Moondance owner Mike Taveroff in January 2018, when he announced he was retiring and closing the iconic downtown Peterborough record store. He closed the store and retired in April 2018, and was diagnosed with stage four cancer less than a year later. Taveroff passed away on the Thanksgiving weekend. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)
Mike Taveroff, who operated the iconic Moondance store in downtown Peterborough for 46 years before closing it last year, has passed away at the age of 70 from cancer.
Former long-time Moondance employee Sue Logan shared the news with kawarthaNOW on Sunday afternoon (October 13).
Taveroff opened Moondance, Canada’s oldest independent record store, in 1972.
Named after the Van Morrison song, the store was originally a clothing store owned and operated by Taveroff’s wife Cheryl.
Cheryl passed away from cancer in February 2017 at the age of 69 and, in January 2018, Taveroff announced he was retiring and closed the store in April of that year.
Taveroff, who turned 70 on September 7th, was diagnosed with stage four cancer in March 2019, less than a year into his retirement. He was receiving palliative care before his death.
Mike Taverhoff’s service will be held on Wednesday, October 16th in the chapel at Comstock-Kaye Life Celebration Centre (356 Rubidge St., Peterborough). Visitation with the family is from 10 to 10:45 a.m. with the service from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Family and close friends will attend the interment; other friends are invited to remain at Comstock-Kaye for a coffee until the family return for a reception at around 12:30 p.m.
Chris Whidden and Peyton Le Barr as adopted siblings Aaron and Claire during a rehearsal for the Peterborough Theatre Guild's production of "Little One" by Hannah Moscovitch. Directed by Lee Bolton, the one-act play is a dark family drama that raises complex questions about good intentions, irreversible damage, and the nature of love. It runs for five performances from October 16 to 19, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Lee Bolton)
From October 16th to 19th, the Peterborough Theatre Guild (PTG) presents celebrated Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s Little One.
Peterborough Theatre Guild presents Little One
When: Wednesday, October 16 to Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 2 p.m. Where: Guild Hall (364 Rogers St., Peterborough) How much: $10
A one-act play written by Hannah Moscovitch. Directed by Lee Bolton. Starring Peyton Le Barr as Claire and Chris Whidden as Aaron. Performed by arrangement with Ian Arnold, Catalyst TCM Inc. Tickets available by calling the box office at 705-745-4211 (if not open leave a message) or online at theatreguild.org. Warning: adult content.
This year’s PTG entry into the Eastern Ontario Drama League’s One Act Festival, Little One is directed by Lee Bolton and stars Peyton Le Barr and Chris Whidden in a show that Lee describes as a “dark family drama.”
First presented at Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille in 2013, Little One was described in a Globe and Mail review as being a “psychological thriller.” However, the company for the PTG production disagrees with this description of the show.
“I’d be offended if someone called it a thriller,” says Peyton, who plays the show’s protagonist Claire. “I think the thrilling part for some people would be in how crazy my character is, but she’s crazy for a reason. I think it’d be a mockery to not just Claire, but to people who have experienced trauma, if we call it a thriller.”
“It’s a family drama — as in about families, not for families, so please don’t bring your children,” Lee points out. “It’s a dark family drama, but not a thriller. There are elements of mystery to it. As an audience you’re not sure what’s happened or what’s about to happen.”
During my visit with Lee and her cast prior to a rehearsal, the trio were vague on the story, being careful not to give away the secrets that hold the show’s mystery together.
“Little One is a memory play,” Lee explains. “It’s about two adopted siblings with very different backgrounds and very different experiences in life. Now adults, they are coming to a point of crisis in their relationship and in their lives. So it’s exciting to see what happens when they hit that point of crisis. It’s that classic type of family drama when you have to open up the dark secrets.”
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The 2013 Globe and Mail review reveals a little more information, but not a lot. As children, Aaron (Chris Whidden) and Claire (Peyton Le Barr) were both adopted by a well-meaning couple, but while Aaron was a relatively normal child, Claire came from a background of abuse.
Now grown up, Aaron talks about the pair’s often-difficult childhood, while Claire supplies a different narrative about her obsession with a neighbour and his Asian wife, who she believes to be a mail-order bride. As the narratives continue, the two stories begin to merge into a powerful climax.
“Aaron is the older sibling,” Chris says of his character. “At the point of the play, he is in his twenties and is a surgeon. Something comes into his life that brings back some memories of what happened in his childhood, and he has to figure out what happens next.”
“Claire has had a very traumatic past,” says Peyton of her role. “She’s dealt with extreme trauma. She’s unaware of that kind of trauma, which is common for children. You’d assume she’s someone who cries all the time, and needs love and is emotional, but in fact, what’s fascinating about Clair is that she is a person who is completely unaware of what love is.”
“She almost approaches it from the scientific method were she needs evidence. She becomes an obsessive observer of people, and she is very diligent in trying to figure out the world without the emotional capacity to do so.”
In Hannah Moscovitch’s dark family drama “Little One”, adopted siblings Claire (Peyton Le Barr) and Aaron (Chris Whidden) provide two different perspectives about their often-difficult childhood, with the two narratives heading towards a single event and merging into a powerful climax. (Photo courtesy of Lee Bolton)
“We are telling two intertwined stories,” Lee says of the narrative. “At the end you find out why those two stories are connected. As an audience member, you need to figure out the truth of the story. The two characters are not necessarily telling the same story in their monologues.”
“The play revolves around this one event, and there is this slow build-up to this one event everything is pushing towards,” Chris adds. “You are unsure about the event, how it goes down, and who is telling the truth about it. Then you do get to see it.”
While Little One deals with heavy topics such as childhood trauma and abuse, the show also contains a fair amount of humour as well as elements of intrigue and mystery. But most of all, it is a show that challenges the audience in ways far beyond the difficult subject matter.
“The Peterborough Theatre Guild has put out some pretty heavy duty and challenging shows, and this is going to be one of those,” Lee confirms. “But I love theatre like that; I want theatre that makes me think and wonder.”
“There are issues of trauma and abuse in the show, but they are the background of the story. The foreground is how we deal with it. Can we heal? Can we love? Can we move forward? Can we fix everything? The central matter is about healing and moving forward — perhaps not successfully, but the attempts to move forward.”
“We’re approaching the subject matter with a lot of warmth,” Chris says. “This is not Sweeney Todd. These are real issues that exist for people in this world. We are trying to approach it with humanity and delicacy.”
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“I can’t think of another play that deals with such horrific moments of abuse in memory, but isn’t told in an aggressive and shocking way,” Peyton adds. “It’s done with a lot of compassion and it gives you moments of pause instead of shock. At the heart of the drama is a dialogue that we all inherently want to be good people.”
“There are few people who think that they are bad, even when good people do bad actions. This is a play that really pushes that boundary of ‘I’m a good person, but would I have handled that differently? How would I have handled it?’ It’s unsettling, but maybe it’s worth being unsettled about. When does your sense of being a good person hit the wall, and when does something in life combat that?”
“We fail if an audience member walks away thinking that either of the characters is a villain. Our characters are not perfect, but if anyone walks away thinking that one or the other was ‘the bad one’, then we’ve failed.”
Although Little One deals with heavy topics, the material is handled professionally. With an MA in theatre from the University of Leeds, Lee has directed theatre throughout Canada, while Peyton and Chris are the acting couple behind Grassboots Theatre who created the beautiful and moving Repatriation to the Moon this past summer.
“When you do a play like this, sometimes actors are not treated with the appropriate amount of respect in the rehearsal space,” Peyton observes. “It can be traumatic both on stage and in the rehearsal room. But for us, this has not been the case by any means. The amount of sensitivity and compassion and responsible art-making in this process has been admirable. I think that we’re very capable in presenting this story in that respect.”
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“This is a play that makes you stop and think without telling you what to think,” Lee adds. “You should leave it with questions, and you should go away and talk about it with the person you came with. It gives you questions about the play, but it also asks you to ask questions about your own life.”
“These are normal people; these are things that happen in neighbourhoods and to normal families. I think it encourages us to ask those questions — big questions without easy answers.”
A play written by one of Canada’s most celebrated modern female playwrights, Little One runs from Wednesday, October 16th to Saturday, October 19th in the main theatre at Guild Hall (364 Rogers St., Peterborough). Performances begin at 8 p.m., an additional Saturday afternoon matinee at 2 p.m.
As a one-act play that is only an hour long. PTG is presenting it at a reduced ticket price of $10, available by calling the box office at 705-745-4211 (if not open leave a message) or online at theatreguild.org.
A conceptual rendering of the new Canadian Canoe Museum, an 85,000-square-foot facility to be built alongside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway. (Illustration: Heneghan Peng and Kearns Mancini Architects)
On Friday (October 11), BMO Financial Group announced it would be investing $650,000 in the new Canadian Canoe Museum, to be built alongside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
In recognition of the gift to the museum’s capital campaign, which is the first from a financial institution, the museum announced the new facility’s archives and archives workroom will be named the BMO Financial Group Research and Knowledge Centre.
“As Canada’s oldest bank, serving communities for more than 200 years, BMO is proud to support The Canadian Canoe Museum,” says Sheri Griffiths, BMO’s regional president of business banking for Ontario. “The new BMO Financial Group Research and Knowledge Centre will offer a unique opportunity for visitors to connect with and gain a deeper understanding of our country’s history.”
The archives and archives workroom, which doesn’t exist at the museum’s current facility at 910 Monaghan Road, will be a dedicated space housing the museum’s growing collection of rare books, maps, and archival materials, as well as film, video, and recorded oral histories.
It will include a reference library with access to individual study spaces and large work surfaces, and will be built to a Class A controlled environment standard designed for the materials it will house.
“The research and knowledge centre is an integral space in the new museum, one that will offer opportunities to learn and collaborate that right now we can only imagine,” says the museum’s executive director Carolyn Hyslop. “The centre will be an inclusive and safe space for First Peoples, Métis and Inuit, indigenous knowledge holders, and academics to share, encourage understanding, and conduct cultural and ceremonial practices.”
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Stephen Fry, BMO’s head of indigenous banking for North America, notes the $650,000 gift to the museum reflects the relationships the bank nurtures with indigenous communities across Canada.
“We’re proud to pay tribute to the indigenous communities and their intergenerational knowledge of the canoe that has been shared for many generations,” Fry says.
The new 85,000-square-foot museum has been designed by the award-winning team of Heneghan Peng Architects of Dublin, Ireland and Kearns Mancini Architects of Toronto. The facility, which has been designed specifically to house the world’s largest collection of canoes, kayaks, and paddled watercraft, will blend almost seamlessly into the surrounding landscape.
A conceptual rendering of the new Canadian Canoe Museum at the Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site. (Illustration: Heneghan Peng and Kearns Mancini Architects)
BMO Financial Group’s $650,000 gift is another private contribution to the museum’s $65-million capital campaign, which has already received foundational financial support from municipal, provincial, and federal governments. The largest private donation to date has been a $7.5 million investment from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation.
The recipients of the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's 20th annual Awards of Excellence, including Nightingale Nursing president and CEO Sally Harding (front row, third from right). The awards were presented at an event in the Bryan Jones Theatre at Lakefield College School on October 10, 2019. (Photo: Kawartha Chamber / Facebook)
The Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism handed out its 20th annual Awards of Excellence at a gala event on Thursday night (October 10) at Lakefield College School, including presenting the Citizen of the Year Award to Nightingale Nursing president and CEO Sally Harding.
Harding received the award for her outstanding commitment to the area as a businessperson and community supporter. She took over the reins of family business Nightingale Nursing — which supports seniors to stay at home as long as possible by providing personal support and home maintenance services — 20 years ago and purchased it four years later.
A 15-year Rotarian, Harding has focused on youth projects, hosting 10 international exchange students and, through Rotary’s partnership with Habitat for Humanity, providing mentorship and advice to their youth council. She has also served on the hospital foundation board for nine years, the Kawartha Chamber board for six years (serving two terms as president), and currently sits on the board of the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas.
Along with the Citizen of the Year Award, the Kawartha Chamber presented awards in nine categories to local businesses:
Commercial Development or Renovation: Kawartha Lakes Construction (finalists: Lock Stop Cafe, Sweet Competition)
Customer Service Excellence: Home Suite Home Transitions (finalists: Bell’s Garage, Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Nexicom, Village Pet Food & Supply)
Not-for-Profit Excellence: Lakefield Literary Festival (finalists: BEL Rotary Club, Camp Kawartha, Curve Lake First Nation Cultural Centre, The Canadian Canoe Museum)
Retailer of the Year: Griffin’s Greenhouses (finalists: Kingdon Timber Mart, Paris Marine, Village Pet Food & Supply)
Service Sector Excellence: Whelan’s Flooring Centre (finalists: BALL Real Estate, Swanky Events)
Tourism/Hospitality Excellence: The Kawartha Buttertart Factory (finalists: Scotsman Point Resort, Westwind Inn)
Outstanding Business Achievement: Central Smith Creamery (finalists: Beachwood Resort, Cottage Toys, T.G. Quirk Garage )
Young Professional: Jillian Harrington, Clearview Cottage Resort (finalists not announced)
Barbara Monaghan. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Pop Ensemble)
Peterborough Pop Ensemble founder and artistic director and long-time teacher Barbara Monahan has passed away after a brief battle with cancer. She was 59 years old.
The Peterborough Pop Ensemble announced her passing on their Facebook page on Thursday night (October 10):
It is with the deepest of sadness that we share that our beloved Barb – director, mentor, musician, singer…
Born and raised in Peterborough’s south end, Monahan attended Kenner Collegiate in Peterborough from 1974 to 1979 and graduated with honours as both valedictorian and an Ontario scholar.
In 1983, she earned her Honours Bachelor of Music in education, with a major in voice, from the University of Western Ontario, followed by a Bachelor of Education from the University of Toronto in 1984.
In 1984, Monahan returned to Peterborough and began a 26-year teaching career at her alma mater, Kenner Collegiate. Teaching both instrumental and choral music as well as English and French, she affected the lives of many students. She directed the Kenner Concert Band and Choir, was the musical director of five musicals, and organized music trips in Canada and the United States.
Peterborough Pop Ensemble artistic director Barbara Monahan at the Rogers Centre in Toronto in September 2009, when the group performed the national anthem at a Toronto Blues Jay game. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Pop Ensemble)
While Monahan retired from teaching in 2011, she continued her musical career as a professional soloist, arranger, composer, songwriter, and private vocal instructor. She was also organist and choir director at Grace United Church in Peterborough for 18 years.
Monahan was best known as the artistic director of the Peterborough Pop Ensemble, which she founded in 2000 as a one-time ensemble of members of Syd Birrell’s Peterborough Singers. Over the years, the choral group evolved and became the Peterborough Pop Ensemble in 2008.
Since then, the Peterborough Pop Ensemble has performed regularly, including at Peterborough Petes hockey games, the Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival, with the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, and at many charity events. In 2013, the ensemble began its charity program that has supported 14 local charities with a portion of the proceeds from the group’s spring concerts.
Barbara Monahan (left) with members of the Peterborough Pop Ensemble in a promotional photo for their spring 2018 “Hip to the Groove” tribute concert to the music of the 1960s and 1970s. A portion of the proceeds from the concert will go to the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Pop Ensemble)
Monahan was the driving force behind the Peterborough Pop Ensemble since its inception, by shaping the sound of the group, arranging a majority of the songs, writing songs, and participating in the group’s business operations and promotion.
In 2012, she became a member of Kenner’s Wall of Honour and was also inducted into the Peterborough Pathway of Fame.
Monahan is survived by her husband Robert (former co-owner of Bud’s Music Centre in Peterborough) and her sons Kyle and Justin.
There will be a visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 17th, at Nisbett Funeral Home (600 Monaghan Rd., Peterborough), with a celebration of life taking place at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 18th at Grace United Church (581 Howden St., Peterborough).
Donations in Monahan’s memory can be made to the Peterborough Pop Ensemble (at the funeral home or at Grace United Church) or to the Canadian Cancer Society. Online condolences to the family may be left at arbormemorial.ca.
Thanksgiving is an annual holiday to celebrate and give thanks at the close of the harvest season, which was part of the culture of Indigenous peoples for centuries before the arrival of European settlers in North America.
After the American Revolution, American refugees who remained loyal to Great Britain moved from the newly independent United States to Canada, bringing with them the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving, including turkey, pumpkin, and squash.
Thanksgiving days were observed sporadically in Canada beginning in 1799. Today, Thanksgiving is always observed in Canada on the second Monday of October, which coincides with the U.S. observance of Columbus Day (American Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November).
Since Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in Ontario, all government offices, banks, and liquor stores are closed (a few beer stores are open in Peterborough, Lindsay, and Cobourg). Many grocery stores, big box stores, and malls are also closed. Some tourist attractions and recreational services remain open.
For your convenience, we provide this list of holiday hours for 266 selected businesses, services, and organizations across the Kawarthas. This information comes from their websites and social media accounts, which may or may not be up to date, so please always call them first to confirm their hours, especially where indicated and if you are travelling any distance (we’ve included phone numbers). If your business or organization is listed and the hours are incorrect, please let us know by using our content feedback form. We do not include hours for restaurants, as there are far too many to list!
Bewdley Community Recycling Centre 7650 County Rd. 9, Hamilton 905-342-2514
CLOSED
Brighton Community Recycling Centre 1112 County Rd. 26, Brighton 613-475-1946
CLOSED
Canada Post Mail Delivery / Offices (Note: post offices operated by the private sector will be open according to the hours of service of the host business
No collection or delivery
City of Kawartha Lakes City Hall, Municipal Service Centres, and Administration Offices 26 Francis St., Lindsay 705-324-9411
CLOSED
City of Kawartha Lakes Parks, Recreation and Culture facilities, arenas, and pools Various locations, City of Kawartha Lakes 705-324-9411
CLOSED (some facilities are open only for use as advance polling stations for the federal election)
City of Kawartha Lakes Public Libraries Various locations, City of Kawartha Lakes 705-324-9411 x1291
CLOSED
City of Kawartha Lakes Waste and Recycling Collection 26 Francis St., Lindsay 1-888-822-2225
Oct 14 collection moves to Oct 15, Oct 15 to 16, Oct 16 to 17, Oct 17 to 18
City of Peterborough Day Cares Peterborough 705-748-8830
CLOSED
City of Peterborough Garbage Pickup Peterborough 705-745-1386
No change
City of Peterborough Green Waste Pickup Peterborough 705-876-1600
No change
City of Peterborough Recycling Pickup Peterborough 705-876-1600
No change
City of Peterborough Social Services Peterborough 705-748-8830
Juno award-winning folk singer-songwriter Old Man Luedecke (Chris Luedecke), who released his latest album "Easy Money" this year, performs at the Historic Red Dog Tavern in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, October 12th. (Publicity photo)
Every Thursday, we publish live music and performance events at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas 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, October 10 to Wednesday, October 16.
If you’re a pub or club owner and want to be included in our weekly listings, please email our Nightlife Editor at nightlife@kawarthanow.com.
Saturday, October 19 12:30-4pm - PMBA Deluxe Blues Jam hosted by Water St Slim & the Unlikely Heroes (donations welcome, all proceeds to musicians in need)
Fiddler's Green Pub & Grub
34 Lindsay St. St., Lindsay
(705) 878-8440
Friday, October 11
9pm - Karaoke
Saturday, October 12
9pm - Doug Walton (Elvis impersonator)
Coming Soon
Saturday, October 19 1-4pm - Celtic Jam; 9pm - Tungsten
Saturday, October 26 9pm - Halloween Party ft Identity Crysis
Saturday, November 9 9:30pm - Blurred Vizion
Ganarascals Restaurant
53 Walton St., Port Hope
905-885-1888
Friday, October 11
7:30pm - Steve Marriner ($20, call 905-885-1888 or email to reserve)
Ganaraska Hotel
30 Ontario St., Port Hope
(905) 885-9254
Friday, October 11
8pm - Good Enough Live Karaoke ($20)
Saturday, October 12
2pm & 10pm - Cellar Door
Coming Soon
Friday, October 18 8pm - Dimestone Play Boys ($20)
5-7pm - Forselli Friday ft Latchford & Greig; 8pm - This is a Crisis, Puttin' on the Foil, The Bayside Dropouts ($10 or PWYC)
Sunday, October 13
8pm - Lee Reed, Test Their Logik, Kay the Aquanaut, Mother Tareka w/ Garbageface (PWYC)
Tuesday, October 15
8:30pm - Carolyn Mark, Jenny Whiteley, Luke Mercier, Joey Wright
Coming Soon
Friday, October 18 The Sun Harmonic, New Shaker, Sex Addicts
Saturday, October 19 8pm - Vain Entertainment presents Burlesque hosted by Dixie Que and ft Adelyn Vain, Cara De Melo, Dixie Que, Fanny Valentine, Rita Ann'tique, & Rose Dale (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, October 20 3pm & 8pm - Jimmy Bowskill & The Hometown Beauts ($25 per show, in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/venues/2728/)
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Golden Wheel Restaurant
6725 Highway 7, Peterborough
(705) 749-6838
Coming Soon
Saturday, October 19 9pm - Them Crooked Craigs
Friday, October 25 7pm - Rye Street ($25 dinner and music)
Gordon Best Theatre
216 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 876-8884
Saturday, October 12
9pm - James Clayton w/ Mary-Kate Edwards ($10)
Coming Soon
Saturday, November 16 8-10pm - Emily Burgess & The Emburys "Never-Ending Fling" album release ($15 at door only)
Hot Belly Mama's
378 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 745-3544
Thursday, October 10
6-8pm - Live music
Junction Nightclub
253 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 743-0550
Friday, October 11
10pm - Nothing But the 90s hosted by DJ Bill Porter (no cover)
Local No90
90 Mill St. N., Port Hope
(905) 269-3373
Thursday, October 10
7-10pm - Brian Bracken
Marley's Bar & Grill
17 Fire Route 82 Catalina Bay, Buckhorn
(705) 868-2545
Friday, October 11
6-9pm - Tami J Wilde (PWYC)
Saturday, October 12
6-9pm - Sonny & Cloudy (PWYC)
Sunday, October 13
6-9pm - Sonny & Cloudy (PWYC)
Coming Soon
Friday, October 18 6-9pm - Ace & The Kid (PWYC)
Saturday, October 19 6-9pm - Midnight Vesta (PWYC)
McGillicafey's Pub & Eatery
13 Bridge St.. N., Hastings
(705) 696-3600
Friday, October 11
8pm - Phoxy Music
Coming Soon
Friday, October 18 8pm - Cale Crowe
McThirsty's Pint
166 Charlotte St., Peterborough
(705) 743-2220
Thursdays
9pm - Live music hosted by Tony Silvestri and Greg Caven
Fridays
10pm - Live music with Brian Haddlesey
Saturdays
10pm - Live music with Brian Haddlesey
Sundays
8pm - Open stage hosted by Ryan Van Loon
Mondays
9:30pm - Trivia Night hosted by Cam Green
Wednesdays
9pm - Live music hosted by Kevin Foster
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Next Door
197 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(647) 270-9609
Friday, October 11
9-11pm - Hillary Dumoulin
Oasis Bar & Grill
31 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-6634
Sundays
5:30pm - PHLO
Pappas Billiards
407 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 742-9010
Saturday, October 12
1-3pm - Shipwrecked Saturdays w/ Jacques Graveline; 3pm - Open mic hosted by Casey Bax
8pm - The Weber Brothers WE Thursdays Concert Series ft Chris Altmann ($10)
Friday, October 11
9pm - "Dressed in All Black" live music event and footage shoot ft DJ Taktikill, Billy Marks, Back Row Society w/ Koty Kolter, DJ Hooked On Cronic, & more ($5 or wear all black for no cover)
Saturday, October 12
9pm - Old Man Luedecke
VIDEO: "Easy Money" - Old Man Luedecke
Tuesday, October 15
9pm - Open mic
Coming Soon
Thursday, October 18 8pm - The Red Dog Sisters (Cheryl Lescom, Kim Doolittle, Chuckee Zehr, Kat Lovett, Susan Latimer) w/ Shout Sister Choir ($10)
Saturday, October 19 8pm - St. Homer, Taming Sari, Dancing On Fire, The Salvations ($10)
Zeus the dog was struck by a dirt bike in Omemee on the evening of October 7, 2019 and died from its injuries a short time later. (Supplied photo)
The Kawartha Lakes detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is seeking the public’s help after a dirt bike struck and killed a dog earlier this week in Omemee.
On Monday (October 7) at around 8:50 p.m., the dog and his owner were walking along Mary Street in Omemee when three dirt bikes approached at a high rate of speed.
One of the dirt bikes struck the dog on the roadway, and the three dirt bikes then fled westbound on Mary Street, to the entrance of the Great Canadian Trail at Sibley Avenue.
The dog (named Zeus) died from its injuries a short time later.
Two of the dirt bikes were red in colour and the third was yellow in colour.
Anyone having information on this crime or any others is asked to contact the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Information can also be reported anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or by visiting www.kh.crimestoppersweb.com and submitting an anonymous tip online.
Children ride their bikes at the Rotary Greenway Trail at Douro Street in Peterborough's East City. Current cycling stats in Peterborough reflect that there are great opportunities to improve equity for groups like children and women in cycling. Women represent less than one third of cyclists in Peterborough, and less than two per cent of students in Peterborough use bikes to get to and from school. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)
Second only to walking, cycling is the most affordable transportation option available. Once you’ve acquired a bike, and a few key pieces of gear, annual maintenance costs are likely cheaper than what you spend getting your hair cut each year.
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Lindsay Stroud, GreenUP Transportation & Urban Design Manager.
Compare that to the costs of a car. Ontarians spend on average one fifth of their household income on transportation, and average annual vehicle costs range from $8,600 to $13,000. It becomes easy to see how adopting the use of a bike for trips around Peterborough could add up to big savings for people in our community.
Whether a move to cycling leads to savings of gas money, a reduction in the number of household vehicles, or simply a faster option to walking, making cycling more viable for more people will put a city on the path to creating a more equitable transportation system.
Equity in our transportation system comes down to ensuring that people have a safe, accessible, and convenient way to access employment, school, health care, and more.
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The best way to address barriers to cycling is to work with people in our community to learn how we can make it easier and safer. But we can also learn from data how planning and programming can build greater equity into our system.
Two keys to success stand out in the research. First, people need access to a network that is low-stress and comfortable and that stretches throughout our city. Second, people need access to products and programs that are inclusive and that address the diverse barriers to cycling.
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) reports that comfortable low-stress bicycling conditions can achieve widespread growth in bike use. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults would like to ride more often, but only six to 10 per cent of U.S. adults generally feel comfortable riding in mixed traffic or painted bike lanes.
The protected bike lane along the east bank of Trent University provides a safe route for cyclists throughout the year. The National Association of City Transportation Officials reports that comfortable, low-stress bicycling conditions like this can support widespread growth in bike use. (Photo courtesy of B!KE)
If better places to ride were available, 81 per cent of those tentative adults would jump on a bike. Soon after implementing its Separated Bicycle Lanes Program, the City of Vancouver saw the number of bike trips increase of over 40 per cent!
Countries that have made significant investment in cycling infrastructure also show a larger percentage of rides made by groups who may not find our roads the most inviting place for bikes. In Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany, 50 per cent of trips are made by women and girls, compared to 29 per cent, 24 per cent, and 21 per cent in the U.K., U.S., and Australia respectively. Our own Peterborough counts show that women only make 26 to 29 per cent of overall bike trips.
Cycling can also increase independence for young people, since 15 per cent of our population is under 16 years of age and cannot drive. Yet here in Peterborough, less than two per cent of students ride their bikes to school.
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Compare that to the Danish city of Odense, where 81 per cent of children bike to school. Odense aims for bike routes to be safe enough for children six and over to ride alone. The same is true for older adults. In Denmark, an older person is 30 times more likely to cycle than their counterpart in the U.S., and cycling rates only start to drop after the age of 70 in the Netherlands.
Building low-stress comfortable bicycle infrastructure helps everyone, and appears to be particularly beneficial for getting groups like young people, older people, and women on bikes.
Ensuring that bicycle infrastructure serves a diversity of residents can also help to shift the perception that cycling is only for people who are unable to afford vehicle ownership, or for urbanites living in downtown neighbourhoods.
In the Danish city of Odense, four out of five children bike, walk, or skateboard to school, with children as young as five years old cycling on their own. (Photo: Thomas Mørkeberg)
A recent report by The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) cautioned that much of the shift towards cycling is found in wealthier neighbourhoods and areas around downtown centres. In 2017, Statistics Canada reported that cycling was more common in higher-education and higher-income households, and suggested that this was a result of closer proximity to bike paths and traffic calming measures, greater access to bike parking at work, and more flexible working hours.
TCAT recommends that existing and planned networks be analyzed through an equity lens to identify differences in access based on income, race, neighbourhood, and other social determinants. Many cities are now using Bike Equity Indexes and equity gap analyses to ensure more equal access to supportive infrastructure and services.
Access to infrastructure will bring equity and affordability to people in Peterborough, but so will access to products, services, and programs that help to overcome some of the barriers that pop up in life.
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Local shops aim to provide bikes at various prices and styles, alongside the gear that can make a bike more legal (e.g. lights, bells) and more comfortable (e.g. rack, panniers, and fenders). They are finding that people are looking for options that allow them to continue biking through periods of life that may have presented barriers in the past.
For example, families often remark that it can be difficult getting young kids to school or picking up a load of groceries. Greater access to bikes that help to transport kids and other heavier loads, such as a cargo or electric bikes, is helping to providing an alternative to the car.
Local programs like Shifting Gears help to provide gear, knowledge, and community for those who are new to commuting by bike. B!KE: the Community Bike Shop helps to encourage year-round biking by overcoming weather-related barriers with its Winter Wheels program. (Applications are open from now until Monday, October 14th — apply online at communitybikeshop.org/winterwheels).
B!KE: the Community Bike Shop helps to encourage year-round biking by overcoming weather-related barriers with its Winter Wheels program. (Photo courtesy of B!KE)
“Winter Wheels has been highly successful in encouraging more people to ride bikes through the entire year,” explains B!KE executive director Tegan Moss. “Winter is truly not as cold nor as snowy as most people imagine it to be, and Winter Wheels participants are often surprised by how enjoyable it is to ride in winter and how little special equipment is needed.”
Having a range of products and programs that aim to make bikes a more viable life-long transportation option is important, and in Peterborough, we’re fortunate to have a number of community partnerships and organizations committed to making cycling accessible, fun, and inclusive.
Reshaping the way we perceive transportation choices is an important part of building a more equitable society, and increasing the number and diversity of people on bikes can help us to do just that!
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In 2018 the provincial voice for cycling, Share the Road, released an infographic titled Bikes Can Do That! It details seven benefits that can be achieved when bikes become the daily vehicle of choice for more people in your community.
If you’d like to contribute ideas to the #BikesCanDoThat series, please contact Lindsay Stroud, Manager of Transportation and Urban Design Programs at GreenUP, at 705-745-3238 or lindsay.stroud@greenup.on.ca.
This photo of a sunrise at Lock 31 in Buckhorn by Nicole Michaelov was the top post on our Instagram for September 2019. (Photo: Nicole Michaelov @thewildinw / Instagram)
Oh, September! Some call it the true new year, with kids back at school and parents dealing with back-to-school schedules. With cottage season winding up, it’s not my favourite time of year, but I do know how many truly love the cooler temperatures, fall colours, and spiced-pumpkin everything.
A highlight of my month was seeing the launch of the Monarch Ultra Project, when organizers boarded their RV in Peterborough and headed off on a 4,200-kilometre journey all the way to Mexico, with ultra-marathon relay runners following the annual migratory path of the monarch butterfly. So I was very pleased to see our monarch butterfly tribute in our #2 place this month!
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#1. Sunrise at Lock 31 in Buckhorn by Nicole Michaelov @thewildinwe
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Photos of monarchs by local photographers in honour of the launch of The Monarch Ultra Project, where ultra-marathon relay runners follow the 4,300-kilometre migratory path of the monarch from Peterborough to Mexico.
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