City Of Peterborough Press Release On High Winds & Putting Out Blue Boxes

It's pretty gusty out there! Watch out for the tumbleweeds tumbleboxes on your way home from work that are scattered on the side streets. [UPDATED] And indeed, high winds are scheduled for all week—causing the City of Peterborough to issue this release Tuesday (April 2nd)...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2, 2013 Peterborough, ON --
Blowing Recyclables
High winds are forecast to continue throughout this week. In order to reduce the amount of recyclable items blowing around City streets, residents are asked to please wait till the morning of your collection to place blue boxes at the curb.
Tips to avoid blowing recyclables include:
•    Do not over-fill blue boxes
•    Place paper and flattened cardboard sideways in your "Fiber and Plastic Film" box, rather than piling upwards.
•   Place lighter materials in a secure spot (e.g. put clear plastic trays underneath heavier steel and glass containers).

Residents are encouraged to write their address on their blue boxes, so they can be identified and returned if they should blow away from your property. Lost blue boxes will not be replaced for free.
For more details, please call the City of Peterborough Waste Management Division at 705- 742-7777, extension 1657.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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PTBOPics & Coverage From Seedy Sunday

Photo by Julie Morris

The 8th Annual Seed Sale and Exchange known as Seedy Sunday took place this past Sunday at George Street United Church.  

Photo by Julie Morris

Organizer Jillian Bishop from Urban Tomato Lady estimates that there were approximately 1,300 people that stopped into this year's event. Tomato seeds were a popular item from booth to booth, with a demand for all sorts of varieties in size and colour, and there were many questions surrounding growing tomato plants on balconies.

Photo by Evan Holt

One of the revisions they made this year other than extending the hours was moving the seed exchange area into the kitchen to allow for more room for people to shop and trade with others.

Also, Jillian tells us that over $250 was raised for Seeds of Diversity.

Photo by Evan Holt

Overall, it was a very bustling day as folks gathered what they needed to begin their gardening season. So wonderful to see so many people taking advantage of such a great event sharing the same love of gardening.  

Photo by Evan Holt 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris and Evan Holt]

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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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