Will Pearson
@quillpearson.bsky.social
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assistant editor @thenarwhal.ca
founding board member @ptbocurrents.bsky.social
assistant editor @thenarwhal.ca
founding board member @ptbocurrents.bsky.social
It's time for my second annual DOGS OF PRIDE roundup. Here are the top four. Happy Pride, PTBO/NOGO!
September 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's time for my second annual DOGS OF PRIDE roundup. Here are the top four. Happy Pride, PTBO/NOGO!
Found this at Bluestreak today. From 1980. Never heard of the artist but it seems to have a bunch of Peterborough connections. Anyone know anything?
August 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Found this at Bluestreak today. From 1980. Never heard of the artist but it seems to have a bunch of Peterborough connections. Anyone know anything?
A totally normal closed session agenda for Monday evening. (h/t @rjhelms.bsky.social)
May 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A totally normal closed session agenda for Monday evening. (h/t @rjhelms.bsky.social)
It's been a year since the eclipse!
I made a short personal audio doc about my experience of it. You can listen here:
storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/29a...
(Or, tune into 92.7 FM in Ptbo/Nogo this evening at 6:30 p.m.)
I made a short personal audio doc about my experience of it. You can listen here:
storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/29a...
(Or, tune into 92.7 FM in Ptbo/Nogo this evening at 6:30 p.m.)
April 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's been a year since the eclipse!
I made a short personal audio doc about my experience of it. You can listen here:
storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/29a...
(Or, tune into 92.7 FM in Ptbo/Nogo this evening at 6:30 p.m.)
I made a short personal audio doc about my experience of it. You can listen here:
storage.pinecast.net/podcasts/29a...
(Or, tune into 92.7 FM in Ptbo/Nogo this evening at 6:30 p.m.)
It's been a year since the eclipse! My personal documentary about my 2024 solar eclipse experience will air on Trent Radio at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow evening.
It's also Trent Radio's fundraising week so I'll share why the station is so important while I make my annual $92.70 donation live on air.
It's also Trent Radio's fundraising week so I'll share why the station is so important while I make my annual $92.70 donation live on air.
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's been a year since the eclipse! My personal documentary about my 2024 solar eclipse experience will air on Trent Radio at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow evening.
It's also Trent Radio's fundraising week so I'll share why the station is so important while I make my annual $92.70 donation live on air.
It's also Trent Radio's fundraising week so I'll share why the station is so important while I make my annual $92.70 donation live on air.
It was nice to chat with @thephilanthropist.ca for their piece on funding for local news.
Read here: thephilanthropist.ca/2025/03/how-...
Read here: thephilanthropist.ca/2025/03/how-...
March 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It was nice to chat with @thephilanthropist.ca for their piece on funding for local news.
Read here: thephilanthropist.ca/2025/03/how-...
Read here: thephilanthropist.ca/2025/03/how-...
First-time Green Party volunteer Emmalea Davis said she was “a little afraid” people wouldn’t be receptive when she started door knocking, but many seemed eager to talk.
February 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
First-time Green Party volunteer Emmalea Davis said she was “a little afraid” people wouldn’t be receptive when she started door knocking, but many seemed eager to talk.
When a superintendent tried to bar NDP canvassers from entering a high-rise in the Talwood neighbourhood recently, Benjamin Hickey busted out a copy of the Ontario Elections Act to show that's illegal.
The superintendent relented. Know yr rights, people!
The superintendent relented. Know yr rights, people!
February 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
When a superintendent tried to bar NDP canvassers from entering a high-rise in the Talwood neighbourhood recently, Benjamin Hickey busted out a copy of the Ontario Elections Act to show that's illegal.
The superintendent relented. Know yr rights, people!
The superintendent relented. Know yr rights, people!
Catherine Brunger has been door knocking for the Liberals for 50 years!
“I keep saying to my husband, I gotta retire. I gotta start doing more knitting and reading instead of these [campaigns]. But I can’t just walk away from it," she said.
“I keep saying to my husband, I gotta retire. I gotta start doing more knitting and reading instead of these [campaigns]. But I can’t just walk away from it," she said.
February 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Catherine Brunger has been door knocking for the Liberals for 50 years!
“I keep saying to my husband, I gotta retire. I gotta start doing more knitting and reading instead of these [campaigns]. But I can’t just walk away from it," she said.
“I keep saying to my husband, I gotta retire. I gotta start doing more knitting and reading instead of these [campaigns]. But I can’t just walk away from it," she said.
I was out and about on skis yesterday, including a trip to vote!
You can vote every day from now until Feb 26 at Ptbo Square. Also, advance polls are open from Feb 20 to 22. Then, election day is Feb 27.
Lots of gratitude to the poll workers!
More info here: www.elections.on.ca/en.html?gad_...
You can vote every day from now until Feb 26 at Ptbo Square. Also, advance polls are open from Feb 20 to 22. Then, election day is Feb 27.
Lots of gratitude to the poll workers!
More info here: www.elections.on.ca/en.html?gad_...
February 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was out and about on skis yesterday, including a trip to vote!
You can vote every day from now until Feb 26 at Ptbo Square. Also, advance polls are open from Feb 20 to 22. Then, election day is Feb 27.
Lots of gratitude to the poll workers!
More info here: www.elections.on.ca/en.html?gad_...
You can vote every day from now until Feb 26 at Ptbo Square. Also, advance polls are open from Feb 20 to 22. Then, election day is Feb 27.
Lots of gratitude to the poll workers!
More info here: www.elections.on.ca/en.html?gad_...
I keep thinking about this person.
- Frustrated with healthcare
- Annoyed at early election
- Annoyed at wasteful spending
- Voting for "Dougie"
Do the non-Con parties have a strategy to reach folks like him?
- Frustrated with healthcare
- Annoyed at early election
- Annoyed at wasteful spending
- Voting for "Dougie"
Do the non-Con parties have a strategy to reach folks like him?
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I keep thinking about this person.
- Frustrated with healthcare
- Annoyed at early election
- Annoyed at wasteful spending
- Voting for "Dougie"
Do the non-Con parties have a strategy to reach folks like him?
- Frustrated with healthcare
- Annoyed at early election
- Annoyed at wasteful spending
- Voting for "Dougie"
Do the non-Con parties have a strategy to reach folks like him?
Here's the proposal. Not sure how they define "average," but do the math and see that households need at least $150K in combined income to realize the estimated $950 of savings.
If you're single and making $60K, this policy would save you $170. A household with two $60K incomes would save $340.
If you're single and making $60K, this policy would save you $170. A household with two $60K incomes would save $340.
February 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here's the proposal. Not sure how they define "average," but do the math and see that households need at least $150K in combined income to realize the estimated $950 of savings.
If you're single and making $60K, this policy would save you $170. A household with two $60K incomes would save $340.
If you're single and making $60K, this policy would save you $170. A household with two $60K incomes would save $340.
Here's a key vote from last night. Council voted for a second time to maintain municipal funding for discretionary benefits.
We reported back in November that Coun. Parnell was considering changing her vote on this one: peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/discret...
That didn't happen. So, no cuts.
We reported back in November that Coun. Parnell was considering changing her vote on this one: peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/discret...
That didn't happen. So, no cuts.
February 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Here's a key vote from last night. Council voted for a second time to maintain municipal funding for discretionary benefits.
We reported back in November that Coun. Parnell was considering changing her vote on this one: peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/discret...
That didn't happen. So, no cuts.
We reported back in November that Coun. Parnell was considering changing her vote on this one: peterboroughcurrents.ca/news/discret...
That didn't happen. So, no cuts.
Recent feedback from readers suggested that the majority (90%+) would either not mind, like, or love it if we put local ads on the website.
So we're giving it a try. I'm looking for feedback as we experiment!
We started with a YWCA ad, which we gave to them for free as a sponsor of Empty Bowls.
So we're giving it a try. I'm looking for feedback as we experiment!
We started with a YWCA ad, which we gave to them for free as a sponsor of Empty Bowls.
February 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Recent feedback from readers suggested that the majority (90%+) would either not mind, like, or love it if we put local ads on the website.
So we're giving it a try. I'm looking for feedback as we experiment!
We started with a YWCA ad, which we gave to them for free as a sponsor of Empty Bowls.
So we're giving it a try. I'm looking for feedback as we experiment!
We started with a YWCA ad, which we gave to them for free as a sponsor of Empty Bowls.
A classic of the genre from Clifford Skarstedt. (Note that he's wearing the same shirt in both photos!)
Read: www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/theyre-...
Read: www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/theyre-...
February 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A classic of the genre from Clifford Skarstedt. (Note that he's wearing the same shirt in both photos!)
Read: www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/theyre-...
Read: www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/theyre-...
Just what's in the budget book. Screenshot here.
November 19, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Just what's in the budget book. Screenshot here.
For those who don't follow me on Instagram, where I usually share these:
I volunteer at the Trent Valley Archives. My job is to digitize their vast collection of negatives taken by Examiner photographers, most of which were never published. Here are some snapshots from July 1976. (Love that plaid!)
I volunteer at the Trent Valley Archives. My job is to digitize their vast collection of negatives taken by Examiner photographers, most of which were never published. Here are some snapshots from July 1976. (Love that plaid!)
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
For those who don't follow me on Instagram, where I usually share these:
I volunteer at the Trent Valley Archives. My job is to digitize their vast collection of negatives taken by Examiner photographers, most of which were never published. Here are some snapshots from July 1976. (Love that plaid!)
I volunteer at the Trent Valley Archives. My job is to digitize their vast collection of negatives taken by Examiner photographers, most of which were never published. Here are some snapshots from July 1976. (Love that plaid!)
I'm going to this euchre fundraiser for PARD tomorrow!
November 16, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I'm going to this euchre fundraiser for PARD tomorrow!
An idea from today's Examiner editorial.
November 16, 2024 at 1:25 PM
An idea from today's Examiner editorial.
@wiredwoman.bsky.social
Hello! To continue our conversation over here ... yes, but in the sense that my landlord passes the cost on to me.
Hello! To continue our conversation over here ... yes, but in the sense that my landlord passes the cost on to me.
November 14, 2024 at 6:35 PM
@wiredwoman.bsky.social
Hello! To continue our conversation over here ... yes, but in the sense that my landlord passes the cost on to me.
Hello! To continue our conversation over here ... yes, but in the sense that my landlord passes the cost on to me.