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Beautiful Canoe Collective members Mapu Graner, Kerry Bebee, and Urpi Pine will perform their play "Journey the Canoe" at Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space at Trent University on January 27 and 28, 2003. The 45-minute play reclaims traditional Indigenous birthing practices and explores the performers' own birth stories. (Photo courtesy of the Beautiful Canoe Collective)

Beautiful Canoe Collective’s ‘Journey the Canoe’ reclaims traditional Indigenous birthing practices

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Created and performed by three Indigenous women, play premieres at Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space in Peterborough January 27 and 28.
Trent University alumni Steve Robertson and Ashley Holmes, along with two other investor friends, are reopening The Pig's Ear Tavern in summer 2023. The historic pub closed in 2017 after former owners John and Lylie Punter retired and sold the building. (Photo: Trent University Alumni Association)

Peterborough’s iconic Pig’s Ear Tavern to reopen this summer

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Trent University alumni Steve Robertson and Ashley Holmes are reopening the historic pub, which closed in 2017.
Anne Overhoff, chief nursing executive and vice president clinical of Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, is retiring on February 24, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital)

Ross Memorial Hospital’s chief nursing executive and vice president clinical is retiring

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Anne Overhoff, who is retiring after 14 years at the Lindsay hospital, implemented a COVID-19 ward and oversaw the COVID-19 assessment centre.
A young reader explores a book during a previous Peterborough Family Literacy Day event at Peterborough Square. After a two-year absence because of the pandemic, the annual event returns for the morning of Saturday, January 28, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Peter Rellinger)

Popular annual Family Literacy Day event returns to Peterborough Square on January 28

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Saturday morning reading-themed event will feature storytellers and a free book for every child in attendance.
Snow-covered country road in winter

Significant snowfall expected for southern Kawarthas region Wednesday into Thursday

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Snowfall accumulations of 10-15 cm are possible, with locally higher amounts of up to 20 cm.
Peterborough spoken word poet and performance artist Jon Hedderwick performs in his new play "Enkidu", named after one of the central figures in the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in ancient Mesopotamia between 2100 and 1200 BC and regarded as the world's oldest surviving piece of literature. Hedderwick will perform "Enkidu", an allegory for toxic masculinity, environmental destruction, and human exceptionalism, at The Theatre On King from January 25 to 28, 2023. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Peterborough spoken word artist Jon Hedderwick explores a world out of balance in his...

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Based on the ancient poem Epic of Gilgamesh, 'Enkidu' runs from January 25 to 28 at The Theatre On King.
The Kawartha Potters Guild is one of eight pottery guilds across Ontario participating in the e-Clay Learning and Teaching Project, which is exploring new ways to work virtually and create person-to-person interactive experiences while working with clay. The Guild is offering an eight-week pilot course beginning on February 10, 2023 at its 993 Talwood Drive studio that will including a remote instructor. (Graphic: e-Clay Learning and Teaching Project)

Kawartha Potters Guild seeking students for pilot online learning course

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Guild participating in Ontario-wide e-Clay project exploring the best ways to teach pottery online in an interactive and dynamic way.
Filmmaker Resita Cox's short documentary film "Freedom Hill" tells the story of the town of Princeville in North Carolina, known as the first founded by Black Americans who were formerly enslaved, which is gradually being washed away because of climate change. Cox, whose film is screening at the 2023 ReFrame Film Festival, will participate in a livestream panel discussion about environmental racism on Sunday, January 29. (Supplied photo)

Peterborough’s ReFrame Film Festival announces live events and talks

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Along with documentary films, festival features art exhibitions, in-person and livestreamed panel discussions, and pre-recorded filmmaker talks.
DreamTeam Concerts, in partnership with Kawartha Food Share and the United Way Peterborough & District with support from Peterborough police deputy chief Tim Farquharson, is presenting "A Hand Up" fundraising concert at The Junction in downtown Peterborough on Sunday, January 22 from 1 to 8 p.m. with performances by Bowie Lives Unplugged, High Waters Band, Baz Littlerock & Tyson Briden, Jessie Slack, SJ Riley, and Ty Wilson. The free-admission concert features a silent auction and $1 from every drink sold will be donated to Kawartha Food Share and the United Way. (Photo: DreamTeam Concerts)

nightlifeNOW – January 19 to 25

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Canada's Minister of Seniors Kamal Khera looks at artworks at Activity Haven Senior Centre in Peterborough on January 19, 2023, when she announced $116,881 in funding for six community-based projects under the federal 2021-22 New Horizons for Seniors Program, including $23,500 for the Activity Haven in Motion program. (Photo: Office of Kamal Khera / Twitter)

Federal government announces $116,881 in funding for six community-based projects for Peterborough seniors

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Projects approved under 2021-22 New Horizons for Seniors Program at Activity Haven, Alzheimer Society, Trent Health in Motion, Bridges Peterborough, and The Mount Community Centre.
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