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Kids can help local families unlock the door to home ownership

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Peterborough Examiner

Caroline Mcconnell

Hurry hard: only a few team spots remain for GPHSF Charity Bonspiel

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Peterborough Examiner

Caroline Mcconnell

Keep active this winter at Mapleridge Recreation Centre  

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Peterborough Examiner

Joanne Culley

Gardening doesn’t stop in winter

Gardening doesn’t stop in winter

Presently, more than 300 bulbs that Dawn Batchelor cares for are in their assigned tubs for winter storage. A fall job is to first dig them all up....

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Peterborough Examiner

Marlys Kerkman

Not impressed with mixed messages from city on recycling

Not impressed with mixed messages from city on recycling

Growing up in a large family, we wasted nothing and reused everything we could. Raised by two survivors of the Great Depression, my siblings and I...

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Peterborough Examiner

Lois Tuffin

Let’s talk about inspiring hope

Let’s talk about inspiring hope

The Lakefield Literary Festival presents Inspiring Hope: Book Launch and Bell Let’s Talk Day Event on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. The evening will...

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Peterborough Examiner

Naomi Stock

‘Echo Maker’: Discovering an extraordinary map of the Temagami region

‘Echo Maker’: Discovering an extraordinary map of the Temagami region

The book before me is “Echo Maker: Craig Macdonald and the Lives that Produced One of Canada’s Most Significant Historical Maps.” There is nothing...

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Peterborough Examiner

Michael Peterman

Snowy owls have arrived in Kawartha Lakes

Snowy owls have arrived in Kawartha Lakes

From one day to the next, the snowy owls have arrived in Kawartha Lakes. After looking for them without success for the last month, in one day this...

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Peterborough Examiner

Dave Ellis

Experience comfort at East City Coffee Shop, a go-to breakfast spot in Peterborough

Experience comfort at East City Coffee Shop, a go-to breakfast spot in Peterborough

It was one of those cold winter nights. Falling snow delicately settled on tree branches. A light fog lingered in the air and each of the street...

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Peterborough Examiner

Laura Montague

Social media: The good and the awful

Social media: The good and the awful

The beginning of a new year is a good time to look back at the past year and reflect on what we did individually and as a society. Since the...

15.01.2026 6

Peterborough Examiner

Ray Saitz

Alderman Wilson understood public service

Alderman Wilson understood public service

It was late December in 1984 and my friend, Gwennie Brown, was hosting her annual Christmas party. Paul Wilson, eggnog in hand, waylaid me in...

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Peterborough Examiner

Sylvia Sutherland

Brock and the company wellness program

Brock and the company wellness program

Obsessive bodybuilder Brock Stone didn’t just walk; he displaced atmosphere. Brock’s trapezius muscles were so large they frequently interfered...

14.01.2026 10

Peterborough Examiner

Bruce Gravel

Trillium Foundation funds major Norwood Curling Club upgrade

Trillium Foundation funds major Norwood Curling Club upgrade

An Ontario Trillium Foundation grant of $166,200 has funded a new roof for Norwood’s Centennial Sports Complex — home of the Norwood Curling Club....

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Peterborough Examiner

Jeff Dornan