Located at 395 Water Street in downtown Peterborough is the City’s newest Tattoo and Barber Shop: Black Cat Tattoo and Barber. First time business owners, Amanda McColligan and Kris Manbeck, met with Trent Radio to talk about their story and their first weeks in business. Listen to the full interview with Eddy Sweeney to learn…
Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) is currently fundraising towards the purchasing price of a potential land acquisition. The current land owners of the listed property, which is located adjacent to Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park in the City of Kawartha Lakes, have accepted KLT’s purchasing offer of $1.6 million as long as it is purchased by July…
After a few years off, Rock Camp for Girls Peterborough (RC4G*) has returned to give a new generation of young people a rock music-focused, feminist, summer camp experience. RC4G* has been inactive since 2019, and is back because organizer Jill Staveley took the initiative to recreate this space for young girls, who need more “representation”…
On June 19, Trent University ‘broke ground’ and began development of a new Otonabee College residence building, and Trent’s newest college – Gidigaa Migizi. Together, this development will be the largest addition to Symons Campus in Trent’s history: the 700,000 square-foot project will bring 1300 additional beds to the campus, which will increase on-campus housing…
On June 10th, the residents of Sandy Lake First Nation, located in Northwestern Ontario near the Manitoba border, were evacuated due to the out-of-control Red Lake 12 Fire. The evacuees are being housed in locations across the province, and around 300 Sandy Lake residents have arrived at Trent University. The First Peoples House of Learning…
An Ontario measles outbreak is causing the highest number of reported cases in recent years but so far, Peterborough appears to be measles free. Public health nurse with Peterborough Public Health (PPH), Jessica Andrews, told CFFF there are no confirmed active cases of measles in the region. Andrews calls the MMR vaccine the “best defense”…
Peterborough-based charity and bicycle workshop, B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop, is looking for donations of used children’s bicycles for their Kids Bike Build in April. “[Kids Bike Build] is a program to collect used bikes from the community, refurbish them, and then provide them back to organizations working with children, and families, for them…
The Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) is being held in a new location in 2025, which will allow for the inclusion of Indigenous visual art. NIFF, like all Fringe festivals, is primarily performance art. In previous years, NIFF was held at Trent University in the Nozhem: First Peoples Performance Space. This year, the Peterborough Theatre Guild (PTG)…
On February 11, independent news outlet Peterborough Currents launched a project that tracks the votes of Peterborough city councillors. Will Pearson, co-founder and editor at Peterborough Currents, designed the project. “It all started during the 2022 municipal election,” says Pearson. “I got curious about the voting records of the incumbent councillors in my ward […]…
From Feb. 27th to March 2nd, Peterborough-based independent bookstore, Take Cover Books, is hosting the Highly Likely festival – a series of music and literature performances. Take Cover owners, Andrew and Sean Fitzpatrick, have partnered with Michael Duguay’s Miracle Territory project to organize the lineup of 18 different performers. Each performance will take place in the…
