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Late winter storm expected this weekend

By kawarthaNOW -

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for all of the Kawarthas, forecasting a major late winter storm with freezing rain on Saturday night (February 23) and damaging winds and blowing snow on Sunday night.

Precipitation associated with a winter storm may begin as patchy freezing rain Saturday evening before becoming rain overnight or early Sunday morning.

Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become icy and slippery.

Damaging westerly winds with gusts of 90 to 110 km/h are expected to develop Sunday. Areas near the Great Lakes are more likely to experience winds at the higher end of this range. The strong winds will persist through Sunday night and gradually diminish Monday.

Damage to buildings, such as to roof shingles and windows, may occur. Power outages are also possible.

In addition, flurries and blowing snow will develop Sunday afternoon. Local snowfall amounts in the 5 to 10 cm range are possible by Monday morning. Any fresh snow that falls will be whipped up by the very strong winds creating whiteout conditions at times.

Travel will become hazardous due to significant and sudden reduction to visibility.

Freezing rain warnings may be required. Wind warnings will likely be required for some areas.

Peterborough about to lose five longstanding trees beside the Ashburnham lock

By Bruce Head -
The tree in the background is one of five 'dead and unsafe' Carolina Poplars that Parks Canada is having removed from along its access road alongside the Trent Canal at Lock 20 Ashburnham. The tree removal will take place between February 25 and March 1, 2019, and the access road will be closed to pedestrian and vehicle traffic during this time. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Parks Canada is about to have five longstanding trees cut down alongside the Trent Canal at Lock 20 Ashburnham, beside Rogers Cove in Peterborough’s East City.

The five large Carolina Poplar trees are located along the 180-metre access road that runs from just west of the Maria Street swing bridge south to the pedestrian walkway at Rogers Cove.

The access road is located completely on Parks Canada property, but is often used by vehicles and pedestrians to access the park at Rogers Cove.

The five Carolina Poplars pictured have been marked for removal. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
The five Carolina Poplars pictured have been marked for removal. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

A media release from Parks Canada issued on Friday (February 22) states “The removal of a cluster of dead and unsafe Carolina Poplar trees is required to ensure the safety of those that utilize this area.”

Five trees been marked with red spray paint for removal. Two of the trees in located across from each other on the access road, and the remaining three are spread along the entire length of the access road.

kawarthaNOW.com contacted Parks Canada for clarification on whether bore testing was completed to evaluate the health of the five trees.

The first two trees to be removed are near the entrance of the access road at Maria Street. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
The first two trees to be removed are near the entrance of the access road at Maria Street. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
Three of the trees (including the one in the distance with the yellow sign attached to it) are located along the length of the access road. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
Three of the trees (including the one in the distance with the yellow sign attached to it) are located along the length of the access road. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
One of the trees marked for removal. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
One of the trees marked for removal. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Aarin Crawford, a public relations and communications officer with the Ontario Waterways Unit of Parks Canada, provided a response from Treescape Canada, the Peterborough arborist that Parks Canada has contracted to complete the tree removal work.

Treescape Canada, thearborist that Parks Canada has contracted to complete the tree removal work, used a visual inspection to determine the trees pose a danger to the public both for pedestrians and vehicles. Treescape says there is significant evidence of dead wood within the crown that indicates the trees are at the end of their life span. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
Treescape Canada, thearborist that Parks Canada has contracted to complete the tree removal work, used a visual inspection to determine the trees pose a danger to the public both for pedestrians and vehicles. Treescape says there is significant evidence of dead wood within the crown that indicates the trees are at the end of their life span. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

“Bore testing on Carolina Poplars is not an effective method to evaluate stability, as they are usually solid at the base of the tree and the cavities tend to be higher up into the crown where it is difficult to test,” reads the Treescape response.

“From a visual inspection, it was easy to establish that the trees pose a danger to the public both for pedestrians and vehicles, public safety being our number one priority. There was significant evidence of dead wood within the crown that indicates the trees are at the end of their life span.”

Parks Canada says the tree removal will begin on Monday, February 25th with completion by Friday, March 1st.

During this time, the access road will be closed and there will be limited access to the walking path that runs from Rogers Cove in the west, across the bridge at Lock 20, and continues east to the Trent-Severn Waterway headquarters.

Parks Canada says the site will be well marked with warning signs, and flagging people will be in place to help direct the flow of traffic.

The area where the tree removal work will be completed. (Graphic courtesy of Parks Canada)
The area where the tree removal work will be completed. (Graphic courtesy of Parks Canada)

Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market grows partnerships during the winter months

By Barb Shaw -
Two members of the Newcomer Kitchen in Peterborough on the first day at the winter location of the Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market in Peterborough Square. The market is donating vendor space for the group of Syrian refugees, who formed the Newcomer Kitchen to sell food including spinach pies, smoky baba ghanoush, and their very popular zaatar bread. (Photo courtesy of New Canadians Centre)

From incubating a new food business run by Syrian refugees to making products and produce more accessible through a special currency that can be exchanged for food, the team at the Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market (PRFM) has been busy building new partnerships through the long winter months at their indoor location at Peterborough Square.

Wesal Hamatti and Nawaem Moussa of the Newcomer Kitchen at the Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market in Peterborough Square. (Supplied photo)
Wesal Hamatti and Nawaem Moussa of the Newcomer Kitchen at the Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market in Peterborough Square. (Supplied photo)

With free space donated by the PRFM to help incubate their new business, a group of Syrian refugees — who have formed the Newcomer Kitchen to sell spinach pies, smoky baba ghanoush, and their very popular zaatar bread — say joining the market has been life-changing.

Reem Ali, a community development worker with the New Canadians Centre, has provided support to the Newcomer Kitchen group since they started skills training with the Nourish Project in November 2017. The project is a collaboration between many partners, including the New Canadians Centre, YWCA Peterborough Haliburton, and, Peterborough Public Health.

Last fall, four women in the program decided to work together on the market project, quickly recognizing the benefits provided by the PRFM environment. A few short months after joining the market in December, the women are thriving.

“It has been an enriching experience for these women,” Ali explains. “They have had a chance to put all of their new learning into practice in a supportive, welcoming, low-pressure environment with a steady flow of customers.”

Ali says the women have developed a great rapport with clients and they are already able to anticipate how much food needs to be prepared each week when they meet at a kitchen provided, for free, at the Jewish Community Centre. The regular schedule of the PRFM also lets the women manage their busy lives, including raising their families and keeping up to date with their English language classes.

VIDEO: The Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market

“Community support is key and the market is their community,” Ali says. “Relationships are being developed with other vendors and, like a true incubator experience, support and encouragement is always available.”

Ali says the women have new skills and new confidence, and now they have enough experience to make decisions on the spot about their business. They’re even learning from observing other vendors when it comes to marketing.

“The women say they are no longer the same people — in a good way,” Ali notes.

The indoor winter location of the Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market in Peterborough Square has become a popular destination with shoppers who want to support local producers. (Supplied photo)
The indoor winter location of the Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market in Peterborough Square has become a popular destination with shoppers who want to support local producers. (Supplied photo)

Neil Hannam, chair of the Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Network, says he is proud of how this partnership has blossomed.

“We wanted to help newcomers incubate a business model and develop skills for success in their new home as another way to build our community,” he explains. “Now these women are gaining confidence every week while also strengthening our family of vendors.”

Nourish Market Dollars are a special currency that can be exchanged for produce at the Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market, connecting local people to local food and stimulating the local economy. (Poster: Nourish Project)
Nourish Market Dollars are a special currency that can be exchanged for produce at the Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market, connecting local people to local food and stimulating the local economy. (Poster: Nourish Project)

While PRFM is supporting the Newcomer Kitchen project through a donation of space and lots of encouragement, all PRFM vendors are also benefitting from another partnership: the Nourish Market Dollars project.

Now run as a year-round initiative, the Nourish Market Dollars program provides special currency that can be exchanged for produce at the market — making healthy, organic, local produce and products more accessible.

Joëlle Favreau works with the Nourish Project and she notes that, while addressing food inequities is at the heart of all their work, their programming is grounded in the premise that dignity of access is key.

So, when participants complete workshops or come to events, they are gifted Nourish Market Dollars.

The Nourish Market Dollars can be spent at different locations, including at the Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market, providing a dignified way for local people to access healthy food.

“Our workshops and activities are open to all,” Favreau says. “Our market dollars are derived from this approach and they help us support people of all income brackets with greater connections to good local food and amazing local producers.”

Favreau notes that, in addition to receiving Nourish Market Dollars at workshops, people can also buy the special currency. It’s also becoming popular with people who purchase the currency to give as gifts.

The Nourish Project also offers cooking classes, canning workshops and they offer a Market Meal program where a facilitator helps to shop, prepare, and eat a meal prepared with items found at the market.

“We’re growing access to local healthy food and local food is at the centre of this focus,” Favreau says. “We’re using food as an avenue to bring people together.”

With such a focus on building these community partnerships, the PRFM is continuing to build on its mission to build relationships with the city, rural counties, and the community, and to promote the economic, social and cultural value of agriculture within the region — all while increasing access to local food that all members of the community can trust.

Sam McLean of McLean Berry Farm in Buckhorn and Trevor Riel of Riel Acres Farm north of Lakefield chat during market day at the Peterborough Regional Farmers' Market in Peterborough Square. The market runs at its winter location from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday until April. (Supplied photo)
Sam McLean of McLean Berry Farm in Buckhorn and Trevor Riel of Riel Acres Farm north of Lakefield chat during market day at the Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market in Peterborough Square. The market runs at its winter location from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday until April. (Supplied photo)

“Our goal is to build community around food, and Nourish Dollars open doors for more people in the community to access food that they know is grown by local farmers,” Hannam says. “This program also puts money back into local farms and adds value to the successes of our vendors. We are excited to join the Peterborough Wednesday Farmers’ Market and the Lakefield Farmers’ Market in supporting Nourish Dollars.”

Sixty per cent of PRFM vendors are primary producers who have gone through a third-party inspection process to verify they grow 100 per cent of what they sell, with the remaining 40 per cent including bakers, artists, community groups, and food vendors like the Newcomer Kitchen.

 

The Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market runs at its winter location in Peterborough Square at 340 George Street North in downtown Peterborough from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday until April. The market is located in the lower south level by Princess Gardens.

You can easily access the market from the mall’s underground parking; simply take the Galaxy Cinema elevator or stairs and exit at the first level into the mall. You can also enter from lower Charlotte Street by Princess Gardens, or at the food court; take the escalator downstairs and head to the south end of the lower mall. The farmers’ market is well marked from all of the mall entrances.

For more information, visit www.ptboregionalfarmersmarket.org.

Roch Voisine performs an ‘unplugged and intimate’ concert at Showplace in Peterborough on March 5

By Paul Rellinger -
Canadian singer-songwriter Roch Voisine will perform an "unplugged and intimate" concert at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough as part of his 2019-20 Acoustic Tour. (Publicity photo)

When one reflects on the circumstances that have brought him or her to their current lot in life, one question inevitably pops up: what if?

For singer-songwriter Roch Voisine, a serious baseball-related injury suffered in 1981 derailed his ambition to play professional hockey. It was no doubt a shattering blow for the then 18-year-old.

Showplace presents
Roch Voisine – An Unplugged and Intimate Evening

When: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 8 p.m.
Where: Showplace Performance Centre (290 George St. N., Peterborough)
How much: $47

The Canadian singer-songwriter will perform acoustic versions of his greatest hits accompanied by two other musicians. Tickets are available in person at the Showplace box office (290 George St. N., Peterborough), by phone at 705-742-7469, or online at www.showplace.org.

What if Voisine had realized his hockey dream? Chances are the 55-year-old would have by now long hung up his skates, his scoring statistics relegated to the endless lists of numbers that provide daily fuel for hockey trivia buffs. But if Voisine possesses any lingering disappointment over what could have been and wasn’t, that’s more than offset by the success he’s achieved in his musical career.

On Tuesday, March 5th, Voisine brings his Canadian acoustic tour to Showplace Performance Centre (290 George Street North, Peterborough), promising an “unplugged and intimate evening” where he will be accompanied by two guest musicians to perform the hit songs that have formed the basis for an impressive 22 albums to date and endeared him to million of fans across Canada and Europe.

Tickets to the 8 p.m. Showplace Presents concert cost $47 and are available in person at the Showplace box office (290 George St. N., Peterborough), by phone at 705-742-7469, or online at www.showplace.org.

It was while studying for a degree in physiotherapy at the University of Ottawa that Voisine, having picked up the guitar to fill the void created by his dashed hockey dream, dabbled in songwriting. It was during the same period that he co-wrote the song “Hélène” with his hockey pal Stéphane Lessard.

VIDEO: “Hélène” – Roch Voisine

While his performance debut came before 50,000 people gathered for Canada Day in Montreal in 1986, it was that ballad of love found and lost — the title track on his 1989 album of the same name — that propelled Voisine into the musical stratosphere.

“Everything just went boom,” recalls Voisine in a 1992 interview with Barry Came of Macleans.

Boom indeed. The album — it was actually Voisine’s third after two earlier recordings — spent 40 weeks in the top 10 albums listing in France, achieving Diamond status for more than one million units sold.

Roch Voisine performing in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France in February 2019. (Photo: Bruno Scorpionudo / YouTube)
Roch Voisine performing in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France in February 2019. (Photo: Bruno Scorpionudo / YouTube)

In Canada, Hélène was certified three-times Platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). The single, meanwhile, remains Voisine’s top-selling song, spending nine weeks at #1 on the singles chart in France, making him the first Canadian to attain #1 on that chart, well before Bryan Adams, Céline Dion, and Garou did likewise.

“I think we managed to put together some good lyrics with some good music that just happened to catch the public mood,” says Voisine of the album’s huge popularity.

“And it might have had something to do with the fact that they find me a little exotic in France in that I’m a North American who speaks French. To tell you the honest truth, I don’t really have an adequate explanation beyond all of the usual tired old clichés about having the right stuff at the right time.”

VIDEO: “Catch Me” – Roch Voisine

Voisine would have a treasure of “right stuff” for years to follow.

In the aftermath of the success of Helene, which brought him Francophone Album of the Year honours at the Victoires de la Musique Awards in France and honorary title of the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as awarded by the French government, Voisine embarked on his second European tour, appearing before thousands.

On Canadian soil, enthusiasm for his singing and songwriting talent was no less over the top, highlighted in 1992 by his July 1st performance in Montreal before Queen Elizabeth II.

VIDEO: Roch Voisine – An Unplugged and Intimate Evening

Recording and performing in both French and English, Voisine has had, and continues to enjoy, the advantage of appealing to a huge dual audience, with his English-language recordings remaining a popular staple of Canadian adult contemporary radio.

Made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1997 as well as a Member of the Order of New Brunswick in 2014 — he was born in Edmunston and raised in Saint-Basile and currently divides his time between Montreal and Paris — Voisine has enjoyed consistent commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic.

His subsequent albums Double (1990), Roch Voisine (1990), I’ll Always Be There (1993), Coup de Tete (1994), Kissing Rain (1995) and Americana (1995) have attained Platinum and multi Platinum status as awarded by the CRIA. In 1994, he claimed the Male Vocalist of the Year prize at the Juno Awards.

VIDEO: “Tant Pis” – Roch Voisine

In November 2017, Voisine’s most recent album Devant Nous was released, marking a much heralded return to the pop music genre he had abandoned for the better part of 10 years.

“I realized that if I wanted to make something meaningful, that will reach people where they’re at right now, I needed to go back to pop … life changes and we no longer touch people in the same way,” he tells Claude Côté in a 2017 interview for SOCAN Words & Music.

“One thing I knew for sure was that there weren’t going to be a lot of ballads or sappy love songs. I had a head full of songs that make you want to move. My problem wasn’t that I’d lost my drive to write songs, but rather that I wanted a more meaningful musical format.”

In addition to his acoustic tour, Roch Voisine (left) is also touring with fellow singers Corneille and Garou. (Photo: Forever Gentlemen)
In addition to his acoustic tour, Roch Voisine (left) is also touring with fellow singers Corneille and Garou. (Photo: Forever Gentlemen)

“You get to a point in life where you want to reach out to more than a small group of people with your songs…more universal themes and looking to the future. It’s possible to make intelligent pop songs and I believe these 10 songs are proof of that.

“If you want radio play but don’t do pop songs, well, good luck. Markets are different from one country to the next, and at the centre of the Francophonie. What I want is to play everywhere. Radio in France is transforming, looking for an identity, while here (in Canada) we’re lucky because there’s still adult-oriented radio that gives some space to its artists.”

In addition to his acoustic tour, Voisine is also touring with fellow singers Corneille and Garou as “Forever Gentlemen”, where the trio perform classic crooner tunes from the ’50s and early ’60s.

For more information about Roch Voisine, visit rochvoisine.com.

Peterborough man charged with trafficking in blue heroin

By kawarthaNOW -
Peterborough police seized almost 11 grams of blue heroin on February 21, 2019. Blue heroin is heroin mixed with the much stronger synthetic opiod fentanyl. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

A 38-year-old Peterborough man is facing charges including trafficking blue heroin following a drug investigation.

As a result of an ongoing investigation by the Peterborough Police Service’s ICAD (Intelligence, Crime Analyst, Asset Forfeiture and Drug) Unit, on Thursday (February 21), officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in the area of Hunter and Rubidge Streets.

During the investigation, Edward Travis Pafford of Wallis Drive, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was found to be in possession of approximately 10.6 grams of blue heroin — heroin mixed with fentanyl — and an amount of Canadian currency.

Pafford as arrested and charged with trafficking in a schedule I substance, possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000.

The accused was held in custody and is scheduled to appear in court later today (February 22).

On the left is a lethal dose of heroin, equivalent to about 30 milligrams; on the right is a 3-milligram dose of fentanyl, enough to kill an average-sized adult male. (Photo: New Hampshire State Police Forensic Lab)
On the left is a lethal dose of heroin, equivalent to about 30 milligrams; on the right is a 3-milligram dose of fentanyl, enough to kill an average-sized adult male. (Photo: New Hampshire State Police Forensic Lab)

On February 8th, Peterborough Public Health issued an alert that it had received reports blue heroin was circulating in the community.

Regular heroin ranges in colour from black to brown to white, depending on how it’s processed; heroin that is laced with fentanyl is dyed with different colours, including blue, purple, and pink.

Both heroin and fentanyl are opiods. Fentanyl, a synthetic opiod, is more potent than heroin and can cause a toxic buildup and lead to overdose faster and in lower doses.

Peterborough’s Home Outfitters store to close in 2019

By kawarthaNOW -
Hudson's Bay Co. is closing all 37 Home Outfitters stores in Canada, including the one located at 821 Rye Street in Peterborough, in 2019. (Photo: Google Maps)

Hudson’s Bay Co. (HBC) announced on Thursday (February 21) it is closing down its Home Outfitters business in Canada.

The housewares chain operates 37 stores in Canada, including one in Peterborough.

In a statement, the company says the decision is part of a “strategic plan to reduce costs, simplify the business and improve overall profitability.”

The company expects to complete the closure in 2019. The company is also performing a “fleet review” of Saks OFF 5TH’s 133 stores, with an estimate of closing up to 20 locations in the U.S.

“Further streamlining our retail portfolio enables even greater focus on our businesses with the strongest growth opportunities,” says Helena Foulkes, HBC’s Chief Executive Officer. “We know this news is difficult for our associates. We are grateful for their ongoing efforts to serve our customers and we will work to find opportunities within HBC for impacted team members where possible.”

The company did not indicate the number of employees who would be affected by the closures.

The Peterborough location at 821 Rye Street, across from Best Buy, is the only Home Outfitters store in the Kawarthas.

The announcement comes four days after U.S. discount shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource announced it would close its 2,354 stores in North America, including its only store in the Kawarthas, located at Lansdowne Place Mall in Peterborough.

nightlifeNOW – February 21 to 27

By kawarthaNOW -
It's a fingerstyle guitarist double bill this week when Bethany's Adam Crossman returns to perform at Boiling Over's Coffee Vault in Lindsay on February 22, 2019. Guitarist Kyle Pullan from Canmore, Alberta will also be performing. (Photo: Jason Sinn Photography)

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, February 21 to Wednesday, February 27.

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.

Arlington Pub
Arthur's Pub
Bancroft Eatery and Brew Pub
Black Horse Pub
Boiling Over's Coffee Vault
The Cat & The Fiddle Cobourg
The Ceilie (Trent University student pub)
Champs Sports Bar
Chemong Lodge
The Church-key Pub & Grindhouse
Coach & Horses Pub
The Cow & Sow Eatery
Dominion Hotel
Dr. J's BBQ & Brews
Dreams of Beans
Frank's Pasta and Grill
Ganarascals Restaurant
Ganaraska Hotel
The Garnet
Golden Wheel Restaurant
Gordon Best Theatre
Junction Nightclub
Kawartha Coffee Co.
McGillicafey's Pub & Eatery
Mckecks Tap & Grill
McThirsty's Pint
The Mill Restaurant and Pub
Oasis Bar & Grill
Pappas Billiards
Partista Café
Publican House Brewery
Red Dog Tavern
Riley's
Sapphire Room
Serendipitous Old Stuff Lounge
The Social
Southside Pizzeria
Sticks Sports Pub
The Thirsty Goose
The Trend
Turtle John's Pub & Restaurant
The Twisted Wheel
The Venue

Arlington Pub

32990 Highway 62, Maynooth
(613) 338-2080

Coming Soon

Saturday, March 2
9pm - Rae Spoon & LAL ($10)

Arthur's Pub

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

Thursday, February 21

8pm - Karaoke night

Friday, February 22

9pm - Ty Wilson

Saturday, February 23

9pm - Dead Nouveau

Sunday, February 24

3:30-7pm - Celtic Sunday w/ Steve Lamb & Matti Palonen

Monday, February 25

7-9pm - Rob Phillips

Tuesday, February 26

7:30pm - Beatles Tribute w/ Don Owen & Bruce Longman

Wednesday, February 27

8pm - Open mic hosted by Bruce Longman

Bancroft Eatery and Brew Pub

4 Bridge St., Bancroft
(613) 332-3450

Friday, February 22

9pm - David Byrski and Riley Towns

Black Horse Pub

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

Thursday, February 21

7:30-11:30pm - Jazz and Blues ft Rob Phillips Trio w/ Marsala Lukianchuk

Friday, February 22

5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Lindsay Barr

Saturday, February 23

5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Parkside Drive

Sunday, February 24

3-6pm - Washboard Hank & The Wringers; 6:30-9:30pm - Po’Boy Jeffreys

Monday, February 25

7pm - Rick & Gailie's Crash & Burn

Tuesday, February 26

7pm - Randy Hill Band w/ Rod Macdonald

Wednesday, February 27

9-11pm - Dead Nouveau

Coming Soon

Thursday, February 28
7:30-11:30pm - Jazz and Blues ft Rob Phillips Trio w/ Laurie Corrigan

Friday, March 1
5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Hillary Dumoulin

Saturday, March 2
5-8pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - House Brand

Sunday, March 3
3-6pm - Bluegrass Menagerie; 6:30-9:30pm - Joe Bulger

Boiling Over's Coffee Vault

148 Kent St. W., Lindsay
(705) 878-8884

Friday, February 22

7-9pm - Adam Crossman & Kyle Pullan

VIDEO: "Kaizen" - Adam Crossman

VIDEO: "The Wanderer" - Kyle Pullan

The Cat & The Fiddle Cobourg

38 Covert St., Cobourg
(905) 377-9029

Friday, February 22

7-11pm - Bruce Longman

Saturday, February 23

8pm - Bruce Longsteen & The Covert Street Band

The Ceilie (Trent University student pub)

1600 West Bank Dr., Peterborough
(705) 748-1011

Coming Soon

Wednesday, March 6
7-10pm - Trent Oxfam presents Inali Berger & spoken word/open mic (LGBTQ+ friendly, no cover)

Champs Sports Bar

203 Simcoe St., Peterborough
(705) 742-3431

Thursdays

7pm - Open mic

Chemong Lodge

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

Thursdays

5-9pm - Pianist Barry McMullen (dining room)

Fridays

5-9pm - Pianist Barry McMullen (dining room)

Wednesdays

5-9pm - Pianist Barry McMullen (dining room)

The Church-key Pub & Grindhouse

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

Thursday, February 21

8pm - Tuborg

Wednesday, February 27

8pm - Whiskey Wednesday w/ Ken Tizzard

Coach & Horses Pub

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

Thursdays

10pm - Open Mic w/ Gerald Vanhalteren

Fridays

9:30pm - Karaoke Night w/ DJ. Ross

Wednesdays

7-11pm - Live music

The Cow & Sow Eatery

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

Coming Soon

Saturday, March 2
9pm - Karaoke

Dominion Hotel

113 Main St., Minden
(705) 286-6954

Coming Soon

Friday, May 3
8pm - Valdy w/ Doris Mason ($30, in advance at www.eventbrite.ca/e/valdy-in-concert-with-doris-mason-tickets-56596015205)

Dr. J's BBQ & Brews

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

Coming Soon

Saturday, May 11
Doc Yates w/ Greg Williams & Kansas Stone

Dreams of Beans

138 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 742-2406

Thursday, February 21

8pm - Open mic

Friday, February 22

8pm - Yesnoyes (no cover)

Coming Soon

Friday, March 29
9:30-11pm - Graham Show (no cover)

Frank's Pasta and Grill

426 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-2727

Friday, February 22

9pm-12am - Karaoke; 12am - DJ

Saturday, February 23

8pm - 8pm - Breezeway Band w/ Griffin McGill; 11:30pm - DJ

Wednesday, February 27

8-11pm - Open Mic

Ganarascals Restaurant

53 Walton St., Port Hope
905-885-1888

Friday, February 22

7pm - Mark Sepic

Coming Soon

Friday, March 1
7pm - The Vagina Monologues ($20)

Ganaraska Hotel

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

Friday, February 22

8pm - Ontario Street Theatre presents Fridays at The Ganny: "Walk The Line: A Tribute to Johnny Cash" ($20, all proceeds to Green Wood Coalition)

Saturday, February 23

2pm & 10pm - Jessica Soul Band

Wednesday, February 27

8-11pm - Open Mic Night w/ Clayton Yates & Rob Foreman

Coming Soon

Friday, March 1
8pm - Ontario Street Theatre presents Fridays at The Ganny: Burlesque! ($20)

Saturday, March 2
2pm & 10pm - Brent Diabo And the Ramblers

The Garnet

231 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 874-0107

Thursday, February 21

8pm - Youngbloods w/ Campbell Woods, Ellen Froese, Nicholas Faraone ($5-10 or PWYC)

Friday, February 22

5-7pm - Forselli Friday; 8pm - Jessica Pearson and the East Wind, Lunar Bloom, Mary-Kate Edwards; 11pm - Late Night Jazz With Williams and Lotus Wight

Saturday, February 23

7-9pm - X-Pollinators and The Pine Saps w/ special guests

Sunday, February 24

7pm - Show and Tell Poetry Series (STPS) ft Gordon Johnston, Jillian Kew, Melchior Bodnar-Dudley ($5 or PWYC)

Coming Soon

Friday, March 1
9pm - Fade Awaays, Shade, Peace Sand Rest, Belly Flop ($10 or PWYC)

Saturday, March 2
9pm - Bonnaville "Back Alleys & Barstools” EP release w/ Sean Benji Merritt & Mitch Frost, The Corporate Life, The Mad Murdocks ($10)

Sunday, March 3
9pm - Mark Wylie w/ Justin Strode & Bryar Gray ($10)

Golden Wheel Restaurant

6725 Highway 7, Peterborough
(705) 749-6838

Wednesday, February 27

6:30-8:30pm - Line Dancing w/ Marlene Maskell ($7)

Coming Soon

Saturday, April 13
7pm - Dinner and dance patry ft Rye Street ($20 includes dinner, $5 music only at 8pm)

Gordon Best Theatre

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

Coming Soon

Saturday, March 16
8pm - The Red Finks "A Young Person's Guide To Science" album release (PWYC)

Junction Nightclub

253 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 743-0550

Friday, February 22

10pm - Country Night w/ DJ Bill Porter ($5 cover)

Kawartha Coffee Co.

58 Bolton St., Bobcaygeon
(705) 738-1500

Coming Soon

Saturday, March 9
8-11pm - Dance Party with The Kelly Burrows Trio ($10)

McGillicafey's Pub & Eatery

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

Coming Soon

Friday, March 1
8pm - Cindy & Scott

Mckecks Tap & Grill

207 Highland St., Haliburton
(705) 457-3443

Friday, February 22

6-9pm - Tamica & the Boyz (no cover)

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

The Mill Restaurant and Pub

990 Ontario St., Cobourg
(905) 377-8177

Thursday, February 21

7pm - Milligan Thyme

Coming Soon

Thursday, February 28
7pm - Lotus White

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

Thursday, February 21

7-10pm - Open Mic

Saturday, February 23

1-3pm - Shipwrecked Saturdays

Partista Café

23 Bridge St., Bancroft
613-630-0063

Friday, February 22

7-11pm - Open Mic hosted by John Foreman

Publican House Brewery

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

Friday, February 22

8-10pm - Joe Bulger

Saturday, February 23

8-10pm - House Brand

Red Dog Tavern

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

Saturday, February 23

9pm - JJ and the Pillars w/ Matthew Tapscott, Mike & Whit (Paper Shakers), I the Mountain, Blakdenim ($15, in advance at www.eventbrite.ca/e/music-collides-tickets-56154888784)

Tuesday, February 26

9pm - Open mic hosted by Davey Mac

Coming Soon

Thursday, February 28
10pm - Sun K w/ Huttch and Paper Shakers ($5 at door)

Friday, March 1
Tascu

Saturday, March 2
9pm - Emily Burgess & The Emburys w/ The Actual Goners ($15)

Wednesday, March 6
10pm - Five Alarm Funk and Too Many Zooz ($25, in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/events/22560/)

Friday, March 8
10pm - Peterborough Folk Festival presents BA Johnston w/ Beef Boys & Television Rd

Saturday, March 9
10pm - Peterborough Folk Festival presents My Son the Hurricane ($20, in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/events/22940/)

Friday, April 19
10pm - Tokyo Police Club w/ special guests TBA ($25, in advance at www.ticketscene.ca/events/22684/)

Riley's

257 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 750-1445

Thursdays

Travis Berlinbach

Fridays

Travis Berlinbach

Saturdays

Josh Gontier

Sundays

Josh Gontier

Mondays

Josh Gontier

Tuesdays

Josh Gontier & Cale Gontier

Wednesdays

Guest performers

Sapphire Room

137 Hunter St., Peterborough
(705) 749-0409

Wednesday, February 27

7:30-11pm - Peterborough Poetry Slam presents Soul Buffet dinner and feature showcase with Fannon Holland & Dijah Redd ($10 or PWYC)

Coming Soon

Saturday, March 9
7pm - "Hot Damn It's a Queer Slam" poetry slam and open mic ft SofiaFly ($10 or PWYC)

Serendipitous Old Stuff Lounge

161 Old Hastings Rd., Warkworth
(705) 924-3333

Coming Soon

Saturday, March 16
5-9pm - Lauryn Macfarlane (reservations recommended)

The Social

295 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 874-6724

Friday, February 22

9-11pm - Elyse Saunders

Saturday, February 23

9-11pm - Tripsonix Party for SPD from PRHC

Wednesday, February 27

10pm - Cale Crowe

Southside Pizzeria

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

Coming Soon

Friday, March 15
8:30pm - Kill No Albatross w/ Titan Arum, Maitreya ($10 at door)

Sticks Sports Pub

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

Coming Soon

Saturday, March 23
7-10pm - Maxwell Williams (no cover)

The Thirsty Goose

63 Walton St., Port Hope

Coming Soon

Friday, March 1
8pm - King Street Brass

The Trend

110 London St., Peterborough
(705) 750-1265

Coming Soon

Thursday, February 28
7-10pm - Trent Music Society presents Open Mic Night

Turtle John's Pub & Restaurant

64 John St., Port Hope
(905) 885-7200

Saturday, February 23

9pm - Free Comedy Show ft Michael Moses w/ Joe Bothelo, Olivia Stadler, AJ Bate, Keith Andrews

The Twisted Wheel

379 Water St., Peterborough

Coming Soon

Thursday, February 28
7-10pm - Twisted Wheel's Backroom Bazaar hosted by Washboard Hank w/ special guest Jenny Allen

Thursday, March 7
7-10pm - Peterborough Winter Folk Fest ft Dylan Ireland w/ Melissa Payne, James Mckenty, Karl Lawson (no cover)

The Venue

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

Coming Soon

Tuesday, March 5
7pm - Mother Mother w/ Said The Whale ($45.50 to $111.99, available at www.ticketmaster.com)

Wednesday, March 6
7pm - The Reklaws w/ Jade Eagleson & East Adelaide ($25, available at www.ticketmaster.com)

Tuesday, April 16
7pm - The Tea Party ($45, available at www.ticketmaster.com)

Cannabis production facility planned for Hastings Highlands

By kawarthaNOW -
The municipality of Hastings Highlands is partnering with AeroPonLeaf Canada to develop a cannabis production facility to be located north of Bancroft. AeroPonLeaf Canada uses a soil-less growing technique called aeroponics to produce cannabis, a method used by other cannabis producers such as Virginia Company in Spokane, Washington. (Photo: Virginia Company)

Vic A. Bodnar, Mayor of Hastings Highlands, has announced the municipality has entered into a deal with AeroPonLeaf Canada for the purchase and development of property to be used for a cannabis production facility.

The facility will be located on Y Road, about five kilometres north of the Town of Bancroft, on the property formerly occupied by GP Flakeboard. The property has remained undeveloped since the particle board plant closed in 2003.

“The economic boost to our community will have far reaching benefits,” Bodnar writes on his Facebook page. “We anticipate that the added revenue from associated industries in the area and employment opportunities for residents will be extraordinary.”

Bodnar also says the facility will eventually include a retail outlet and a brewery.

Based in Pickering, AeroPonLeaf Canada uses aeroponics — a method of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium — to cultivate cannabis.

A public meeting with representatives from AeroPonLeaf Canada will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 28th at Emond Hall at the Hastings Highlands municipal offices (33011 Hastings County Rd 62, Maynooth).

Want to build a vibrant downtown? Bikes can do that.

By GreenUP -
Jaime Akiyama, GreenUP's Transportation and Urban Design Program Coordinator, rides her bike along the George Street bike lane in Peterborough, with her panniers loaded up after shopping downtown. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Lindsay Stroud, GreenUP Transportation & Urban Design Manager.

There is a poster that hangs on the GreenUP office wall at 378 Aylmer Street in downtown Peterborough. It is a print by Jackson Creek Press that reads, “Want to learn more about your town? Ride a bike!” I can’t find an attribution for the quote, but knowing the artist behind Jackson Creek Press is an avid bike rider and community builder, I feel comfortable taking him to be an expert on the subject.

The idea that you can experience more of your city by bike is one of the reasons that GreenUP helped create the open streets event, Peterborough Pulse, five summers ago. We want to provide space for people to walk and bike down George Street to see and connect with the city in a new way.

As you bike down George Street, you can feel the gentle grade of the terrain easing your ride south through downtown Peterborough. Generally, you travel more slowly by bike and have more time to take in your surroundings. In fact, your peripheral vision expands as your speed decreases, and you begin to notice more of what is occurring alongside you.

From your bike, you can hear the sounds of the street, the chatter of conversations, the opening of shop doors and, for better or for worse, you can smell the cinnamon buns and sourdough bread from cafés along the way.

Each year following Pulse, several businesses have relayed stories of people walking into their stores during the event remarking, “I often drive along this road but I never realized this shop was here until now.”

Jeffrey Macklin of Jackson Creek Press in Peterborough is an avid cyclist and incorporates bikes into many of his design ideas. (Poster: Jackson Creek Press)
Jeffrey Macklin of Jackson Creek Press in Peterborough is an avid cyclist and incorporates bikes into many of his design ideas. (Poster: Jackson Creek Press)

Most neighbourhoods in Peterborough sit a comfortable bike ride away from our downtown and, as one of our main commercial and employment centres, it makes sense to bring more people to town on bikes — not simply to raise awareness of the variety of shops and services in the downtown, but also for the boost that bikes bring to businesses.

There is mounting evidence that bike-friendly streets attract customers and sales. One study conducted in Salt Lake City measured the impact of a new protected bike lane on a commercial main street, which saw an eight per cent increase in sales after the bike lane construction.

In only three years after construction of protected bike lanes on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, business revenues rose by 49 per cent, compared with 26 per cent on similar streets without bike routes.

Business districts in Toronto also report more customers per day after the construction of bike lanes.

It could be that streets with bike lanes create safer and more attractive places where people want to be. Alternatively, it may simply be that more bikes take up less space, and therefore you are able to bring more people into town in a bike lane than in a regular travel lane.

There is also the fact that people on bikes do shop. People on bikes as a customer base is sometimes misunderstood and often underestimated.

Firstly, they have habits that are different from people who drive. People on bikes tend to make more stops than people in cars. For example, on my way home after work, I can ride my bike to make quick stops downtown at Shopper’s Drug Mart, The Main Ingredient, Publican House Brewery, and Chasing the Cheese.

Since people on bikes are packing everything into a pannier or backpack, they are known to spend less money per visit — but they are also known to stop more often. This adds up to spending more on a monthly basis. Studies from Toronto, Portland, Vancouver, and New York show that, after pedestrians, cyclists are responsible for the largest monthly per capita spending.

There are also more people shopping by bike than you may think. Studies show that merchants tend to overestimate the number of customers arriving by car and underestimate the number arriving by walking, biking, and taking transit. In separate studies in business districts in Toronto and Vancouver, merchants estimated that twice as many customers arrived by car than actually did.

All of these factors add up and business owners and realtors are taking notice of the positive impacts. Destinations that have bike lanes leading to them experience both lower commercial vacancy rates and improved property values.

As North American cities continue to build streets that safely and comfortably bring bikes downtown, the evidence is showing that bike lanes bring customers — customers who shop a lot!

 

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. Throughout 2019, GreenUP will be exploring the benefits that can be achieved by a city and its residents, when it commits to valuing the bike as a significant, useful, (and fun) mode of transportation, through the #BikesCanDoThat series. This is the second article in the series; read the first.

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.

Temporary road closures for Peter Adams Winter Run in Peterborough on February 24

By kawarthaNOW -
The Peter Adams Winter Run, which raises funds for cthe YMCA Strong Kids Campaign, is named in honour of the late politican Peter Adams, who was an avid runner and one of the run's original race directors. Adams is pictured here finishing the Arctic Marathon in 1979. (Supplied photo)

Some roads and lanes in downtown Peterborough and in East City will be temporarily closed on Sunday, February 24th for the Peter Adams Winter Run in support of the YMCA.

The following roads will be temporarily closed from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on February 24th:

  • Aylmer Street between Lansdowne Street and Rink Street
  • Princess Street between George Street and Rink Street
  • London Street between Aylmer Street and Water Street
  • George Street between Parkhill Road and Sherbrooke Street
  • Perry Street between Park Street and Crescent Street
  • Crescent Street between Perry Street and Haggart Street
  • Haggart Street between Crescent Street and Edwards Street
  • Edwards Street between Haggart Street and Lansdowne Street
  • Ashburnham Drive between Maria Street and Old Norwood Road
  • Hunter Street between Ashburnham Drive and Rogers Street
  • Armour Road between Douro Street and Maria Street

Temporary lane closures on the following roads will slow traffic from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on February 24th:

  • Aylmer St between Rink Street and London Street
  • George Street between Sherbrooke Street and Princess Street
  • Lansdowne Street between Edwards Street and Ashburnham Drive

Volunteer road marshals and officers with the Peterborough Police Service will be on the route assisting with local traffic.

Related story

YMCA renames its winter fundraising run to honour the late Peter Adams

Proceeds from the annual winter run will support the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign.

In December 2018, the YMCA of Central East Ontario renamed its annual winter fundraising run to honour the late Peter Adams, who served as both a federal and provincial politician in the riding of Peterborough.

One of the run’s original race directors, Adams was a dedicated and lifelong runner who loved running in downtown Peterborough. He died on September 28, 2018 at the age of 82.

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