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A man faces charges in connection to a Canada Day crash north of Cobourg that involved extensive investigations by both the Special Investigations Unit and Northumberland OPP.

The Northumberland Humane Society in Cobourg is scrambling after 14 puppies were dropped off at the animal shelter in early December. Madelline McColl has the story.

Police budget requests are drawing attention in Peterborough and other municipalities as councils work to finalize their 2026 municipal budgets. Marc Woodhouse looks at what’s being asked for, and what comes next.

Cases of respiratory illness are on the rise across the Peterborough region including a COVID-19 outbreak at Cobourg’s hospital. Public health is urging residents to take precautions as ICU visits increase. Marc Woodhouse reports.

Cobourg’s police chief is defending a proposed sharp increase to next year’s policing budget. Chief Paul VandeGraaff says this year’s 20.5 per cent jump is largely a “correction” after last year’s smaller increase of 5.5 per cent, kept relatively low using reserve funds. He says that decision created a shortfall that had to made up...

Police in Cobourg arrested a man after he allegedly threatened staff at Northumberland Hills Hospital early Tuesday.

A new Canadian Coast Guard station officially opened in Cobourg on Friday. The facility gives the Canadian Coast Guard safe harbour along Lake Ontario’s north shore. Marc Woodhouse gives us a closer look.

At the request of Ryan Reynolds, Cobourg’s Pond Arena has officially been renamed the Grace Bowen Arena in honour of Grace, who died of cancer at the age of nine in 2015.

A second arrest has been made in connection with an assault on two people in Cobourg in mid-July. Police say on the morning of July 15, two men wearing face masks attacked two people in a tent using baseball bats and bear spray. The incident took place in a wooded area near Fisher and Kerr...

A Peterborough man is now facing multiple charges in connection with a head-on crash south of the city this summerthat seriously injured six people. On July 7, two cars collided along County Road 28 near Bewdley. Northumberland OPP say both drivers and four passengers suffered serious to life-threatening injuries. Paramedics and ornge air ambulance service...

The Grace Bowen Arena in Cobourg is now a reality. On Sunday a dedication ceremony was held to rename one of the rinks at the Cobourg Community Centre after a nine-year-old girl who died of cancer in 2015. And among her biggest fans pushing for the name was Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds who appeared during...

Police in Cobourg are investigating after two people were violently attacked in a tent early Tuesday morning. Marc Woodhouse has the details.

One of Peterborough’s best-known car dealerships has a new owner. Jack McGee Chevrolet-Cadillac has been sold to Bill Campbell and his son Rory Campbell, operators of Thomas Buick GMC in Cobourg. Campbell worked at the dealership from 1977 to 1980.

Ryan Reynolds spoke to the Cobourg Town Council members on Wednesday to get a local arena renamed after nine-year-old Grace Bowen whom he met in Toronto in 2014, as he was being inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame. The little girl was suffering from osteosarcoma and would die from the disease months later.

One person is dead and four others were injured following a multi-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 in the Cobourg area on Thursday. Northumberland OPP say a 70-year-old man from Colborne, Ont., died in the series of crashes which happened around noontime in the westbound lanes near Burnham Street. The pileup included 15 vehicles which included...

Staff at Dooher’s Bakery in Campbellford made and sold hundreds of special doughnuts Frida in support of the family of Vienna Rose Irwin, the two-year-old girl who died at a daycare north of Cobourg in May 2023. The “Donuts for Vienna” fundraiser kicked off 1 a.m. as bakers began to fill orders for a whopping...

One year since October 7, the impact of the Israel-Hamas war continues to be felt by local communities. Germain Ma sits down with a Palestinian woman living in Cobourg, who’s afraid to lose more loved ones in Gaza.

As we first told you last week, Cobourg’s largest encampment at the former Brookside Youth Detention Centre property may soon be forced to shut down. A private developer has purchased the property. And for some residents, removing the encampment can’t come soon enough, Greg Davis has the latest.

With camping season here, dozens of owners of vintage “egg” trailers opened their doors to visitors at a campground east of Cobourg for the annual Eggfest event. Germain Ma has the story.

Rate increase for Cobourg waterfront parking; one man charged following an alleged stabbing; the Peterborough Petes face the Quebec Remparts in the Memorial Cup tonight; Skytracker weather. Keri Ferguson has the details.