Category: Audio
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Meet the candidates for school board trustee running in the City of Peterborough
During every municipal election, eligible voters are able to cast their ballots for candidates running for municipal office. In the City of Peterborough, that means voting for the next mayor, voting for your city Councillor, and it also means voting for your local school board trustee. Local media and voters pay a lot of attention…
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Thirteen years on, Food Not Bombs Peterborough has never missed a meal
Every Monday in Peterborough, right when City Council sits down for their weekly meetings, across the street Food Not Bombs Peterborough is setting up tables and laying out a free community meal, open to all.
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New project will teach women construction skills to build environmentally friendly housing
Seven years ago, Janice Keil set out on a mission to find a perfect plot of land. She loaded up her bike, took the GO train, and cycled around Southern Ontario looking for an ideal location for her new home.
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Voices from Confederation Square (Sep. 30)
It was a peaceful gathering for most of the day. The counter rally ‘Love Lives Here’ congregated at Emmanuel United Church, across the street from the park where a rally planned by a known white supremacist was expected to be held.
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The Master Canoe Builder
A master canoe builder visits Peterborough and shares his knowledge with young people, and with me in this radio documentary.
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The Disclosure Dilemma: Talking about disability at work
A holiday program about disability disclosure for CBC Radio.
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“To me, the future is accessible… I have a very good imagination.”
In speeches delivered at The Walrus Talks, accessibility advocate Aimee Louw imagines a future when she can access services without barriers, and Azeezah Kanji, director of the Noor Cultural Centre, interrogates racism and systems of exclusion in Canada.
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The live Sounds Like Life experience
Live from Sadleir House, Sounds Like Life braved a performance in front of a live studio audience. Part of Peterborough Independent Podcasters Pints & Podcasts pub night, I joined a number of other vulnerable podcasters getting onto the stage to lay our podcasts bare for all to see. I selected some sounds from the past…
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The doc with all the donkeys
There’s no question that the donkeys, mules and miniature horses at the Primrose Donkey Sanctuary in Roseneath, Ont. are well taken care of. Sheila Burns and her volunteers make the rounds every day to take care of these retired animals, many of which have stories of abuse and neglect. One afternoon in December, Sheila invited…
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Those donkeys have real character!
The Primrose Donkey Sanctuary gives a home to discarded animals in Ontario. With the price of hay so high, there’s a lot of donkeys up for auction and owner Sheila Burns has her hands full with these guys.