Some of the interviews I’ve either conducted or will conduct this past/current week: Harvey McCue, former Director General, Education Branch, Indian Affairs and Northern Development — currently sitting on a committee to create the first ever First Nations Education Act — discussing the Act and its importance. Charlie Glasspool, Silver Heart, Hot Buttered musical maniac, […]

You can find my article on Nature Photography for Kids in the current online and print editions of Peterborough Kids, Lakeridge Kids, and Northumberland Kids. You can also read it here. Here’s a snippet from the piece: The world of nature comes alive when viewed through a lens. A simple dewdrop unexpectedly reveals a rainbow […]

Here’s a great piece on social media for businesses from the Globe and Mail. Several experts weigh in with their tips on best practices. For the full article, please click here. For many business owners, the online world can be confusing, and understandably so. Where do you start with social media? What do you do […]

I had the opportunity to cover a community-based educational evening on water quality in the Kawartha Lakes. Click here for the full story on the Trent University news feed. Homeowners and cottagers had a rare opportunity to talk to a Trent researcher about the effects of algae on June 19, 2012 at an event in […]

Awhile back, under my Farm to Table culinary consulting guise, I started a weekly Peterborough Downtown Culinary Tour. Each Wednesday, I lead up to a dozen patrons on a foot tour of downtown, showcasing restaurants, bakeries, breweries, and independent retail stores. There is an emphasis on local, seasonal, and artisan foods. The tour has taken […]

Two of the greatest bands in history worked long and hard in the trenches, gigging constantly — and I mean in a multiple shows per night, work every night, kind of way — before eventually recording some of the tightest and most influential rock of all time. The Band worked for years in relative obscurity, […]

It’s been a year since the launch of Google+ and I’ve noticed very little fanfare about the anniversary.  Perhaps they’re waiting to celebrate the anniversary of the general public launch in September. Or perhaps they’re not looking to celebrate at all.  After all, what exactly would they be celebrating? Last September, in response to the […]

Really, it was less PCVS that I was concerned about than the health of our entire community, particularly the downtown core. No offense, PCVS, I love you and wish you were staying open forever.  Really, I do. But this decision is just plain bad news for all of Peterborough. When urban planners, economists, doctors, and sociologists […]

It is a sad, scary, bizarre Radiohead experience. There are a couple of carloads of us, and we’re within spitting distance of the show.  102.1 the Edge has recently played Paranoid Android, and I’m hoping they play something else from the band before we get there.  We’ve picked up the final members of our concert […]

A story from the recent Small Print archives. BPA in can lining linked to health and development risks in infants, babies, children People reaching for a wholesome can of soup or a nourishing tin of vegetables may be shocked to learn that their healthy choice might have some not-so-healthy contaminants in it. Most canned goods […]