It’s a sure sign of spring when the chorus of songbirds once again returns to our region. Recent mornings, I’ve awoken to the sounds of robins chirping, the tune of a white-throated sparrow, and the gentle cooing of morning doves. The silence of the winter has broken.
Imagine for a moment if that winter silence continued into spring and summer.
Although maple syrup season runs until mid April, most events in the Kawarthas are wrapping up in March. If you haven’t had a chance yet to celebrate the iconic Canadian product, here are three events you can check out this weekend.
Kawartha Lakes Fire Rescue Service is implementing a burn ban effective Wednesday, April 1st, 2015.
What do you get when you bring together horses, drums, healthy food, a willingness to be in the moment, and several women on 189 acres of one of the best-kept secrets in the Kawarthas?
You get a certain kind of magic that can change your life forever.
Judging by the resounding success of Sunday’s “Love for Lydia” benefit at Showplace Performance Centre, there’s no doubt that Peterborough is a loving community that comes together to help its own.
Hundreds of people attended the event, enjoying food, drink, and live music while raising money for the family of 11-year-old Lydia Black, the granddaughter of the much-loved and respected local musician Al Black.
After cancer, heart disease is the number one killer of Canadians. Fortunately, residents of Durham, North Hastings, Northumberland, Peterborough and Peterborough County, and the City of Kawartha Lakes can receive state-of-the-art cardiac care close to home at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), where cardiac specialists can diagnose and even stop a heart attack in its tracks.
The restaurant at the corner of Simcoe and Water Streets in downtown Peterborough, previously The Works, is now reopened with a new name — Brickhouse Grill & Bar.
Our lives are our stories to write.
John Boyko is a bestselling author of Canadian history and politics, including Blood and Daring: How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation.
He has written many provocative op-eds and spoken to audiences from coast-to-coast.
His newest book Kennedy and the Canadians will be released in 2016, with the film rights already secured for a television series.
Would it sound better if I were a man? Would you like me better if I was?
— “Human Nature” by Madonna and Dave Hall
This simple yet poignant rhetoric was released as a vinyl-covered slap-in-the-face to the deeply mysoginistic criticism that dogged Madonna after the shockwaves of her notorious SEX book continued to reverberate through the mid ’90s. Nearly 20 years later, the same person receives the same criticism.
Although they’re creeping back up again, lower gas prices over the winter have certainly saved drivers money. But while the cost of driving may be lower (at least for now), the cost of owning a car isn’t: the Ontario government has been increasing vehicle-related fees every year since 2012.
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