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The CGE Cleanup Nobody Wants to Pay For

In Peterborough, we like to sentimentalize the old CGE buildings — the brick cathedrals of our industrial glory days, when the lights stayed on, the shifts were full, and the city’s nickname actually made sense. […]

Join St. James Players as They Go Into The Woods

Into the Woods is a complicated musical, and I was reminded of that while I sat in on a dress rehearsal of St. James Players’ adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award winner. It’s easy to be […]

Sabbath Lives – SUPERNAUTS Bring the Thunder to The Pig’s Ear

Saturday Nov 15, 9pm Pig’s Ear Tavern From the dark heart of Peterborough, SUPERNAUTS rise like a thunderhead — heavy, unrelenting, and loaded with Sabbath soul. These guys don’t just play the hits; they summon […]

Cold Streets, Warmer Hearts: Peterborough’s Homeless Crisis Hits a Breaking Point

It’s late October in Peterborough, and the cold’s already got teeth. You can feel it coming off the river, crawling down George Street, cutting through the canvas of the tent encampments that have become part […]

Business Meets Bravo: Peterborough Celebrates Its Finest

The suits were out, the applause was loud, and the champagne probably wasn’t cheap. The 2025 Business Excellence Awards, presented by the Peterborough + Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce and powered by sponsor Cogeco, took over […]

Ty Wilson – Balancing Originals and Classic Rock Heart

Ty Wilson doesn’t chase fame. He chases music. That means two parallel lives on stage: one as a singer-songwriter crafting honest, road-tested alt-country originals, and the other performing classic rock — including Bob Seger — […]

Musicfest Honoured with SOCAN’s Licensed To Play Award During Centennial Celebration

At SOCAN’s 35th Annual Awards Gala in Toronto — a night marking the organization’s 100th anniversary — Peterborough Musicfest took home the Licensed To Play Award, a nod to venues and festivals that play by […]

Peterborough on Two Wheels (Sort Of)

Peterborough’s bike lane strategy reads like a love letter to Dutch urbanism penned by someone who’s never actually been to Amsterdam. There’s an earnestness to it — the kind that produces PowerPoints, not progress. We’ve […]

Ian Kurz — The Many Faces of Rock ’n’ Roll

Ian Kurz isn’t just playing music—he’s living inside it. Whether he’s strapping on a guitar to channel Paul Stanley in Destroyer: Canada’s KISS Tribute, hammering out high-energy covers with M.I.A. (Misfits in Action), or stepping […]

Frozen Assets: How Peterborough Turned Culture into a Contact Sport

Peterborough, the so-called “Electric City,” has spent the last half-decade proving it believes in power — not just electricity, but concrete, steel, and, apparently, enough courts to keep a whole city bouncing. Council has invested […]