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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, slo-pitch, and retrieving golf balls from the woods.
encoreNOW for May 18, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Northumberland Players season-ending production of "The Last Real Summer" at Cobourg's Firehall Theatre, Get Down Tonight featuring Leisa Way and the Wayward Wind Band at Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre, a screening of Dr. Jenny Ingram's "No More Silent Battles" at Lakefield College School's Bryan Jones Theatre, Melissa Payne's Harmony for Healthcare benefit concert at Campbellford's Aron Theatre, Trent Valley Archives Theatre's "The Kid from Simcoe Street" at Peterborough's Market Hall, and "Chris Tsujiuchi's Big Gay Cabaret" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – May 18, 2026

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Featuring 'The Last Real Summer', Get Down Tonight, 'No More Silent Battles', Harmony for Healthcare, 'The Kid from Simcoe Street', and 'Chris Tsujiuchi's Big Gay Cabaret'.
The Peterborough Musicfest team, led by executive director Tracey Randall (middle), celebrating the lineup of free-admission summer outdoor concerts for the festival's 39th season during an announcement event at Quaker Foods City Square in downtown Peterborough on May 13, 2026. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

‘Our festival is alive’: Peterborough Musicfest celebrates 39th season of free-admission summer outdoor concerts

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Along with headliners like Trans-Canada Highwaymen and Julian Taylor, the Cogeco Future Sound series has been expanded to support more emerging local musicians.
Federal transport minister Steven MacKinnon wades into a crowd of people protesting against the Alto high-speed rail project outside the office of the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce after he arrived to speak at an event hosted by the Chamber on May 8, 2026. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

Federal transport minister addresses Alto high-speed rail project concerns at Chamber event

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Steven MacKinnon's Peterborough stop greeted by large crowd of protestors outside of the former George Street CPR rail station.
The cast of the Capitol Theatre's production of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" includes (left to right) Kyle Golemba as Schroeder, Jillian Mitsuko as Sally, Amir Haidar as Charlie Brown, Ben Kopp as Linus, and Ap Bautista as Lucy. The family-friendly musical based on the characters created by Charles M. Schulz runs for 19 performances from May 15 to 31, 2026 at the historic venue in downtown Port Hope. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

Good grief! Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang come to life at Port Hope’s...

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With a 'uniquely Canadian' take from director Rob Kempson, season-opening musical 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown' runs from May 15 to 31.
The Weber Brothers performing during a sold-out album release show at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on May 1, 2026, featuring (left to right) Lance Anderson, Emily Burgess, Ryan Weber, Maddy Hope, and Sam Weber. The Weber Brothers will be performing at the FLATO Academy Theatre in Lindsay on Thursday, May 14. (Photo: Patricia Levert Thorne)

New music from Peterborough’s The Weber Brothers to fill Lindsay’s Academy Theatre on May...

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Ryan and Sam Weber's 18th album in close to 25 years as much a testament to their work ethic as it is to their passion for creating music.
encoreNOW for May 4, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Tommy Youngsteen at Bancroft Village Playhouse and Peterborough's Market Hall, Public Energy's presentation of "Finding Home" at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, Ian Thomas at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra with the Peterborough Singers at Emmanuel United Church, "Quiet in the Land" at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – May 4, 2026

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Featuring Tommy Youngsteen, 'Finding Home', Ian Thomas, 'The Creation', 'Quiet in the Land', and 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown'.
Rebecca Schillemat, former executive officer of the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Home Builders' Association, is running for Peterborough mayor in the 2026 municipal election. The first-time candidate says she wants Peterborough to be a 'thriving community' for her children and future generations. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

Rebecca Schillemat enters Peterborough mayoral race with focus on affordability, housing, and jobs

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Former home builders' association executive wants 'to make this a city that has a future for my children and for future generations'.
East City resident Keith Riel, who has been elected four times to Peterborough city council as one of two Ashburnham Ward representatives, is running for mayor in the 2026 municipal election. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

Longtime Peterborough city councillor Keith Riel makes his run for mayor official

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78-year-old East City resident and retired GE worker enters the race with a six-point platform and sharp criticism of Mayor Jeff Leal's leadership.
Dr. Michael Eamon, longtime principal of Trent University's Catharine Parr Traill College, is running for Peterborough mayor in the 2026 municipal election. The first-time candidate says he want to fully commit himself to public office by taking on the full-time job of mayor and leveraging his 30 years of experience in the federal civil service and academia. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

‘We need somebody who’s mayor, not king’: Dr. Michael Eamon joins Peterborough’s mayoral race

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Longtime Traill College principal and first-time candidate calls himself a 'non-politician politician' who will nurture consensus at city hall.
Rashid Sheikh Hassan (fourth from left, with Canadian flag) hugging his mother with his two sisters (wrapped in Canadian flags), his brother (third from right, squatting), and his father (far right) at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on April 24, 2026, pictured with some of the members of the Azadi Peterborough group that sponsored the Hassan family to come to Canada and join their son in Peterborough, including (left to right) Lisa Lowe, Don Park, Matt Park, Brenda Wierdsma-Ibey, Clayton Ibey, Simal Iftikhar, Kristy Hiltz, Karina Bates, and Dave McNab. (Photo courtesy of Dave McNab)

‘All I’ve hoped for’: Rashid Sheikh Hassan reunited with his Syrian family after 12...

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Privately funded sponsorship by group of Peterborough residents brings refugee's parents and siblings to safety in Canada four years after he was sponsored.
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