Do you think you have the next great invention? Live in Peterborough and the Kawarthas? Well Dragons' Den producers are coming to town February 18th to hear you out for your chance to get on the show! More deets on location and time coming soon on their website.
So entrepreneurs, what would you invent for Peterborough? Tell us on our Facebook page.
Peterborough was a great influence on the acclaimed author
Read MorePeterborough's original name is Nogojiwanong ("place at the end of the rapids”). Here are nicknames it's gathered over the years—and some it could have...
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[UPDATE: October 24] -> The Sundial was completed today (Oct 24th). Thanks to Fleming's Laura Copeland for sending these new pics along to us...
Peterborough, England students
Peterborough, England students
Entire class who took the Dry Stone Structure course
Entire class
Entire class
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Peterborough, England students at work (photo courtesy Laura Copeland)
A neat project is happening this week near the main entrance of Fleming College, as six students and three staff from Peterborough Regional College (PRC) in Peterborough, England, are building a drystone sundial...
photo courtesy Laura Copeland
The PRC students and staff are participating in a one-week course through the Haliburton School of The Arts at the Sutherland Campus in Peterborough, and are taking the Dry Stone Structures course taught by John Shaw Rimmington (pictured in fluorescent coat above and below). Throughout the week, the students will learn about creating dry stone structures by building a dry stone stacked sundial near the main entrance of the college (in the middle of the roundabout).
photo courtesy Laura Copeland
City Council has approved an amendment to By-Law No. 94-55 which prohibits the raking of loose leaves, branches, shrubs or any other yard waste onto City streets and boulevards. This bylaw is now in place to increase safety for children, pets and pedestrians; to reduce incidents of blocked sewers, flooding and icing; and to reduce collection costs. It will also help to eliminate the problem of loose leaves blowing back onto your and your neighbours’ properties.
All yard waste is to be set out in paper bags, bushel baskets or containers labeled with a Green Waste sticker on your regular waste collection day. There is no limit on quantities so rake as you please. Green Waste collection runs weekly until November 28th. Green Waste stickers are available at no-charge from the City Hall Reception Desk, 500 George Street North or the Public Works Office, 182 Townsend Street. Residents may also transport their green waste year-round to the City/County Landfill Site, located on Bensfort Road.
You can do this with leaves though...
Leading Mayoral candidates: Maryam Monsef & Incumbent Daryl Bennett
Peterborough is one of the greatest cities anywhere—one of Canada's most secretly awesome cities. But we know that. You know that. We trumpet that all the time here: the amazing people (and their animals), organizations, institutions, non-profits, charities and businesses that make this community what it is. In many respects, it's a community of collaboration. Build a city together, not in silos.
It's stunningly beautiful, this gateway to the Kawarthas—and pretty much anyone who visits here or lives here raves about it. It has all the amenities of a big city, and then some. And the best zoo anywhere.
So yes, there is lots of greatness here—so get ready for "great" (repeat) in this paragraph. We have great businesses. We have a great emerging tech (and green tech) sector. We have great organizations like Peterborough Economic Development working to bring business here (and create jobs)—"Let's do Business” is one of their mottos—and the Peterborough Chamber (one of the best Chambers anywhere) working to help grow existing businesses (like ours), make them sustainable and advocate on their behalf. We have great post-secondary institutions in Trent University and Fleming College. We have great (and diverse) restaurants, pubs, cafés and retail stores. We have a great music, arts and cultural scene. We are a great sports town, and the Petes and Lakers are known far and wide. And most important, we have great people all around us. Peterborough is a city of great people.
But everyone knows there is room for improvement in this city; there always is. This is a particularly crucial phase, this next four years. There are many questions—and no easy answers—in the city around jobs, sustainable economy, economic development, green spaces, urban sprawl, development, Parkway (or no Parkway), taxes, the downtown, crime, addiction, social services, keeping young people here, etc.
Which is why October 27th is so damn important. It's the Mayor (and city council) you elect who sets the tone for this city. They are representatives/ambassadors for you—the constituent—and for the city on a local, and sometimes, national and world stage. They are a vital, essential part in where we are now, and where we're going to move forward as a city in healthy ways.
So be engaged. Get informed. Go to the debates. Go to the candidates' websites and social media pages. Learn their platforms and policies. Ask questions. Tweet, email and call your candidates. Stop them on the street. Talk to your colleagues, friends and family. What are they saying?
The city is buzzing about this election because of the amazing candidates running for city council, school board trustee and Mayor. They all care about city building, which is why they're running. There is no excuse for voter apathy/angst/cynicism this time out.
Now it's up to you to get out there and vote. Find out everything you need to know about voting by going to Peterborough.ca/vote.
Voting is your democratic right and one so many people in other countries don't have, so exercise it. Cast your ballot October 27th.
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Ever been told you look like someone famous? These people from Peterborough have. (Email us your doppelgänger and we'll add to this list.)
Model/actress Theresa Longo tells us she often gets these comparisons:
1. To Emilia Clarke's character Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones...
Longo at left
2. ... And to Pamela Anderson from her Baywatch days...
Longo at right
Meredith Card tell us she's often compared to Helen Hunt. "I don't see it, but I get Helen Hunt all the time. I personally don't think so... but take the compliment," she says.
Montage of Hunt & Card pics
Our Sales Director/Featured Post writer Aaron Elliott gets compared to Adam Sandler all the time.
Aaron on the right
Sherri Wilfong tells us "Everyone tells me I look like Pink."
Wilfong at right
Wilfong at right
David Koski often gets compared to Zach Galifianakis...
Koski at right
Stu Harrison often gets compared to Bruce Willis and Phil Collins...
Montage: Stu, Phil, Bruce
Klint Davies tell us, "People say I look like Javier Bardem—albeit a much less cut version of Javier Bardem, but the resemblance is there. I'll take that comparison any day of the week."
Klint at left
Jason Dunn (photo via his Twitter page)
Jason Dunn lives in New York City—the "second greatest city in the world," he says—but wrote this song for his first love, Peterborough, the city he grew up in and to which he often returns to visit family and friends. "I love it more than a friend," Jason jokes at the beginning of the video.
Goes to show once again you can take the person out of the Peterborough, but you can't take the Peterborough out of the person. Ever.
Have a listen yourself below to Jason's song "Peterborough"...
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Our Scott Arnold captured these great pictures and video of Jerry Seinfeld as he entered the Memorial Centre in Peterborough Saturday night (April 26th) to perform in front of a sold-out audience...
picture by Scott Arnold, PTBOCanada.com
Seinfeld waves to Scott Arnold (picture by Scott Arnold, PTBOCanada.com)
picture by Scott Arnold, PTBOCanada.com
picture by Scott Arnold, PTBOCanada.com
picture by Scott Arnold, PTBOCanada.com
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