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Celebrate Canada’s 150th at Home in Downtown Peterborough With Awesome Entertainment
/The Canada’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations Committee and the Downtown Business Improvement Area are working together to put on two days of exciting activities on June 29th and 30th, the beginning of four days of local Canada Day festivities.
On Thursday, June 29th, there will be a "Downtown Pop-Up" where you’ll find a wide range of unique entertainment at more than 20 locations throughout the downtown. The official ribbon cutting will start with a picnic in Millennium Park featuring the swing, jazz, funk and rock & roll sounds of the band Knightshift.
Rick Fines playing at launch announcement
Throughout the afternoon and evening, you’ll get to see performances from the Tanah Haney Celtic Harp Trio, the Mike Graham Gypsy Jazz Trio, Bobby Watson, Sean Conway, Danny Bronson Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, country singer Dean James, the Peterborough Pop Ensemble, Peterborough Concert Band, Peterborough New Horizons Band and more.
There will also be live chainsaw carving by champion woodcarver Steve Kenzora, caricatures by artist Jason Wilkins, interactive art, Citiots Improv, a live circus show and a “Bring Your Can-Con” Canadian music contest.
On Friday, June 30th, Hunter Street from George to Aylmer streets will be closed for pedestrians only. EC3 and Artspace will be presenting a 150th themed media arts exhibition. Four new works by local artists commissioned especially for this event will be popping up as films, videos and projections large and small to inhabit the street.
Catfish Willie and Washboard Hank get the music started on June 30th with a special Live and Local Lunches performance at the Peterborough Square Courtyard. Family entertainment throughout the afternoon includes a colouring contest hosted by the Peterborough Public Library, face painting from Faces By 2, a Ben van Veen Century 21 Summer Family Film Series movie in Millennium Park and performances from Tim Holland The Puppet Tamer, J’s Magic and The Paddling Puppeteers.
The Bash 150 downtown street dance gets underway at 4 p.m. on Hunter Street with an amazing lineup of local talent, including:
• 4:00 p.m. — Washboard Hank
• 5:15 p.m. — Mayhemingways
• 6:15 p.m. — Rick Fines
• 7:15 p.m. — Melissa Payne
• 8:15 p.m. — The Rocket Review, featuring Jack De Keyzer & Jerome Godboo
For more information about Peterborough’s Canada 150th Celebrations and a list of their events, click here.
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Get Your Piece Of The Pig's Ear History: There Will Be A Content Auction In Early May
/The Pig's Ear Tavern is closing for good April 22nd as local developer Parkview Homes has bought the building. Parkview is now inviting the community of Peterborough and Peterborough at large to participate in an auction of the remaining contents of the Piggy—a unique opportunity for past and present revelers of “The Piggy” to own a piece of its storied history.
The auction will be held after the current owners have closed the doors on the establishment in early May. It will be hosted online by Russland Auctioneers here.
Parkview Homes says that all proceeds from the auction will be split 50/50 between two local charities—YWCA Crossroads Shelter and YES Shelter for Youth and Families.
Check back here for auction date details in the coming weeks.
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Tickets For Under Water Dining At Lock 21 Sold Out In Less Than 12 Hours
/Last June, we were among a select group of 12 people invited to a beta test of a unique experential tourism experiment called Under Water Dining At Lock 21, and predicted it would be a hit when it launched to the public.
Sure enough, it is. Under Water Dining—which takes visitors on a hands-on, historical dining experience through, inside and under the world’s highest hydraulic lift lock—announced its official launch for 2017 and tickets for their experiences sold out in under 12 hours!
Photo from beta test for Under Water Dining in Summer 2016
“We expected tickets to sell quickly, but we were overwhelmed by how quickly they sold out—the response has been incredible,” says Tracie Bertrand, Director of Tourism & Communications for Peterborough Economic Development.
Photo from beta test for Under Water Dining in Summer 2016
Manager of Canal Operations Chad Buchner
[Related: Want to learn about the engineers who built the Lift Lock? Click here. For 15 neat facts about the Lift Lock's history, click here. To see 138 canoes & kayaks jammed into the Lift Lock, click here.]
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A Peterborough Couple Just Won $1 Million Playing Encore
/Congrats to Peterborough couple Mary Richardson and Tim Noble, who won $1 million in OLG's March 6th daily Encore draw.
Richardson and Noble picked up their big cheque at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Prize Centre in Toronto on Tuesday (March 28th).
Their winning ticket was bought at Jackson Park Convenience on Parkhill Road.
The couple plan to use their windfall for travel—they have already booked a trip to Mexico—and savings. Retirement plans are much clearer now the couple say, as they plan to invest most of their winnings into savings.
What would you do if you won $1 million? Tell us on our Facebook page.
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A Woman Near Peterborough Saved Her Yearling Horse That Was Being Attacked By A Coyote
/A Douro-Dummer woman's Facebook post (see below) about her yearling horse Indy getting attacked by a coyote is getting hundreds of shares on Facebook.
Screengrab via Facebook post
Sara Whetung, a freelance horse trainer, tells PTBOCanada her harrowing story of the attack she witnessed on Friday, March 24th at her barn on Whetung Road near Stoney Lake Market at Crowe's Landing:
"It happened at approximately 7:15 pm at our farm (Canadian Frost Farm) at Crowe's Landing on Stoney Lake. My horses (I have 3) come in the barn in the evening to have their evening grain, then are turned back out for the rest of the night. My horses came in as usual on Friday night (when this happened) and were turned back out. When getting back into the paddock, my Appaloosa yearling Indy (she is 1 year, 9 months) ran down to the run-in shed—which is a short distance down the hill from the paddock gate they are led in—and did not return."
Sarah with her beloved Indy
"I was not alarmed at first, as I often put hay out down by the run in, however she did not return. I proceeded to pick up manure and check the water trough (by the gate), when I heard loud screams coming from my filly, Indy, along with thrashing noises. I immediately (with manure fork in hand) ran down to the run-in where I found her down on the ground with the coyote on top of her ripping her leg. I was also yelling and screaming at the time. The coyote, after hearing and seeing me, jumped back and off of the filly, and took off into the bush. The filly continued to flail on the ground and I had to get her up. The filly suffered a large 8 inch gash to the bone on her right front leg, as well as a small gash on her back leg and nose."
Indy's deep gash
While the vet has stitched up Indy, Sara tells PTBOCanada she is not in the clear by any stretch:
"It's a 50/50 chance she will heal properly. The infection risk is high. Because the wound is right on the joint, the stitching is less likely to hold. She was very close to having tendons/ligaments exposed, but thankfully they were not."
Indeed, Indy's current vet bills and future bills will be high, so Sara—a Trent student—has set up a GoFundMe page in the hopes people will help cover the costs and ensure Indy receives the best care and support required to make a full recovery.
Indy stitched up, and safe in her stall
Whetung adds that there are lots of coyote tracks this morning (March 26th) up by her barn: "The horses are in now 24/7, as I am not confident turning them out until this coyote is dispatched. Coyotes are very thick out here this year, and while this is most likely a random attack, they have also been taunting my neighbor's horses and getting in the paddocks with them, too."
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Do You Remember The George Street Bear?
/Back in the day, the George Street Bear was a fixture in downtown Peterborough. It was located outside Lech's on George next to Pappas Billiards. Do you remember it? What are your memories of it and its place in the downtown? And anyone know the little girl pictured in the photo? Comment on our Facebook page.
Photo via Trent Valley Archives
