Jian Ghomeshi Takes Us Through A Virtual Tour of Peterborough's New Market Hall

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Vacation Footage of Peterborough & Buckhorn... from the early Seventies

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Here's a couple of pretty neat films a guy shot from his vacation trips to this area in 1970 and 1971. You'll recognize many local spots in them. (The film format was Super 8, so there is no audio unfortunately.)

 
[Buckhorn 1970; Return to Buckhorn -- 1971]

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In case you missed it... the 2010 Canada Day Fireworks in the Patch

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[2010 Canada Day Fireworks]

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PtboPics: More Great Pictures from the Canada Day Parade in the Patch

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[photos submitted by PtboCanada contributor Desiree Fawn, @sofawned]

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PtboPic: The Peterborough Canada Day Parade On George Street Rocked!

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PtboPic: Kawartha Voyageur Cruise Ship Squeezes Its Way Into The Lift Lock This Morning

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[photo submitted by Anne and Dave from FireHouse Gourmet]

[Related: Ontario Waterway Cruises; Peterborough Lift Lock]

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What Will Become of Portage Place?

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Once upon a time, Portage Place was the mall you just had to visit. There were lots of stores and shops and food court options, and business was booming. But all that seems like distant memory now.

You know things are bad at Portage Place when one of the shops in there that customers are loyal to is forced to shut its doors.

As MyKawartha reports, The Gourmet Cup is closing today due to lack of business. The Gourmet Cup has been in the mall since the very beginning, and current owner Lorna Ray has run it since 1996.

"The landlord has done nothing to attract tenants," Ray tells MyKawartha. "It's the state of the mall."

A new management team has been brought in to turn things around at the mall and attract more tenants, but is it too late? Many of the stores in Portage are now vacant, and things appear to be getting worse and worse by the day. You hardly hear of anyone shopping at Portage anymore. It just feels empty.

What would you do to turn this mall around?

[MyKawartha]

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Someone Told Us It's All Happening At The Zoo

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Our zoo is fantastic—and free. And this year it is celebrating its 75th anniversary, with special events including their first annual fundraising Gala in August to help raise funds for an animal care building to house animals in need of special attention.

Be a tourist in your own city, and go check out our wonderful zoo—or if you've already been, go again and again.

Here are some videos that people have shot there over the years:

 



And hey, why not... take a ride to the zoo.

[Riverview Park and Zoo]

[Related: Interactive Tour of Riverview Park and Zoo; Simon & Garfunkel: At The Zoo]

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

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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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A Video Tour of Peterborough's New YWCA Crossroads Shelter

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