New Fire Truck Joins the Emergency Fleet
Pictured are Cavan Monaghan Fire Chief Bill Balfour, pictured left, with members of Cavan Monaghan Council with the latest addition to Cavan Monaghan’s fleet of emergency vehicles. The purchase of this vehicle was approved in the 2025-2026 capital budget and replaces a 2003 rescue unit. The unit is stationed at Fire Station One and…
New Exhibit Reflects Society Struggling with Personal and Social Issues
JoEllen Brydon in her home studio in Mount Pleasant where she creates colourful, whimsical paintings depicting scenes telling stories that are sometimes personal but always insightful, using bright colours, wavy lines and often text to underline her point. A new, very personal exhibit opens at Peterborough Art Gallery this month, called Elizabeth Thompson Advises.…
Governance Changes for Millbrook and District Medical Centre
Pictured are MDMC board members from left to right Paul Haynes, Betty Hobson, John Fallis, Janet Kennedy, and Jocelyn Aubrey with Mayor Matt Graham, who remains on the board. The community thanks these former board members for their commitment and dedication to the community. In December, the decision was made to have the municipality…
Comment – April 2026
The 2026 Farmer’s Almanac will be the final edition of a publication that began in 1818. It features weather forecasts, astronomy tidbits and predictions such as the best days to ski, brew beer, plant tomatoes and view meteor showers. It closed down because of “growing financial challenges” in the face of a chaotic media…
Grow Your Own Produce at the Community Garden
By Joanne Rowland Finally spring weather is here and we can start work in the Millbrook community garden. The garden is located next to the Old Millbrook School (where the library is) with a beautiful center flower garden looked after beautifully by some local volunteers. There are 12 individual plots that can be rented…
Primary Care Service Launched for Unattached Patients in Peterborough
On March 17th, the Peterborough Family Health Team (PFHT) opened a new clinic to help serve the roughly 32,000 residents in the Peterborough area who do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner. The PFHT is a team-based primary care organization serving patients across the region bringing together family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses,…