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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
Peterborough Public Health closed beaches at Rogers Cove and Beavermead Park in Peterborough on July 14, 2023 due to possibly harmful blue-green algae blooms. The health unit has announced it will resume weekday testing of the beach's water quality as of June 12, 2025, reversing an earlier decision to stop testing. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Health unit will test water quality at Rogers Cove beach in Peterborough this summer...

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Peterborough Public Health originally decided to stop weekday testing after the city eliminated the beach's lifeguards in the 2025 budget.
Installed in 2019, these three interpretive panels are part of the Nogojiwanong Project in Millennium Park in downtown Peterborough. On June 3, 2025, the panels were defaced with graffiti that included racist remarks, which community members quickly removed. The City of Peterborough will be hosting an in-person healing circle at the site from 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, along with a virtual healing circle. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

Healing circles available on June 17 for those affected by vandalism to Nogojiwanong Project...

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City of Peterborough is offering a virtual healing circle and an in-person healing circle at the project site in Millennium Park.
Peterborough city councillors Joy Lachica and Alex Bierk during a city council meeting on June 9, 2025 when council voted 6-4 in favour of not imposing a penalty on Mayor Jeff Leal for breaching council's code of conduct after the City of Peterborough's integrity commissioner issued a report that found the mayor had intimidated Bierk and bullied Lachica in relation to council discussions about the controversial Bonnerworth Park redevelopment in April 2024. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

6 of 10 Peterborough city councillors vote against penalizing Mayor Jeff Leal for intimidating...

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Councillor Joy Lachica revealed the mayor has not fulfilled a promise to come before council and make an apology to her.
Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal spoke about pickleball at city council's general committee meeting on April 2, 2024 where council discussed the controverial Bonnerworth Park redevelopment. Earlier in the meeting, he told councillor Alex Bierk "You're going to regret you ever said that" and "I'll carve you like a Thanksgiving turkey" after Bierk publicly mentioned the mayor's wife by name. The City of Peterborough's integrity commissioner concluded the mayor had breached council's code of conduct by intimidating Alex Bierk and, following the meeting out of public view, also bullied councillor Joy Lachica. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Monday rally at Peterborough city hall will protest decision not to penalize mayor for...

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Danielle Turpin is organizing 'Rally for Integrity' before June 9 meeting where council will vote whether to ratify earlier decision.
Peterborough Public Health closed the beach at Rogers Cove in Peterborough's East City in July 2023 after a harmful blue-green algae bloom was confirmed. For summer 2025, the health unit will no longer be testing the water quality at the beach, and the City of Peterborough will no longer be providing lifeguard services. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Swim at your own risk: no lifeguards or water quality testing at Rogers Cove...

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The City of Peterborough eliminated lifeguard services at the beach in the 2025 budget and the health unit will no longer test the beach's water quality.
Mayor Jeff Leal at Peterborough city council's general committee meeting on June 2, 2025. The mayor recused himself during council's discussion of and voting on a joint inquiry report from the City of Peterborough's integrity commissioner Guy Giorno that concluded the mayor had intimidated councillor Alex Bierk and bullied councillor Joy Lachica. Council voted 7-3 in favour of councillor Gary Baldwin's motion against penalizing Mayor Leal for contravening the code of conduct, with only Bierk, Lachica, and councillor Keith Riel voting against the motion. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council votes against penalizing Mayor Jeff Leal for contravening code of conduct

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Report from city's integrity commissioner concluded the mayor had intimidated councillor Alex Bierk and bullied councillor Joy Lachica.
Cailin Stadnyk and David Silvestri, who starred in the extended run of the award-winning global sensation "Come From Away" at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre, are bringing their cabaret show "Lights, Love and Lyrics" to Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon for one night only on June 14, 2025. The tribute to the great love songs of movies and musicals is produced by their "Come From Away" co-star Lisa Horner and also features "Come from Away" pianist Richard Evans and bassist Jon Maharaj. (Graphic: Globus Theatre)

‘Come from Away’ stars bring a one-night-only cabaret to Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon on...

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Produced by Lisa Horner and starring Cailin Stadnyk and David Silvestri, 'Lights, Love and Lyrics' is a tribute to the great love songs of movies and musicals.
Daryl Scott, Jesse Slack, and Owen Riegling received the Songwriter(s) of the Year award at the CMAOntario Awards on June 1, 2025 for their work on Riegling's song "Moonshines," which also won Single of the Year. (Photo via Jesse Slack/Instagram)

Peterborough country artists Daryl Scott, Jesse Slack, and Elyse Saunders pick up CMAOntario Awards

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Bruce County's Owen Riegling dominated the June 1 awards show with five wins, including the single 'Moonshines' penned with Scott and Slack.
Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal chairing a city council meeting in 2023. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Integrity commissioner finds Peterborough mayor contravened city council’s code of conduct

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While absolving Mayor Leal of 'private advantage' in pickleball controversy, Guy Giorno concludes he intimidated councillor Alex Bierk and bullied councillor Joy Lachica.
A float in the Canada Day parade in Peterborough in 2010. (Photo: Peterborough Canada Day Parade / Facebook)

City of Peterborough decides to host a traditional Canada Day parade after all

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Responding to community feedback, the city will now allow motorized floats in what was originally to be a 'community procession' on July 1.
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