Peterborough's Old YMCA Building Downtown Is Getting Major Reno

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Today Heritage Week Kicks Off In The Peterpatch

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After being chosen by the Ontario Heritage Trust to host this year's Heritage Week (February 18th to 26th), it will be kicking off today at 10 a.m. at Trent University, with special guest Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism and Culture.

Events will be taking place throughout the city over the course of this special week. Partake and learn more about our heritage!

[Heritage Week, Peterborough]

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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What You Would Do With Peterborough Square

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Photo: Evan HoltSo we recently posed the question on Twitter, "Peterborough Square. If someone handed you the building, clean slate, what would you do with it?" We received a range of interesting answers. Among them:

-- "Demolish it, build a public square & park around Market Hall with ice rink, outdoor stage, greenspace. Parking underground." —Candace Shaw

-- "Peterborough Square: Casino!" —David Feeley

-- "Dr offices. Professional buiding." —Paul Laing

-- "Ptbo Square partly demolished. Keep the theatre and leave the lower level for offices. Above should be a conference centre!" —Justin Beaudoin

-- "Convention centre, arboretum w/ space for farmer's market, town square." —Bill Juby

-- "PTBO Square should be an international flea market." —Catherine Hanrahan


Several people on Twitter really liked Candace Shaw's idea above, with Alana Callan remarking, "It would really put the focus back on downtown as a communal place, the 'heart' of the city."


So what do you think? Perfect world, what would you do with Peterborough Square? Leave it as is? Tweak? Radical change? Comment below, or elaborate on some of the thoughts above. 

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Kids Show Off Their Hand-Crafted Cub Cars At Crestwood

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On Saturday (February 5th), the annual Kawartha Waterways Scouts Canada Kub Kar Rally was held at Crestwood Secondary School. Cubs from across the Peterborough area came together to test the limits of their hand-crafted cub cars. Trophys and medals were presented for both stock and custom designs, fastest run of the day, and overall fastest cumulative time. More than 150 kids entered cars they customized and decorated. —Text and pics by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin

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Breaking News: Model Airplanes Have Taken Over Lansdowne Place

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PCVS Start Website And Facebook Page To Bring Attention To Its Possible Closure

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With the recent news that one of Adam Scott, Kenner, TASSS and PCVS will likely be closing due to plummeting enrollment at those schools, it should come as no surprise that the schools would try to build awareness—and drum up support—for why their school should remain open.

PCVS has recently launched both a Facebook page and website, Peterborough Needs PCVS, to educate the public about what's happening, and what they can do to get involved. 

This will most certainly be a controversial, heated process determining the fate of one of our schools—and one of the biggest stories in Peterborough this year—so it will be interesting to see how this plays out. The school board has a series of community meetings starting next month that are sure to be packed.

[Related: One (Or More) Of Peterborough's High Schools May Close]

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PtboPic: Snowman Dude Is Totally Ready To Hit The Slopes

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Peterborough continues to bring it with the snow sculpture creativity with this one below on Bonaccord.




[Pic submitted by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin]

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Peterborough Family Converts Their Living Room Into A Christmas Village

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And they have great Xmas lights outside. (The Christmas-village-inside-the-home footage starts a little after the halfway mark of the video.)


[Related: PtboPic: One Of The Awesomest Snow Sculptures We've Seen In The Patch; Places To Cut Your Own Christmas Tree (But Don't Pull A Griswold)]

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Video: The Venue's Grand Opening Was Last Night

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PtboPic: Coming To Hunter Street... Gabby's

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[photo submitted by PtboCanada contributor Julie Morris, @cupcakeJu]

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