As the mid-point of the summer holidays approaches, many youngsters – and their parents – are looking for something to pass the time before school begins. For those parents who thought they missed the boat with summer camp registrations, there is still time to sign your children up for a bit of summer fun. During [...]

It’s hard to believe but it will be three years next week since I moved to Peterborough. It’s been an interesting ride, with its ups and downs (definitely more ups), but an adventure I would never regret. One of the first places I visited upon moving to the city was the Ecology Park on Ashburnham [...]

Water. We depend on it for our very survival every day. Water is an essential part of our lives, yet few of us take the time to consider where it originates before it comes out of our taps. For most in more denser populated, urban areas, drinking water is supplied by the municipality. Treated and delivered to thousands [...]

Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. If you scroll down you’ll see the last post in this blog was November 2009–closing in on two years ago. In complete honesty, I forgot this blog existed, hence the lack of posts.  In this age of digital communication, blogs are just as important as Facebook and [...]

Children of all ages like music, and there’s no better time to cater to that likeness then during the holiday season. Local musician Glen Caradus recently released a CD with kids in mind! Titled Song Gardens, the CD is not only geared towards kids, but local kids themselves play a starring role, singing along to [...]

In today’s world of e-mail communication, there’s nothing quite like opening the mailbox and finding a letter form a friend or loved one. However, more often then not, opening the mailbox reveals flyers, bills and leaflets and a wide assortment of other paper based material that was not asked for nor is appreciated by many. [...]

Like many non-profit organizations here in Ontario, Peterborough Green-Up applies to the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) for funding. We are always pleased to find out we are successful with a grant application and those monies have funded many terrific programs that have directly benefited the greater Peterborough area over the years. We were elated to [...]

Today is “Green Update Day.” Every second Thursday I shoot the “Green Update” that you see Monday’s on Newswatch at 5:30 on CHEX-TV. Today I’m going to take you behind the scenes of my weekly television segment. Everyone loves the behind the scenes stuff, so I figure it would make an interesting blog topic for [...]

Green Eyewear Optical is the result of months of handwork and planning by two local entrepreneurs, Shane and Amanda Palmer. The couple, both registered opticians, celebrated the grand opening of their brand new businesses last weekend. The new store offers many top quality brands of eyewear, many made from recyclable or renewable materials. I attended [...]

Tourist clogged streets, drivers who had no idea where they were going, and pedestrians who felt they could cross the street at anytime. This sounds like a typical summer scene, at any major tourist attraction and I spent two days witnessing it. I literally just got back from the long weekend. Being a newbie to [...]