrup season. The Millbrook producer is one of 10 maple syrup producers in the Kawarthas region that are participating in Maple Weekend on April 4 and 5, 2026, where the public is invited to learn about the process, enjoy maple-flavoured products, and see why pure Ontario maple syrup is unmatched. (Photo: Red Mill Maple Syrup)

      Get a sweet taste of maple syrup season across the Kawarthas…

      Also known as vermicomposting, worm composting transforms food waste into "black gold," a rich natural fertilizer that helps improve soil structure, increase water retention, and provide slow-release nutrients to optimize plant growth. (Photo: Callie Downer / Our Little Wormery)

      Worms can turn food waste into ‘black gold’ and help fight…

      Artist Pat Calvert poses in front of a section of her mural at Five Counties Children's Centre in Peterborough, with Silly the Goldfish in the frame. Silly is a character that shows up around 500 times in various different situations and poses on the expansive, water-themed mural that has graced the walls and hallways of Five Counties for nearly 25 years. (Photo: Five Counties Children's Centre)

      A legacy in paint: How Pat Calvert’s imagination transformed the halls…

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