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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.
The New Canadians Centre's fourth annual "Lessons from the Land" event on July 1, 2024 features a range of Indigenous-led programs and activities at Nicholls Oval Park in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough, including a guided medicine walk hosted by Canadian Bushcraft head instructor Caleb Musgrave and Diverse Nature Collective founder Patricia Wilson. All events are family friendly and free, but advance registration is required for the guided medicine walk and the Red Dress Pin Beading Circle. (Photo: New Canadians Centre)

‘Lessons from the Land’ returns July 1 to foster a deeper appreciation of Indigenous...

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Organized by New Canadians Centre, family-friendly event features a number of Indigenous-led programs and activities at Nicholls Oval Park in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough.
At Community Futures Peterborough's annual general meeting at the new Canadian Canoe Museum on June 24, 2024, Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith confirmed that the federally funded economic development organization would be assuming responsibility for the provincially funded Business Advisory Centre when Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development dissolves on December 21, 2024. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Local Business Advisory Centre will continue after dissolution of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic...

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Community Futures Peterborough will take on provincially funded program that supports small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in the city and county.
Left to right, top and bottom: country music artist Tenille Townes, "A Tribute to Carole King", The Barn at Westben in Campbellford, 4th Line Theatre's "Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes", Globus Theatre's "Where You Are", Latin jazz musician Hilario Durán, Capitol Theatre's "The Full Monty", and the Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre in downtown Peterborough. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – June 24, 2024

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Peterborough Musicfest begins, Campbellford's Westben celebrates a milestone, a Latin jazz treat in Cobourg, male striptease angst in Port Hope, and more.
It's a double dose of Canadian country music for the opening of Peterborough Musicfest's 37th season with Tenille Townes headlining and Griffen Palmer opening the free-admission concert at Del Crary Park at 8 p.m. on June 29, 2024. (Photos: John Shearer / Chris Hornbuckle)

Season 37 of Peterborough Musicfest goes country for its opener June 29

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Tenille Townes and Griffen Palmer proving the music genre is in very good Canadian hands, now and tomorrow.
Toronto-based developer TVM Group is proposing a 10-storey residential-commercial development on this property, located just west of the Mark Street United Church building at 90 Hunter Street East in Peterborough's East City. The church has sold the property, including attachments to the original church building, in exchange for four units in TVM Group's nearby East City Condos development and the construction of a new church hall. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough East City residents get preview of proposed 10-storey residential-commercial development

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New building planned for land adjacent to Mark Street United Church born out of a unique agreement between TVM Group and the church.
Musician Calvin Bakelaar (left) was named as the Peterborough Folk Festival's 2024 Emerging Artist at an event at Nicholls Oval Park on June 19, 2024. Also pictured, from left to right, are artist Brooklin Stormie with her festival poster design, festival board chair Rob Davis, board secretary Rebecca Schillemat, and board treasurer Krissy Edwards. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Calvin Bakelaar named as the Peterborough Folk Festival’s 2024 Emerging Artist

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Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist among those gathered Wednesday at Nicholls Oval Park as a number of this year's featured acts were revealed.
Jay (Rebecca Birrell, left) about to become a Farmerettes in a scene from 4th Line Theatre's "Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes" during a media day event on June 18, 2024 at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. The world premiere of Alison Lawrence's play based on the 2019 book by Shirleyan English and Bonnie Sitter, which tells the little-known story of the young women who kept Canadian farms going during the Second World War, runs from July 1 to 20. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Millbrook’s 4th Line Theatre opens 2024 season with ‘Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The...

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Running July 1 to 20, Alison Lawrence's stage adaptation of 2019 book tells the story of Canadian teenage girls who worked Second World War-era farms.
For the third year in a row, the New Canadians Centre has organized the Canadian Multicultural Festival in June 2024 to celebrate multiculturalism in Peterborough while introducing attendees to the customs, music, art, dance, food, and stories of the various cultures that have secured a vibrant and still-growing footprint in the city and region. Pictured are participants in a multicultural craft day at least year's festival, which will also take place this year on Friday, June 28 during the New Canadians Centre's 45th Anniversary Block Party. (Photo: New Canadians Centre)

New Canadians Centre once again brings the world to Peterborough with its third Canadian...

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A range of programs and events will introduce participants to the customs, music, art, dance, food, and stories of various cultures,
Beth McMaster, who was instrumental in the founding of Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough in the early 1990s and served as the inaugural chair of the non-profit organization's board of directors, points to the plaque honouring her contribution that was unveiled in the lobby of the performing arts venue on June 11, 2024. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s Showplace Performance Centre honours founding chair Beth McMaster

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Celebration included unveiling of plaque in lobby to recognize her role in establishing downtown performing arts venue three decades ago.
From left to right, top and bottom: "Dear Rita" at Bancroft Village Playhouse, "Bed & Breakfast" at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope, "The Selfish Giant's Garden" at Westben in Campbellford, "This Day In Sports" at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon, "Yes Dan Can" benefit for Dan Fewings at the Piggy in Peterborough, Rick Fine's "Farewell for Now" concert at the Market Hall in Peterborough, John-Paul Chalykoff and his puppet Baabii at the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival in Peterborough, and Elyse Saunders at the Country Music Association of Ontario awards show. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – June 10, 2024

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'Dear Rita' channels late singer's music and spirit, Westben musically transforms an Oscar Wilde short story, revered Peterborough musician Rick Fines says farewell for now in style, and more.
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