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#Bancroft Mayor Defends Photo with Local Business Selling Bikers' Support Gear: Bancroft Mayor Paul Jenkins is addressing significant public blowback after posing for an official photo at Choice Cuts, a new storefront in town. The photo—posted to the town's social media pages—shows the mayor shaking hands with a co-owner while holding a T-shirt. The OPP's Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau clarified that the business sells merchandise supporting Satan’s Choice, which police classify as a "one per cent" outlaw motorcycle gang that re-emerged in Ontario in August 2025. Mayor Jenkins stated he was simply welcoming a new local business, was uneducated on their current status, and has no intention of taking the photo down since no bylaws or provincial laws are being broken.
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#HastingsHighlands Outlines Broad Road Closures for Summer Maintenance: The Municipality of Hastings Highlands, just north of Bancroft, has issued an updated public bulletin outlining targeted road closures and traffic delays scheduled throughout June and July. Heavy road-surfacing, ditching, and dust-suppression crews are prioritizing major rural corridors to reinforce them before peak summer cottage traffic peaks.
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Great Canadian Cheese Festival Draws Thousands to Morrow Building: Food lovers from across Ontario converged on #Peterborough over the weekend as the historic Morrow Building on Lansdowne Street hosted the massive Great Canadian Cheese Festival. The reinvented two-day culinary showcase featured extensive small-batch dairy tastings, artisan food pairings, and educational masterclasses highlighting regional craft creators, wineries, and breweries.
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Former Media Executive Takes Reins of Lakefield Landmark: A notable face from regional business is making waves in #Selwyn Township. Darren Murphy, the former publisher of the Peterborough Examiner, has officially transitioned full-time into his new role as the owner of The Market in #Lakefield. Murphy, a Young's Point resident who took over the gourmet grocery business, announced over the weekend a heightened focus on partnering strictly with local producers, small businesses, and Canadian manufacturers to elevate the storefront's rural and cottage-country footprint.
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The historic 1890 red-brick boiler house of the former St. Joseph’s Hospital on Armour Road has been successfully converted into a modern, industrial-style office space for the engineering firm GHD. The engineering firm, which has been in #Peterborough for 38 years, leases the unique space from developer TVM Group. While its materials testing lab stays on Pido Road, approximately 60 engineers, scientists, and technicians have relocated to the new facility. GHD plans to expand its local workforce to 100 employees within the next three to five years.
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Trustees for the #Peterborough #Victoria #Northumberland and #Clarington Catholic District School Board expressed frustration upon learning that $300 of the province's announced $750 classroom supply allocation must come out of the board's existing budget. The Ministry of Education plans to implement a central online portal handled by Supply Ontario to source discounted supplies, naming Staples and Brant Basics as potential central vendors. Trustee Kathleen Tanguay questioned the efficiency of a single mandated vendor, noting that teachers are already adept at finding bargains. A final board budget proposal for 2026–2027 is expected at the June 23 meeting.
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The #PeterboroughPetes used their first-round pick (13th overall) in the 2026 Priority Selection to draft right-shot centre Landon Roulston from the GTHL champion Vaughan Kings. Standing 6'1'' and weighing 189\text{ lbs}, the 16-year-old St. Catharines native is regarded as physically ready to transition directly into junior hockey. In the third round (59th overall), the Petes selected right-winger Mason Quinn, a Little Britain native who previously skated for the Central Ontario Wolves and Toronto Marlboros. Quinn already trains closely with Petes head coach Rob Wilson and assistant Nate Oke during summers.
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Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Units (CSCU) from the City of Kawartha Lakes and Grey Bruce have recovered approximately $290,000 worth of stolen property.
The items—including heavy equipment, vehicles, and tools—were originally stolen on April 27, 2026, from a rural property in Southgate Township. Following a tip on May 28, 2026, officers executed a search warrant at a vacant property in Woodville that had recently been damaged by a house fire. The investigation is ongoing. Police have identified **two persons of interest**, and charges are currently pending.
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The Township of #MindenHills has called a Special Meeting of Council for June 18, 2026. The session will feature a facilitated consultation with the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) regarding a community-wide Affordability and Governance Structure Study. Council members from across the county are prioritizing regional infrastructure capabilities and long-term affordability frameworks to better address rural development challenges and local service deliveries.
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#Peterborough County Economic Development, in partnership with local townships, has rolled out a new #tourism and #small-business support initiative called The Kawarthas Quest. Operating via the Driftscape app, the program aims to drive foot traffic directly into local retail storefronts through interactive, community-based experiences. The very first adventure launched this month is the #LakefieldScavengerHunt, which guides visitors and locals through downtown Lakefield to explore vibrant independent shops and historical points of interest.
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Early Saturday morning, June 13, #PeterboroughPolice successfully utilized their Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) drone to apprehend a suspect. Officers responded to a 4 a.m. break-and-enter call at an enclosed business compound near Ashburnham Drive and Lansdowne Street. Because officers could not immediately breach the secure fencing, the drone was deployed to track a 43-year-old man as he tried to slip out the back onto a nearby walking path. He was intercepted, taken into custody, and charged with break and enter and possession of break-in instruments.
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Local services remain impacted as #CommunityLiving #Trent #Highlands developmental service workers enter their second week of a province-wide strike. The pickets in Haliburton are part of a broader labor dispute involving roughly 4,000 workers across nearly two dozen community organizations in Ontario. Families relying on regional respite and adult day program services are watching closely as the union pushes for improved wages and increased provincial funding to address chronic staffing shortages
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