The Glorious Sons Rocked the Peterborough Memorial Centre in Their "Unfinished Business Tour"
/The Kingston band, The Glorious Sons, rocked the Peterborough Memorial Centre (PMC) with opener JJ Wilde on Saturday night.
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Liberal Candidate to Host Virtual Town Hall Providing Campaign Updates
/Greg Dempsey, Peterborough-Kawartha’s Liberal candidate, is hosting a virtual town hall on Zoom this Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Dempsey won the nomination over Dane Bland on Nov. 8 last year. Photo courtesy of Greg Dempsey.
Author and historian John Boyko is joining Dempsey for the upcoming public meeting to discuss politics, the UN and give campaign updates.
In November, Dempsey was nominated as the Peterborough-Kawartha Liberal candidate and was welcomed by the Liberal Party leader, Steven Del Duca.
“Greg is truly committed to improving life for those in Peterborough— Kawartha and brings a lifetime of experience advocating on behalf of Canadians to the table,” said Del Duca.
Photo courtesy of Greg Dempsey.
Greg Dempsey grew up in Peterborough, graduating from Adam Scott CVI in 1999. He holds a BA and BSc from Bishop’s University, a law degree from the University of Victoria, a certificate in International Indigenous Studies from Columbia University in New York and a cum laude LLM in International Human Rights Law from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
Anyone can attend and RSVP online by clicking here.
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Trent University Collaborates With Brewery For Carbon-Zero Innovations
/Trent University has signed a memorandum of understanding with Karbon Brewing Co. to create greener brewing technologies for a carbon-negative future on Thursday.
Karbon Brewing Company showcased three beers at the signing: One World (wheat beer), J. E. D. I —Justice. Equity. Diversity. Inclusion — (Hazy India Pale Ale) and Helios (lager). Photo by Luke Best.
The goal is to create a carbon-negative brewing style to reduce its impact on the environment while also giving students experiential learning opportunities.
“This unique research collaboration between a university and a brewery will see Trent and Karbon Brewing Co. driving discovery and innovation for brewing sciences,” said Dr. Cathy Bruce, Trent vice president of research and innovation. “Brewing chemistry, water conservation, experiential learning and curriculum development are all on the Trent-Karbon horizon. Their approach to green and clean research and development is an excellent match with the expertise and spirit of Trent University.”
Karbon Brewing Co. launched in 2020 and operates out of Junction Brewing in Toronto. They plan to build a 30,000 square-foot research facility and brewpub in Trent’s Cleantech Commons.
Karbon’s mission to ‘create a beer that not only tastes great but helps the planet’ includes reducing its carbon footprint to zero as well as removing additional CO2 from the atmosphere according to Stephen Tyson, Karbon Brewing co-founder. Karbon wants to be the first carbon-negative brewery by 2024.
“By collaborating with Trent University, we plan to lead the green revolution in brewing and we want to spur conversations around climate change,” said Tyson. “In Trent, we have found a like-minded partner that is passionate about developing innovative solutions to climate change.”
Trent’s Cleantech Commons pairs world-class researchers and laboratory facilities with entrepreneurs, business and government partners to accelerate clean, green, low carbon and sustainable technology solutions to address global energy, environmental and climate challenges as stated by the University.
“There's a wonderful fit between Karbon’s perspective on their future and our perspective on our future,” said Dr. Leo Groarke, Trent President. “Trent as a university is very committed to environmental sustainability so there is a real alignment between what we're trying to do more broadly and what they're trying to do as well.”
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Peterborough Public Library Lending Free Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Devices
/The Peterborough Public Library has been donated 10 carbon dioxide detectors available for rent for free beginning Friday.
CO2 monitoring devices are not the same thing as carbon monoxide detectors as they involve two different gasses. The main source of CO2 is from human exhalation.Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless gas produced by burning gasoline, wood, propane, charcoal or other fuel. Photo by Luke Best.
The detectors were donated by Prescientx and CO2 Check. Peterborough is allegedly the first municipality in North America to lend the detectors according to their press release.
“We are excited to offer this new service so anyone with a library card can borrow a device to measure the carbon dioxide levels in their home for a period of time,” said Jennifer Jones, Peterborough Public Library CEO. “We hope widespread access to this tool empowers local residents to take the steps needed to improve their indoor air quality, which ultimately benefits everyone’s health.”
The carbon dioxide detector comes with a fact sheet with operating instructions and how to improve the air quality in people’s homes.
The sheet was created by the library after a collaboration of air quality experts worldwide including the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, Yale University, University of Colorado, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Prescientx.
Dr. Thomas Piggott, Peterborough Public Health’s Medical Officer of Health worked with the library to create the initiative.
“Measuring CO2 is the first step to addressing indoor air quality and it’s easy to correct if levels are elevated by taking simple actions such as increasing air circulation, using air filtration, reducing the number of people in a room, removing the source of any potential pollutants,” said Piggott.
For more information, please visit www.ptbolibrary.ca and www.peterboroughpublichealth.ca.
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Downtown Restaurant Adds A Side of Drag Queens to Sunday Brunch
/Peterborough’s newest restaurant, “The EL[P]” added some glitz and glamour to their weekend service as they hosted two sold-out drag brunch events on Sunday.
The EL [P] had its grand opening on March 2. The da Silvas also rented the former Olde Stone property but unknown to what it will be. Photo by Luke Best.
The event, “Hot As EL,” had an all-ages 11 a.m. show followed by an adults-only version at 1 p.m. Both were hosted by Just Janis and featured three additional drag queens, Banshee Waylon, Sahira Q and Betty Baker.
“We had worked with Betty Baker over in Cobourg and we had three drag brunches there already and it’s always been phenomenal,” said Greg da Silva, The EL [P] co-owner. ”It’s just great energy and we really appreciate it. When Janice reached out to us and asked us if we want to do it, we’re ‘like yeah, of course, we’re down.’”
The drag queens paraded around the venue during the sold-out shows, lip-syncing and dancing to songs. Guests enjoyed their meal and offered up cash tips to the performers. The closing performance was a group number to the song “Time Warp” that had the audience dancing beside the drag queens.
“I have to say they’re kind of the leaders of doing safe shows throughout the pandemic and it’s just so much fun,” says Shawna Blackwood, who brought her mother with her to see the show. ”You come here and there’s just pure joy.”
