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Articles by Jeanne Pengelly

Jeanne Pengelly
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Jeanne Pengelly is a television and radio news journalist with a Master's Degree in Journalism. Even before she got her first typewriter at age 12, she had decided she would be a writer. Highlights of her career include founding the McMaster University creative writing journal, living in a remote northern community on James Bay where she edited a newspaper and trained young television journalists, and being a non-fiction nominee for the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association. Jeanne's many interests include creative writing, photography, music, teaching, needlecrafts, fitness, and golf. You can follow Jeanne on Twitter @JeannePengelly.
The current members of the Peterborough Pop Ensemble, which was originally formed in 2000 as part of the Peterborough Singers. The group is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a special concert at Peterborough's Market Hall in September. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

The Peterborough Pop Ensemble celebrates 15 years of making music

Anniversary concert takes place on September 26 at Peterborough's Market Hall.
Students Alex Kaczmarek (left), Cassie Peeters (middle), and Nick Goffredo work on a simulated patient in the lab of the Specialist High Skills Major in Health and Wellness program at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in Lindsay

Taking the guesswork out of career planning for high school students

Students benefit from Specialist High Skills Major programs offered by PVNC Catholic District School Board.
Wild parsnip, which looks similar to Queen Anne's Lace but with yellowish flowers, has toxic sap that reacts with ultraviolet light on skin to cause burns on the skin (photo: Wikipedia)

Don’t let this plant turn you into a “vampire”

The toxic sap of wild parsnip, found along roadsides in the Kawarthas, reacts with sunlight to cause skin burns
Horses like Sunny from The Mane Intent will help "awaken your possibilities" at a women's restreat at Norwood's Thirteen Moons this spring (photo: Jennifer Garland)

Connecting people to possibility using horse power

New women's retreat at Thirteen Moons in Norwood uses horses and drum-making for personal enlightment
Elaine DeCunha, owner of the Millbrook-based company Spirits and Splatters, guides a group of enthusiastic painters at an event at Boston Pizza Lindsay in January 2015. The company is offering more creative and fun social events in February and March in Peterborough and Lindsay.

Mix, mingle, and paint at Spirits and Splatters

Millbrook-based company offers creative and fun social events.
Jeanne Pengelly with some of the medication she needs to help manage her recently diagnosed diabetes (photo: Jeanne Pengelly)

Musings of a newly diagnosed diabetic

November is Diabetes Awareness month - are you at risk of type 2 diabetes?
The Team 55 patch, worn proudly last season by the Adam Scott Junior Lions, will be flown this year by all senior teams that have committed to taking a course on suicide awareness

Tackling the issue of suicide

Second annual Team 55 Friday Night Lights football game takes place on October 3 .
The 2014/15 board of directors of Women's Business Network (WBN) of Peterborough poses at the Water St. railway bridge (photo: WBN)

It was my first time at Women’s Business Network and I was a bundle...

Peterborough's business networking group for women kicked off its 2014/15 season on September 3.
Concept drawing of the proposed relocation of the Canadian Canoe Museum to Parks Canada property at the Peterborough Lift (drawing: Neil Broadfoot)

Proposed location for Canoe Museum thrills some, shocks others

DBIA reluctantly accepts decision that ignores city's official plan for downtown Peterborough.
The Peterborough Huskies is an inclusive hockey team for people with special needs

Building Community in Unlikely Places

The Peterborough Huskies is more than just a hockey team.

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