I am writing to properly announce that I’m no longer working with Electric City Magazine. I’ve been doing this thing for three years (almost seven if you count the Electric City Live days). It’s been an absolute joy and one of the most rewarding creative projects I’ve ever taken part in, but it’s also been […]
Kemi Akapo was just elected as Peterborough’s newest City Councillor in the Town Ward, having taken the seat vacated by newly elected Mayor Diane Therrien, but the path to public service started early for her. In Grade 4, she took part in a fundraiser for a local orphanage. “I was super excited,” she says, “and […]
Stephen Wright may be new to Peterborough City Council, having just unseated Councillor Dave Haacke in the Northcrest Ward, but he’s been around politics for a long time. He first ran for office at the age of 20, when a simple question asked at a Winnipeg School Board meeting led to a run for school […]
In late September, at a series of gatherings spread across four counties in southern Ontario, families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities took the first steps towards a new way of connecting and finding solutions for their loved ones. The gatherings were the results of months of planning and organization by the Resonance Centre […]
The votes have been counted and the results are in: Peterborough has a new mayor. Town Ward Councillor Diane Therrien won in a landslide victory over incumbent Mayor Daryl Bennett, more than doubling his total, with 68.98% of the vote compared to his 31.02%. Peterborough also has three new City Councillors. In Otonabee Ward, Kim […]
The Peterborough municipal election is upon us! Online voting is now open (as of October 9, 2018), and the election date is October 22, 2018. This article will provide all the information you need to find out if you’re eligible to vote, get registered, find your polling station, and vote. Am I eligible to […]
“What commitment do you hold that compelled you to be here today?” This is the provocative question that’s frequently posed to attendees at the start of community conversations. It helps to jumpstart the discussion, and to centre the people who have chosen to come out. Most of the time, the answers are, unsurprisingly, as varied […]
A warning up top: this is an article about zoning. It’s an article about bylaw processes and land use designations and infrastructure development. But it’s also an article about the Parkway and the casino, about reducing crime levels and cancer rates, and about how we build a healthier, happier, more integrated community for all of […]
In an empty storefront on King Street, an unusual crew have assembled to assist with a large renovation. Visual artists are building risers, comedians are hanging stage lights, poets are carting around stacks of chairs. Light streams in through the big storefront windows of the former Custom Copy and bounces off its white walls, but […]
There is something unconventional coming to Peterborough this month. On September 8, gamers of all stripes will descend on the Evinrude Centre for UnCon: The Unconventional Convention, a full day of tabletop gaming, board gaming, card gaming, war gaming, and live-action roleplay gaming. The image of dozens of people getting together to imagine throwing fireballs […]