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Paul Rellinger a.k.a Relly is an award-winning journalist and longtime former newspaper editor still searching for the perfect lead. When he's not putting pen to paper, Paul is on a sincere but woefully futile quest to own every postage stamp ever issued. A rabid reader of history, Paul claims to know who killed JFK but can't say out of fear for the safety of his oh so supportive wife Mary, his three wonderful kids and his three spirited grandchildren. Paul counts among his passions Peterborough's rich live music scene, the Toronto Maple Leafs, slopitch and retrieving golf balls from the woods. You can follow Paul on Twitter at @rellywrites.
Whiskey Jack in 1977, featuring Duncan Fremlin, Mac Pulling, Rocky Hill, and Peterborough's own John Hoffman. Hoffman, who co-founded the band with Fremlin, will join Whiskey Jack for a few numbers at Peterborough's Air Force Association Hall on June 8, 2025 during the "CBC TV Country Music Stars" show, which also features Donna Ramsay and LeRoy Anderson, who spent 17 years performing weekly on CBC's "The Tommy Hunter Show". (Photo courtesy of Duncan Fremlin)

CBC TV Country Music Stars shine bright June 8 at Peterborough’s Air Force Club

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Local connections abound as Whiskey Jack and John Hoffman reunite for music showcase also featuring Donna and LeRoy of 'The Tommy Hunter Show'.
encoreNOW for May 19, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Skydiggers at Peterborough's Market Hall, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra at Emmanuel United Church, O Canada! benefit concert at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, Trent Valley Archives Theatre's "Crossing Over" at Peterborough's Market Hall, Globus Theatre's "Desperate to be Doris" in Bobcaygeon, and Kyle Golemba's "Handsome but Charmless" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – May 19, 2025

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Skydiggers in concert at Market Hall, a Canadian music celebration at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, a tribute to the Peter Robinson emigrants from Trent Valley Archives, and more.
William Prince, Steven Page, and Sloan are three of the musical acts performing free-admission concerts during the 38th season of Peterborough Musicfest, which runs from June 28 to August 16, 2025. (kawarthaNOW collage)

William Prince, Steven Page, and Sloan among performers at Peterborough Musicfest this summer

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Four more concerts are still to be announced, along with the lineup of local musicians to be featured on the new Future Sounds Stage.
The late Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) McGregor was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2021 for "her promotion of women in science and for her commitment to nurturing Canada's next generation of leaders." (Photo via McGregor Leadership website)

‘A force for good’: Dr. Betsy McGregor’s substantial contributions remembered

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Two-time Peterborough federal election candidate and Order of Canada member passes away after a lengthy battle with cancer.
encoreNOW for May 5, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) The Traveling Milburys, Peterborough Singers, The Plowboys, The Lowest of the Low, "You Can't Take It With You", and "Alice in Wonderland". (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – May 5, 2025

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Featuring The Traveling Milburys, Peterborough Singers, The Plowboys, The Lowest of the Low, 'You Can't Take It With You', and 'Alice in Wonderland'.
The Innovation Cluster's LevelUP program coordinator Ann-Majella McKelvie (left) and program lead Zahra Shafiei (right) present Her Yes Club founder Carmen Doucette (middle) with $10,000 after the entrepreneur won the Innovation Cluster's LevelUP Pitch Competition on April 30, 2025 at the Market Hall. One of eight graduates of the LevelUP program who pitched their business ideas to a panel of judges, Doucette created her business as a solution to her own problem of finding last-minute childcare she could trust for her own two young girls. (Photo: Bryan Reid)

Business connecting moms with trusted daycare providers wins Innovation Cluster’s LevelUP Pitch Competition

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A panel of judges at Market Hall event awarded $10,000 to Carmen Doucette of Her Yes Club, with Monica Singh of Happy Cramps the runner-up.
Some of the estimated 50 people who gathered at Peterborough City Hall on April 28, 2025 to protest Mayor Jeff Leal's use of a racial slur while giving a guest lecture at Trent University in March. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

City Hall protest calls for Peterborough Mayor Leal’s resignation over use of racial slur

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Trent University student association organized event after filing complaint with city's integrity commissioner.
Dave Ball as the White Rabbit, Colleen Furlan as Alice, and Anika Venkatesh as the Cheshire Cat in Bad Hats Theatre's family musical "Alice in Wonderland" at the Sudbury Theatre Centre. The production comes to the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope with 19 performances from May 16 to June 1, 2025. (Photo: Juan Echavarria)

Bad Hats Theatre goes down the rabbit hole with ‘Alice in Wonderland’ at Port...

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Acclaimed musical reimagining of the classic children's story by Fiona Sauder runs for 19 performances from May 16 to June 1.
Macayla Vaughan as the Narrator with the children's chorus during a media rehearsal for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, which is bringing the famous musical to the stage at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough for eight performances from April 25 to May 4, 2025. Director Robert Ainsworth has written an introduction to the play, which is based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis, featuring a teacher telling the story to her class. (Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Peterborough Theatre Guild closes out its season with ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’

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Annual spring musical takes to the Showplace stage from April 25 to May 4 with local community theatre standout Robert Ainsworth at the helm,
encoreNOW for April 21, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Colin Linden, Tak Kwan with the Kawartha String Orchestra, "Menopause The Musical", Caity Gyorgy, "The Boy in the Moon", and The Shuffle Demons. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – April 21, 2025

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Featuring Colin Linden, Kawartha String Orchestra, Menopause the Musical, Caity Gyorgy Quartet, The Boy in the Moon, and The Shuffle Demons.
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