OPIRG: A Chance to get involved in Social Justice
Social justice. Environmental justice. Anti-Oppression. Idle No More. Line 9. The Free Market. The Food Cupboard. These are the causes we believe in, as well as some of the issues …
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The Driving Force Behind Environmental Jobs
I am not ranting about the plethora of jobs in the environment, but the hypocrisy that surrounds it. All the jobs I have reviewed that are available in the environmental …
Our City of Colours: Dealing with Intersectionality through Positive Imagery
“It is not out differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde, provided by anya gwynne All too often the …
A New Black Box Theatre in Peterborough
A new performance space opened its doors on January 7th, 2013 to a standing room only audience: The Theatre on King. Ryan Kerr and his company Fleshy Thud along with …
Public Energy Presents: Wearable Art Show 2013
Photos by Tori Silvera This past weekend, Market Hall hosted Public Energy’s Third Annual Wearable Art Show, featuring the Runway Challenge. The event incorporated dance and theatre with a fashion …
Bridging the Culture Gap: Beau Dixon
Beau Dixon is a Peterborough musician who combines music with the art of storytelling. His music reflects his mixed-heritage roots and blends soul, funk, rock, and blues into a foot-stomping …
Musician on Fire: an Interview with Lindsay Barr
From Labrador, Newfoundland to Peterborough, Ontario and stopping at places like the Nashville Songwriters Festival in between, Lindsay Barr has been polishing up a name for herself in the music …
Dudes Not Rude, Bylaws Reviewed
In an ongoing review process, the City of Peterborough held a public consultation at the Peterborough Public Library on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 about proposed revisions to municipal codes and …
Del Mastro vs. RCMP
Officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have begun assisting Elections Canada in their investigations of Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro’s campaign …