Tag: May 2017
Duct Taped Principal
North Cavan PS has now, for the third year in a row, convinced the principal to allow the staff and students to tape him to the wall using duct tape that was donated by…
Plan B: Township Staff to Seek Alternative Routes to Secure Serviced Industrial Land
Last month, Council rejected an appeal made by Peterborough Chief Administrative Officer Alan Seabrooke that the township accept an alternative payment schedule in compensation for a successful boundary change transferring 4140 acres of residential…
More Recognition for Alex Bushell’s Lab Improvement
It has been a bit of a whirlwind for Lab Improvements founders Alex Bushell and Steve Wright. Having left their former employer after an international takeover in 2013, Bushell and Wright began working out…
Canada 150 Awards to Recognize Outstanding Individuals and Organizations
Last month local MP Jamie Schmale announced plans to recognize individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions to communities across Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock to coincide with Canada`s 150th birthday. “I want to recognize the individuals…
Millbrook Valley Trails Work Day Volunteers needed!
This year’s Annual Millbrook Valley Trails Work Day will take place Saturday May 6 at 9 am starting at the Distillery Street trailhead beside the pond. In case of rain the rain date will…
Comment – 100 Years in the Making
There are several Canadian events celebrating their 100th year anniversary this year, and we are reminded of two of them regularly on television. First there is the battle at Vimy deemed as Canada’s coming…
Community Gardeners at Work in 2017
Volunteers get out the rakes and shovels at the first working meeting of the Community Garden, as they prepare the beds and plant a few early crops.
Letter to the Editor – Annexation – What a mess!
So, here we go again, the City of Peterborough is after more land and they only want it on their terms or at least that is how it looks. After 25 years of trying…
Newspaper Club Stories!
Born in China Born in China is a movie that the whole junior division (grades 4 to 6) went to see in theatres on the April 25. The film was about 3 animals. The…