Peterborough Snofest Winter Carnival Begins This Weekend!

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Snofest gets underway this Saturday (January 8th) and runs through the 16th at various locations around the Patch. Opening ceremonies take place starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Lansdowne Place. Snofest has been an annual tradition providing entertainment and activities for the whole family for more than 30 years. Check out the Snowfest brochure for the event and location listings throughout the city during the carnival.  

 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

[Snofest; chextvDOTcom]

PtboCanada Was There: Canadian Canoe Museum Presents Canoes & Trains

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The Canadian Canoe Museum held a free Open House on Sunday, and got help in the celebrations from model railroad enthusiasts. Clubs from Peterborough, Cobourg and Lindsay showed off their 1/87th scale trains and miniature villages.

The local group Peterborough Model Railroaders is made up of a group of nine who meet up monthly to talk about their passion. All of them have had a part in creating the display, which features a miniature village that would be reminiscent of Peterborough in the 1950s. 

With working lights and sounds of an actual locomotive, the display captured the imagination of everyone in attendance as there were plenty of details to see.

[The Canadian Canoe Museum]

[Words and Pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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It Was Happy Hogmanay at Hutchison House!

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Hutchison House rolled in the New Year in Scottish fashion today by celebrating Hogmanay.

Hogmanay is the Scottish word for the last day of the year, where the festivities usually last well into the first day of the New Year.

Today from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the community was invited to share in this celebration by sampling traditional Scottish eats including the Scotch Black Bun, Clooty dumplings, Scotch eggs, oatcakes, and haggis.  

It was truly wonderful to have the opportunity to wander through the Hutchison House museum, one of the many places throughout the city that have been on my bucket list to visit. I enjoy so much learning more about the history of the former residents and families of our community.

Great conversations and New Year's greetings were shared amongst the visitors as fiddle and bagpipe music played throughout.

 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris - Pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Some of the Stuff PtboCanada Has Covered This Year

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VIDEO: Peterborough Year in Review

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2010 has been quite the eventful year in the Patch. Here's a sampling—in video—of some of the stuff that went down here this year. In no particular order (by date or ranking), here it goes:

The gas leak...

 

Flash mob at Fleming College...

 

Jay Scotland busted on "COPS Peterborough" for a good cause...

 

Jeff Martin covering "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at The Red Dog...

 

Coach Greg Walsh stands up for his player against racism...

 

Showdown at City Council between Paul Ayotte & Patti Peeters...

 

3 Loonies event for Kawartha Food Share...



The Terry Fox Run at Nicholls Oval ...

 

New YWCA shelter opens...

 

The Silver Hearts perform on Hunter Street after last call...

 

The Olde Stone Symphony...

 

Sebastian Bach arrested at Riley's...

 

Tim Horton's commercial that was filmed in East City...

 

Blue Rodeo at Showplace...


What do you think the most important moments/events were in Peterborough this year?

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Great Reasons To Shop Downtown This Christmas

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There is free 2-hour parking downtown over the Xmas season and any money deposited in the meters will go toward the Kawartha Food ShareShop downtown Peterborough and support local when looking for a unique Christmas gift this year. There are extended hours in December at participating stores, and parking is free downtown.

Santa himself will be walking around downtown to check if you are naughty or nice from noon to 3 on December 11th and 18th. If you are nice, he just might give you a candy cane.

As added incentive to shop downtown, you will receive a Downtown Holiday Shopping Passport when you spend $10 at a participating DBIA store. When your passport is full ($200 in purchases), it will be deposited into a ballot box.

There are early bird prize draws from the ballot box on December 6th, 13th and 20th. Prizes range from a $500 DBIA Gift Certificate to the Grand Prize of a $1,000 DBIA Gift Certificate (the draw date for that is on January 4, 2011).

[Words & pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

 


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Video: The Venue's Grand Opening Was Last Night

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What About A Designated "Entertainment District" for Peterborough?

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There has been talk around the Patch about creating a designated "Entertainment District" down around Showplace, Market Hall and The Venue in the hopes of drawing even more townsfolk—and tourists—downtown. Optics mean a lot, and a branded "Entertainment District" might help.

We asked our new Mayor Daryl Bennett what he has to say about this. "There will be a focus on the need to cultivate the entertainment district," Bennett tells us, adding that he will be gathering more intel on the Municipal Cultural Plan that is already underway, as well as attending its visioning forum and public open house (which is happening today, November 29th). "The information gathered through this process will assist as we move ahead with the central core of our city," he adds.

The Venue's manager Christian Tanna told the Examiner recently that "Within a few years I think you are going to see this block have a bit of a renaissance from a business standpoint. It kind of in a way becomes Peterborough's new entertainment district."

Downtown stores have been branding this "Fashion District", so why not a create a "Entertainment District"? Go downtown and shop, eat and then take in a show.

Thoughts?


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The Peterborough Festival Of Trees Gets Set Up In One Minute And 59 Seconds...

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...thanks to the wonders of time-lapse photography used in this video below. (It actually took four days to set up.) But dig it. And go see the Peterborough Festival of Trees at the Memorial Centre. It's on!

[YouTube; PFOT]

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Sebastian Bach's Peterborough Homecoming Gone Terribly Wrong Is Making World Headlines

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So by now, you have probably heard rocker Sebastian Bach was arrested here in the Patch after a bite at Riley's. Below are some of the headlines on this story today from around the web:

Fox News: Sebastian Bach Arrested for Tasting Hand at Wine Bar

Perez Hilton: Sebastian Bach Arrested!

TMZ: Sebastian Bach Arrested for Biting at Canadian Bar

Gossip Cop: Sebastian Bach Arrested After Bar Bite

Globe and Mail: Ex-Skid Row Singer Sebastian Bach Charged With Asssault After Ontario Bar Fracas

Billboard: Sebastian Bach Arrested After Bar Biting Incident in Canada


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