Peterborough's Top Talent Search Tonight at Little Lake Musicfest

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Peterborough's Top Talent Search is tonight's act at the Little Lake Musicfest.

A run-through for the 12 finalists on Monday night

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In Case You Missed 'Em: Some of the Local Artist Profiles We've Run on PtboCanada

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Jay Scotland and Lois Tuffin Make Quite a Splash

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PtboCanada snapped these shots on the weekend of CHEX Newswatch weather anchor Jay Scotland and Peterborough This Week editor-in-chief Lois Tuffin on their way into the dunk tank as part of a fundraiser for Our Space.

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PtboPic: Australia's Jetty Road Performing At Lockside Today

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[photo submitted by Avery Morton]

[Jetty Road; Lockside's Sunday Summer Concert Series]

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PtboPic: There's Nothing Like a Night at the Peterborough Ex

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The Treasure Hunters Roadshow Is In the Patch Looking for Antiques

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The Treasure Hunters Roadshow has been set up this week at the Best Western Otonabee Inn and they're looking to purchase your antiques. These include precious metals, jewellery, antiques and toys from before 1965, and other rare finds. There has been tremendous interest from Peterborough citizens, and the lineups have kept them past their 6 p.m. close-up time. Today, rare finds were a Beatles tray and a Martin guitar. The Treasure Hunters Roadshow will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. —words and pictures by Evan Holt


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Peterborough Astronomical Association Invites You to Armour Hill For Special Viewing

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Tonight (August 12th), the skies will light up as the Perseids meteor shower dances through the night sky. To help view this celestial show, the Peterborough Astronomical Association—a group of people who love space and viewing the night sky—is inviting folks up to Armour Hill (Asburnham Memorial Park) starting at 8 p.m. for a peek at this year's shower (let's hope there aren't any clouds, which will obscure the meteors). Although not necessary, there will be telescopes available to be able to see all the other wonders the night sky has to offer. The event is free. For more information on this event and about PAA, click here.  —Julie Morris, PtboCanada contributor 

[photo via Peterborough Astronomical Association website]

[Peterborough Astronomical Association]

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Screening of "The Clean Bin Project" a Success

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Nearly every seat was occupied at the screening of The Clean Bin Project last night in the auditorium of The Peterborough Public Library. People sat attentive as they watched the journey of Jen and Grant over the 365 days of their project.

Laughter was heard throughout as the duo brought a great deal of wit and humour to their adventure as they worked through new and innovative ways to do the most simplest day-to-day tasks in a more environmentally, garbage-free approach. Shock was also seen on the faces of many as statistics on garbage and waste poured onto the screen that were just too heartbreaking to believe.

After the screening, the couple welcomed questions, comments and feedback from the audience. I would like to thank Jen and Grant for choosing Peterborough as one of their stops along their cycling journey across the country to get the word out, opening our eyes and reminding us of all the little things we could change in our day to day lives to make a little bit of a difference in the well-being and future of our planet.

For more information on the project, go to The Clean Bin Project Blog. And for local resources and advice, visit Peterborough Green-Up.  —Julie Morris, PtboCanada contributor 

[Related: Must Watch: Peterborough Green-Up Presents "The Clean Bin Project"; The Clean Bin Project; Peterborough Green-Up]

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160th Anniversary of Little Lake Cemetery

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Despite the rain, it wasn't enough to keep the ghosts away at the 160th Anniversary of Little Lake Cemetery on the weekend. The well attended celebration, put on by the Trent Valley Archives and the Little Lake Cemetery Company, had actors portraying famous citizens at their own grave sites. Each "ghost" had a story to share of the life and times of those buried at the various sites.

At the chapel, there was also a ceremony to commemorate the occasion with speeches from the likes of Mayor Paul Ayotte (playing Peterborough's first Mayor, Thomas Benson).

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Winners of Galway-Cavendish Forest Rally Are...

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Congratulations to Chris Martin and Phil Narini for winning the Galway-Cavendish Forest Rally. This is the 9th year that the Peterborough Motor Sports Club has hosted the rally and it was a close finish. There was only 19 seconds separating the winners in their 1993 Subaru Impreza E85 and the 2nd place team of Peter Thomson and Rod Hendricksen in their 2006 Mitsibushi Lancer Evolution IX.

The Galway-Cavendish Forest Rally is part of the Ontario Performance Rally Championship and brought more than 20 teams from Canada and the U.S. to compete.

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