The Canadian Canoe Museum and Publican House Brewery have joined forces to develop and market a museum-branded series of craft beers. The first beer in the Canadian Canoe Museum Beer Series — William English Ale, named after the founder of the English Canoe Company — will be launched at noon on Saturday, June 20th, at the Kawartha Craft Beer Festival in downtown Peterborough.
New series of craft beers honours the canoe
Health units now testing water quality at public beaches in the Kawarthas
With summer officially beginning on Sunday, both the Peterborough County-City Health Unit and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit are now regularly testing the water quality of area beaches to ensure they are safe for swimming.
Peterborough Pet Food Bank urgently seeking donations
The co-founder of the Peterborough Pet Food Bank has issued a plea for donations. Kathi Curtin-Williams says the pet food bank needs both dry and wet pet food, cat supplies, and food for other animals including rabbits, hamsters, and birds.
One of only three pet food banks in the Kawarthas, the Peterborough Pet Food Bank is non-profit organization run by volunteers to aid pet owners in need.
Ontario to protect bees and other pollinators starting July 1st
Starting July 1st, Ontario will be the first jurisdiction in North America to protect bees and other pollinators through new rules to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds by 80 per cent by 2017.
Peterborough Folk Festival announces 2015 lineup
The Peterborough Folk Festival has announced its lineup for the 2015 festival, which takes place from Friday, August 21st to Sunday, August 23rd.
Free admission to Ontario provincial parks on July 17
On Friday, July 17th, you can spend a day at one of Ontario’s 330 provincial parks — for free. The Ontario provincial government is encouraging everyone to visit a park to improve their health as part of the international “Healthy Parks Healthy People” movement.
Celebrating harmony and peace while helping community
Peterborough is joining in the world-wide celebrations of International Day of Yoga on Sunday, June 21st with the first annual Peterborough Yoga Festival from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Del Crary Park in downtown Peterborough. In the festival’s theme of “harmony and peace”, all proceeds from the event will go to the United Way Peterborough & District.
I want to believe: The X-Files comes to the Peterborough stage
The truth is out there. In anticipation to the upcoming revival of the classic ’90s sci-fi series The X-Files, The Theatre on King (TTOK) in Peterborough is reinterpreting four classic episodes of the cult favorite on four consecutive Tuesdays between June 16th and July 7th.
A ray of hope for families facing neuroblastoma
Just over a week before I found myself once again hacking my way around the Kawartha Golf and Country Club during the 8th annual Nexicom James Fund Golf Classic on June 1st, I was in the great room of my dear friends’ home, savouring an incredible six-course meal.
Chef Brad Watt of Peterborough’s Rare Grill House had flown fresh lobster in from the east coast.
Photos from the Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival
Beautiful weather once again welcomed the 15th anniversary of Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival to Little Lake on Saturday, June 13th.
Seventy-one dragon boat teams comprising around 1,400 paddlers came together to raise funds for the purchase of a mammography unit for the Breast Assessment Centre at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC).
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