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Cold Comfort in the Electric City
It’s late August in Peterborough, the time of year when the air still clings to summer but the nights remind you that frost is only a few headlines away. For most of us, that means […]
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Celebrating Excellence: Finalists Announced for 2025 Business Excellence Awards
The Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce has unveiled the nominees and finalists for the 2025 Business Excellence Awards, a tradition that shines a spotlight on the people and organizations shaping the region’s economy […]
Politics
The Night Peterborough Blinked
City Hall crackled Monday night like a power line in a storm. On the table: a provincial mandate that says Peterborough has to cough up 4,700 new homes by 2031 or risk punishment from Queen’s […]
Politics
Towering Ambition: How Peterborough’s Skyline Became a Numbers Game
Peterborough is waking up to a new skyline—and it’s not subtle. A seventeen‑storey glass-and-concrete tower is about to crash into East City’s backyards, a stark symbol of the province’s housing mandate and TVM Group’s relentless […]
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Ribfest 2025: Smoke, Sauce, and Summer Vibes Take Over Crary Park
Peterborough’s Ribfest returned in 2025 with the kind of smoky, saucy energy that reminded everyone why it’s a summer staple. This year, the festival moved to a new location at Del Crary Park, giving attendees […]
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Where the Music Took Over: Gussapalooza 25
It wasn’t Woodstock, but for three days in Cookstown, Ontario, it sure felt like the spirit was alive again. Fields packed with dreamers, guitars slung in every direction, voices carrying across the late-summer air—Gussapolooza 2025 […]
Spotlight
Nicholas Campbell: Peterborough’s Rockabilly Dynamo Is Just Getting Started
At 20 years old, Nicholas Campbell has already earned the buzz of being “the real deal.” Like a young wolf raised in the honky-tonks and record shops of Peterborough, he picked up a guitar at […]
Festivals
Gussapolooza 2026: Ontario’s Indie Summer Camp for the Restless and Ready
August 21–23, 2026Cookstown There are festivals that arrive with corporate banners, fenced-off VIP kingdoms, and beer prices that make you reconsider the entire social contract. Then there is Gussapolooza, the scrappy, all-ages, plug-in-and-find-out weekend that […]
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Peterborough Musicfest 2025: Sixteen Nights on the Waterfront
Every summer, Peterborough orchestrates something most cities wouldn’t even dare to dream: sixteen nights of free, world-class music under the stars in their local park. No wristbands, no corporate cash-grabs. Just a community coming together […]
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Jeanne Truax: Rockabilly Rebel With a Modern Twist
Jeanne Truax isn’t playing it safe—she’s kicking down the doors of the Kawartha Lakes music scene with a sound that’s equal parts vintage swagger and sharp-edged indie fire. At just 22, the Dunsford-born rocker is […]