Local foodies braved the weather on Saturday, April 25th, to attend the fourth annual Mac & Cheese festival organized by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area. Despite the rain, people gathered in Quaker Square to sample the creative cheese-based offerings, and to enjoy live music and entertainment. Listen to hear from local band VANCAMP and…
On the morning of April 28th members of Peterborough’s District Labour Council, as well as the families of workers killed and injured on the job, gathered at Peterborough City Hall to observe the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety’s National Day of Mourning. The annual observance commemorates members of the workforce who have died,…
Since its inception, the bi-annual book sale organized by the Friends of the Peterborough Public Library has raised over $800,000. Volunteers sort heaps of used books to sell for one dollar each—with all proceeds being donated to the Library and its programming. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Library book…
Take Cover Books (59 Hunter St E) took advantage of a nation-wide celebration of Canadian filmmaking to raise money for an organization doing street-level outreach closer to home. The independent bookstore, owned by brothers Andrew and Sean Fitzpatrick, screened Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie for National Canadian Film Day on April 15th in…
Peterborough City Council will consider recommendations from the City’s DEI Progress Update at their next meeting on Monday April 20th. The report includes proposed outlines for new DEI and anti-racism training for councilors, and an amendment which would ban the use of racial slurs, including the n-word, under the council Code of Conduct, regardless of…
Trent Radio met with Samuel Hall, director, producer, composer, and playwright of the brand new musical, “Years With You”. The world premiere of this production is happening on April 2nd, 2026, at The Theatre On King. Because of funding received from the Trent IMPACT Microgrant Program, tickets to the show are free (currently sold out)….
Trent Radio met with Riverview Park and Zoo’s Matt Dixon, Operational Support Manager for Animal Care, to discuss their new Sulawesi Forest Turtle hatchling. The turtle, named Indy, hatched February 9th. The Sulawesi Forest Turtle is critically endangered and the Riverview Park and Zoo is the only zoo in Canada working to maintain this species….
Since 2005, ReFrame Film Festival has been showcasing international documentary film with a focus on social and environmental justice. Trent Radio met with Athena Emmanouil, student intern at ReFrame, to get a look behind the scenes. Among the films being shown at ReFrame is Mr. Possibility, directed by local filmmaker Matt Snell, who sat down…
A local BIPOC-led organization, Diverse Nature Collective (DNC), is starting a series of P.A. day camps for racialized youth. The first instance will be a nature-focused P.A. day camp for Black Youth on Oct. 24th. DNC Founder, Patricia Wilson, hopes the camp will “create an affinity space for black youth to recreate outside, to learn…
The City of Peterborough is recommending residents subscribe to Alertable, a free community notification system. “Peterborough has faced several significant emergencies recently. The ice storm this past March, also the windstorm in May of 2022, had major impacts across the city,” says Stephanie Sisson, Emergency and Risk Management Advisor for the City of Peterborough. “During…
