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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.
Councillor Joy Lachica challenged councillor Andrew Beamer after the chair of Peterborough city council's general committee ruled her motion out of order on May 13, 2024. Lachica's motion had requested that city council have final approval of the site plan and technical studies of the Bonnerworth Park redevelopment. (kawarthaNOW screenshots of City of Peterborough video)

Motion to give Peterborough city council final approval over Bonnerworth redevelopment plan ruled out...

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Councillors vote 6-5 in favour of general committee chair Andrew Beamer's ruling against councillor Joy Lachica's motion.
Lucky Strike Bait Works founder Frank Edgar and his son Bill. A passionate angler, Frank founded the company in his Peterborough garage in 1929. (Photo courtesy of Lucky Strike Bait Works)

Peterborough’s Lucky Strike Bait Works celebrates its 95th anniversary

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Family-owned business was founded in June 1929 by Frank "Rusty" Edgar and Elsie Edgar.
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Edith Dumont (holding her paddle in the air, third from bottom on the right) was among the dignitaries who paddled one of the Canadian Canoe Museum's Voyageur canoes into Little Lake during a grand opening celebration on May 11, 2024 for the now-completed new museum at 2077 Ashburnham Drive. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

‘We did it’: Celebration marks completion of Peterborough’s new Canadian Canoe Museum

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Fully funded world-class museum and lakefront campus officially opens to the public on May 13.
Peterborough City Hall in 2017. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

What’s on the Peterborough City Council agenda for May 13

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Items for Monday night's general committee meeting include Humber Road parking, Maria St. pedestrian crossover, and a motion on Bonnerworth Park.
Trent-Severn Trail Town, Canada's first waterway "trail town" program, was launched on August 22, 2019 at Ranney Falls (Locks 11-12) in Campbellford. Pictured from left to right: Cycle Forward founder and trail town consultant Amy Camp, former Northumberland-Peterborough South MP Kim Rudd, Kawarthas Northumberland/Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) Executive Director Brenda Wood, Parks Canada Associate Director for Ontario Waterways Dwight Blythe, and Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP David Piccini. (Photo courtesy of RTO8)

Peterborough finally joins Trent-Severn Trail Town program

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RTO8 launched regional program promoting tourism along Trent-Severn Waterway in 2019.
Provincial constable Norman F. Maker with one of his daughters in an undated photo. The 32-year-old officer with Ontario Provincial Police's Peterborough detachment was shot and killed on May 3, 1928 after responding to a report of a man with a gun at a downtown Peterborough hotel. (Photo via Ontario Police Memorial Foundation)

May 3 bridge dedication ceremony will honour Peterborough OPP officer who lost his life...

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Norman F. Maker was killed on May 3, 1928 after responding to a report of a man with a gun at a downtown Peterborough hotel.
Nancy Britton of Millbrook Home Hardware with "Reacher" actor Alan Ritchson walking in front of a car during the filming of a third-season episode of the popular Amazon Prime Video action-thriller series in downtown Millbrook on April 23, 2024. (Photo: Millbrook Home Hardware / Facebook)

Action-thriller series ‘Reacher’ is filming in downtown Millbrook

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Actor Alan Ritchson on set on King Street as titular character in an episode for season three of the popular Amazon Prime Video series.
A lakefront family cottage. (Stock photo)

Federal capital gains tax rate increase will ‘negatively impact’ middle-class cottage owners

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Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations warns of 'devastating effect' on the family cottage tradition.
A crowd along George Street in downtown Peterborough during the 2023 Canada Day parade. (Photo: City of Peterborough / Facebook)

Peterborough city council rejects staff recommendation to cancel this year’s Canada Day parade

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Declining number of floats led staff to recommend parade budget be used to host alternative events to celebrate Canada Day.
A float in the Canada Day parade in Peterborough in 2010. (Photo: Peterborough Canada Day Parade / Facebook)

City staff recommend cancellation of Peterborough’s Canada Day parade

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Report to be presented to city council on April 22 states parade is no longer 'sustainable' due to declining float entries.
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