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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.
Sasha Harrison is an Omemee-based content creator and social media influencer who shares her journey of building her dream home with DIY builds and designs. Having taken the risk to turn her passion into her career while working towards her family's dream of buying a dairy farm, she has faced a few bumps in the road that have taught her some valuable life lessons. (Photo: Photography with Care)

How to live your dream with Omemee DIY content creator Sasha Harrison

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From taking the risk to overcoming failure and ignoring negativity, Harrison shares what she's learned while finding her place in the world.
Fleming College hospitality student Muhammad Shaikh is the host of a new video series titled "Manners with Muhammad" from Fleming College's Student Administrative Council (SAC) in Peterborough. Each week, a new video is posted to social media channels provideing tips on etiquette in social and public settings to make the transition into college more approachable for all students. The series is part of the student council's way to connect and educate students in a way that supports social development. (Photo courtesy of Fleming SAC)

Peterborough’s Fleming SAC reminding students about public etiquette with ‘Manners with Muhammad’

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The weekly video series from Fleming College Student Administrative Council sees Muhammad Shaikh engaging students in social development beyond the classroom .
The late Erin Sullivan (left), pictured with her grandmother and her friend Megan Murphy at the 2013 ReFrame Film Festival, where Murphy screened her short documentary "Shelf Life" about Sullivan living with cystic fibrosis. Murphy will be the host for a kitchen party, with silent auction, held at the Peterborough Lion's Community Centre on March 22, 2024 that will honour Sullivan with all proceeds going to a campaign to purchase a house in Erin's name for One City Peterborough supporting individuals coming out of homelessness. (Photo: ReFrame Film Festival)

Kitchen party fundraiser to support One City Peterborough house purchase in honour of late...

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Hosted by Megan Murphy, the March 22 concert will include performances by Kate Suhr, Melissa Payne, Kate Brioux, and Paul Crough.
Artisans Centre Peterborough is offering a number of educational and creative workshops throughout March Break, including a loom weaving workshop for ages 6 and up on March 14, 2024. (Photo: Artisans Centre Peterborough)

10 unique ways to spend March Break in the Kawarthas

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Educational events across the region include art classes, outdoor adventures, theme day celebrations, creature meet and greets, and more.
20-year-old Peterborough drag performer Betty Baker has become well-known in the circles she runs, from empowering young children during Drag Queen Story Time at the Peterborough Public Library to mentoring future performers in the drag scene. Perhaps most importantly of all, Baker has encouraged the person underneath the hair and makeup, to channel the confidence of the persona in her day-to-day life. (Photo: Christopher Coghill)

‘I came alive onstage’: the making of Betty Baker

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Alongside influencing Peterborough's drag scene and empowering young children, the performer has given confidence to the person behind the makeup.
An annual tradition for the past 36 years, the 2024 Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival is taking place on Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10, offering a weekend of sweet events in town and at the Sandy Flat Sugar Bush. Family fun activities including syrup-making demonstrations, maple taffy making, horse-drawn sleigh rides, and more. The festival is one of the many activities taking place in the Kawartha region while the sap runs during late winter and early spring. (Photo: Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival)

Something sweet is in the air as the Kawarthas ‘taps in’ to maple syrup...

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Annual Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival returns on March 9 and 10 with the Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival and Maple Weekend coming in early April.
Peterborough-based singer-songwriter and pianist Natalie Hughes has re-recorded songs she first released 20 years ago for her upcoming EP "UnCover Me," available on all streaming platforms on March 26, 2024. The evening before, she will be performing at Peterborough's The Theatre on King with special musical guests including Charlie Glasspool and Jill Staveley. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

Peterborough singer-songwriter Natalie Hughes releasing new EP featuring re-recorded originals

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An "UnCover Me" release concert at The Theatre on King on March 25 will include musical guests Charlie Glasspool, Jill Staveley, and more.
Debuting in Hillsborough, North Carolina in 2023, "The Mail Art Stories Project: Mail Art in the Time of Covid-19" is an exhibit displaying mail art submissions from people across the world sharing their pandemic experiences. Developed by Peterborough writer Erica Richmond and North Carolina artist and author Shannon Fitzgerald, the exhibit will be on display at Peterborough's Watson & Lou between March 1 and 23, 2024, beginning with a launch during the First Friday Art Crawl on March 1. (Photo courtesy of Shannon Fitzgerald)

Exhibit of mail art documenting life through the pandemic comes to Peterborough

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Exhibit by Peterborough's Erica Richmond and North Carolina's Shannon Fitzgerald runs from March 1 to 23 at Watson & Lou.
Launching during the First Friday Peterborough Art Crawl on March 1, 2024, "Life Studies and Other Works by Ann Cossar" features life drawings and watercolours from the late Peterborough artist and educator, with sale proceeds going to the Peterborough Art School. The exhibit will be available at Studio 12 in the Commerce Building during First Friday and then until March 31 by appointment only. (Photo courtesy of Cydnee Hosker)

March fundraising exhibit features discovered works from late Peterborough artist and educator Ann Cossar

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Organized by Cydnee Hosker and hosted by Julie Francey starting on First Friday, sale proceeds will go to Art School of Peterborough's Sharon Taylor Youth Bursary.
Lindsay's Amy Terrill in 2018 when she was executive vice president of Toronto's Music Canada, following a career path that took her from broadcasting to economic development. Now executive director of BGC Kawarthas, Terrill has as learned a thing or two about finding success wherever she goes. (Photo courtesy of Amy Terrill)

How to succeed at doing it all with Lindsay’s Amy Terrill

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From broadcasting to economic development to the music industry to leading BGC Kawarthas, Terrill shares what she's learned along the way.
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