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Maple syrup season is in full swing in the greater Kawarthas region

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The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association's Maple Weekend takes place on April 1 and 2, 2023, when many producers offer trips to the sugar bush, free samples of fresh maple syrup and confections, pancake breakfasts, sugar-making demonstrations, taffy on snow, horse-drawn sleigh rides, and more. (Photo: Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association)

It’s the sweetest time of the year with maple syrup season in full swing in the greater Kawarthas region, culminating on the first weekend of April with the Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival just east of Kawartha Lakes and local maple producers across the Kawarthas participating in Maple Weekend.

Maple syrup facts

Maple syrup was first produced by Indigenous peoples living in what is now called northeastern North America.

The Province of Quebec produces 75 per cent of the world’s maple syrup.

Depending on the sugar content in the sap, it takes about 40 parts maple sap to produce one part maple syrup.

Maple syrup is classified according to its colour, which is also a rough guide to flavour intensity: the darker the syrup, the stronger the flavour.

Sugar maple trees produce the best maple syrup because the sap has a higher sugar content.

Maple syrup season begins when tree sap begins to flow. This happens when fluctuations in wood temperature occur during the dormant season for maple trees, caused by daytime temperatures rising above freezing and nighttime temperatures falling below freezing.

The temperature changes create periods of alternating negative and positive pressure within the tree, causing the sap to run. Once temperatures no longer fluctuate between freezing at night and thawing during the day, the sap stops flowing.

If nighttime temperatures continue to drop below freezing but buds begin to develop on the trees because of warm daytime temperatures, maple syrup production also stops as the sap develops an unpleasant flavour described as “buddy”.

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Although the Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival in Northumberland County took place on March 11 and 12, Sandy Flat Sugar Bush (500 Concession Road 3 W., Warkworth) is inviting visitors back to the sugar bush for “A Weekend at The Flat” on Saturday, March 18th and Sunday, March 19th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This event features taffy on the snow, horse-wagon rides, live music on stage, and access to trails, with breakfast served by the Warkworth Community Service Club. Admission is $10, cash only (free for children two and under).

Maple syrup celebrations culminate on Saturday, April 1st and Sunday, April 2nd with the Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival as well as Maple Weekend featuring members of the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association.

Red Mill Maple Syrup in Millbrook is one of the producers participating in the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association's Maple Weekend on April 1 and 2, 2023. (Photo: Red Mill Maple Syrup)
Red Mill Maple Syrup in Millbrook is one of the producers participating in the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association’s Maple Weekend on April 1 and 2, 2023. (Photo: Red Mill Maple Syrup)

Located in Durham Region, around 30 kilometres east of Lindsay, the community of Sunderland has hosted its annual maple syrup festival for 26 years, except for a two-year hiatus in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic.

The Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival features a full weekend of family-friendly events and activities. You can take a maple syrup historical bus tour as well as bus tours to Harlaine Farms, where you can visit the sugar shack and see maple production methods and a native and pioneer display. There’s also a petting zoo and pony rides, a draft horse display, a pancake breakfast, demonstrations by Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue and Fallen Willow Forge, First Nation Cultural Tours, live stage entertainment, a stoker biomass heating demonstration at Northern Metalworks, bathtub races, 4-H Ontario’s lawn tractor pull demonstration, and a vendors’ market.

The festival runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 1 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 2. For more information and a full schedule of events, visit maplesyrupfestival.ca.

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Also on April 1 and 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association is presenting Maple Weekend, when many producers offer trips to the sugar bush, free samples of fresh maple syrup and confections, pancake breakfasts, sugar-making demonstrations, taffy on snow, horse-drawn sleigh rides, and more.

Participating producers in the Kawarthas region include:

You can find out more about Maple Weekend and the activities offered by participating producers at www.ontariomaple.com/maple-weekend, which also features an interactive map.

Winter weather travel advisory in effect for Kawarthas region this weekend

By kawarthaNOW -

Environment Canada has expanded its winter weather travel advisory to the entire greater Kawarthas region for Saturday (March 18) into Sunday morning.

The winter weather travel advisory is in effect for Peterborough County, Kawartha Lakes, Hastings Highlands, Haliburton County. and Northumberland County.

Snow squalls and scattered bands of heavy snow are expected across the area with strong southwesterly winds beginning Saturday afternoon. Visibility may be suddenly reduced to near zero at times under these scattered snow squalls.

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Local snowfall amounts near 5 cm are possible by the time snow squalls taper to flurries early Sunday morning.

For northern Kawartha Lakes, scattered snow squalls will become more widespread and heavy Saturday evening as winds become northwesterly. Local snowfall amounts near 10 cm are possible in some locations.

Travel is not recommended. Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow. Snow squalls cause weather conditions to vary considerably; changes from clear skies to heavy snow within just a few kilometres are common.

 

This story has been updated with the latest forecast from Environment Canada.

New theatre company in Haliburton Highlands working to ‘reboot’ theatre for young adults

By kawarthaNOW -
A photo used to promote the original table reading of Toby McShane's one-act black comedy "Cherubs" in London, U.K. in 2021. Ctrl-ART-Del, a new theatre company in Haliburton Highlands producing theatre by and for young adults, is producing the Canadian premiere of the play at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton on March 31 and April 1, 2023. (Photo: Thais Silva)

A new theatre company in Haliburton Highlands called Ctrl-ART-Del is working to “reboot” theatre for young adults, with its inaugural production — the Canadian premiere of the irreverent black comedy Cherubs — coming to the stage at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton on March 31 and April 1.

According to Ctrl-ART-Del production manager Amy Leis, the theatre company was formed to present contemporary theatre that appeals to young working age adults as opposed to families with young children or seniors, and also to provide local younger people with opportunities to participate in theatrical production.

“We want to make space for younger adults in the local arts community and encourage them to put down roots in their own town, rather than move on to bigger cities,” says Leis, a Haliburton County resident who speaks from experience. “I did my professional theatre training in Toronto because there weren’t local options. Now that I’ve graduated, I want to be able to work in my own town. Ctrl-ART-Del gives me the chance to do so.”

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Leis says Ctrl-ART-Del will give priority to hiring young local actors and technicians for all productions, which will only include contemporary plays written no earlier than the 2000s.

“Theatre companies have been asking the question ‘How do we get young people in seats?’ for as long as I can remember,” Leis says. “The reality is young people have little place in most theatre companies, either onstage or in the audience. Companies aren’t programming with them in mind. You can offer student pricing to as many college kids as you want, but if the shows are all picked to appeal to their grandparents, most 20-year-olds aren’t going to bite. I can’t say I blame them.”

In keeping with this vision, Ctrl-ART-Del is presenting as its inaugural production the one-act play Cherubs by Toby McShane, a writer and educator living in Switzerland who teaches literature at an international school outside of Geneva. Writing for both the stage and the screen, McShane’s work has been produced in both London in the U.K. and Los Angeles in the U.S., and now in Canada.

"Cherubs" playwright Toby McShane, an English teacher living in Switzerland whose work has been produced in both London in the U.K., Los Angeles in the U.S., and now in Haliburton in Canada. (Photo: Toby McShane website)
“Cherubs” playwright Toby McShane, an English teacher living in Switzerland whose work has been produced in both London in the U.K., Los Angeles in the U.S., and now in Haliburton in Canada. (Photo: Toby McShane website)

Written by McShane in 2020 during a pandemic lockdown, Cherubs is described as “a wild ride that hits somewhere between Beetlejuice and Blackadder.” It was given a full online table reading by the New Works Playhouse in London U.K. in January 2021, with McShane completing the final script this past January.

Ctrl-ART-Del’s production of Cherubs is being directed by Tim Nicholson, an established professional actor and producer who is also mentoring Ctrl-ART-Del’s core team, who are mostly in their twenties and thirties. Written by a young playwright, Cherubs is a perfect fit for Ctrl-ART-Del according to Nicholson.

“Cherubs is a very funny play that looks at religion from a unique point of view,” Nicholson explains. “Two disgraced guardian angels, exiled to Earth for insubordination, are drawn into a plan to blackmail their way back into heaven. With nods to Terry Pratchett and Martin McDonagh, this play will have the viewer laughing at one moment, and somberly reflecting the next.”

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“It’s both wickedly entertaining and challenging,” Nicholson adds. “It should be a welcome refresh for audiences who prefer their theatre without fluff. There are guardian angels, but it’s definitely not It’s a Wonderful Life.”

Cherubs premieres at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion (5358 Haliburton County Road 21, Haliburton) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 31st with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 1st.

Tickets are $30 (plus fees) for assigned seating and are available at eventbrite.ca/o/ctrl-art-del-theatre-59084052373. Note that Cherubs is recommended for audiences ages 14 and older, as the play contains strong language, drug use, and dark themes including suicide.

For more information about Ctrl-ART-Del, visit www.ctrlartdel.ca.

The Canadian premiere of "Cherubs", produced by Haliburton Highlands theatre company Ctrl-ART-Del, takes place at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton on March 31 and April 1, 2023. (Graphic: Ctrl-ART-Del)
The Canadian premiere of “Cherubs”, produced by Haliburton Highlands theatre company Ctrl-ART-Del, takes place at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton on March 31 and April 1, 2023. (Graphic: Ctrl-ART-Del)

Another fuel oil spill discovered in Jackson Creek in downtown Peterborough

By kawarthaNOW -
Containment barriers in place for a fuel oil spill, discovered on March 16, 2023, at the south end of Jackson Creek where it empties into Little Lake in downtown Peterborough. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of video by Christina Abbott)

There’s been another fuel oil spill at the south end of Jackson Creek where it empties into Little Lake in downtown Peterborough.

Video, taken from the footbridge that crosses Jackson Creek between the Holiday Inn and the marina, began circulating on social media on Thursday (March 16), showing an oily sheen in the water of Jackson Creek with containment barriers around it.

City councillor Alex Bierk has provided kawarthaNOW with a message he received Thursday from James Istchenko, environmental services director with the City of Peterborough, after Bierk asked about the situation.

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“City staff and contractors identified the spill this morning, notified the regulator, and responded to the site immediately today,” Istchenko wrote. “Clean up will continue through the night, and until resolved. We are working with the Ministry of Environment and will meet again with our environmental consultants tomorrow morning. The permeable reactive barrier has been installed as designed and specified by our environmental specialists; however, we understand that it requires time to work.”

Istchenko said he would provide more information today (Friday) after an update from Cambium, the environmental consultant, and contractors.

Last August, there was another fuel spill discovered in the same location. While that spill was contained, clean-up efforts continued into January. The cause of the August spill remains under investigation by Cambium.

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On Friday afternoon, the City of Peterborough issued a media release providing an update on the environmental remediation work.

“The city is working with the Ministry of the Environment to investigate the source of the contamination, which is not known at this time,” the release states. “There are known historical contaminations in the area associated with several properties. Last summer-fall, the city did remediation work on city-owned property identified as potential sources of contamination and installed a reactive barrier in November 2022 to January 2023 through a plan approved by the Ministry of the Environment.”

“With the new contamination coming from an unknown source or sources, the city is working with the Ministry of the Environment on further investigation in the area and considering measures in addition to the immediate cleanup measures that are in place.”

Video by Christina Abbott:

On Monday afternoon, the City of Peterborough issued another media release providing a further update on the environmental remediation work.

“Conditions have greatly improved on Jackson Creek at the outlet to Little Lake after environmental remediation work to contain and cleanup an oil sheen that was discovered on Thursday, March 16, 2023,” the release states. “Monitoring Saturday, March 18 through Monday, March 20 reflected that the remediation efforts have been successful in containing and removing contamination.”

“The source of the contamination has not been determined, but investigation and remediation efforts continue. There is historical contamination in the area. The city is working with the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate and to consider additional intermediate and longer-term measures.”

 

This story has been updated with the latest information from a City of Peterborough media release on March 20, 2023.

nightlifeNOW – March 16 to 22

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Warkworth musician Matthew Holtby, who recently released his single "This Old Heart", and Millbrook's Deanna Earle will be opening for Port Hope country-folk singer-songwriter Nickola Magnolia at the Ganaraska Hotel in Port Hope on Saturday night. (Photo: Bryan Reid)

Every Thursday, we publish live music events at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region based on information that venues provide to us directly or post on their website or social media channels. Here are the listings for the week of Thursday, March 16 to Wednesday, March 22.

If you’re a pub or restaurant owner and want to be included in our weekly listings, please email our nightlifeNOW editor at nightlife@kawarthanow.com. For concerts and live music events at other venues, check out our Concerts & Live Music page.

With the exception of karaoke, we only list events with performing musicians. Venues may also host other events during the week (e.g., dancing, DJs, comedy shows).

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Arthur's Pub
Black Horse Pub
Burleigh Falls Inn
Canoe & Paddle
Chemong Lodge
Coach & Horses Pub
The Cow & Sow Eatery
Crook & Coffer
Dr. J's BBQ & Brews
Erben Eatery & Bar
Ganaraska Hotel
Gordon Best Theatre
Graz Restobar
Jethro's Bar + Stage
The Locker at The Falls
The Lokal Hub and Eatery
The Lounge in the Hollow Valley Lodge
Mainstreet Bar & Grill
McGillicafey's Pub & Eatery
McThirsty's Pint
Murphy's Lockside Pub & Patio
The Muse Gallery & Cafe
Oasis Bar & Grill
Pie Eyed Monk Brewery
Porch & Pint
The Publican House
Puck' N Pint Sports Pub
Red Dog Tavern
The Rockcliffe - Moore Falls
Scenery Drive Restaurant
Southside Pizzeria
Sticks Sports Pub
That Little Pub
The Thirsty Goose
The Venue

Arthur's Pub

930 Burnham St., Cobourg
(905) 372-2105

Thursday, March 16

8-10pm - Open mic w/ Bruce Longman

Friday, March 17

4pm - St. Patrick's Day ft live music

Saturday, March 18

8-11pm - Bruce Longman

Black Horse Pub

452 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 742-0633

Thursday, March 16

7-10pm - Jazz & Blues ft. Rob Phillips Trio and Carling Stephen

Friday, March 17

Saint Patrick's Day: 12pm - Terry Finn & Danny Bronson; 4pm - Irish Millie; 8pm - High Waters Band

Saturday, March 18

5-8pm - Marsala Lukianchuk; 9pm - Christine Atrill Band ($10)

Sunday, March 19

4-7pm - Bluegrass Menagerie

Monday, March 20

6-9pm - Rick & Gailie's Crash & Burn

Tuesday, March 21

7-10pm - Open stage

Wednesday, March 22

6-8pm - Victoria Yeh & Mike Graham

Coming Soon

Friday, March 24
5-8pm - David Shewchuk; 9pm - Pop Machine

Saturday, March 25
5-8pm - Brisk Recharge; 9pm - Gunslingers ($10)

Sunday, March 26
4-7pm - Hillary Dumoulin & Brandon Humphrey

Wednesday, March 29
6-9pm - Dan Stoner

Burleigh Falls Inn

4791 Highway 28, Burleigh Falls
(705) 654-3441

Friday, March 17

6pm - St. Patrick's Day ft live music

Canoe & Paddle

18 Bridge St., Lakefield
(705) 651-1111

Friday, March 17

7-10pm - St. Patrick's Day ft Tami J. Wilde, Joslynn Burford, and friends

Saturday, March 18

7pm - Joslynn Burford

Chemong Lodge

764 Hunter St., Bridgenorth
(705) 292-8435

Friday, March 17

1-9pm - St. Patrick's Day ft Michael Costantini & Dunner Band

Coach & Horses Pub

16 York St. S., Lindsay
(705) 328-0006

Thursday, March 16

10pm - Open jam w/ Gerald VanHaltren

Friday, March 17

10pm - Karaoke

Saturday, March 18

10pm - Karaoke

The Cow & Sow Eatery

38 Colborne St., Fenelon Falls
(705) 887-5111

Wednesday, March 22

7-9pm - Open Jam (upstairs In The Loft)

Coming Soon

Saturday, March 26
5-7pm - Open mic night

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Crook & Coffer

231 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
705-876-0505

Thursday, March 16

8-10pm - Mike MacCurdy

Friday, March 17

St. Patrick's Day: 12-2pm - The Skelligs; 3-5pm - Kate & Bobby; 6:30[m - Brennon Wasson

Saturday, March 18

7:30-10:30pm - The Tall Boys

Sunday, March 19

2-5pm - Buskin' Sunday ft Ryan Brown, The Embers (of Little Fire), Rocky Islander, Craig Matzke

Dr. J's BBQ & Brews

282 Aylmer St., Peterborough
(705) 874-5717

Saturday, March 18

1-4pm - Peterborough Musicians Benevolent Association (PMBA) presents Jane Archer & Friends and special guests The Colton Sisters (PWYC, with proceeds to PMBA)

Erben Eatery & Bar

189 Hunter St W,, Peterborough
705-304-1995

Thursday, March 16

8pm - Amanda J Thomas (no cover)

Friday, March 17

St. Patrick's Day: 12-2pm - Tyler Cochrane; 2-4pm - The Hippie Chicks; 4-6pm - Mike MacCurdy; 6-8pm - Tami J Wilde; 9pm - Bootleg XXX

Saturday, March 18

9pm - Sule and Focused w/ Mars ($10))

Wednesday, March 22

8-11pm - Open mic

Ganaraska Hotel

30 Ontario St., Port Hope
(905) 885-9254

Thursday, March 16

8pm - Big Dave McLean and His All Star Band ft members of Monkeyjunk and Jimmy Bowskill ($25 in advance at The Ganny and Zap Records in Cobourg)

Saturday, March 18

2-6pm - Aydon Jacobs Trio; 8pm - Nickola Magnolia w/ Matthew Holtby and Deanne Earle ($20 in advance at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/516155183047, $25 at door)

VIDEO: "This Old Heart" by Matthew Holtby

Gordon Best Theatre

216 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 876-8884

Wednesday, March 22

7:30pm - Jennifer Castle ($25 in advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/569539667477)

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 1
8pm - Benj Rowland & Meredith Moon ($20 in advance at https://square.link/u/2yyoACOw)

Saturday, April 15
8pm - Melissa Payne & R.C. Stanley ($30 in advance at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/569829032977)

Graz Restobar

38 Bolton St., Bobcaygeon
705-738-6343

Sunday, March 19

3-5pm - Kelly Burrows

Jethro's Bar + Stage

137 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
705-931-0617

Thursday, March 16

6-9pm - Tommy Douglas Keenan; 9pm - The Union

Friday, March 17

6-8pm - Carpe Noctem; 8-10pm -Squirrel Hunters (Benj Rowland & Fiddlin' Jay); 10pm - Marks Brothers Band

Saturday, March 18

6-8pm - Emily Burgess; 8-10pm - Declan O'Donovan w/ David Newberry; 10pm - Nicholas Campbell & The Two Metre Cheaters

Sunday, March 19

3-6pm - Open Blues Jam

Monday, March 20

8pm - Karaoke w/ host Anne Shebib

Wednesday, March 22

9pm - Tribute to Women in Country w/ host Kayla Howran ft. Evangeline Gentle (proceeds donated to YWCA Crossroads Shelter)

The Locker at The Falls

9 Lindsay St., Fenelon Falls
705-887-6211

Friday, March 17

7-10pm - Ryan Burton

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The Lokal Hub and Eatery

97 King St., Woodville
705-344-9145

Coming Soon

Friday, March 31
7:30pm - The Rustbuckets

Saturday, April 1
7-10pm - Mark Thackway

The Lounge in the Hollow Valley Lodge

1326 Kawagama Lake Rd., Dorset
705-766-1980

Friday, March 17

7pm - Sax Hazard

Saturday, March 18

7pm - Travis Middlebrook

Sunday, March 19

7pm - Open Jam hosted by Sean Cotton

Mainstreet Bar & Grill

1939 Lakehurst Road, Buckhorn
(705) 657-9094

Saturday, March 18

7-10pm - Open jam

McGillicafey's Pub & Eatery

13 Bridge St.. N., Hastings
(705) 696-3600

Friday, March 17

8pm - St. Patrick's Day ft Cindy & Scott

McThirsty's Pint

166 Charlotte St., Peterborough
(705) 743-2220

Friday, March 17

St. Patrick's Day: 11am-2pm - Phil Shaugnessy; 3-7pm - The Kid; 8pm - Cale Crowe

Saturday, March 18

9pm - Live music TBA

Sunday, March 19

7pm - Open mic

Tuesday, March 21

8pm - Emily Burgess

Wednesday, March 22

9pm - Greg Dowey

Murphy's Lockside Pub & Patio

3 May St., Fenelon Falls
(705) 887-1100

Friday, March 17

St. Patrick's Day: 3-5pm - Ric Christie & Friends; 7:30-10pm - North Country Express w/ Jason Lynn

Oasis Bar & Grill

31 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-6634

Sunday, March 19

6-9pm - PHLO

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Pie Eyed Monk Brewery

8 Cambridge St. N., Lindsay
(705) 212-2200

Friday, March 17

8pm - St. Patrick's Day ft John Turner ($15 in advance at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/526915888607)

Coming Soon

Saturday, May 6
7pm - D-Sisive, Forest Gumption, and Es ($20 in advance at www.eventbrite.ca/e/528738800987 or $25 at the door)

Porch & Pint

172 Lansdowne St. E., Peterborough
(705) 750-0598

Sunday, March 19

2-6pm - Joselynn Burfodd

The Publican House

300 Charlotte St., Peterborough
(705) 874-5743

Thursday, March 16

7-9pm - Chris Collins

Friday, March 17

St. Patrick's Day: 3-6pm - River Jensen; 7-9pm - Lagan & Derelict

Puck' N Pint Sports Pub

871 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
(705) 741-1078

Friday, March 17

7pm - Andy & The Boys

Saturday, March 18

8pm - Karaoke hosted by Ian Clement

Coming Soon

Friday, March 24
7pm - High Waters Band

Saturday, March 25
7pm The Acoustically Hip

Red Dog Tavern

189 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 741-6400

Thursday, March 16

8pm - Field Guide w/ special guests ($15 in advance at https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/field-guide-with-special-guests-the-red-dog-tickets/12773895)

Friday, March 17

St. Patrick's Day: 7pm - Offload; 10pm - Colt Harley

Saturday, March 18

8pm - Dead Silence, King Moonracer, Free Under Fire, Hobo Corner ($10 at door)

Coming Soon

Thursday, March 23
8pm - Monowhales ($10 in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/events/43636/)

Friday, March 31
9pm - BA Johnston, the Mickies, Beef Boys ($10 at door)

Saturday, April 1
10pm - The Human Rights w/ Dub Trinity, MUVA Soundsysterm, DJ Chocolate ($16.50 in advance at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/475884131247, $20 at door)

Friday, April 14
9pm - Cheap Suits, Kingfisher, Nothing Serious, Bayside Dropouts ($10 at door)

Thursday, May 4
8pm - The Bravery Shakes w/ Kyla Tilley and Paul Cafcae

The Rockcliffe - Moore Falls

1014 Lois Lane, Minden
705-454-9555

Friday, March 17

7:30pm - St. Patrick's Day ft B-Sides w/ fiddler Melissa Schaak

Saturday, March 18

7pm - Keith Taylor

Coming Soon

Friday, March 24
8pm - Jeff Moulton

Scenery Drive Restaurant

6193 County Road 45, Baltimore
905-349-2217

Saturday, March 18

4-7pm - Greg Hannah

Southside Pizzeria

25 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
(705) 748-6120

Friday, March 17

9am-12pm - Open mic

Sticks Sports Pub

500 George St. S., Peterborough
(705) 775-7845

Friday, March 17

1-4pm - St. Patrick's Day w/ Amanda J Thomas

That Little Pub

26 Bridge St. W., Campbellford
(705) 653-0001

Thursday, March 16

8pm - Live music TBA

Monday, March 20

8pm - Karaoke

The Thirsty Goose

63 Walton St., Port Hope

Friday, March 17

St. Patrick's Day: 4-7pm: Busker Brothers; 8pm - Bruce Longman

Saturday, March 18

8pm-12am - Live music TBA

The Venue

286 George Street North, Peterborough
(705) 876-0008

Coming Soon

Friday, April 14
9pm - Madchild Live with Robbie G ($25 general admission, $50 VIP plus fees in advance at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/516035545207)

Artists announced for this summer’s Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough

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A Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival favourite, Tiger Will Mason is returning to perform at the third annual festival in summer 2023. An Upper Cayuga/Mohawk actor and musician who has been onstage for more than half his life as an underground folk, rock, native rock, and country rock musician, Mason will perform "Songs and Stories of a Modern Mohawk Continued". He is one of the eight Indigenous artists and groups performing plays, dance, and music at the third annual festival from June 21 to 25 at Trent University. (Photo: Tiger Will Mason / Facebook)

The Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival is returning for its third year in June, with performances taking place this year over five days in both indoor and outdoor locations at Trent University in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough.

The first Indigenous fringe festival in the world, the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival was founded by a collective including Joeann Argue, Lee Bolton, Drew Hayden Taylor, and Muriel Miguel.

The inaugural festival was originally scheduled for summer 2020 but was postponed until 2021 because of the pandemic. For the 2021 festival, organizers had planned to present performances to small audiences at several outdoor locations on Trent University’s East Bank campus. However, due to provincial public health restrictions for performing arts at the time, the festival became a drive-in event. For the 2022 festival, performances took place almost exclusively at outdoor locations.

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This year’s festival will ceremonially open on Indigenous Peoples Day on Wednesday, June 21st, with Indigenous artists and groups performing plays, dance, and music from Wednesday until Sunday, June 25th at both indoor and outdoor locations on the East Bank of the Trent University campus, in and around Enwayaang/Gzowski College.

The performers at this year’s festival, chosen by lottery as is fringe festival tradition, are:

  • Pesch Nepoose’s “The Bridge” by the Centre for Indigenous Theatre of Toronto (play)
  • “Estrange(ment)” by Minjimendan of North Bay (play)
  • “An Indigenous Play” by Juicebox of Winnipeg (play)
  • “The Cave that Hummed a Song” by The Cave of Toronto (play)
  • “Nenookaasi’s: Mind of a Messenger” by Nenookaasi of Toronto (play)
  • “Reclaiming in Motion” by Kelli Marshall/Liz Osawamick of Peterborough (dance)
  • “Abatimbo” by Maison Mere Artists of Burundi (dance)
  • “Songs and Stories of a Modern Mohawk Continued” by Tiger Will Mason of Ottawa (music)

Tickets will be available in April. For more information about the 2023 Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival, visit www.indigenousfringefest.ca.

Late winter and early spring is the time to think about protecting our water

By GreenUP -
In late winter and early spring, melting snow and ice can cause contaminants to run off into source water locations, such as rivers and lakes. You can help protect source water in late winter and early spring by reducing your salt use and clearing storm drains. (Photo: Jessica Todd / GreenUP)
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s column was originally written in 2022 by former GreenUP Communications and Marketing Specialist Karen Halley and revised in March 2023 by Lili Paradi, GreenUP Communications Manager.

Weather at this time of year is like a yo-yo. Days bring us everything from freezing rain to lightning in snowy blizzards, from water puddling around sewer grates to sun shining on ice drops on tree branches.

Our homes must be ready for any type of weather this time of year. Whether we see freeze-ups or thaws, water is on the mind of homeowners every late winter and early spring.

Use this handy guide to help kick-start your water protection journey while at the ‘end’ of the Canadian winter:

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Getting your storm drain game on

Storm drains should be kept clear of snow, ice, and debris, especially in the winter. Clearing away snow and ice from around the drain will prevent flooding if there is a rise in temperature. (Photo: Leif Einarson)
Storm drains should be kept clear of snow, ice, and debris, especially in the winter. Clearing away snow and ice from around the drain will prevent flooding if there is a rise in temperature. (Photo: Leif Einarson)

Although it comes and goes, snow is inevitable during our winters. We all know the feeling of waking up early to clear a safe way for cars and pedestrians.

While watching to make sure you don’t hurt your back, we recommend that you also keep an eye out for storm drains near your home that may become blocked by a shovel of snow.

Storm drains should be kept clear of snow, ice, and debris, especially in the winter. Clearing away snow and ice from around the drain will prevent flooding if there is a rise in temperature.

This is particularly important during a thaw when a major cause of localized flooding is a blocked storm drain.

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Cut the contamination

Salt in melted ice can enter our storm drains and waterways and cause harm to our fish and wildlife. Use an environmentally friendly alternative like Swish Clean and Green Ice Melter, which contains a 30 per cent magnesium chloride solution that reduces harm to concrete, garden, pets, and waterways. (Photo: Jessica Todd / GreenUP)
Salt in melted ice can enter our storm drains and waterways and cause harm to our fish and wildlife. Use an environmentally friendly alternative like Swish Clean and Green Ice Melter, which contains a 30 per cent magnesium chloride solution that reduces harm to concrete, garden, pets, and waterways. (Photo: Jessica Todd / GreenUP)

Pooled water from a thaw can quickly turn into a slippery ice patch during a freeze-up — and not the kind that you’d want to start a road hockey game on.

While salt has been a popular choice for clearing ice in the winter months, you may have heard about the negative impact salt has on the health of our watershed. Were you aware that salt can also damage buildings, vehicles, clothing, gardens, and animal paws?

Salt in melted ice can enter our storm drains and waterways and cause harm to our fish and wildlife. Shovelling snow first and treating only the ice patches is one way you can help reduce the salt you use on those slippery areas.

Better yet, use an environmentally friendly alternative to salt. Sand, non-clumping cat litter, and fireplace ashes are great (s)alternatives that provide traction on icy areas and reduces harm to gardens, walkways, and pets. You can purchase salt substitutes like Swish Clean & Green Ice Melter at the GreenUP Store & Resource Centre at 378 Aylmer St.

The melt uncovers many other hidden contaminants such as animal excrement, litter, and forgotten plastic clothing or toys from outdoor play. On winter walks, we encourage you to keep water healthy by holding onto these treasures and preventing them from reaching the storm drains in the first place.

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Keeping a close eye on flow

At the 15th Peterborough Children's Water Festival, students were given 'Every Drop Counts' stickers to place around their taps. In the winter, protect water by using less and using water intentionally. (Photo: GreenUP)
At the 15th Peterborough Children’s Water Festival, students were given ‘Every Drop Counts’ stickers to place around their taps. In the winter, protect water by using less and using water intentionally. (Photo: GreenUP)

Reducing water use in the bathroom, kitchen, and laundry room can be easy with the use of low-flow features that change the volume of water dispensed per minute out of tap heads.

If you are dreaming of a hot shower, consider capturing the cold water that runs while you wait and use it to water plants or replenish the fishbowl.

Keeping a close eye on your water meter in late winter when cracking or bursting pipes are common can prevent a call to your local repair person.

To check for leaks, turn off all the water in your home and then check the flow indicator on your water meter. If it is moving, you have a leak somewhere.

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Preparing for all the rainy days

Keep downspouts from freezing in the winter by keeping gutters clean and free of snow and ice. Gutters and downspouts direct large amounts of rainfall from your roof away so that, in the spring, water does not pool in one area but instead is captured in nearby storm drains. (Photo: Leif Einarson)
Keep downspouts from freezing in the winter by keeping gutters clean and free of snow and ice. Gutters and downspouts direct large amounts of rainfall from your roof away so that, in the spring, water does not pool in one area but instead is captured in nearby storm drains. (Photo: Leif Einarson)

While it may be wishful thinking to see spring showers at the end of March, there is never a bad time to prepare to protect water.

Early spring can be a good time to go outside and see how and where the water flows around your home. The eaves, downspouts, and surfaces in your yard can point you toward flood-prone areas.

Areas of pooling water can sometimes be remedied by adjusting the downspout.

Installing a rain barrel can be a long-term solution to diverting rain from our driveways and can prevent pollutants collected by flowing water from entering our waterways.

 

Encouraging the young and young at heart to have fun while protecting water

When we think of snow and ice as less of a nuisance and more of a welcomed friend, we can have fun with it.

Whether that is creating a snow-bear on your front lawn, sledding down your snow piles, or taking photos of the glimmering ice crystals, natural play can bring you out of the funk and into the flow of winter.

The more we connect with water in all its forms, the more we will want to conserve and protect it for future generations.

Quaker Foods City Square skating rink in downtown Peterborough closing for the season

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The refrigerated outdoor skating rink at Quaker Foods City Square in downtown Peterborough is available for use in the fall and winter. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

The outdoor skating rink at Quaker Foods City Square in downtown Peterborough will close for the season after Thursday (March 16), the City of Peterborough has announced, with up to 10 mm of rain in the forecast for Friday followed by warmer weather and sunny days over the next couple of weeks.

The year-round community space near the corner of Charlotte and Aylmer streets officially opened in December.

The refrigerated outdoor skating rink is available in the fall and winter, with a space for community activities and water play feature available in the spring and summer.

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The Quaker Foods City Square will be used as a community space for various programs and events this spring and summer, including the weekly farmers’ market.

The space is available for rent, with a daily rental fee of $925 plus HST.

Information on how to get a permit to use the space for events is available on the City of Peterborough’s website at peterborough.ca/events.

Peterborough Rotary Club partners with Cleantech Commons at Trent University to support environmental innovators

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The Rotary Club of Peterborough has maintained a long-time commitment to addressing local environmental issues, including by organizing the annual Super Spring Clean-Up with other area Rotary Clubs for the past 15 years. The Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund, now in partnership with Cleantech Commons at Trent University, will support local environmental-related research and start-ups addressing the top environmental concerns that affect the Peterborough area. (Photo: Rotary Club of Peterborough)

The Rotary Club of Peterborough has partnered with Cleantech Commons at Trent University to support local environmental-related research and start-ups.

Last fall, the Rotary Club of Peterborough launched the Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund (REIF), aiming to raise $10,000 through corporate and individual donors — known as “environmental champions” — to fund individuals, businesses, or organizations addressing environmental issues that affect the Peterborough area. REIF has since reached its $10,000 fundraising goal.

Environmental innovators can apply for REIF funding by Friday, March 24th (extended from March 17), describing how they would use the funding to address environmental issues such as biodiversity conservation, sustainability, global warming, waste disposal, pollution, and water and waste water management. While eligibility for the funding is not limited to Peterborough residents, the effect of the applicant’s work must be in Peterborough County.

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The applications for REIF funding will be reviewed first by a panel of environmental specialists and then by the “environmental champions” who donated to REIF, who will vote on the applications.

Three applicants will be selected to receive a $3,000 award each at an event to be held at Camp Kawarthas on Thursday, April 27th. The environmental champions will be invited to attend the event to meet the three winners.

REIF was created by a collection of active citizens and businesses with an interest in addressing some of the top environmental concerns facing us today and impacting us locally, and is led by Rrotarian Graham Wilkins, a long-time local manufacturer and businessman.

Rotarian Graham Wilkins, director of the Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund, and Martin Yuill, executive director of Cleantech Commons at Trent University, which is dedicated to clean, green, low-carbon, and sustainable technology research, innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship. (Graphic: Rotary Club of Peterborough)
Rotarian Graham Wilkins, director of the Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund, and Martin Yuill, executive director of Cleantech Commons at Trent University, which is dedicated to clean, green, low-carbon, and sustainable technology research, innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship. (Graphic: Rotary Club of Peterborough)

“The journey towards environmental sustainability is inherently collaborative,” says Wilkins in a media release. “We can have far more impact by engaging with the individuals and companies working on our behalf. The REIF will help to pave the way for local Innovators to play a role in achieving this.”

Cleantech Commons at Trent University is a research and technology park focused exclusively on clean, green, low-carbon, and sustainable technology research, innovation, commercialization, and
entrepreneurship.

According to executive director Martin Yuill, the partnership between Cleantech Commons and the Rotary Club of Peterborough will not only support and advance individual environmentalists and start-ups working on environmental concerns, but will create networking opportunities for the applicants to connect with related ventures in Ontario and Canada and take advantage of mentoring relationships.

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The partnership will also help identify early-stage innovators and entrepreneurs who can benefit from Cleantech Commons’ suite of programming, facilities, and expertise.

“This exciting collaboration will create pathways for skilled youth and talented graduates to start and grow their own companies and find employment in the environmental sector right here in Peterborough,” Yuill says.

To learn more about the Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund, to apply for funding, or to become an “environmental champion” by donating, visit rotaryenvironmentalchampions.ca.

One person dead in Wednesday ATV crash north of Brighton

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One person is dead after an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashed on Old Wooler Road around 13 kilometres north of Brighton on Wednesday (March 15).

Members of the Northumberland County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency crews are at the scene of the fatal collision, which involved a single ATV on Old Wooler Road between Tower Line Road and Lord Road.

No other injuries were reported at the time of the collision.

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Police have not provided any details about the victim, the nature of the collision, or whether more than one person was involved.

Old Wooler Road will be closed between Tower Line Road and Lord Road for several hours while police investigate and document the scene. Detours are in place.

Anyone who may have witnessed or has video/dash camera footage of the collision and who has not yet spoken with police is asked to contact the Northumberland County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

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