The Globe and Mail has been taking a public whipping this week. Rightly so. The paper, which once prided itself on a higher-brow editorial superiority, has been recently pilloried for its lack of journalistic common sense and seeming disregard for integrity and accountability.  Journalists, bloggers, and social media types from across Canada have been gleeful […]

The #petertweeter Awards Planning Committee is looking for a few social media-active volunteers to help with the nomination process for the 2013 awards show. For coverage of the 2012 #petertweeters, please check out some of the media coverage. In order to ensure that the #petertweeters are inclusive as possible, the committee is in the process […]

Over on my personal Facebook page and my personal @ptbo_skeptic Twitter account, I’ve started a regular little blub/feature where I give a shout out to people that, in my eyes, have done or said something worth shouting out to the world. I celebrate these folks by pointing out my admiration with a simple Twitter hashtag:  […]

Because there is really little new to read about when it comes to NHL news (a lockout is funny that way), and in light of the labour disagreement that plagues both education and hockey in Ontario, I’ve decided to air this re-run of a piece I wrote during the 2010 NHL season — you know, […]

The latest edition of Trent Magazine is hitting mailboxes across the country.  It’s also available online — just click on the magazine cover to read the e-version. This edition showcases children of alumni who also attended Trent, the upcoming Head of the Trent homecoming, and a report on Philanthropy at the University. As a teaser, […]

Over on my Farm to Table site, I introduce people to a brand new butcher store. Please click here for the entire story. Look out Peterborough butchers, there’s a new kid in town. And he is slicing up some fine, fine looking meats. Truth be told, George Madill, butcher and owner of Primal Cuts, the […]

Dear Editors, I don’t suppose you’d be interested in some ideas for responsible journalistic pieces, would you?  How about ones that could increase readership and ad sales? While I realize that I’m not in charge of the newsroom of national publication such as yours, I am a former columnist for a couple of small newspapers.  […]

“Sexy” sells. And a group of local women are hoping that “sexy” will sell ideas too — ideas that just might shape how Peterborough views the affordable housing crisis in Peterborough. While the details remain shrouded in mystery, this much is known: In the past few days, a Peterborough Calendar Girls Twitter account has appeared […]

So, let’s see. The Ontario Teacher’s Union says “Hey, y’know… Wage freeze? Times are tough, we can deal with that. Let’s get down to teaching.” And Dalton says “Why, you bastards! Think of the children! I’ll see you in court!” Then the majority of teachers walking around the streets start saying “20 sick days are […]