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Articles by Megan Gallant

Megan Gallant
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Megan Gallant is an adventure lover who holds an M.A. in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of Gloucestershire. Her favourite place to be is near the water and between the pines in her worn-out hammock, reading true crime, drinking coffee, and cuddling her adorable goldendoodle.
While The Avant-Garden Shop in downtown Peterborough is known for its garden and birding supplies, owner Brenda Ibey also offers functional and decorative home décor. The shop is stocked with high-quality and eco-friendly products, including many Canadian-made products such as these beautiful mugs featuring hand-carved and painted birds from Peterborough-based potter Cathy Allen — the perfect gift for the bird-lovers in your life. (Photo courtesy of The Avant-Garden Shop)

Shop the Boro: Find Canadian-made home and garden decor at downtown Peterborough’s The Avant-Garden...

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Along with gardening and birding supplies, owner Brenda Ibey offers many Canadian-made and eco-friendly interior decor and home products.
A passionate knitter herself, Deanna Guttman has owned Needles in the Hay at 385 Water Street in downtown Peterborough since 2016. The shop sells only top-quality, all-natural yarns in a myriad of colours and offers a place for fibre enthusiasts to connect in the educational space above the shop called The Hayloft. From November 29 to December 2, 2024, Needles in the Hay is running their annual Black Friday Sale, providing savings on top-selling brands and clearance items, and giving out two times the points on all purchases to Needle Point members. (Photo courtesy of Needles in the Hay)

Shop The Boro: Get project ready by shopping Black Friday online sales at Peterborough’s...

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Alongside discounts on top-quality natural fibre brands, Needle Point members will get two times the points when shopping online during the sale.
The Queen of Hearts confronts Alice and Dorothy during a dress rehearsal for the Peterborough Theatre Guild's holiday production of Brian D. Taylor's "Dorothy in Wonderland - The Musical", which runs for nine public performances from November 29 to December 8, 2024. The musical combines the whimsical worlds and characters of "The Wizard of Oz" and "Alice in Wonderland" to create a brand new family-friendly adventure. (Photo: Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Whimsical worlds collide in Peterborough Theatre Guild’s holiday production of ‘Dorothy in Wonderland –...

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Fun and hilarious mash-up of two iconic stories runs from November 29 to December 8 with evening and matinee performances.
A leading Indigenous dance company, Dancers of Damelahamid is bringing their latest production "Raven Mother" to Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough for one night only at 7:30 p.m. on November 26, 2024. Described by Public Energy Performing Arts as the company's "most ambitious production" to date and marking their first performance in Peterborough, "Raven Mother" combines movement, song, regalia, sculpture, and design in honour of the company's late co-founder, Cree Elder Margaret Harris. (Photo: Michael Slobodian)

Indigenous dance company Dancers of Damelahamid making Peterborough debut with ‘Raven Mother’

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Presented by Public Energy Performing Arts, November 26 performance at Market Hall honours dance company's co-founder Elder Margaret Harris.
Holly Butler is the manager of Iceman Video Games in downtown Peterborough, the second location of the business originally founded by her parents in 1992 in Mississauga. Along with new and used video games, the family-owned independent business also sells figures, comic books, and more. (Photo courtesy of Iceman Video Games)

Shop the Boro: Buy new games and trade in your used ones at Peterborough’s...

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Managed by Holly Butler, the family owned and operated independent downtown shop also sells figures, comic books, and more.
Communities across the Kawarthas region will be gathering for festive and family-fun celebrations in the weeks leading up to Christmas. One such festivity will be Port Hope's annual Candlelight Festival, being held from November 29, 2024 to January 2, 2025. (Photo: Ken Solilo)

Deck the halls with these holiday events in the Kawarthas region

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From non-profit auctions to art exhibits, festivals, and fundraisers, there are many community events to get you in the holiday spirit.
Santa of course! Father Christmas will be coming to Millbrook on December 7, 2024 for the annual Christmas in the Village celebration. Taking place this year for a full day on Saturday, the event kicks off with Breakfast with Santa in the morning at the Millbrook Legion and continues throughout the day with a vendor market, live music, holiday mini photo sessions, and more, until a tree-lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. with a roast beef dinner at the Legion from 5 to 7 p.m. (Photo: Marjorie McDonald)

Celebrate the season when Christmas in the Village returns to Millbrook on December 7

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Held this year on a Saturday, the full-day event features breakfast with Santa, a vendor market, holiday photo sessions, tree lighting, and more.
After a successful holiday show last December, Peterborough's New Stages Theatre is staging another twist on a favourite festive tale from December 11 to 15, 2024 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. Katie Leamen's "A Christmas Carol Comedy" transforms the classic tale by Charles Dickens into a hilarious two-person production, with Linda Kash as the Christmas-hating Scrooge and Kerry Griffin as every other character. Directed by Mark Wallace, the actors are joined by local legend Beau Dixon as musical director, who will lead a holiday sing-along ahead of each performance and will also provide musical accompaniment for the play. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Bah humbug! Linda Kash gets miserly in New Stages Theatre’s production of ‘A Christmas...

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Kerry Griffin takes on all the other roles in Katie Leamen's hilarious play at Peterborough's Market Hall from December 11 to 15.
Bobbie Broon Home is a family-run home and lifestyle e-commerce business based in Peterborough. Founded by Christine Brown (right) and supported by her adult daughters Ceilie (left) and Emma, the store is named after and inspired by Christine's late father Robert, who always purchased built-to-last products for the home. The store offers sustainable, locally made, and Fair Trade products including handmade pillows, linens, candles, soaps, scarves, and more. (Photo courtesy of Bobbie Broon Home)

Know Your Locals: Turn your home into a cozy space with sustainable Canadian-made goods...

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Owner Christine Brown's Peterborough-based online store sells high-quality and responsibly sourced pillows, throw blankets, towels, candles, and much more.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) construction co-ordinator Shawn Durand and PRHC Foundation President and CEO Lesley Heighway at the new courtyard for the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit currently under construction. The courtyard is the latest project to be funded through the PRHC Foundation's Campaign for PRHC. In celebration of National Philanthropy Day on November 15, 2024, the PRHC Foundation announced it has reached 82 per cent of its $60-million campaign goal, the investment of which can already be seen throughout the regional hospital. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

‘Every corner of PRHC has been touched by the generosity of donors’

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On National Philanthropy Day, the PRHC Foundation celebrates community members who have helped raise 82% of the Campaign for PRHC's $60-million goal.
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