Peterborough Blogs
In January 2016, Safe Haven had the privilege of welcoming the Alftih family from Aleppo Syria. Mohammad and Randa and their four children have now been settling into their life in Peterborough for over a year.
Mike Fisher's Stanley Cup Run Made Peterborough Proud
/Peterborough's Mike Fisher had an incredible season with the Nashville Predators, captaining the team to within two games of winning the Stanley Cup.
Picture via Darling Insurance
The veteran not only inspired Smashville with his leadership, grit and poise on and off the ice, but Peterborough kids who look up to him...
Watch this video with a boy in Peterborough wearing his jersey...
And students at Ridpath in Lakefield who cheered him on...
And Mrs. Johnston's grade 3/4 class at R.F. Downey with their "Go Fish Go!" signs...
PCVS Graduate Kerry Clare To Present At 23rd Annual Lakefield Literary Festival
/The Lakefield Literary Festival has been an institution in the Kawarthas for more than 20 years. In commemoration of Margaret Laurence, Catharine Parr Traill, Susanna Moodie and the community’s ongoing literary heritage, the festival celebrates Canadian authors and promotes the joy of reading and writing among children and adults.
Kerry Clare
This year's 23rd edition (running July 14th to 16th) kicks off with local PCVS graduate Kerry Clare, author of Mitzi Bytes. This debut novel from Clare explores social life in the age of the internet.
Clare is also editor of the anthology The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood. Her essays, reviews and short fiction have appeared in publications such as The Globe and Mail and Chatelaine. She teaches about the art of blogging at the University of Toronto, and writes about books and reading at her popular website, PickleMeThis.com.
Other hosts/presenters this year include the likes of Douglas Gibson, Charlotte Gray, Andrew Larsen, Jane urquhart and Marni Jackson. The Lakefield Literary Festival events are held at a variety of venues which you can find here. For more info, visit the Lakefield Literary Festival website.
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Our Lady Peace To Totally Rock Del Crary Park
/Big news for Peterborough, as it has been announced that Canadian rockers Our Lady Peace will headline a free concert here on Wednesday, August 2nd at Del Crary Park in partnership with Peterborough Musicfest.
This is part of the province's Ontour concert, celebrating Ontario's 150th anniversary. Music-lovers in 23 communities across the province, including Peterborough, will get the chance to enjoy a live, free concert featuring some of Ontario’s—and Canada’s—brightest musical talents. Peterborough gets Our Lady Peace.
Visit ontario.ca/ontour for more info.
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Canadian Superstar Jann Arden To Visit Showplace Performance Centre This Fall
/On September 26th at 8 p.m., Canadian singer/songwriter/broadcaster/author Jann Arden will appear at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough.
The much celebrated multi-platinum, award-winning artist catapulted onto the Canadian music scene in 1993. She has released 12 albums with 19 top singles, and is the proud recipient of a star of Canada’s Walk of Fame. In addition to being a singer/songwriter, Arden is an author of note, with three books to her credit.
Jann has made appearances in television sitcoms such as Corner Gas and CBC’s Rick Mercer Report. Her philanthropic work includes World Vision, MAC Cosmetic’s Fashion Cares AIDS benefit and Gilda’s Club in Toronto.
Whether captivating audiences with her heartfelt music, entertaining them with her quick wit or sharing her written word in a boldly honest voice, Jann Arden is a Canadian original—a multi-dimensional talent.
Tickets for this one of a kind performance go on sale Friday, June 9th at 11 a.m. at the Showplace box office (290 George St. N.), by phone at 705-742-7469 or online at showplace.org.
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Four Student Art Exhibits To Be Displayed At Canada's 150th Anniversary Celebrations In Peterborough
/The Canada’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations Committee has announced four student art exhibits that will be displayed publicly during the City’s four-day celebration running June 29th to July 2nd.
The Committee, in partnership with the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board, has sponsored Canada themed art projects at a dozen schools across Peterborough.
The Art School of Peterborough conceptualized the exhibits and has been facilitating the art projects in local schools over the last several months. Students are busy putting the final touches on their work. Hundreds of unique Canada-themed pieces have been created and will be shown in local schools, while a selection of the works will form four public art exhibits in highly visible areas throughout Peterborough’s 150th celebrations.
“The Committee wanted to make sure we engaged students and school communities so that their voices were included in this important celebration of our country in our city,” Communications Chair Galen Eagle says. “The art exhibits will be a must-see and should give residents another great reason to Celebrate at Home.”
ART EXHIBIT DETAILS
Title: Canada Growing Strong
Date: Running Thursday, June 29 – Sunday, July 2.
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily
Location: West side of Silver Bean Café in Millennium Park
Summary: Students from St. Catherine CES have created and colourfully painted 150 clay flowers representing provincial flowers from across Canada. Displayed together, the flowers make a powerful statement about the beauty that unites our provinces coast-to-coast.
Title: Canada-mation
Date: Running Thursday, June 29 – Sunday, July 2
Location: Charlotte Mews Tunnel
Summary: Students from St. Alphonsus CES, St. Paul CES Peterborough and Chemong Public School have created Canada-themed Claymation videos that will be projected on the Charlotte Mews tunnel throughout the four days of celebrations.
Title: Canada Assembled
Date: Friday, June 30
Location: Hunter St. (road will be open to pedestrians only)
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Summary: Students from St. Anne CES have created large, wooden puzzle pieces that can be assembled to create the Canada 150th logo in this interactive exhibit.
Title: Canada Walking Forward
Date: Sunday, July 2
Location: Along the path and stairs that connect the Peterborough Museum and Archives to the Lift Lock grounds.
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Summary: Students from St. Paul CES Peterborough and Immaculate Conception CES have created and colourfully painted 150 clay footprints. The footprints are imprints of the students’ own feet and have been decorated to answer the question, “What does Canada mean to you?”
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Trent-Severn Waterway Fully Open for Navigation
/Parks Canada advises that the Trent-Severn Waterway is now fully open for boating traffic for the 2017 Navigation Season. All lock stations along the system are now welcoming visitors by land and through all locks.
Parks Canada thank all visitors and residents for their patience and cooperation as their staff worked diligently to address high water levels and flows caused by excessive precipitation to ensure safe boating conditions.
This year, lockage fees are free for recreational boaters, a great way to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. Boaters may order their passes on-line or they can be issued at any Lock Station. All that is required is your vessel registration number.
Along with free lockage, the Trent-Severn Waterway’s signature event in celebration of Canada 150 will be “Lock’n Paddle” taking place on June 24th. The plan is to load 150 paddlecraft into each of the two chambers of the Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site of Canada.
Once the lockage takes place and the chambers are lifted to level, they plan to salute our great nation by singing “O Canada”.
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An Unforgettable Night At Showplace For Neave And A Community That Loves Her
/Move N' Grooove Dance Studio ended their season in a beautiful way on Monday night (June 5th) at Showplace, with an amazing tribute to 9-year-old Neave Alderson by the studio's owner Julie Fallis—aka Miss Jules.
Jules has joined Neave, who is battling cancer, as a team member for the Great Cycle Challenge, which raises money for the Sick Kids Foundation. Jules has pledged to ride 300 kilometres in the month of June and said if she raised $3,000, she'd shave her head.
Megan Murphy on stage with her niece Neave and Miss Jules
Well sure enough, more than $3,000 was raised—$3,970 to be exact—and so in front of a sold-out crowd of 600, she made good on her promise!
A beaming Neave even got to make the first shave...
It was a powerful moment for spectators to watch Jules do this for Neave...
Neave, a Grade 4 student at Immaculate Conception school, just finished treatment last month—she's been through 14 rounds of chemo, 28 days of radiation and a 16 hour limb salvage surgery. But this resilient child is doing well and has just started back to school for the first time this year her Aunt, Megan Murphy, tells PTBOCanada.
"Recently we went to the park and she was determined to climb up the slide, pulling with her arms and using her legs as best she could until she made it to the top. The smile on her face broke my heart wide open! She’s a warrior."
"What Jules did for my niece Neave was just such a lovely gesture of support," Megan, who was on stage for the big moment, tells PTBOCanada. "She's an incredible role model for young girls." And that includes Neave's younger sisters, Tily, 8, and Poppy, 5, both of whom dance with Miss Jules.
This hug between Neave and Jules after the shave was complete said it all...
"She has a pretty cool wheelchair that she's quite proud of," adds Megan of Neave, whom she describes as a kindred spirit who lives in the moment. "The wheels light up when she rolls! And she's starting to bear some weight on her reconstructed leg. She is starting to ride her bike that we've outfitted with stability wheels. This time next year, she'll be dancing!"
We have no doubt.
[Pictures via Showplace Facebook page]
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This One Is For Dougie
/Doug—aka "Dougie"—has been a staple in downtown Peterborough for many years, a kind and generous homeless man who has endeared himself to so many adults and children with his smile, kindness and gentle manners.
Which is why a Facebook post by Peterborough's Samuel Milne resonated with so many who know of and love Dougie. In the May 29th post, Milne said, "Yesterday I ran into some luck. So I thought I would pay it forward and give Doug some luck too. This guy is an absolute beauty and makes me smile everytime I see him I hope he enjoys his 50$."
This was the post that is getting hundreds of shares...
Milne tells PTBOCanada what prompted his kind gesture:
Samuel Milne
