Video: Highlights From "Peterborough Day" At Queen's Park

[via TVCogecoOntario's Channel]

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PtboPics: Peterborough Petes Season Ticket Holder BBQ; And Former Petes Captain Steve Webb Rides Into Town For A Good Cause

ABOVE: Petes fan Robert Condon chats with new GM Dave Reid and 2nd year forward Luke Hietcamp during Sunday's Season Ticket Holder BBQ hosted by the team. (The Petes open up their regular season at home Thursday against Oshawa.)

BELOW: Jeff Leal, MPP, helps welcome home former Petes Captain Steve Webb after his ride to raise funds for his W20 Foundation was completed today at the Memorial Centre.

[Peterborough Petes Schedule; W20 Foundation: Creating Opportunities In Education Through Hockey]

[photos submitted by PtboCanada contributor @petedalliday, the voice of the Peterborough Petes on @kruzfm]

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Are You On The Voters' List?

With a little over a month to go until the Municipal Election, you should check to see if you are on the Voters' list. Head on over to Peterborough.ca and click on the Voter Lookup button. For a list of the Certified Candidates, click here.

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Most Clever Political Lawn Sign We've Seen In The Patch So Far

[via Ann Douglas on Facebook]

[Related: Paul Ayotte & Daryl Bennett mayoral lawn signs]

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Before they were famous: Dean Del Mastro Yearbook Pics

[Source: Adam Scott 1990 Yearbook]

[Dean Del Mastro, MP, website]

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Must Watch: Peterborough Green-Up Presents "The Clean Bin Project"

Next Tuesday, Peterborough Green-Up is presenting a special screening of The Clean Bin Project (see trailer below) at the Peterborough Public Library Auditorium (August 10th, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; cost is by donation).

The Clean Bin Project, which is currently on a national screening tour across Canada, is a documentary about a regular couple, Jen and Grant, and their quest to answer the question, "Is it possible to live completely waste free?"

Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least amount of garbage in an entire year.

Their light-hearted rivalry is set against a darker examination of the sobering problem of waste in North America. 

[The Clean Bin Project Trailer; The Clean Bin Project Blog; Peterborough Green-Up; Peterborough Public Library]

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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Ruth Greig of Plan to Inspire thanks everyone for a lovely evening.Thursday night at The Junction, local business Plan to Inspire: Conference and Event Management presented "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".

This was a cocktail party for ladies only and had appetizers, dancing, a fashion show from local online apparel boutique TiaStar.com, and numerous wares from local businesses for women. Partial proceeds went to the YWCA Crossroads Shelter.

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From Harper Garage to a Peterborough Petes Hockey Jersey: Michael Ignatieff Works (and Charms) Local Crowd

It was his joke about getting the Liberal bus repaired at Harper garage that got the crowd at the Holiday Inn in Peterborough laughing.

It was his earnest and hard-hitting speech about the need for the Liberal Party to lose its sense of entitlement and to earn back the right to hold power that won the respect of the mostly Liberal crowd.

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, here on Wednesday as part of a summer bus tour across Canada he's on, delivered a rousing speech (see the best part in the video above) which painted a powerful picture of where Harper has been leading the country (to the right of centre and into increasingly secretive, undemocratic turf) and where the Liberal Party intends to take it once again (back to the centre political turf defined by Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Elliott Trudeau and other Liberal Party icons).

Ignatieff—who was accompanied by key members of the Liberal team, as well as his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar— touched upon the G20 summit, the proposed changes to the census, prorogation, and other hot-button issues.

Peterborough Federal Liberal Candidate Betsy McGregor thanked Ignatieff for his comments and presented him with the Peterborough equivalent of the keys to the town: a Peterborough Petes hockey jersey.

—video and text by Ann Douglas, PtboCanada contributor

[Michael Ignatieff - Holiday Inn, Peterborough: Liberal Express Tour - Part I; Michael Ignatieff - Holiday Inn, Peterborough: Liberal Express Tour - Part II; Betsy McGregor Thanks Michael Ignatieff; Presents Him With a Peterborough Petes Hockey Jersey]   

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Peterborough Activists Insist The Media is Missing the Message with the G8/G20 Protests

The media are missing the messages that really matter about the G8/G20 protests in Toronto this weekend.

That's what organizers of a peaceful rally and discussion held at Peterborough's Confederation Park on Sunday afternoon wanted the crowd of roughly 100 people who turned out for an afternoon of information and entertainment to know.

The event included speeches from Peterborough-area activists who participated in rallies and other events in Toronto this week; political analysis from other area activists such as John Etches, Jo Hayward-Haines and Roy Brady; a political dance performance by local dancer Ryan Kerr; and a music performance by Dub Trinity.

Members of The Peterborough Community Mobilization Network organized the event to raise awareness about the issues surrounding the G8/G20 summits. 

Barb Woolner and Leah Finity, two Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) board members who attended the rally together, each expressed frustration about the media coverage the G20 protests in Toronto had received in the mainstream media—specifically the emphasis on the acts of violence at the expense of the important messages being carried by the protesters.

"I don't think that's what people are looking for from the media—not if they are critical observers. They are waiting, waiting, waiting for those other stories about why those peaceful demonstrators were out there," said Woolner. "The media has twisted what it means to be a demonstrator. They've lost sight of what makes the movement so rich. We're not all saying the same thing."

—video and text by Ann Douglas, PtboCanada contributor

[Don't Believe Everything You Read in the Mainstream Media About the G20 Protests]

[For all videos shot by Ann Douglas at the Peterborough rally, click here.]

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