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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
The General Electric factory complex at 107 Park Street North in downtown Peterborough, which began operations in 1891 as the Canadian Works of the Thomas Edison Company and later continued under General Electric. The site includes a complex of 33 buildings built between 1891 and 1981 and used for industrial manufacturing and ancillary purposes. In 2018, General Electric ceased its manufacturing activities on the site, with most of the buildings now decomissioned with machinery and equipment removed. (Photo: Google Earth)

‘History will remember’: Peterborough city council to allow demolition of contaminated GE buildings

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Public delegations urged council to consider environmental and public safety concerns before permitting GE Vernova to demolish buildings.
A scene from the 2019 documentary "Town of Widows" by Natasha Luckhardt and Rob Viscardis about the fight for justice by former General Electric workers and their widows in Peterborough who believe illnesses and cancer deaths in their community are linked to toxic exposure from the GE plant. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Peterborough city councillor says council’s GE demolition decision violates Ontario Heritage Act

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Joy Lachica accuses mayor of concealing notice of demolition from council for nearly a month as concerns grow over heritage, environmental, and public health impacts.
Peterborough city councillor Alex Bierk displays an "intake clinic hazard map," from a 2017 Unifor report detailing the toxic chemical exposures at the General Electric site between 1945 and 2000, during a general committee meeting on October 6, 2025 when council considered a notice of demolition of a large number of vacant buildings at the historic factory complex at 107 Park Street North. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council approves demolition of most of historic GE factory site despite contamination...

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After lengthy debate, council accepts GE Vernova's recommendations to preserve only select historic structures.
The General Electric factory complex at 107 Park Street North in downtown Peterborough, which began operations in 1891 as the Canadian Works of the Thomas Edison Company and later continued under General Electric. The site includes a complex of 33 buildings built between 1891 and 1981 and used for industrial manufacturing and ancillary purposes. In 2018, General Electric ceased its manufacturing activities on the site, with most of the buildings now decomissioned with machinery and equipment removed. (Photo: Google Earth)

Partial demolition proposed for historic General Electric factory complex in downtown Peterborough

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City council will consider heritage impact assessment report prepared for GEPR Energy Canada Inc. that proposes demolishing a large number of vacant buildings.
Joel Wiebe (middle) receiving the James Gordon Carnegie Memorial Award from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce in April 2025. After almost five years with the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce, including the past three as vice president of government relations and operations, Wiebe is leaving the chamber on October 3, 2025 to take on the role of senior advisor, community relations with Alto, Canada's first high-speed railway, which is currently under development. (Photo: Ontario Chamber of Commerce)

After five years, Joel Wiebe leaving the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce for...

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The award-winning vice president of government relations and operations has accepted a position as senior advisor of community relations.
Poets Jon Hedderwick and Ziysah von Bieberstein creating spontaneous works at the Take-Out Poetry Cart during Artsweek 2023. For Artsweek 2025, running from September 28 to October 5, von Bieberstein will again be one of the featured poets for the Take-Out Poetry Cart at various locations, while both Hedderwick and von Bieberstein are two of the artists who will perform during The Soul Buffet, a new Artsweek event on October 5 at 2 p.m. in the Peterborough Square courtyard that celebrates Black culture, food, and the oral traditions of spoken word within the Black community featuring BIPOC artists and artists who are allies. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Michael Morritt video)

Artsweek Peterborough returns September 28 with eight days of free visual and performing arts

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Presented by the Electric City Culture Council, festival is a city-wide celebration of dance, theatre, poetry, audio and sound art, painting, sculpture, and music.
Public Energy Performing Arts presents Mozambican-Canadian dance artist and choreographer Pulga Muchochoma for a double bill of dance performance called YEBO at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on September 25, 2025. (Photo: Omer Yukseker)

Public Energy welcomes Mozambican-Canadian dance artist and choreographer Pulga Muchochoma to Peterborough on September...

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To be performed at Market Hall for one night only, YEBO ('Yes') consists of a solo work called NGOMA ('Drum') and an ensemble piece called INKOSI ('King').
The Globus Theatre production of Barb Scheffler's Canadian comedy "The Beaver Club" runs from September 24 to October 4, 2025 in Bobcaygeon and stars (left to right, top and bottom) Barb Scheffler as Eunice, Sarah Quick as Karen, Linda Goranson as Yvette, and Anna Silvija Broks as Radiance. (Supplied photos)

Tickets selling fast for Globus Theatre production of ‘The Beaver Club’ starring playwright Barb...

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Hilarious and empowering comedy about four older women on a road trip to Newfoundland runs for 11 performances from September 24 to October 4.
A rendering of Ashburnham Realty's proposed 17-storey apartment building to be located on Crescent Street in Peterborough, from EcoVue Consulting's notice of an open house about the proposed development to be held on September 23, 2025. The rendering includes what the notice describes as "the potential new location of the Art Gallery of Peterborough." (Graphic via EcoVue Consulting)

Art Gallery of Peterborough ‘exploring the potential’ of relocating to proposed 17-storey Crescent Street...

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Ashburnham Realty's planning consultant is holding a public open house on September 23 at the gallery.
A rendering of Ashburnham Realty's proposed 17-storey apartment building to be located on Crescent Street in Peterborough, from EcoVue Consulting's notice of an open house about the proposed development to be held on September 23, 2025. The rendering includes what the notice describes as "the potential new location of the Art Gallery of Peterborough." (Graphic via EcoVue Consulting)

Ashburnham Realty now proposing 17-storey high-rise for Crescent Street development in Peterborough

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Change from 15-storey building comes on heels of city council's approval of 17-storey high-rise in East City.
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