Peterborough Petes' forward Liam Kirk (14), pictured at a game against the Hamilton Bulldogs, has been featured in The New York Times. (Photo: CHL Images)
The Peterborough Petes’ Liam Kirk has been featured in The New York Times.
The 18-year-old left winger, who was a seventh-round draft pick by the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes in June, was signed to the Petes in July for his first season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
“I don’t know much about the team, but know they have a great history,” Kirk said at the time. “The ice size is different, but having played against men the last few years who have played professionally for a long time, I think I’ll be able to adjust to a faster game. The OHL is the best junior league in the world, and I can’t wait to get started.”
The 18-year-old native of Maltby, England was drafted by the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes this past June and signed to the Petes in July. (Photo: Peterborough Petes)
Kirk is the first player born and fully trained in England to be chosen in the NHL draft. To date, the native of Maltby, England, has scored 11 goals with eight assists in 33 games.
The New York Times piece talks about Kirk adjusting to life in Canada and adapting to the smaller rink and faster style of North American hockey — critical to pursuing an NHL career.
The story also features photos by Chris Donovan, showing Kirk in Peterborough (which the Times mistakenly calls “a suburb 87 miles northeast of Toronto”), including with his fellow Petes and shopping at The UK Shoppe.
“The adjustments have been a little difficult,” Kirk says in the story. “Obviously, moving to a new country, away from your family and stuff like that. It’s the best junior league in the world, still got to adjust to that.”
While Kirk only had two goals in his first 23 games, he’s scored nine in the past 10 games — prompting the British Ice Hockey website at www.britishicehockey.co.uk to name him Player of the Week in late November after an online poll.
He has also been named to Great Britain’s Under-20 National Team, which will compete in the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship Division II Group A (D2A) tournament in Estonia from January 13th to 19th.
Acclaimed musician Bahamas (Afie Jurvanen) is performing at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on Monday, March 25, 2019. (Publicity photo)
This March, the Peterborough Folk Festival is bringing acclaimed Toronto-based musician Bahamas back to Showplace Performance Centre (290 George St. N., Peterborough) — the same venue he sold out when he kicked off the 2016 Peterborough Folk Festival there on August 29, 2016.
A few things have changed since Bahamas — the stage name for guitarist and songwriter Afie Jurvanen — last performed at Showplace. The 37-year-old musician and his wife have a second daughter, Bahamas has been showered with critical accolades for his latest release Earthtones, he performed the record’s tune “Way With Words” on Jimmy Kimmell Live!, and the record has been nominated for a Grammy.
So it’s a bit of a coup for the folk festival’s artistic director Ryan Kemp to bring Bahamas back to Showplace, where he will be performing on Monday, March 25, 2019. Tickets for the all-ages concert go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 19th at the Showplace box office, by phone at 705-742-7469, or online at www.showplace.org, with a pre-sale by phone or online at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 18th (use the password PTBOFOLK). Ticket prices will range from $42.50 to $55 plus box office service fees.
VIDEO: “Way With Words” – Bahamas on Jimmy Kimmell
“Bahamas returning to Peterborough is special for the festival on so many levels,” says Kemp, adding the festival is celebrating its 30th year in 2019.
“It’s a reminder of how successful the organization has grown over the past four years. Before 2016, the largest crowd for an opening night of the festival was 350. That night when Bahamas took the stage at Showplace, it was a sold-out crowd of 647.”
Kemp points out that Bahamas just sold out five shows in four days at the 1,145-seat Danforth Music Hall in Toronto.
The Bahamas show in Peterborough is also special because the bassist for the band, Darcy Yates, is from the area (he’s also the brother of local musician Clayton Yates). The other members of the touring band are guitarist Christine Bougie, drummer Jason Tait, and backup singer Felicity Williams.
VIDEO: “No Depression” – Bahamas
Despite his stage name, Jurvanen isn’t from the Bahamas. Of Finnish descent, he was born in Toronto and grew up in Barrie. He taught himself to play guitar and dropped out of high school so he could focus on music (in 2016, he received an honorary high school diploma from Barrie Central Collegiate Institute).
He played with Feist, Howie Beck, Jason Collett, Jack Johnson, The Weather Station, and Zeus before launching a solo career, releasing his debut album Pink Strat under the name Bahamas in 2009.
“It conjures up imagery for people,” says Jurvanen of his stage name, in an interview with the Globe and Mail. “It makes you hear the music through a different filter. When you say Afie, it requires explanation ‘How do you spell that?’ ‘What nationality is that?’ I’ve had those types of questions posed to me my whole life. Having something that was easy to say and easy to understand was more desirable than focusing on my name.”
VIDEO: “Lost In The Light” – Bahamas
Pink Strat was nominated for a 2010 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo. Bahamas then released the critically acclaimed Barchords in 2012, which was nominated for a 2013 Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year (Bahamas was also nominated as Songwriter of the Year for the tracks “Be My Witness”, “Caught Me Thinking”, and “Lost in the Light”).
He finally hit Juno gold with his third album, Bahamas is Afie, released in 2014. That earned him Adult Alternative Album of the Year At the Juno Awards of 2015, and Bahamas also received the Juno for Songwriter of the Year for “All the Time”, “Bitter Memories” and “Stronger Than That”.
Bahamas has toured internationally with Wilco and Robert Plant, and performed on Conan in 2014, bringing his music to an American audience.
VIDEO: “All The Time” – Bahamas
This past January, Bahamas released his fourth album, Earthtones, a collection of tunes with a 1970s R&B and country-soul groove featuring Jurvanen’s voice front and centre backed by his effects-driven guitar and talented musical guests.
“It’s easily Bahamas’ most accomplished album to date and could very well be the mainstream breakthrough of which the industry has long suspected Jurvanen is capable,” writes Ben Rayner, music critic for The Toronto Star.
Bahamas performed the tune “Way With Words” from Earthtones on Jimmy Kimmell Live! shortly after releasing the record, which has since been nominated as Best Engineered Album for the 2019 Grammy Awards (the winners will be announced on February 10th).
Ben Rogers will be opening for Bahamas at Showplace. The Vancouver musician and his band will be performing his country-tinged Americana.
Dave Wasyliw and Chris Thorsteinson of acclaimed country band Doc Walker, which has won multiple CCMAs as well as a Juno. The Manitoba-based band will be performing at the Market Hall in Peterborough on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. (Publicity photo)
Chad Hogan, general manager of Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough, is continuing his trend of bringing unique and exciting performers to the 350-seat venue in 2019.
In January and February alone, the Market Hall is presenting eight concerts that represent a wide range of genres, from Celtic to country to folk to rock and even musical comedy.
These eight shows aren’t the only ones at the Market Hall over the next two months; promoters are also renting the facility for other musical and theatrical performances. But these shows are the ones Market Hall itself is presenting and, as a non-profit organization, the venue relies on the support of audiences so it can continue to attract promoters and musicians.
Here are the eight shows Market Hall is presenting in January and February:
Always entertaining and definitely unique, Mudmen are a blast of rocking Celtic energy whose members are characters both on and off the stage. First formed in 1993 as The Campbell Brothers, the band signed a deal with EMI Records and changed their name to Mudmen in 1998 (they celebrated their 20th anniversary this year).
Featuring the duelling bagpipes of the Campbell brothers, Mudmen’s music has been featured on Xbox and PlayStation games, the NBC television show Black Donnellys, WWE Wrestling, many of Don Cherry’s hockey videos, The Mackenzie Brothers TWO-FOUR Special on CBC, HBO’s series Shameless TV show, and more.
VIDEO: “The Mason’s Apron – Mudmen
With over 2,500 shows to date and nine studio records, Mudmen (brothers and bagpipers Robby Campbell and Sandy Campbell along with Jeremy Burton, Mike Meacher, and Dan Westenenk) believe that nice guys can finish first.
Tickets are $20 general admission or $25 for assigned cabaret table seats, and are available in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
The Arrogant Worms
Friday, January 18 at 8 p.m.
The Arrogant Worms. (Publicity photo)
Formed in 1991, The Arrogant Worms began as a comedy troupe performing songs and sketches on campus radio in Kingston. They soon dropped the sketches to focus on musical comedy, parodying many musical genres and entertaining audiences with their humorous on-stage banter.
Since 1992, the troupe has released 14 records, including their most recent album The First Farewell Album, released in November 2016. They have toured in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Their shows are fast, furious, and family friendly. In 2003, they were recognized as the Touring Act of the Year by the Canadian Arts Presenters Association.
VIDEO: “Canada’s Really Big” – The Arrogant Worms
The Arrogant Worms — whose current members are Mike McCormick, Chris Patterson, and Trevor Strong — have parodied everything from rock, folk, ballads, country, and children’s music. When not spoofing a particular style of music, they poke fun at various aspects of daily life in Canada with songs like “Canada’s Really Big”, “Me Like Hockey”, “We are the Beaver”, “I Am Not American”, and “Proud to Be Canadian”.
Tickets are $28 general admission or $33 for assigned cabaret table seats, and are available in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
Doc Walker
Wednesday, February 6 at 8 p.m.
In September 2018, Dave Wasyliw and Chris Thorsteinson of Doc Walker were inducted into the Broadcasters Association of Manitoba’s Music Hall of Fame, created to recognize successful artists who have roots in Manitoba. (Photo: Doc Walker)
Manitoba’s Doc Walker is one of the most recognized Canadian country acts of the past two decades.
With more than 20 Top 10 singles, the group has received multiple Canadian Country Music Awards, including Fans’ Choice, Group or Duo of the Year, CMT Video of the Year, Single of the Year, and Country Music Program or Special of the Year. The band has also been nominated for several Juno awards for Country Album of the Year, winning in 2009 for the album Beautiful Life.
Since 1997, the group (Chris Thorsteinson on vocals and electric guitar, Dave Wasyliw on acoustic guitar and backing vocals, Stephen Broadhurst on drums, Brent Pearen on bass guitar, and David Caissy on electric guitar) has released eight studio records, including their latest, 2017’s Weathervane. That record’s first single, “Heart of the Heartland”, pays homage to small-town pride across the country.
VIDEO: “Get Back on My Horse – Doc Walker
Doc Walker’s Market Hall appearance is part of their cross-Canada “Acoustic Songs & Stories From The Heartland Tour”. According to the band, “We’ll be telling you stories and sharing songs the way we would in your kitchen or around the campfire.”
Tickets are $38 general admission in advance ($43 at the door) and are available in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
Tom Wilson’s Lee Harvey Osmond
Friday, February 8 at 8 p.m.
Tom Wilson of Lee Harvey Osmond. (Publicity photo)
Tom Wilson is certainly no stranger to Peterborough or the Market Hall, having performed here multiple times both as a member of roots super group Blackie & The Rodeo Kings (with Colin Linden and Stephen Fearing) and with his “acid folk” collective Lee Harvey Osmond.
As leader of Lee Harvey Osmond, the former Junkhouse frontman has released three studio records, including the band’s debut A Quiet Evil in 2009 (longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize), The Folk Sinner in 2013 (longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and nominated for a Juno), and Beautiful Scars in 2015 (also longlisted for the Polaris Music Prize).
On January 25th, Lee Harvey Osmond will release its fourth record, Mohawk, featuring Ray Farrugia on percussion, Aaron Goldstein on steel guitar, Jesse Obrien on keyboards, and Anna Reddick on bass, with guests Darcy Hepner (brass and baritone sax), Paul Reddick (harmonica), Wilson’s son Thompson (guitar and vocals), and Suzanna Ungerleider of Oh Suzanna (backing vocals).
VIDEO: “Mohawk” – Lee Harvey Osmond
Mohawk is based on Wilson’s sudden discovery six years ago at the age of 53 of his Mohawk heritage. That discovery led to Wilson writing his acclaimed 2017 memoir Beautiful Scars – Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home. Wilson is also an artist, with his exhibition “Beautiful Scars: Mohawk Warriors, Hunter and Chiefs” currently showing at the Art Gallery of Burlington.
Lee Harvey Osmond’s Market Hall appearance is sponsored by kawarthaNOW.com. Tickets are $33 general admission or $38 for assigned cabaret table seats. For $48 ($53 table seat), you can also get a vinyl copy of Mohawk, autographed by Tom Wilson, with your ticket.
Tickets are available in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
Matt Mays
Friday, February 15 at 8 p.m.
Matt Mays. (Publicity photo)
Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter Matt Mays is coming to the Market Hall for an intimate concert in support of his latest album Twice Upon a Hell of a Time.
The Juno award-winning musician, who was born in Hamilton but grew up in Nova Scotia, began his musical career as a member of the Halifax country rock band The Guthries and then became lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, which performed on Late Night with Conan O’Brien in 2006.
In 2012, Mays released his record Coyote, which went on to win the 2014 Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year. In 2017, he released Once Upon a Hell of a Time, inspired in part by the death of his bandmate Jay Smith in 2013 during the tour to support Coyote.
VIDEO: “Ola Volo” (Acoustic) – Matt Mays
This past October, Mays released an acoustic re-recording of Once Upon a Hell of a Time, entitled Twice Upon a Hell of a Time, and announced a 2019 tour to promote the acoustic record.
The tour will feature Mays, accompanied by his bandmates Adam Baldwin and Ryan Stanley (also known as The Dark Promises), performing tunes from the acoustic record as well as selections from his back catalogue. Baldwin will open the show with an acoustic set of his own songs.
Tickets are $35 general admission or $40 for assigned cabaret table seats, and are available in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
Whitehorse
Thursday, February 21 at 8 p.m.
Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland of Whitehorse. (Photo: Jen Squires)
If you missed Whitehorse at the Market Hall this past April, you have another chance to catch the husband-and-wife duo of Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland.
Since their debut in 2011, Whitehorse has evolved from a folk duo to a full-blown rock band, with a unique sound that includes elements of folk, country, and blues.
The group has released three full-length studio albums and three EPs on Six Shooter Records. Their 2015 record, Leave No Bridge Unburned, won the 2016 Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year, and they released their fourth studio album, Panther in the Dollhouse, in 2017.
VIDEO: “Who’s Been Talkin'” – Whitehorse
The duo just released a Christmas album, A Whitehorse Winter Classic, and a new EP, The Northern South Vol. 2, drops on January 18, 2019. The six-track EP features covers of traditional and classic blues tunes, including the first single, Howlin’ Wolf’s “Who’s Been Talkin'”, which is available now for streaming or download.
Tickets are $38 general admission or $43 for assigned cabaret table seats, and are available in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
Russell deCarle
Saturday, February 23 at 8 p.m.
Russell deCarle. (Publicity photo)
Best known as the lead singer, bassist, and one of the founding members of multi-platinum country-roots group Prairie Oyster, Russell deCarle has spent the last decade carving out his own solo career, concentrating on songwriting and rhythm guitar.
deCarle co-founded Prairie Oyster with Keith Glass in 1975. Over the next few decades, it became one of Canada’s most-loved, best-selling, and most-decorated country bands. The band played from 1974 to 1978 and, after a four-year hiatus, reunited in 1982. Between 1986 and 1996, Prairie Oyster garnered six Juno Awards and 11 Canadian Country Music Awards. In 2006, they released their final album, the self-produced One Kiss.
As a solo artist, deCarle released his debut record Under The Big Big Sky in 2010. He then formed the Russell deCarle Trio, with Steve Briggs on guitar and Denis Keldie on accordion, performing an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, country & western, Latin music, R&B, and western swing. Live at Loud Mouse Studios, released in 2014, is a professional recording of one of the trio’s concerts.
VIDEO: “Shooting Star” – Russell deCarle
deCarle’s most recent effort is 2017’s Alone In This Crowd, a collection of songs that mixes southern soul and restrained balladry, with obvious touches of jazz, blues, old-school country, and western swing. Steve Briggs and Denis Keldie again appear on this record, along with several other musicians including vocal support from Erin Costelo, Cindy Church, Karla Crawford, and Michelle Willis.
For his Market Hall show, deCarle will be joined by guitarist Steve Briggs (Bebop Cowboys, Sylvia Tyson, Murray McLauchlan, Carroll Baker, Leon Redbone), pianist John Sheard (Vinyl Cafe, Rita MacNeil, Ian & Sylvia Tyson, Rita Coolidge, Olivia Newton-John, Celine Dion), and bassist John Dymond (Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Bruce Cockburn, Lindi Ortega, k.d. lang, Colin Linden).
Tickets are $30 general admission or $35 for assigned cabaret table seats, and are available in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
The Outside Track
Wednesday, February 27 at 8 p.m.
The Outside Track. (Publicity photo)
One of the top Celtic acts in the world, The Outside Track features five musicians from Canada, Ireland, and Scotland who are united by a love of traditional music and a commitment to creating new music using this as a foundation.
Blending fiddle, accordion, harp, guitar, flute, whistle, step dance, and vocals with boundless energy and unmistakable joie de vivre, the group has won a large following around the globe. They’ve been named “Best Group” in both the Live Ireland awards and the Tradition In Review awards and were nominated as “Best Live Act” at the MG Alba Scots Traditional Music Awards.
The band has released six records, with their self-titled debut in 2007, followed by Curious Things Given Wings in 2010, The Mountain Road in 2012, Flash Company in 2013 (which won the German Radio Critics Prize), Light up the Dark in 2015, and Rise Up in 2018.
VIDEO: “Dark Reels” – The Outside Track
The band — the current lineup is Ailie Robertson (harp, electro harp), Cillian O’Dalaigh (guitar, vocals), Fiona Black (accordian), Mairi Rankin (fiddle, vocals, step dance), and Teresa Horgan (vocals, flute) — is embarking on a 2019 tour of the UK, the U.S., Canada, and Germany in support of Rise Up, which Folk Radio UK calls “a magnificent album that puts The Outside Track firmly back in the spotlight, as one of the most accomplished bands on the international folk scene.”
Tickets are $25 general admission or $30 for assigned cabaret table seats, and are available in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
Peterborough’s own singer-songwriter Melissa Payne will be opening the Market Hall show.
The PRHC Foundation Mombassadors celebrate at their sold-out “Girls Night Out” event on May 10, 2018 to raise funds for a new Electronic Fetal Monitor for the Labour & Delivery Unit at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). The Mombassadors, a group of women who all had their babies at PRHC, are encouraging you to donate to the PRHC Foundation this holiday season. (Supplied photo)
You may have already heard of the PRHC Foundation “Mombassadors”, a group of local women who all had their babies at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). But you might not know why these women have come together to encourage donations to our hospital.
Every day, PRHC’s Labour and Delivery Unit welcomes an average of four new babies to the world. Unfortunately, every year around 350 of these babies are born prematurely or suffer from health complications and need the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
While the most important thing is making these babies healthy, it’s also important to keep families together during this time of crisis. Providing neonatal care close to home means that mothers don’t have to be separated from their spouses or their other children. It means they don’t have to suffer the emotional and financial burdens of travelling to hospitals outside our region.
Your donations this holiday season will fund the equipment and technology that our hospital needs to deliver specialized care to its smallest patients close to home — keeping families together when they need each other the most.
Many people don’t realize government funding only covers a portion of what hospitals need to meet the best practices in patient care. It’s private donations from people like you that allow PRHC to purchase the technology and equipment to advance patient care — both for neonatal care and throughout the hospital.
Please read a message and watch a video from the 2018 PRHC Foundation Mombassadors below, along with the story of Jaspar — a premature baby born at PRHC this past October — and a message from Dr. Karolyn Hardy-Brown, PRHC’s Chief of Pediatrics. And then please consider giving more families the Gift of Hope by making a donation to the PRHC Foundation to fund the equipment and technology to make world-class neonatal care possible at your hospital.
This is the fourth of a series from the PRHC Foundation to show how your donations to our hospital make a real difference in the lives of real people. kawarthaNOW is sharing these stories of hope from patients, doctors, and parents. This week’s story is how donations help advance neonatal at our hospital.
A Message from the PRHC Foundation Mombassadors
Some of the members of the 2018 PRHC Foundation Mombassadors with staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). The cheque for $35,164.95 represents the proceeds raised during the group’s fundraiser for the PRHC Foundation to purchase a new Electronic Fetal Monitor for the Labour & Delivery Unit. (Supplied photo)
Hi. We are the PRHC Foundation Mombassadors.
We’re a group of local moms who all had our babies at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Last spring, we came together to form the PRHC Foundation Mombassadors because we’re passionate about making sure every woman and baby can get the same incredible care we did, when they need it most.
1,659 babies were born at PRHC last year. We’re told that an average of 350 babies a year need the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
That’s 350 babies that couldn’t go home right away. 350 sets of parents who spent sleepless nights worrying about the what ifs. 350 families who felt helpless as they waited for answers.
WATCH: PRHC Foundation Mombassadors and sisters Erin Marshall and Sarah McDougall Perrin share how incredibly important it was for both of their babies to have state-of-the-art, fully equipped Labour & Delivery and NICU right here in our community.
Ask anyone who’s needed the NICU (as some of us did), and they’ll tell you that having specialized care available close to home meant everything. It meant not being separated from our partners and children. It meant having family close by. It meant not having to struggle with the challenges that come with travelling for care.
Through partnering with the PRHC Foundation we have learned that donors were essential to bringing lifesaving neonatal care to our community. And for that we are forever thankful.
We want to make sure that outstanding care is available for moms and babies for years to come. So we are proud to be fundraising for Labour & Delivery and the NICU at PRHC as part of the Gift of Hope campaign.
Your 2018/2019 PRHC Foundation Mombassadors:
Marcy D’Alessandro, Erin Marshall, Sarah McDougall, Grace Reynolds, Kate Ahrens, Sarah Evans, Jennifer Moher, Jenni Bissell
Jasper’s Story
Dr. Melissa Fransky with Jasper and Andrew Taylor. (Supplied photo)
On October 26, 2018 Jasper Alexander Taylor was born prematurely at 34 weeks.
Leading up to Jasper’s birth, several visits to PRHC’s Labour & Delivery Unit were necessary. Over this time we were able to get to know the exceptional staff that work in this area.
The attentive, kind care that was provided was recognized and appreciated. We felt the Labour & Delivery nurses went above what is expected to help us feel comfortable.
After birth, Jasper required care on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for eleven days. This was an emotional and frightening time for our family. What made this experience tolerable were the nurses and doctors that cared for both our son and us as new parents.
As Jasper stabilized and grew stronger, the staff worked closely with us to give us the knowledge necessary to safely transition home. Jasper is now thriving and we are incredibly grateful.
It is difficult to know how to say thank you to those that made such an impact on our lives so we decided to honour the outstanding staff by making a donation to the PRHC Foundation in support of Labour & Delivery and the NICU.
Dr. Melissa Fransky + Andrew & Jasper Taylor
A message from Dr. Karolyn Hardy-Brown, Chief of Pediatrics at PRHC
Dr. Karolyn Hardy-Brown. (Supplied photo)
I think our community recognizes that our hospital not only provides care, but needs care from the community too.
It needs participation and engagement, and every time you give to the PRHC Foundation, you are contributing to the development of excellent care.
On behalf of all of us in the NICU, we thank you. Because of you, we are able to help our tiniest and most fragile patients go home sooner.
When you donate, the next time you see a tiny baby, know that you might have helped save that baby’s life.
Dr. Karolyn Hardy-Brown
Chief, Pediatrics, PRHC
The Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation works with donors to fund the equipment and technology that form the backbone of patient care at PRHC — bringing new lifesaving services to our region, and helping attract and retain expert doctors, nurses, and staff. For more information, visit www.prhcfoundation.ca or call 705-876-5000. You can also follow the PRHC Foundation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Kawartha Land Trust staff embrace a tree on the newly protected Pine Ridge property near Omemee. Planted in 1801, this is the second-oldest white pine on the property owned by Bob and Mary Hartley, who have entered into a conservation easement agreement with Kawartha Land Trust to protect the property for future generations. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)
Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) has entered into a conservation easement agreement with the owners of a property near Omemee that contains some of the oldest trees in the City of Kawartha Lakes.
For the past 37 years, Bob and Mary Hartley have owned Pine Ridge, a 44-acre property that sits along the Hogsback Esker (Omemee Esker) just west of the Pigeon River. They entered into the agreement with KLT to ensure the property is protected in perpetuity.
Pine Ridge is unique in that the forest contains some trees that are estimated to be up to 215 years old. It also is home to musclewood trees, a species that does not usually live this far north. According to KLT, it is likely that the area’s sheltered valleys have created a microclimate in which these trees were able to survive.
Mary and Bob Hartley have owned the Pine Ridge property for the past 37 years, and decided to entered into a conservation easement agreement with Kawartha Land Trust to prevent the property from being developed in the future. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)
There is a small man-made pond on the property, as well as a small abandoned agricultural pasture and a residence with a small barn. The land was used as a hobby cattle farm in the past and was also home to a small maple syrup business.
A special feature of the property is an eskar ridge of stratified sand and gravel, between 16 and 19 kilometres long. To prevent future development of gravel pits, the Hartleys decided to enter into the conservation easement agreement with KLT to provide long-term protection.
Conservation easements protect land for future generations by limiting certain types of uses or by preventing development, while allowing current and future owners to retain many private property rights and to live on and use their land.
Many species at risk are found in this area and benefit from the property’s connection to surrounding natural areas and a county-protected forest.
“This property is beautiful and has all kinds of unique features,” Mr. Hartley says. “I enjoy it every day when I walk it with my dog and when I jog through it three times a week.”
As part of the conservation easement agreement, Pine Ridge will not be open for public access. While KLT’s goal is to ensure public access, this is only done when such access is compatible with the long-term protection goals for the property and corresponds with the wishes of the land donor.
Property owner Bob Hartley examines an old-growth cedar tree at Pine Ridge. Some of the trees on the property are estimated to be up to 215 years old, the oldest in the Kawarthas Lakes. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)
KLT is the only non-government charitable organization committed to protecting land in the Kawarthas. Since it was formed in 2001, KLT has protected 16 properties comprising 3,433 acres of land.
While KLT usually protects one new property per year on average, over the past year the organization has protected three environmentally significant properties — with more to come before the end of the year, according to KLT development manager Tara King, including a 34-acre property near Burleigh containing a portion of a Provincially Significant Wetland donated by Scott Wootton and Catherine Kirk.
“It’s an exciting time for conservation in this region,” King says. “With threats to the landscape continuing to increase, donors are seeing the importance to act now to protect nature before it’s gone.”
For more information about KLT, and to make a donation, visit kawarthalandtrust.org.
Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes.
Patchy freezing rain has already reported in the area and is expected to extend further east.
The freezing rain will change over to rain this afternoon.
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become icy and slippery. Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions.
Environment Canada issues freezing rain warnings when rain falling in sub-zero temperatures creates ice build-up and icy surfaces.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
Peterborough City Hall is located at 500 George Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
If you are interested in serving on a board or committee of the City of Peterborough, you only have until Friday, December 14th to apply.
Citizen appointments are available for the following committees. With the exception of positions on the Community Investment Grant Advisory Committee, which have a two-year term, all appointments are for four years (until 2022).
Accessibility Advisory Committee (two positions)
Appeal Committee – Animal Control Orders (two positions)
Arenas, Parks and Recreation Committee (one position)
Arts, Culture and Heritage Advisory Committee (six positions)
Cenotaph Advisory Committee (one position)
Committee of Adjustment (five positions)
Community Investment Grant Advisory Committee (10 positions)
Museums and Archives Advisory Committee (two positions)
Tokyo rockabilly rocker "Johnny" Daigo Yamashita, best known to Canadian audiences for his appearance in a Sapporo beer commercial, performs with his band Johnny Pandora (with openers The Dreamboats) at The Twisted Wheel in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, December 15th. (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, December 13 to Wednesday, December 19.
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.
Monday, December 31 10pm - NYE 2019 Masquerade Ball ($10-$20, in advance at http://clubaria.ca)
Arlington Pub
32990 Highway 62, Maynooth
(613) 338-2080
Friday, December 14
7-11pm - Hybla presents Warm Carolling and sing-along with The Sound of Music
Saturday, December 15
9pm - The Salt Cellars w/ Sylvan Shore ($10)
Coming Soon
Saturday, December 22 9pm - Solstice Dance Party
Arthur's Pub
930 Burnham St., Cobourg
(905) 372-2105
Thursday, December 13
8pm - Karaoke night
Friday, December 14
8-11pm - Chris Devlin
Saturday, December 15
8-11pm - DC Guitarman
Sunday, December 16
4:30-8pm - Celtic Afternoon with Graham Taylor
Monday, December 17
7-9pm - Rob Phillips
Tuesday, December 18
7:30pm - Beatles Tribute w/ Don Owen & Bruce Longman
Wednesday, December 19
8pm - Christmas Sing Along with Don and Tom
Coming Soon
Friday, December 14 8-11pm - Jeff Biggar
Saturday, December 15 8-11pm - Two for the Show
Sunday, December 16 4:30-8pm - Celtic Afternoon with Tyson Galloway
Monday, December 31 10:30pm - NYE East Coast Kitchen Party w/ Madman's Window
Beard Free Brewing
649 Unit 4 The Parkway, Peterborough
(705) 775-2337
Coming Soon
Sunday, December 23 2-5 pm - Acoustic Jam Session
Black Horse Pub
452 George St. N., Peterborough
(705) 742-0633
Thursday, December 13
7:30-11:30pm - Jazz and Blues ft Rob Phillips Trio w/ Marsala Lukianchuk
Friday, December 14
5pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Emburys
Saturday, December 15
5pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Northern Soul
Sunday, December 16
3pm - Joe Bolger; 7pm - Roch Albert
Monday, December 17
7-11pm - Rick & Gailie's Crash & Burn
Tuesday, December 18
7pm - The Randy Hill Band w/ Lauryn Macfarlane
Wednesday, December 19
7pm - Nicholas Campbell & Friends
Coming Soon
Thursday, December 20 7:30-11:30pm - Jazz and Blues ft Rob Phillips Trio w/ Marsala Lukianchuk
Friday, December 21 5pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Josh Gordon Band
Saturday, December 22 5pm - Rick & Gailie; 8:30pm - Hillary Dumoulin
Sunday, December 23 3pm - Chic'n Pot Pi; 7pm - Sonny & Cloudy
Boiling Over's Coffee Vault
148 Kent St. W., Lindsay
(705) 878-8884
Friday, December 14
7-9pm - Sam Loaker
Coming Soon
Friday, December 21 6-9pm - Open mic
Canoe & Paddle
18 Bridge St., Lakefield
(705) 651-1111
Coming Soon
Monday, December 31 7pm - New Year's Eve w/ dinner, drink, Ace & THe Kid at 9pm, and champagne at midnight ($90)
The Cat & The Fiddle Cobourg
38 Covert St., Cobourg
(905) 377-9029
Friday, December 14
7pm - Cindy & Scott
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
Wednesday, December 19
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
Monday, December 31 8:30pm - New Year's Eve w/ The Rootmen
Dr. J's BBQ & Brews
282 Aylmer St., Peterborough
(705) 874-5717
Saturday, December 15
1:30-5pm - PMBA Deluxe Blues Jam hosted by Water Street Slim and the Unlikely Heroes (donations accepted for Peterborough Musicians Benevolent Association)
Dreams of Beans
138 Hunter St. W., Peterborough
(705) 742-2406
Thursday, December 13
8pm - Open Mic hosted by Jacques Graveline
Frank's Pasta and Grill
426 King St. E., Cobourg
(905) 372-2727
Friday, December 14
9pm-12am - Karaoke; 12am - DJ
Saturday, December 15
8pm - Little Lake; 11:30pm - DJ
Wednesday, December 19
8-11pm - Open Mic
Coming Soon
Thursday, December 27 5:30-8:30pm - Morgan Rider
Monday, December 31 8pm - New Year's Eve ft Johnny Sweet & The Project ($15); 11:30pm - DJ
Friday, January 11 8pm - Homecoming Kings Stand Up Comedy Tour ft Dylan Gott and Peter White ($10)
Southside Pizzeria
25 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
(705) 748-6120
Fridays
9am-12pm - Open mic hosted by Jim Russell
Tuesdays
9am-12pm - Open mic hosted by Art Lajambe
Turtle John's Pub & Restaurant
64 John St., Port Hope
(905) 885-7200
Coming Soon
Saturday, December 29 10pm - Joker
The Twisted Wheel
379 Water St., Peterborough
Saturday, December 15
8pm - Johnny Pandora from Tokyo Japan w/ special guests The Dreamboats ($10, tickets available at Twisted Wheel, Providence, and Bluestreak Records)
VIDEO: "Rock Me Baby" (English version) - Johnny Pandora
Coming Soon
Thursday, December 20 7-10pm - Xmas Party ft Washboard Hank & The Wringers and Melissa Payne w/ McDonnel Street Gospel Quartet (no cover)
Sunday, December 30 8pm - Bloodshot Bill (no cover)
Monday, December 31 9pm - New Year's Eve Decades Dance
The Venue
286 George Street North, Peterborough
(705) 876-0008
Thursday, December 13
7:30pm - Fourth Annual Warming Room Christmas Concert ft Kate Suhr, Melissa Payne, Kate Brioux, Paper Shakers (19+, PWYC, all proceeds to Warming Room Community Ministries)
Saturday, December 15
7pm - The Headstones w/ Matchstick Skeletons ($42.50, available at www.ticketmaster.com)
Lasair Wood is the new owner of The Food Forest Cafe in downtown Peterborough. (Photo via @marymaggiem / Instagram)
The Food Forest Cafe in downtown Peterborough has a new owner: 19-year-old Lasair Wood.
According to an Instagram post by her mother, Margaret Thomas-Madden, Wood took over ownership of the cafe on Wednesday (December 12).
The Food Forest Cafe, which offers plant-based and gluten-free organic food, was founded in 2013 by Katie Lynn and Adam Deck. Originally located on George Street, the cafe moved to its current location at 135 Hunter Street (previously occupied by Maggie’s Eatery) in May 2015.
In mid 2017, Lynn and Deck sold the business to Laura Barker.
According to Thomas-Madden, Wood has worked in the kitchen at the cafe for the past year, where she rediscovered her love of cooking.
“Recently, when the restaurant came up for sale, she confided in me that she wanted to buy it,” Thomas-Madden writes on Instagram. “In six short weeks, her ambition made today possible.”
Here is Thomas-Madden’s complete Instagram post of the announcement:
Mike Andrews, owner of Mike's Tattoo & Piercings in downtown Peterborough, working on a tattoo design. After more than 11 years at his Water Street location, Mike is moving to George Street in the former location of The Nutty Chocolatier, which he is currently renovating. The new location is set to open on January 3, 2019. (Photo: Jeremy Kelly / FILMKelly)
After more than 11 years at his location at 388 Water Street, Mike Andrews is moving his tattoo shop to George Street at the former location of The Nutty Chocolatier.
“Like a shark, you need to keep moving forward,” Mike laughs, when we ask him why he is moving Mike’s Tattoo & Piercing to 345 George Street North.
Mike said it was a series of events and “the universe lining up” that led to the decision to move.
Mike Andrews working on a customer’s tattoo. At Mike Tattoo’s new George Street location, he will be bringing on two new tattoo artists. (Photo: Jeremy Kelly / FILMKelly)
The Nutty Chocolatier closed at the end of September. The building is owned by David Abramsky (who used to own the nearby Charlotte Jewellers). When Mike found out from the property manager that space would be available, he decided to lease it and renovate the space.
Mike also says he would have had to make improvements at his existing location to keep the business viable.
“It made sense to make this move to the larger space,” he says.
With the help of his brother, Mike is renovating the space at 345 George Street North, formerly occupied by The Nutty Chocolatier which closed in September. (Photo: Jeremy Kelly / FILMKelly)
With the help of his brother, Mike is currently renovating the new location, which will give Mike’s Tattoo & Piercings more visibility downtown.
It will also allow him to add two new tattoo artists to the business. Mike is keeping the new artists secret for now, but says he’ll be doing lots of promotion in the new space.
The larger space will also allow Mike’s friend, Mike Wacker of On Target Designs, to operate his vinyl printing business in the back section of the new store, and also offer decals and custom made t-shirts.
VIDEO: Mike’s Tattoo Army
He says they are on target to open in the new location on Thursday, January 3rd.
Mike has been in Peterborough for 22 years and is very appreciative of the support the commnity has shown him.
“I’m never leaving,” he affirms. “I love it here. There is a lot of opportunity and I love being downtown.”
Keep an eye on shop Mike’s Tattoo & Piercings’ Facebook or Instagram account for updates.
Mike Andrews in 2013, when we interviewed him as part of a series profiling successful businesses along Water Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Carol Lawless / kawarthaNOW.com)
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