A pedestrian is dead after being struck by a tractor-trailer Wednesday night (November 16) on Highway 7 east of Keene Road just outside Peterborough city limits.
According to the Peterborough County OPP, the vehicle collided with the pedestrian at around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
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On Friday (November 18), police identified the victim as 30-year-old Shanaqua Lawrence of Peterborough.
Highway 7 was closed between Lancaster Road and Keene Road for several hours while police documented the scene.
Anyone who may have witnessed or has video/dash camera footage and has not spoken with police is asked to contact the Peterborough County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
Lang Pioneer Village Museum volunteer John Caldwell with his Volunteer Service Award of Excellence from the Ontario Museum Association on November 7, 2022. (Photo: Lang Pioneer Village Museum / Facebook)
John Caldwell, a long-time volunteer at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene, has received the Volunteer Service Award of Excellence from the Ontario Museum Association.
The 2022 Awards of Excellence were presented at the Ontario Museum Association’s 50th anniversary annual conference last Monday (November 7) at the Art Gallery of Hamilton.
The Volunteer Service Award of Excellence recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to a museum or museums through volunteer work.
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Caldwell began volunteering at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in the early 2000s, after being a regular visitor with his family since the mid-1990s.
“John is a remarkable example of a volunteer who is not only passionate about his work but is able to effortlessly share and inspire his work and interests in others,” reads a description on the Ontario Museum Association’s website. “He is able to connect with a diversity of visitors and audiences, fostering their curiosity by having them ask questions and trying things out for themselves. He is always having visitors engage with the history of the Peterborough County and directly participate in the museum’s demonstrations.”
Between 2015 and 2020 alone, Caldwell contributed more than 6,000 hours of volunteer work at the museum. He is an interpreter involved in various aspects of the museum’s operation, including grounds maintenance, education, recruitment, training, sales, and even modelling for event advertisements.
John Caldwell’s most substantive contribution in his volunteer work with Lang Pioneer Village Museum has been leading the power and equipment club, which has completed many restoration projects. Caldwell and other club members have restored various objects and structures, allowing for a more immersive and interactive visitor experience at the museum. (Graphic: Ontario Museum Association)
His most substantive contribution has been leading the power and equipment club, which has completed many restoration projects. Caldwell and other club members have restored various objects and structures, allowing for a more immersive and interactive visitor experience at the museum.
“Because of the work that John has done, we don’t just get to see an authentic piece of farm equipment, we get to see an authentic piece of farm equipment work in the way that it would have when it was built,” says Jennifer Crilly-Glover, volunteer coordinator at Christian Horizons. “Not only are we seeing genuine pieces of our history, we’re seeing them restored to their original glory, allowing the visitor a fully immersive experience. This is why Lang is amazing and a volunteer like John is so needed.”
Other recipients of the Ontario Museum Association’s excellence awards include Sarah Quinton of the Textile Museum of Canada (Distinguished Career), Nahed Mansour of the Royal Ontario Museum (Promising Leadership, with an honourable mention to Madeline Smolarz of Oakville Galleries), Oil Museum of Canada for Exhibition & Building Renewal (Exhibitions, with an honourable mention to Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery for Disruption), and Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum for “Making Her Mark: The Women of Niagara-on-the-Lake” (Publications).
The new council for the City of Kawartha Lakes was sworn in and held its inaugural meeting on November 15, 2022 at City Hall in Lindsay. (Photo courtesy of City of Kawartha Lakes)
The new council for the City of Kawartha Lakes was sworn in and held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday (November 15) at City Hall in Lindsay.
Elected on October 24, the new council consists of Mayor Doug Elmslie and councillors Emmett Yeo (Ward 1), Pat Warren (Ward 2), Mike Perry (Ward 3), Dan Joyce (Ward 4), Eric Smeaton (Ward 5), Ron Ashmore (Ward 6), Charles McDonald (Ward 7), and Tracy Richardson (Ward 8).
“These eight individuals and I are the electors’ choice to be the municipal leaders for the next four years,” Mayor Elmslie said. “We are mothers, fathers, grandparents, business owners, community volunteers, educators, activists, and — above all else — we are passionate champions of this beautiful place we call home. It is a responsibility we do not take lightly.”
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“Some of us have been on council previously, and we know many of the challenges that lie ahead, from balancing budgets to juggling multiple committee meetings to making time to hear from constituents,” Elmslie added. “Others are brand new to this role. I look forward to hearing their fresh insights. It is only by challenging the way we have always done things that we can improve. Kawartha Lakes is a municipality that has shown its commitment to continuous improvement and I know this council will embrace that value.”
Elmslie also outlined the priorities for the new council, including the 2023 budget, investing in roads and infrastructure, working with other levels of government for affordable housing, ensuring and supporting healthy community growth, and looking after the environment.
Ward 8 councillor Tracy Richardson, who was deputy mayor for the prior council in 2022, was acclaimed as deputy mayor for another one-year term.
The new council for the City of Kawartha Lakes was sworn in and held its inaugural meeting on November 15, 2022 at City Hall in Lindsay. The new council consists of Mayor Doug Elmslie and councillors Emmett Yeo (Ward 1), Pat Warren (Ward 2), Mike Perry (Ward 3), Dan Joyce (Ward 4), Eric Smeaton (Ward 5), Ron Ashmore (Ward 6), Charles McDonald (Ward 7), and Tracy Richardson (Ward 8), who was acclaimed as deputy major. (Photo courtesy of City of Kawartha Lakes)
“Customer service and communications are critical to our residents,” Richardson said. “We’ve built a lot of momentum with education and communication in the past, and are currently reaching out to residents about their customer experience on the Jump In website.”
“We need to make decisions based on what our community needs. I’m really excited to see what four years looks like from now. We’re going to be bigger and stronger than we are now.”
The city’s chief administrative officer Ron Taylor shared greetings and congratulations on behalf of Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MP Jamie Schmale and MPP Laurie Scott, as well as Premier Doug Ford and Curve Lake First Nation Chief Keith Knott, before introducing council to the city’s senior staff.
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“City staff are looking forward to working with you Mr. Mayor, and councillors, to implement our collective mission to deliver the highest standard of municipal services while creating a healthy and sustainable future for all Kawartha Lakes residents and businesses,” Taylor said.
The inaugural meeting began with a procession accompanied by town crier Athol Hart and musician Martin Neuland, with the proceedings officiated by Superior Court Justice Drew S. Gunsolus and musical performances provided by the ReUnion Choir of Fenelon Falls.
The next council meeting takes place at 1 p.m. next Tuesday (November 22).
Environment Canada’s winter weather travel advisory for the Kawarthas region is continuing for Wednesday morning (November 16).
The winter weather travel advisory is in effect for all of Peterborough County, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Hastings County, and Northumberland County.
In addition to the 5 to 10 cm of snow that fell in the region overnight on Tuesday, Environment Canada is calling for another 2 to 5 cm by noon on Wednesday for what it describes as “the first significant snowfall of the season.”
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This snowfall is due to a low pressure system that will continue to track northeast across the region today. The heaviest snow will taper off by noon, with a lower chance of flurries throughout the afternoon and evening.
The snow could create hazardous driving conditions during the morning commute, with slippery roads and poor visibility due to heavy snow at times.
Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions. Take extra care when walking or driving in affected areas. Slow down driving in slippery conditions. Watch for taillights ahead and maintain a safe following distance. If visibility is reduced while driving, slow down, watch for tail lights ahead and be prepared to stop.
The 2022 Kawartha Rotary Auction, running online from November 21 to December 4, is raising funds for the railway replacement project at Peterborough's Riverview Park and Zoo. Pictured is the train crew during the popular miniature train ride's 2019 season. (Photo: Riverview Park and Zoo)
The annual Kawartha Rotary Christmas Auction returns on Monday (November 21), this year raising funds for the railway replacement project at Peterborough’s Riverview Park and Zoo.
Bidding for the online auction organized by the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha opens at 11 a.m. on Monday at www.kawartharotaryauction.com and continues until 5 pm. on Sunday, December 4th.
The auction features hundreds of items donated by local businesses and organizations, including children’s toys and games, clothing and accessories, electronics, books, gift cards to local businesses and restaurants, theatre tickets, home appliances and decor items, and more.
Proceeds from the auction will support the Peterborough Kawartha Rotary Club’s commitment for the railway replacement project at Peterborough’s Riverview Park and Zoo.
With 10,000 to 60,000 riders each season, the miniature train ride is an important source of revenue for Peterborough’s Riverview Park and Zoo, Canada’s only free-admission accredited zoo, which is currently seeking to raise $300,000 to replace both the train’s aging replica locomotive and passenger coaches. (Photo: Riverview Park and Zoo)
The much-loved miniature train ride, which runs during the zoo’s summer season, was founded in 1974 by James Hamilton and features a miniature replica of an 1860 locomotive (nicknamed “Rosco”). The train ride is a popular attraction among the zoo’s quarter of a million annual visitors, with 10,000 to 60,000 people riding the train each season.
Income from the train ride supports the operating and capital expenditures at the park and zoo, which is operated by Peterborough Utilities Commission and is Canada’s only free-admission accredited zoo. However, both the train locomotive and passenger coaches need to be replaced, and Riverview Park and Zoo is seeking to raise $300,000 for the replacement project.
Bidding for the Kawartha Rotary Christmas Auction at www.kawartharotaryauction.com opens at 11 a.m. on November 21 and closes on December 4 in 20-minute intervals, from 1:20 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Payments can be made via e-transfer to kawartharotaryauction@gmail.com or on-site using cash or debit. Visa and MasterCard will also be accepted, but e-transfers, cash, or debit are preferred to avoid credit card processing fees.
The sponsors of the 2022 Kawartha Rotary Auction. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied logos)
This year’s Kawartha Rotary Auction is sponsored by Stone Guide Realty Limited Brokerage, Park Place Financial, Herod Financial Services, Dan Grady Guarantee Pro Realty Inc. Brokerage, ISL Insurance Brokers, Comstock-Kaye Life Celebration Centre, and Nexicom.
The Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha was established in 1989 and held its inaugural Christmas Gift Auction in 1994, raising $6,965. Originally broadcast on television, the auction went online only in 2008. Last year’s auction raised $17,000 to support Rotary’s donation toward the Peterborough Humane Society’s new animal care centre.
For more information on the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha, visit kawartharotary.com.
For more information on Riverview Park and Zoo, and to donate to or sponsor the railway replacement project, visit www.riverviewparkandzoo.ca.
This branded editorial was created in partnership with Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha. If your business or organization is interested in a branded editorial, contact us.
Alicia Vandine, donor relations and communications lead for Community Care Peterborough, with a cheque for $92,608.26 presented by local Tim Hortons owners Erika Howe-Gallagher, Ryan Graham, Donna Annett, and Mary and Greg Blair. (Photo courtesy of Community Care Peterborough)
The 2022 Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign has raised a record $92,608.26 for Community Care Peterborough.
The fundraising total was revealed on Tuesday morning (November 15) at the Peterborough office of Community Care, a registered charity empowering seniors and adults with physical challenges in the city and county of Peterborough to live at home by providing services including transportation, Meals On Wheels, and more.
The funds will support Community Care’s “Give A Meal” and “Give A Drive” programs, which subsidizes the cost of meals and transportation for clients in financial need.
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“We are awe-struck with this year’s result,” says Community Care’s executive director Danielle Belair in a media release. “We cannot say thank you enough to our communities, the local Tim Hortons teams, and our volunteers who together made this happen for us.”
During this year’s campaign, which ran from from September 19 to 25, 100 per cent of the proceeds of sales of Smile Cookies at participating local Tim Hortons restaurant in Peterborough, Lakefield, Bridgenorth, and Curve Lake were donated to Community Care .
The 2022 Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign raised a record-breaking $15 million across Canada, with the $92,608.26 raised locally also a new record.
“(It was) our best year ever and 100 per cent of the sales of cookies were donated to Community Care,” says Mary Blair, co-owner of the Tim Hortons on Hunter Street East in Peterborough. “People also made donations in lieu of purchases and this is included in this $92,608.26 total too.”
VIDEO: Community Care’s 2022 Smile Cookie Campaign
Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory for the southern greater Kawarthas region on Tuesday night (November 15) for what it calls “the first significant snowfall of the season.”
The winter weather travel advisory is in effect for southern Peterborough County, southern Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland County.
An approaching low pressure system will make its way over Lake Erie on Tuesday night, bringing snow for much of southern Ontario.
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The snow will begin Tuesday evening, tapering to light snow by Wednesday morning.
Snowfall amounts of near 5 cm are expected, although some areas may receive up to 10 cm.
Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions. Slow down driving in slippery conditions. Watch for taillights ahead and maintain a safe following distance. Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow.
American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) pictured in New York City in March 1994 when he was 63 years old. (Photo: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
When American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim died on November 26, 2021 at the age of 91, the world mourned the passing of a songwriting titan whose music and lyrics set the standard for musical theatre in the 20th century — a legacy that continues to this day.
On the one-year anniversary of his death, New Stages Theatre Company in Peterborough is hosting an evening of story and song to celebrate Sondheim’s life and music and his profound influence on musical theatre.
Written and narrated by Peterborough theatre icon Beth McMaster — known for her Legendary Icon Series profiling iconic entertainers of the 20th century — Sondheim: A Celebration will feature local performers Kate Suhr, Linda Kash, and Geoff Bemrose as well as Shannon McCracken and, fresh off his run of Chicago on the Stratford Festival stage, Henry Firmston.
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The show will welcome musical director Benjamin Kersey, who made his debut at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theatre this past summer with the award-winning production of the smash musical & Juliet.
New Stages founder Randy Read and incoming artistic director Mark Wallace will also take the stage, along with 11-year-old Indigo Chesser, who starred this past summer in 4th Line Theatre’s production of The Great Shadow.
Sondheim: A Celebration takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 25th at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. Tickets are $35 and are available over the phone at 705-775-1503, in person at the Market Hall box office at 140 Charlotte Street (3rd floor) from noon to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, or online anytime at tickets.markethall.org.
Written and narrated by Beth McMaster (top left), “Sondheim, A Celebration” also features (left to right, top to bottom): musical director Benjamin Kersey, Kate Suhr, Shannon McCracken, Linda Kash, Geoff Bemrose, Henry Firmston, Mark Wallace and Randy Read, and Indigo Chesser. (kawarthaNOW collage)
Born into a Jewish family in New York City in 1930, Stephen Sondheim’s interest in musical theatre began when he saw his first Broadway musical at nine years old.
When he was 10, he formed a close friendship with James Hammerstein, son of lyricist and playwright Oscar Hammerstein II who was a neighbour. Sondheim’s parents were getting divorced at the time (he had an unhappy home life) and the elder Hammerstein became his surrogate father, further developing Sondheim’s love of musical theatre.
When Sondheim was 15 years old and a student at George School, a private Quaker preparatory school, he wrote his first musical By George. While it was a success among his peers, Hammerstein called the musical “terrible” and designed an informal course in musical theatre for Sondheim, having him write four musicals over the next six years that were never professionally produced.
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Sondheim studied music at Williams College in Massachusetts, writing college shows there, and then went on to study in New York City with the composer Milton Babbitt. At the 1949 opening of South Pacific, Hammerstein’s musical with Richard Rodgers, a 19-year-old Sondheim met Hal Prince, who would later direct many of Sondheim’s own productions. In the early 1950s, Sondheim wrote scripts in Hollywood for the television series Topper before returning to New York City where he wrote incidental music for the play The Girls of Summer (1956).
Sondheim’s career began in earnest when he wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story in 1957, as well as the lyrics for Gypsy in 1959. He began writing both lyrics and music with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962). His other best-known works are Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987).
During his career, Sondheim earned eight Tony Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 2008), an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Pulitzer Prize, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also has a theatre named after him both on Broadway and in the West End of London. Film adaptations of his works include West Side Story (1961 and 2021), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Into the Woods (2014).
Stephen Sondheim in 1962, 1972, 1980, and in 2015 receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Photos: Michael Hardy, Bernard Gotfryd, Martha Swope, Evan Vucci)
For more information about New Stages Theatre Company, its 2022-23 season, and for season subscriptions, visit www.newstages.ca.
kawarthaNOW is proud to be media sponsor of New Stages Theatre Company’s 25th anniversary season.
Peterborough's inaugural poet laureate, spoken-word artist Sarah Lewis from Curve Lake First Nation, performed for the first time at Peterborough city council on September 27, 2021. She performed two poems, "Warrior Cry" and "Take Them Home." (Photo: Electric City Culture Council)
The City of Peterborough is looking for its next poet laureate for 2023.
Administered by the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) under the guidance of the City of Peterborough’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Advisory Committee (ACHAC), the Peterborough Poet Laureate Program was launched as a pilot in 2021-22, with Curve Lake spoken-word artist Sarah Lewis named as Peterborough’s first-ever poet laureate.
During her tenure, Lewis — an Anishnaabe Kwe (Ojibwe/Cree) spoken-word artist from Curve Lake First Nation — performed or gave workshops at more than 70 events, including four official city occasions. In November 2021, she was featured in the CBC Arts series Poetic License, performing her poem “Warrior Cry” which she had earlier performed at Peterborough city council.
“The arts are one of the key components to what makes a city vibrant and lively,” Lewis says in a media release. “Humans create art, music, and poetry to protest, to disrupt, and to express their love, passions and the things we care about in this life. Not to mention that the arts have played a vital role in all thriving cultures and societies across the globe.”
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Peterborough’s city council has approved the Peterborough Poet Laureate as a permanent program, and EC3 is seeking nominations for the 2023 Peterborough Poet Laureate.
An honorary position established to recognize the excellence and outstanding achievements of professional poets living and working in Peterborough and Peterborough County, and to strengthen and enhance our civic identity, the poet laureate acts as an advocate for poetry and spoken word art, for the arts in general. The poet laureate, who receives honorarium of $2,000, must create a present a minimum of four original works to be presented at Peterborough city council meetings and other city events and occasions.
Nominations are being accepted until Tuesday, January 3rd and will be assessed by a panel including peers in the poetry and spoken-word community, local citizens, and a city representative.
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Artists must be nominated by someone else; self-nominations will not be accepted. Nominees must be professional, published artists 18 years of age or older who are current residents of the city of Peterborough or Peterborough County, including Curve Lake and Hiawatha First Nations.
EC3 will be hosting a virtual nomination workshop on Zoom at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29th. For those unable to attend the virtual workshop or for those with have accessibility needs, there will also be an in-person workshop at the Peterborough Public Library at a date and time to be announced.
This story has been updated to reflect the extension of the nomination deadline from December 16 to January 3.
For every holiday shopping passport you complete by shopping locally at 150 downtown Peterborough businesses this holiday season, you have a chance to win one of three early bird draws for a $500 Boro gift card during December and a $1,500 Boro gift card grand prize in January. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)
The holiday season is now in full swing in historic downtown Peterborough with the launch of the annual Holiday Window contest and Holiday Shopping Passports, designed to get residents and visitors in the festive spirit and to reward them for shopping, dining, and enjoying small businesses in ‘The Boro’.
The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) announced the return of the two programs on Monday (November 14) at the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Visitor Centre, where they also announced a new partnership with Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism to attract overnight tourists to the downtown.
The Holiday Window Contest sees downtown businesses decorate their storefront windows in the theme ‘Winter Woodland’, and downtown patrons can now vote online for their favourite windows until Tuesday, December 6th. The window with the most votes will see that business receive a $1,000 prize, with $500 prizes for the second and third place winners. With more windows being added throughout November, you can either go downtown to take a tour of the windows or see them online at theboro.ca/holiday-window-contest-2022/.
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Holiday Shopping Passports are also now available at 150 participating shops, boutiques, salons, restaurants, and cafes in the downtown (see the list below). For every $10 shoppers spend at participating businesses, they earn a passport stamp. Free stamps are available at the Peterborough Public Library, the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Visitors Centre, and the DBIA office.
When a passport is filled with 20 stamps, the completed passport becomes a ballot for one of three early bird draws on Wednesdays during December for a $500 Boro gift card and a grand prize draw for a $1,500 Boro gift card in January. The early bird draws take place on December 4, 14, and 21, with the grand prize draw on January 11. Find out more about Holiday Shopping Passports at https://theboro.ca/holiday-shopping-passport-season/.
“This year, we decided to launch both our Passport program and Holiday Window contest in tandem to really increase a sense of excitement and holiday ambience in the downtown core,” says DBIA executive director Terry Guiel. “Our small businesses put a lot of care and love into the holiday season to capture the magic and charm of in-person shopping.”
The 2021 holiday window display at Wild Rock Outfitters at 169 Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)
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Through the two programs, the Peterborough DBIA is encouraging shoppers to support the many unique locally owed businesses in the downtown core. Last year’s Holiday Shopping Passport program saw shoppers stamp more than $2.6 million worth of passports, representing a beneficial investment in the local economy. For every $100 shoppers spend locally, up to $48 stays in the community — compared to just $14 at big box stores and nothing at internet giants like Amazon.
“The physical shopping experience and visual storytelling of our downtown business community is something you just can’t replicate online,” Guiel points out. “Interventions like our Passport program and the Holiday Window contest is what gives us an edge in the market during the holiday season.”
Along with supporting small business in the downtown, another priority for the Peterborough DBIA is attracting new customers and out-of-town shoppers this holiday season. They have teamed up with with Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism for the new Peterborough HAULiday Gifting Getaway Hotel Package.
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The new Peterborough HAULiday Gifting Getaway Hotel Package, a partnership between the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism and the Peterborough DBIA, aims to atract new customers and out-of-town shoppers to the downtown this holiday season by rewarding them for booking an overnight stay at a particpating hotel such as Peterborough Inn & Suites. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism)
Visitors who book an overnight stay at a participating Peterborough hotel between November 14 and December 23 will receive a free swag bag with local gifts and a $100 Boro gift cart to spend in downtown Peterborough during their stay. For more details, including a list of participating hotels, visit thekawarthas.ca/ptbo-hauliday-gifting-getaway-package/.
“We are excited to be working alongside our partners at the DBIA to support local hotels during a need period in the late fall shoulder season and to encourage increased spending in the downtown during the holiday shopping season,” says Joe Rees, director of tourism at Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development.
To make it easier and more affordable to shop in downtown Peterborough, the City of Peterborough will be providing free two-hour parking in the downtown beginning Black Friday (November 26) until the end of December, courtesy of Wolfe Lawyers.
For more information on businesses in downtown Peterborough, visit theboro.ca.
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For every $10 you spend a participating location in ‘The Boro’, you earn a stamp in your passport. When your passport is filled, it becomes a ballot for one of three early bird draws for a $500 Boro gift card during December and a $1,500 Boro gift card grand prize in January. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)
2022 Holiday Shopping Passport Locations
Free Stamp Spots
Peterborough Public Library
Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism
Great Eats
Crook and Coffer
Island Cream
Gerti’s Pub
Karma Café
Dirty Burger
Kettle Drums
La Hacienda
Sam’s Place
Crepes of Wrath
One Eighty Pub
The Night Kitchen
Food Forest
St. Veronus
Fresh Dreams
OMG
Black Horse Pub
MadoiSushi
Papas Billiards
Brothers Pizza
Speak Easy Café
BrickHouse Craft Burger
Capra Toro
Amandalas
The El P
Mr. Sub
Maple Moose
Taso’s Pizzeria
Poco Burro
Curry Village
Curry Mantra
Whistle Stop
McThirsty’s Pub
Nateure’s Plate
Champs
Jasmine Thai Cuisine
Fork It
Board Walk Game Lounge
La Mesita
Village of Thai
Sweet Treats
Bobo Tea
Black Honey Café + Bakery
Cork + Bean
Dreams Café
Providence Cafe
Kit Café
TurnbellCafé
Canoe Café
The Eddison
Revelstoke Café
Tragically Dipped
Couture Candy PTBO
Naked Chocolate
YoYo’s Yogurt Café
Artisanal Food
The Cheese Shop
The Pasta Shop
The Food Shop
Minh’s Chinese Grocery
Goodies on George
Boutique Fashion
John Roberts
Gentry Apparel
Cottage Toys
Flavour
S.O.S
Cahill’s Outerwear
Providence
Hi Ho Silver
Dan Joyce Clothing
Just Like New
Solid Leather
Grady’s Feet Essentials
Antionette Bridal
Sinders Bridal
The Neighbourhood Vintage
The Capitol PTBO
Reiker by Cheslers
T-Elle Boutique
Insight Optical
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