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Read MoreWe're developing a Peterborough bucket list here of stuff to try in the city—many are realistic and do-able but some might be a little hard to achieve... but it's good to dream and spread your imagination! Help us build it further: Email us, tweet us and Facebook us with your ideas, and we'll update the list! Here are a bunch to get things started... —Aaron Elliott & Neil Morton
OK, here we go...
• Go over the Lift Lock in some type of watercraft
• Play a game of Capture the Flag in Jackson's Park
• Drive the Zamboni during intermission at a Petes game
• Be a guest morning announcer on one of the city's awesome radio stations for a local charity
• Give a gift to a crossing guard/lifeguard
• Ride Jackson's Creek from start to finish in a kayak or canoe
Photo via pysc.on.ca
• Catch a monster sized Muskie in Little Lake (they exist!)
• Pay it forward: Buy someone a coffee in line at a local cafe
• Bring back the light boat show at Music Fest and drive one of the boats
• Dress up as the flower store's dancing clown
• Coach a youth sports team
• Volunteer for a local organization or event
• Dress up as Slapshot for a Petes game
• Sink a hole-in-one on the ant hill hole at Milltown
• Perform with a local band at Musicfest
• Play at an Open Mic at a local bar
• Finish the Family of 4 Special at Jeff Purveys all by yourself
• Taste every beer produced by Peterborough's awesome microbreweries (but not all in one sitting!)
Citiots at Gordon Best Theatre (photo j. Lee Photography)
• Try improv—and definitely go see local troupe the Citiots play at the Gordon Best
• Try out for a part in a local theatre production—or go watch one
• Complete the YMCA half marathon—or at least the 5k
• Check out Gallery in the Attic
• Have a float or march in the Santa Claus Parade—or any local parade
• Try an art class at the Art School of Peterborough
Photo via @Robjhoward on Twitter
• Take a flight over the Kawarthas after flying out of Peterborough Airport
• Try out for Snowfest Idol
• Win a Town Ward seat
• Play tennis under the lights at Bonnerworth
• Become a member at the Peterborough lawn bowling club
• Hit one over the green monster at Riverside
• Scuba dive in Jackson's pond
• Ride every city bus route from start to finish
• Walk the underground tunnels from PCVS (they exist!)
• Paddleboard from Little Lake to Rice Lake
• Read a book to the preschoolers at Public Library group
• Try every poutine on the menu at the Whistle Stop Cafe
• Take a Peterborough ghost walk
• Suit up for the Peterborough Lakers
• Tour Jackson Creek Press studio, letter press and printmaking
• Adopt a rescue dog
• Taste test the latest creations at Quaker
• Drive an old crane at GE
• Ring the Market Hall Clock tower bells
• Enter a team in the Dragonboat festival
• Go down the Superslide at the zoo as an adult
• Walk in the Trent Wildlife sanctuary. Complete solace
• Go the Pig's Ear for old time sake, and be a jukebox hero
• Take out of town visitors to the Canoe Museum
• Stop when you're walking the Hunter St. bridge and admire the view
• Visit the Trent Valley Archives to learn about Peterborough history. Listen to a story (or two) from preeminent local historian Elwood Jones
• Camp in your backyard and stare up at the stars
• Take a bike ride with your family through Jackson's Park
• Sponsor a team or player on the Peterborough Huskies
• Go to Armour Hill and admire the panaromic view of your beautiful city
• High Five someone and give them a big smile
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New ones being submitted by readers...
• Be customer of the day at Silver Bean
• Play Bingo on a Saturday night at Delta Bingo
• Ride the zoo train and scream in the tunnel
• Try Hogmanay at Hutchison House
• Scream while driving under the Lift Lock
• Skate on the canal in January
• Eat perogies from Taste of Russia, volunteer on the Salvation Army kettle at Christmas, enter a craft/photo/something in the Peterborough Exhibition, toboggan down Armour Hill, take a course at Trent or Fleming, ask a question or make a presentation at a city council meeting, eat breakfast at the East City Coffee Shop, be able to call people at the Farmers' Market by their first names, and skate alone on the Canal on a starlit night.
• Do the Wolf Howl on Wolf FM
• Enjoy the Lift Lock Dinner Cruise
• See a show at Market Hall
• Go to a Repair Café event and bring a broken something
• Order a sandwich at The Planet
• Enjoy the view on the patio of the Silver Bean Cafe
• Rent a kayak, a canoe or a standing paddle board and enjoy Little Lake
• Take your bike up to Trent University. While you’re at it, go to Lakefield by the bicycle path
• Spend half a day at Green-Up Ecology Park
• Look up all the cool stuff and free brochures at Green-Up store
• Take a walk at Little Lake Cemetary, read the tombstones and find the angel
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1. You were on an episode of Campus Quiz
2. When someone asks you where are you from, you yell "Peterborough!!!!!"
3. You wear plaid. Lots
4. You have at least one kid named George, Hunter or Charlotte, and King was under consideration until your partner from out of town nixed it
5. You totally rock out at any party more than anyone else, no matter where you are in the world
6. When you see a canoe, you get extremely excited
7. When you tell someone you're from Peterborough, they say "Home of the Peterborough Petes?"
8. You expect every zoo to have free admittance
9. You have a bunch of baseball caps in your closet, and they're all backwards because that's how you wear 'em
10. You like ketchup chips. Or dill pickle
11. When you see an indie band on tour, you assume they're from Peterborough
12. You have a Lakers or Petes jersey in your closet
13. You or someone you know has a George Elliott print hanging in the house
14. You expect all music festivals around the world to be free and amazing all at once
15. You own a "I'd Rather be in Peterborough" shirt
16. You are on a first name basis with your local weatherman.
17. You know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who is friends with Sebastian Bach
18. Someone in your family works at GE, Quaker or PRHC. And someone once worked for Outboard Marine
19. When you drive by Oshawa, you put the pedal to the medal and you stare straight ahead and just give'r
20. You cry whenever you have to leave Peterborough after a visit home
21. You didn't mind one bit staying home for college at Fleming or university at Trent
22. You know who Jimmy Lightshow is
23. You miss an epic bar called the Trasheteria
24. You love poutine
25. When you see a field, you think Field Party
26. You know what a peanut race is and have won many of them
27. You are a pool shark because you trained at Pappas Billiards against the best during your high school spares
28. One of your first kisses was somewhere along River Road or Armour Hill
29. You've been interviewed by Stu Harrison
30. Your favorite tobogganing hill is at a Court House
31. You grew up with a lacrosse or hockey stick in your hand. Or one in each hand
32. You learned to skate on a canal
33. You sometimes have cravings for the french fries and burgers at Sneaky Pete's
34. You learned to dance at Copperfields or Clover's/The Rooster, and your ID was always legit because you knew the bouncers
35. When "Home for a Rest" comes on, you think of Peterborough
36. You have the cutest pets in the world
37. You have Quaker aromas on your old clothes
38. You hit your first double at East City Bowl
39. You've been to a wedding where the first song was "Mony Mony"
40. You have the best fishing stories
41. You learned to roller skate at Wheelies
42. You say sorry more than the average Canadian says sorry
43. You know someone that drove a Monte Carlo or Taurus, and you did donuts in at least one of them. And you have a truck
44. You know Pete Dalliday really well
45. When you see someone portaging a canoe in the downtown, it's no big deal
46. When a Led Zeppelin or AC/DC song comes on The Wolf, you rock out more than the typical person
47. No matter where you are in the world, it doesn't quite feel like home: Peterborough
48. You still claim the Royal Burger has the greatest burger ever
49. You've had a Mrs. Murney sucker
50. A mullet was your badge of honor in the 80s and into the 90s. You welcome the flow style though. Well somewhat
51. Your first hole-in-one ever was at Milltown
52. You know a Shaughnessy or a Young
53. You've danced on the bar at Spanky's or The Only
54. You know Koski
55. Your best friend's sister's uncle knows Dan O'Toole
56. You have slid down Parkhill or Weller in the winter in your car at least once, and it wasn't fun. Scarier than the coaster you rode at Wild Water & Wheels
57. You know everyone through one degree of separation
—By Aaron Elliott & Neil Morton
A "Shake It Off" dance off happened on Hits 100.5 between DJs Pete Dalliday, Dale Lowe and Chan Rahan. Slight edge goes to Dale Lowe (the guy in the window). Taylor Swift would definitely approve? Watch for yourself below. If you do "Shake it Off" vids, send us the link here.
Jennifer Brown, who just graduated from Trent University with a biochemistry major, has won the Tim Hortons Duelling Donuts Contest. Her idea—creme brulee-filled doughnut topped with peanut butter cups—topped 76,500 submissions for the $10,000 grand prize.
Brown battled it out with three other finalists in an online vote, and will now get to see her creation sold in Tim Hortons restaurants across Canada.
The four finalists had been chosen by a panel including Jason Priestley, Ben Mulroney, Jann Arden and Anna Olson.
Watch her winning pitch below to see why Love REESE'S® To Pieces rose above the competition, and look for it at Tim's in the coming months...
By now, if you don't know what the ALS ice bucket challenge is, you've been living under a rock. And if you've never heard of Breaking Bad and Walter White's shenanigans, you're in a very small minority. Peterborough's Miles Gibney, a part time radio news anchor in town, took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and combined it with a Breaking Bad theme to create one of the coolest videos we've seen during this fundraising craze. Watch for yourself... —Aaron Elliott
Ever been told you look like someone famous? These people from Peterborough have. (Email us your doppelgänger and we'll add to this list.)
Model/actress Theresa Longo tells us she often gets these comparisons:
1. To Emilia Clarke's character Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones...
Longo at left
2. ... And to Pamela Anderson from her Baywatch days...
Longo at right
Meredith Card tell us she's often compared to Helen Hunt. "I don't see it, but I get Helen Hunt all the time. I personally don't think so... but take the compliment," she says.
Montage of Hunt & Card pics
Our Sales Director/Featured Post writer Aaron Elliott gets compared to Adam Sandler all the time.
Aaron on the right
Sherri Wilfong tells us "Everyone tells me I look like Pink."
Wilfong at right
Wilfong at right
David Koski often gets compared to Zach Galifianakis...
Koski at right
Stu Harrison often gets compared to Bruce Willis and Phil Collins...
Montage: Stu, Phil, Bruce
Klint Davies tell us, "People say I look like Javier Bardem—albeit a much less cut version of Javier Bardem, but the resemblance is there. I'll take that comparison any day of the week."
Klint at left
These facts are all totally pretty much not true...
1. The Peterborough Lift Lock was originally constructed to be a giant boat teeter-totter.
Millennium Park
2. Someone once went over Peterborough Falls at Millennium Park in a barrel.
3. Peterborough is the LARPing capital of Central Ontario
4. Little Lake was once called Big Lake.
Del Crary Park (photo courtesy David Feeley)
5. Del Crary Park was man-made and constructed in the shape of a pizza slice.
6. Northcrest Arena is built over a lost treasure of Peterborough sports trophies from the the early 20th century.
7. There are a vast array of tunnels connecting Trent University and Fleming College. There is also possibly a small community of people who live in them, a secret society.
Superlisde picture by Laura Copeland
8. The superslide at Riverview Park & Zoo was originally going to be constructed to extend right into the Otonabee.
9. Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch and Jason Dunn (formerly of Hawk Nelson) grew up playing ball hockey against each other.
10. Peterborough was originally thought to be named after Peter Pan. (The thought of our city being nicknamed “Never Never Land” was a bit of a turn off.)
11. Brad Pitt once hung out at Spanky's.
12. Jackson's Park was Canada’s first ever open-concept zoo, with free roaming large animals walking around.
Peterborough streetcars in olden days on George St.
13. A Peterborough streetcar once went all the way to downtown Toronto.
14. The pavement on Charlotte St. is Canada’s oldest serving road surface.
15. Before becoming a World Championship wrestler, Bobby Roode had dreams of being a professional shuffleboard player.
16. The Centennial Fountain at Little Lake continuously sprays Fresca, not water.
City Court House
17. The City Court House served as the inspiration for the Hall of Justice in Super Friends.
18. Peterborough-raised Sebastian Bach got his break in the music business as the 6th member of New Kids on the Block.
19. Wild Water and Wheels was built with the idea of it eventually becoming Canada’s largest amusement park.
20. There is a secret vault at City Hall full of Quaker granola bars and Minute Maid in case a city wide food shortage ever arises.
21. The iconic Hi Tops sign went on a National Tour across Canada.
22. The term “Canadian Tuxedo” referring to a denim outfit from head to toe was created in Peterborough in the mid-1980s.
Plaid
23. Peterborough is the Plaid Capital of Canada.
24. Dick Todd still plans on returning to coach the Petes on two more different occasions.
25. Quaker Oats invented the concept of people being happy about what they ate for breakfast.
Rainbow over downtown Peterborough
26. There is a giant rainbow protecting downtown Peterborough
27. 95 percent of all people in Peterborough have had at least one make-out session on Armour Hill.
28. Much like London Bridges, the Hunter St Bridge was originally built up with wood and clay, wood and clay, wood and clay.
John Grant picture via PeterboroughLakers.ca
29. The Peterborough Lakers eat Cap'n Crunch as a team in the dressing room before every game.
30. Canoeists often break out in random gunwale bobbing on the Otonabee.
Telephone construction crew on Brock St. circa 1905
31. Brock Street has actually had high speed internet access since the early 20th century (see picture below).
32. From the air, Peterborough’s boundary is actually shaped like a baby T-Rex holding an ice cream cone.
33. The term "hipster" was actually invented by Mike Watt during one of his talking out loud dreams in 1996.
34. David Koski and Zach Galifianakis are the same person.
35. Gerti Sina is Mike Judson's shorter, older brother.
36. Canada’s first mini portable pickleball court was designed and built by Canadian General Electric in Peterborough.
37. Ping Pong is the unofficial official underground indie sport of Peterborough.
38. Ketchup is outlawed at Hot Belly Mamas. If you want a condiment, it has to at least be tabasco sauce.
39. The Peterborough Skateboard park is one of the largest continuously grafittied skating surfaces in Ontario.
40. The Lift Lock tunnel is haunted, and Casper has been seen on multiple occasions.
41. The White House Hotel on Charlotte St. has been mistaken for The White House on occasion.
42. The "Love Tunnel" at the Peterborough Zoo has lead to thousands of marriages.
43. Peterborough Chamber CEO Stu Harrison once served as a body double for Bruce Willis.
44. There is a person living in the Market Hall clock, and they play around with the time sometimes depending on their mood.
45. The Peterborough Economic Development's Jamie Coughlin has longer sideburns than Jason Priestley and Luke Perry did on 90210.
46. Quaker Oats has a giant scent machine and controls which aromas we get to smell on any given day.
47. Poutine, Euchre, The Caesar and The Mullet were all invented here.
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