Seedy Sunday Is Coming Up On March 10th At George St. United Church

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This Beauty Before & After Pic Sums Up Winter Wonderland Peterborough

[via @JustEmmaTaylor]

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Watch This Fantastic Peterborough Is A Hockey Town Video Made For Hockey Day

This is just about the best thing ever. This video was produced by Wayne Eardley with excellent music and lyrics by Peterborough's Rob Wilkes and his band The Conestokers. It captures Peterborough hockey culture, lore and history perfectly. Watch and share, a new Peterborough hockey anthem is born...

[YouTube]

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Parka Gives The All Clear For The Ice At The Lift Lock for Hockey Day in Canada

Hockey Day in Canada is next Saturday (February 9th) in Peterborough. Should be a great day. Parka the Beaver, Parks Canada's mascot, is ready. Let's hope that ice stays solid as a rock for the next week!

[via @trentSevernNHS]

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Some Really Neat Fog Shots That Came In On Our Twitter Feed

Holy foggy day. Here's some images that came in our Twitter feed.

Bata Library at Trent...

[via @lisaraby]

Little Lake...

[via @EnergE_997]

Another shot at Trent...

[via @MBrentM]

And Little Lake again...

[via @trollwag]

View of downtown from East City...

[via @mrdouglogan]

Of Jackson Park...


[via @joshcutmore]

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Don Cherry & Ron Maclean Coming To Peterborough For Hockey Day In Canada

As part of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada releasing their 60th season schedule, it has been announced that Scotiabank Hockey Day In Canada takes place here in Peterborough this year on February 9th.

Don Cherry and Ron Maclean will come to the city for this special day, when all seven Canadian NHL teams will be featured interspersed with community hockey segments.

This will be great exposure for the city across Canada, and its important part of hockey lore in this country.

[via CBC]

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Local Photographer Captures Funny Snow Sculptures Made At Jackson Park

Peterborough photographer Jay Callaghan captured these snow gems during a recent night shoot at Jackson Park...

[via @caltek79]

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Why Moving The Canadian Canoe Museum To A Waterfront Location Downtown Would Rock

The Canadian Canoe Museum announced today (November 21st) that a feasibility study is being undertaken starting in January to determine in part what it would take to move to a waterfront location downtown from their current location for the past 15 years at 910 Monaghan Road.

It's never made much sense to be where it is (more than one person has remarked as such), and moving this excellent museum right down by the water in the core of Peterborough seems like an entirely logical thing to do. It would drive many more tourists and cottagers—and even locals—into the downtown area to visit the museum.

Imagine touring the Canoe Museum, then stepping outside it and going canoeing and kayaking on the Otonabee River and Little Lake. And afterwards, tourists and the like can eat and shop and take in some theatre downtown. Brilliant.

"During the years that we've been operating on Monaghan Road, it has become apparent to us that we will need to redevelop the Museum in order to achieve these goals, and so we are commissioning a feasibility study as the first step," says the museum's director James Raffan in a PR release.

Funding for the study comes from private donors and a grant from the Peterborough Community Futures Development Corporation.

Where do you think a great place for a new site would be for construction of a facility near the downtown?

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Local Farmer Using His Tractor To Create More Garden Plots At Bonaccord Community Garden

If you see a tractor in town today—well, not that you wouldn't see a tractor in town today—here's why: The Bonaccord Community Garden is expanding.

Between 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., a local farmer will be using his tractor to plough currently grassed areas to make room for up to 10 additional community garden plots.

The Bonaccord community garden has had a waiting list for many years now, and is making space to welcome new gardeners in the spring of 2013.

This popular and picturesque community garden, located on Bonaccord St. between Park and Monaghan Streets, has been in existence for almost two decades. Currently, about 25 gardeners have plots in the garden. It provides them with access to space to grow their own food, an opportunity to interact with other gardeners, share growing tips, and create a beautiful community space.

The Peterborough Community Garden Network works to help support access to existing gardens and help communities create new gardens. They envision community gardens as a key tool for food security, ecological integrity and community building.

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GreenUp Expo At Lansdowne Place Today

 Be sure to stop by the GreenUp Expo taking place today at Lansdowne Place from 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. This is the 9th year for this event that showcases many environmentally friendly products and services.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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