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Articles by Bruce Head

Bruce Head
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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.
Summer is synonymous with beer, and the return of the Kawartha Craft Beer Festival in June is one sure sign summer is on the way (photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)

Eight sure signs summer is coming to The Kawarthas

BBQ, cafes, farmers' markets, outdoor music, drive-ins, camping, beer, and more.
Hugh Thompson as Len Jacobsen and Stephan James as Mattie Slaughter in Across The Line (photo: Samy Inayeh)

Acclaimed racial drama Across The Line screens at the Market Hall on April 16

A71 Entertainment's Chad Maker and Kirk Comrie bring another big-screen indie film to Peterborough.
Aleks Paunovic as Lee and Marie Avgeropoulos as Cheryl in the Canadian indie adventure-thriller "Numb", which screens at the Market Hall in Peterborough on March 23 (photo: Jan Kiesser)

Peterborough natives bring indie thriller Numb to the Market Hall on March 23

A71 Entertainment's Chad Maker and Kirk Comrie shine the spotlight on talented Canadian filmmakers.
A detailed look at some of the paddles hand-crafted by Manitoba aboriginal students and displayed at the Canadian Canoe Museum's first Silver Canoe Dinner in Winnipeg (photo: Canadian Canoe Museum)

Peterborough’s Canadian Canoe Museum helps aboriginal youth connect to their heritage

Students display hand-crafted canoe paddles at museum's Silver Canoe Dinner in Winnipeg.
If you're a fan of Mondays, you'll be happy that we get an extra one this year on February 29

Eight things you may not know about the leap year

Why we get an extra day of winter on Monday, February 29.
The existing hydroelectric station on the Otonabee River at London Street in Peterborough currently produces 4 megawatts of hydroelectric power. The new generating station will produce an additional 6 megawatts of green power by the summer of 2016.

More green power for Peterborough coming this summer

New hydroelectric generating station on the Otonabee River expected to go online by end of June.
Wendy Trusler and Carol Devine, authors of "The Antarctic Book Of Cooking And Cleaning: A Polar Journey", in Antarctica in 1996

Peterborough’s Wendy Trusler on CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter

She and co-author Carol Devine discuss their book "The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning" with host Shelagh Rogers.
Canadian musical icon Tom Wilson performs as Lee Harvey Osmond at the Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough on February 12 (photo: Jen Squires)

Tom Wilson brings his beautiful scars to Peterborough on February 12

Wilson's band Lee Harvey Osmond performs with Mayhemingways at Gordon Best Theatre.
The winning design for the new Canadian Canoe Museum from heneghan peng architects of Dublin, Ireland, and Kearns Mancini Architects of Toronto (photo courtesy of Canadian Canoe Museum)

Canadian Canoe Museum unveils winning design for new museum

"Visionary design" for new $45-million facility to be located at Peterborough Lift Lock.
Johnny Earle, who founded his hugely successful clothing company Johnny Cupcakes at the age of 19, began by selling T-shirts out of the trunk of his car

Founder of world’s first T-shirt bakery to speak in Peterborough

FastStart Peterborough brings young entrepreneur Johnny Earle to the Market Hall on February 23.

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