Tag: events
Peterborough Children’s Water Festival Returns for 15th year
The Peterborough Children’s Water Festival returned for its 15th year at the Riverview Park and Zoo on May 25th and 26th. Almost 1,400 students in grades 2 to 5 from 18 schools across Peterborough…
Art Abounds at the Four Corners of Cavan
Renovations are finally finished at Valerie Kent’s Cavan Art studio. The walls of the main floor gallery are now covered with art including some remarkable work from a local photographer and some of her…
Raise the Roof Event
A private fundraising event organized by Peterborough City Councillor Pat Parnell and hosted by Galerie Q last month raised $8000 towards YES shelter for youth and family’s “Raise the Roof” campaign. The organization has…
Cavan Monaghan Fire Department helps Millbrook South Cavan Students Get to the Pool
By Karen Graham Two grade three classes from Millbrook South Cavan School were the beneficiaries of funding from the Lifesaving Society school grant designed to provide students with the minimum skills required to survive…
Ganaraska Mountain-Biker Inspires Cyclists 20 Years Later
Sarah Sobanski Paul’s Dirty Enduro raised a mountainous $40,000 at their 20th anniversary race held in Ganaraska Park. This brings the total funds raised to $200,000, since the annual mountain-bike festival began which is…
Revisiting Local Landmarks in Manvers
Sarah Sobanski Last Sunday was Ontario Heritage Foundation’s second Doors Open tour in the township of Manvers and surrounding area. In partnership with Manvers Historical Society, the tour encouraged history buffs to discover the…
A Fresh Historic Learning Opportunity for the Fall
Sarah Sobanski ‘Miigwetch’ means ‘thank-you’ respectfully for the Michi Saagiig – something to remember if you happen by Anishinaabe storyteller Kiinamookmaan at Lang Pioneer Village’s Historic Literary Walks of Lang: Words from the Wilderness.…
Giant Zucchini Shocks Millbrook Senior
Zelda Smith has seen a lot of surprising things in her 82 years, but last Thursday something turned up in her yard that just stopped her in her tracks. “It was huge. Monstrous. I…
No Duff- Mock Evacuation Exercise A Success
Karen Graham Last Thursday, the Millbrook Arena was transformed into a temporary emergency shelter by The Canadian Red Cross assisted by local emergency personnel from the Cavan Monaghan Fire Department, the OPP, the Community…