Dave Pogue knows, better than most, just how a community can raise a cause to unbelievable heights.
His 23-year-old son Mitchell decided to take his own life in August 2013 — a decision Pogue speaks about freely and frankly.
“No one saw it coming,” Pogue says. “To this day, nobody knows why. You can go back and analyze every single conversation you have for years and guess about what you should have paid attention to, but you’ll never really know.”
The weather is gradually getting chillier, and the leaves are beginning to turn from vibrant green to shades of burnt orange, auburn, and golden yellow. We are in a transition period where the weather is neither too hot nor too cold, which is great when it comes to heating and cooling costs. However, that will all change in the coming weeks and, when winter is upon us, a properly heated home becomes an undeniable necessity.
A couple of Sundays ago, I got to witness the best scene I have ever experienced with our new dog, Maggie.
My husband Scott had to work and he came in the door about 7:45 pm. As soon as Maggie heard his key in the door, she started to wag her tail and almost tripped the kids as all three of them raced to the door to welcome Daddy home.
I have come to expect great things from director Dane Shumak. Passionate about modern theatre, Dane has proven to have great vision when it comes to bringing bold new productions to Peterborough.
Well, Dane has done it again. With a small but extraordinarily talented company, Shumak is bringing Jason Robert Brown’s moving musical The Last Five Years to the Peterborough stage. The result is a powerful emotional journey that isn’t to be missed. A true triumph, this show is destined to be a highlight of this theatrical season.
First produced in Chicago in 2001 (before becoming one of the most-talked-about off-Broadway productions of 2002), The Last Five Years is a high-concept drama about a relationship that is doomed from the start.
There’s been a lot of talk among Peterborough residents about water meters. From the first announcement they were coming, to the final installation, people were (and still are) concerned about how much they would be paying for water.
Now that water meters are officially tracking how much water we use, many of us are looking for ways to reduce water consumption to keep the utility bill in check.
Among municipalities of a similar size, Peterborough is one of the last in Ontario to start metering water. Cities and towns across Canada deal with water problems, or a lack of water, and we don’t stop to think about how lucky we are to have reliable water service. Metering is another way that we can track how much water we use and reduce that amount.
Indoors there are many ways to conserve water. Running the dishwasher only when it’s full, doing full loads of laundry, and taking shorter showers are all easy ways to significantly reduce water consumption around the home.
The DBIA does a great job promoting downtown Peterborough. I take my hat off to them; they are working hard. Downtown Peterborough is wonderful, with great stores and a diverse mix of restaurants and bars. The people are friendly and the atmosphere is exciting.
So why are so many retailers experiencing tough times? There are many events every year that bring many people downtown, but retailers remain challenged. Is the answer a convention centre? The Canoe Museum? Those would help, but there’s a bigger picture here.
They hug, they shrug, they laugh — sometimes hysterically — and they even occasionally use a bad word. They’re the 150 women or so who belong to a sorority, of sorts, here in Peterborough: the Women’s Business Network (or WBN for short).
So far, five people are running for mayor of Peterborough this time around and, of those five, really only three are notables: current Mayor Daryl Bennett, former city councillor Patti Peeters, and community organizer Maryam Monsef.
As I scan social media, I see discussions of The Parkway and how it’s a deciding factor for people when it comes to their vote.
1974 was a big year: the OPEC oil crisis ended, Hank Aaron surpassed Babe Ruth’s all-time homerun record, Stephen King published his first novel Carrie, ABBA was on its way to superstardom, Richard Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman at The Rumble in the Jungle, and the Rubik’s Cube was invented.
It was also a big year for Peterborough’s arts community. Along with his friend David Bierk and a collective of other artists, Dennis Tourbin founded Artspace — which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
We came to our turn off County Road 2 so quickly that we missed the clear sign proclaiming “ZimArt’s Rice Lake Gallery 1 km.” As we doubled back to Second Line Road, an almost life-size figure in serpentine stone greeted us from the corner.
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