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Composting pet waste for a cleaner environment

Composting pet waste is an easy way to help keep harmful bacteria from entering our lakes and rivers, keeping water cleaner for both wildlife and humans

Anyone who owns a dog knows just how much work they can be. There’s the daily feeding, ensuring the water bowls are never empty, and of course making sure they get out for walks and have plenty of exercise.

I have three of them, and thankfully a large backyard for them to enjoy. On nice days in the summer they spend the entire day outside, splitting their time between soaking up the sun on the deck, lounging in the shade, and running around playing in the grass. One by-product of the dogs is the doggie-doo they produce in the run of the day.

Peterboriana

Local writer and historian Patrick Conway (photo: Sam Tweedle)

It’s easy to find out what is on the minds of people in Peterborough today. Just a quick hop onto Twitter will reveal stories about elections and The Parkway and music festivals and theatre performances — all preserved in cyberspace in 140 characters or less. These stories make up the social landscape of our city and contribute to our modern culture.

But what were people talking about a century ago? What were the news items of our often-forgotten past?

There’s no doubt that Peterborough has a colourful history, one that’s created a sense of pride in our community. You can find a lot of information online describing Peterborough’s unique heritage. But to understand the full scope of our past, we need to dig a lot deeper than a handful of random facts found on the internet. Thankfully, local writer and historian Patrick Conway is doing the research for us.

Interference

Interference (book jacket: ECW Press)

Michelle Berry is widely published in Canadian literary magazines, national newspapers, and anthologies. She teaches creative writing at both the University of Toronto and Trent University, and she is a mentor at Humber College.

In addition to her latest novel, Interference, Michelle has written four other novels (What We All Want, Blur, Blind Crescent, and This Book Will Not Save Your Life) and has published three collections of short fiction (How To Get There From Here, Margaret Lives in the Basement, and I Still Don’t Even Know You ).

This Book Will Not Save Your Life won the 2010 Colophon Award and was longlisted for the 2011 ReLit Award and I Still Don’t Even Know You won the 2011 Mary Scorer Award for Best Book Published by a Manitoba Publisher and was shortlisted for the 2011 ReLit Award.

Born in California and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, she lives with her family in Peterborough.

Interference was published in August 2014 by ECW Press.

Creating a milkweed corridor for monarchs

After emerging from their chrysalis, monarch butterflies need time to rest and allow for their wings to strengthen and dry. Three or four hours later, they'll be flying in search of nectar-rich flowers. (Photo: Peterborough GreenUP).

We’ve been watching a miraculous insect transformation here at the GreenUP office over the past couple weeks, which has been getting quite exciting during the last day or two.

Our Marcy Adzich and Carolyn Ross have been busy rearing monarch butterflies from caterpillar to chrysalis to fully fledged butterfly. The caterpillars were gathered from several locations around the area including Brighton, Coe Hill and right here in Peterborough.

musicNOW – September 2014

Newfoundland roots-rockers Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case play the Red Dog on September 3 (publicity photo)

September is always busy as parents ready children for school, colleges and university start up, and we all return to a more routine schedule.

That said, why not take a load off at one of these great shows happening in Peterborough and area? Rock and roll, roots, and BA Johnston are all coming to town.

Artsweek 2014 looks ahead to a bright future for the arts in Peterborough

For its 10th anniversary season in 2014, Artsweek Peterborough has a bright and bold new peacock logo (graphic: Joe Andrus)

Perhaps because we are spoiled by the array of artists, galleries, festivals, and performances to be enjoyed in Peterborough and the Kawarthas, we often remain bewildered by the choices of what to attend.

Take to the streets on September 14 to fight HIV/AIDS

"Live Out Loud" was previously known as the AIDS Walk For Life, pictured here from 2012; the walk has been an integral part of the community-based HIV/AIDS response for nearly 30 years (photo courtesy of PARN)

PARN – Your Community AIDS Resource Network is asking the people of Peterborough to take to the streets on Sunday, September 14th to raise much-needed funds to support local responses to the HIV epidemic. PARN is marking its 25th anniversary this year.

Monochromatic Monotony – A review of Sin City: A Dame To Kill For

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For opened in theatres on August 22, 2014

This severely belated sequel may be arriving nearly a decade too late, and the pop lustre of its living panels may have worn off with subsequent familiarity and many inferior imitations, but it is not without its aggressive merits.

Director Robert Rodriguez and legendary scribe Frank Miller’s previous Sin City was evidently game-changing in its perhaps overly literal adaptation of Miller’s hallowed crime series. The iconic style of its filming elegantly framed a plethora of punching and brought kinky sex to the mainstream.

Passive aggression – A review of The Long Weekend

The Globus Theatre production of Norm Foster's The Long Weekend stars Sarah Quick as Abby Nash, Anna Black as Wynn Trueman, James Barrett as Roger Nash, and Kevin Sepaul as Max Trueman (photo: Sam Tweedle)

Who could imagine that passive aggressiveness could be so fun?

The summer theatre season is coming to an end with Globus Theatre’s production of The Long Weekend, a comedy written in 1994 by Canadian playwright Norm Foster. Directed by and starring Globus’ artistic director Sarah Quick, the play co-stars Globus’ artistic producer James Barrett and heralds the return of actors Kevin Sepaul and Anna Black to the Globus stage.

Gas customers can save money and stay warmer with free program

By taking measures like adding insulation or sealing around windows, you can lower utility bills substantially. Enbridge's Winterproofing Program offers such improvements for free to eligible customers. (Photo: Peterborough GreenUp)

I recently heard someone describe the 2014 summer season as “the summer that wasn’t”.

With cool temperatures, lots of rain, and little in the way of humidity, that moniker is quite fitting. While other areas of the country have seen a typical hot summer, that just hasn’t been the case in southern Ontario.

As we move toward the end of August and into September, like it or not, we need to start thinking about the cold months ahead. While it may seem a long way off, we’ll be turning on the heat in our homes before we know it.

Now is the perfect time to prepare our homes for the cold and snowy months ahead. A free program offered by Enbridge Gas Distribution for the past few years has been helping gas customers save energy by making their homes more efficient.

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