The Tea Party's Jeff Martin Covers "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at Historic Red Dog

[Jeff Martin; Jeff Martin at Historic Red Dog]

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Must Watch: Peterborough Green-Up Presents "The Clean Bin Project"

Next Tuesday, Peterborough Green-Up is presenting a special screening of The Clean Bin Project (see trailer below) at the Peterborough Public Library Auditorium (August 10th, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; cost is by donation).

The Clean Bin Project, which is currently on a national screening tour across Canada, is a documentary about a regular couple, Jen and Grant, and their quest to answer the question, "Is it possible to live completely waste free?"

Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least amount of garbage in an entire year.

Their light-hearted rivalry is set against a darker examination of the sobering problem of waste in North America. 

[The Clean Bin Project Trailer; The Clean Bin Project Blog; Peterborough Green-Up; Peterborough Public Library]

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The Peterborough Lift Lock Is World Famous Don't You Know (Of Course You Do)

Here it is getting a lot of action on YouTube from tourists and the like.

[More info: Peterborough Lift Lock]

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Workshop on Invasive Plant Species in the Kawarthas

Lakeland Alliance's Sue Prentice talks about the Dog-Strangling VineSue Prentice of the Lakeland Alliance lead an informative workshop, "Alien Invaders: Invasive Plant Species in Cottage Country", at Ecology Park on Sunday.

Invasive plants species are usually ornamental plants that have been moved from their native habitat to a new area such as our local gardens. Due to their aggressive behaviour, they will overtake local plants and can cause economic, environmental, social or cultural damage.

Plants that have been found locally include the Common and Glossy Buckthorn, the Dog-Strangling Vine, The Norway Maple and recently brought to the spotlight, the Giant Hogweed.

Due to the 2009 Ontario cosmetic pesticides ban, we can't combat the plants with harmful toxins. But Sue Prentice gave suggestions on other methods of cutting them back (for example, being careful about what plants you put in your garden in the first place) and using something called soil solarization to prevent them from bothering you again. —Evan Holt

[Related: The Green Update: Invasive Species]

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A 22-year-old Sebastian Bach Gives His Memories of Peterborough

Twenty years ago Sebastian Bach (he of Skid Row) returned to his hometown of Peterborough while on vacation (and to watch his little brother graduate from Queen Mary), and took time out to chat with a local TV station. Here's what his memories were of growing up here ("I attempted to," he says), including attending PCVS and Lakefield College School, and walking down George Street with long hair.

[Sebastian Bach -- Lost Interview Part 1]

[Related: Skid Row -- "18 and Life"; Sebastian Bach's website; Sebastian Bach on Twitter]

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Johnny and the Sex Machine Cover Don't Stop Believin' at Ribfest

Click here to see more songs from their gig at Ribfest.

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From Harper Garage to a Peterborough Petes Hockey Jersey: Michael Ignatieff Works (and Charms) Local Crowd

It was his joke about getting the Liberal bus repaired at Harper garage that got the crowd at the Holiday Inn in Peterborough laughing.

It was his earnest and hard-hitting speech about the need for the Liberal Party to lose its sense of entitlement and to earn back the right to hold power that won the respect of the mostly Liberal crowd.

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, here on Wednesday as part of a summer bus tour across Canada he's on, delivered a rousing speech (see the best part in the video above) which painted a powerful picture of where Harper has been leading the country (to the right of centre and into increasingly secretive, undemocratic turf) and where the Liberal Party intends to take it once again (back to the centre political turf defined by Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Elliott Trudeau and other Liberal Party icons).

Ignatieff—who was accompanied by key members of the Liberal team, as well as his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar— touched upon the G20 summit, the proposed changes to the census, prorogation, and other hot-button issues.

Peterborough Federal Liberal Candidate Betsy McGregor thanked Ignatieff for his comments and presented him with the Peterborough equivalent of the keys to the town: a Peterborough Petes hockey jersey.

—video and text by Ann Douglas, PtboCanada contributor

[Michael Ignatieff - Holiday Inn, Peterborough: Liberal Express Tour - Part I; Michael Ignatieff - Holiday Inn, Peterborough: Liberal Express Tour - Part II; Betsy McGregor Thanks Michael Ignatieff; Presents Him With a Peterborough Petes Hockey Jersey]   

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A Video Tour Inside the Canadian Canoe Museum

Here are two unedited videos that a guy named Dana Meise shot inside the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough recently.

[Part 1 Canadian Canoe Museum; Part 2 Peterborough Ontario Canadian Canoe Museum]

[Related: Visit The Canadian Canoe Museum In Peterborough and Try Some Great Local Canoe Routes]

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

[Virtual Tour of the new Market Hall; Market Hall]

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