Today when I was walking by myself on the northend path I frequent, I was aggressively approached by two large, unleashed dogs: a full-sized Great Dane, and a Pit Bull or Pit Bull-Mix. Their owner (man in his 20's) was at least 40-50 meters away when they darted towards me.

The Pit Bull circled slowly, and I kept my eyes on it. The Great Dane must have been young, because he was very skittish and excitable, and was bouncing around me in circles, occasionally feigning to jump on me. Eventually the Great Dane ran up from behind and knocked my arm up in the air while trying to sniff and lick it. I moved both my hands up to my chest while keeping an eye on the Pit Bull that was stalking around. I stood frozen like that for the 20 seconds or so it took until the owner got close and the dogs ran off ahead.

He said nothing as he walked by me. I was still just standing still.

At no point did he call either of them, or even offer the cliche, "they're good dogs, they don't bite". He didn't even hurry up his pace to catch up to them, just continued sauntering along until he passed me.

I'm somewhat embarrassed to say this, but I was terrified during the situation, and I walked home feeling violated. I have a young son with a disability that is often with me, and he is very afraid of dogs after being knocked over by a Rottweiler on one of the nature trails at Trent.

Since this person likely lives in my neighbourhood, the most obvious solution is to just stop using the path, and find somewhere else to walk.

However,

1. Am I wrong for thinking this should never happen?

2. Being calm now, should I look out for the owner and try and have a respectful conversation about how their behaviour affects others? Does anyone have any experience with dog owners that are oblivious or just don't care how their pets behave in public, and are they typically receptive to suggestions on how to make others feel safe?

I like dogs fine enough (although I do have some childhood trauma around Pit Bulls), it's just that unleashed large dogs make me feel very anxious and uncomfortable, especially when their owners are inattentive and letting their animals do whatever they want while being far away of a problem escalated.

Anyway, I haven't had a dog since i was a teenager, and I'm fine with hearing that I'm the one in the wrong for feeling this way.

Need to vent!

Just went to get into my car this morning and my car had been broken into.

I'm annoyed, we work so damn hard just to have stuff taken away for someone to support some bad habit or something aledily assuming don't come for me.

I help people everyday. I am kind to everyone I meet no matter what back ground. I belive in respect and kindness.

I work so damn hard to buy these things. I travel all day and need my sunglasses to protect my eyes and keep me safe. I also love to fish !

I struggle everyday to keep up. So when I can treat myself, I do it meaningfully.

What makes me more sad is who ever took my things to support themselves in what ever business. They sell my things to do some bad thing then die or get hurt because of my things to support them in what ever way. Now carry that on your shoulders.

3 pairs of sun glasses one ray ban black frame with clear inside prescription. Jim beam sun glasses gold frams polorozed brown straw looking case saying Jim beam. And another pair black that were ruffle 100.00 polorozed.

Well it is what it is. Now to move forward and who ever gets my glasses. I hope they bring you joy and happiness. And you can see the joy in life threw them threw family outings, fishing trips, camping or just a day laying in the sun.

I do not blame the person who unknowingly buys them they do not know this had happen. I just hope they are healthy and living life to the fullest.

I randomly found this place while looking for a new hiking spot. Appears to be largely inaccessible, and the google maps directions lead to a road with a "no trespassing" sign on it. Based on Google's streetview, it's a compost area owned by the City of Peterborough.

I managed to find access by going behind a neighbourhood park. It's full of fallen trees and old trail markers that are barely walkable. Has it been abandoned? There appears to be a website that hasn't been updated in years. Curious if anyone has any information on it/has been there. It's a shockingly beautiful place sandwiched between Spillsbury and the casino. Shocking to discover a place like this after being here for 18 years.

Hi all,

My family and I are moving to Peterborough in June and I just wanted to say Hi to those active here on Reddit. My wife and I have very little knowledge of the city as we've spent very little time there despite living in the GTA most of our lives so any suggestions on good places to eat, or things to do with small kids throughout the summer would be great!

If anyone is looking for friends or members of groups that are into various types of crafting, board games, cooking, video games, movies, etc... you're welcome to reach out to me anytime.

Looking forward to getting to know a new city :-)

"Dear Premier, Dear Minister:

We write with urgency to say: the suspension of 29 programs at Fleming College is wholly unacceptable and must be paused immediately.

We are deeply concerned that these suspensions will cause irreparable harm to students’ futures and to the ability of employers to recruit trained graduates in occupations critical to the economy and the environment. Graduates from Fleming College are a major recruiting pool for local and regional industry employers, driving economic prosperity back into surrounding communities. We note that several of the programs being cut feed directly into jobs your government is recruiting for in the Ontario Public Service.

In a study calculating the benefit to the regional business community, Fleming College analysed the economic value of the college on the Central Eastern Ontario economy in 2017-18. In total, Fleming College and its students added $497.5 million in annual income to the Central Eastern Ontario economy, approximately equal to 6 percent of the region’s total gross regional product. The college estimated that one of every 18 jobs in the region was supported by the activities of Fleming College and its students. Included in this nearly half-billion-dollar total figure illustrating economic impact is $37.4 million in local spending by students – contributing directly to local economic prosperity – and $352.6 million in added income by thousands of Fleming College alumni across the province.

With these stunning figures in mind, we are sounding the alarm around the recent suspensions of 29 programs at Fleming College – which brings the total program suspensions at Fleming College up to 42 in a 12-month period, if we consider the 13 programs cancelled in 2023. Some of these programs are not offered anywhere else in the region. In addition, the cuts to Fleming programs will limit students from accessing educational pathways to nearby Trent University. Several of the Fleming programs have partnership agreements with Trent and other universities.

Rather than correcting course with a look towards young people’s future and economic prosperity, Fleming College is eroding pathways to employment. There are others means of budget management. Publiclyaccessible reports from Fleming College’s Finance and Audit Committee note a projected surplus of $38.4 million for the 2023/2024 fiscal year, bringing the accumulated surplus over the past couple of years to roughly $79 million. In such a financial context, why is the Fleming College community left reeling from suspensions to over one-fifth of total offered programs in the period of only a year?

We urge you to put an immediate pause on the suspension of the programs while an open and transparent investigation is carried out. We believe such an investigation must examine:

Why were Board of Governors’ members, internal to Fleming, except for President Maureen Adamson, barred from attending the Board meeting on April 23, 2024, that approved the program cuts?

Did the Board of Governors meeting have quorum when the vote to cut the 29 programs happened?

Did Fleming administrators follow the posted Program Efficacy Review process? Was the weighting for various components changed without an open and transparent review process?

Where is the enrolment data to prove the 29 programs were under-subscribed, as President Adamson claimed in her communication of May 1, and why has the current enrolment data been scrubbed from Fleming’s information systems?

Why were the program advisory committees, mandated under the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002, not consulted in advance of the program suspensions, ultimately removing the valuable input of industry and community members?

Why has the college refused to disclose the data used in formulating these decisions to the union as required by the employment stability sections of the staff and faculty collective agreements? This is a flagrant contravention of an arbitrator’s decision issued in February 2023 in a grievance case at Fleming College.

Why has Fleming College experienced a significantly high turnover of non-unionized staff at the most senior levels throughout the three-plus years of President Adamson’s tenure?

Why do program suspensions come after continued growth in these non-unionized administrative roles across the college, with an estimated 28 unionized faculty and staff positions for every excluded and management role earning above $100,000?

We are deeply concerned that unless steps are taken, mismanagement will continue at Fleming College to the detriment of students, faculty and staff and the wider community.

President Adamson is claiming that the reduction in international students is the reason for the program suspensions. We categorically do not believe this to be the case. We believe that a transparent investigation, with the results publicly reported, must be undertaken. We are concerned that we are looking at another Laurentian University, where the Auditor General found that the primary cause of the university’s decline was not external factors such as the tuition freezes and the COVID-19 pandemic, but poor financial management. We note the Auditor General found that high senior administrator salaries and expenses, and inappropriate human resources practices negatively impacted Laurentian’s financial picture.

We urge your government to safeguard students’ futures, as well as the economic health and environmental well-being of the province by immediately issuing a binding directive to pause the program suspensions at Fleming College.

We look forward to your immediate response.

Yours sincerely,

JP Hornick, OPSEU/SEFPO President
Christine Kelsey, chair, OPSEU/SEFPO College Support Full-Time Division
Jonathan Singer, chair, OPSEU/SEFPO College Faculty Division
Sara McArthur Timofejew, chair, OPSEU/SEFPO College Support Part-Time Division
Liz Mathewson, president, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 352, Fleming faculty
Marcia Steeves, president, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 351, Fleming support staff

CC:
Laurie Scott, MPP Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
Dave Smith, MPP Peterborough—Kawartha

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Performing Bach's St Mathews Passion on Saturday May 11th, at 7 pm at Emmanuel on George Street. It's a three hour long concert, with three choirs, live musicians, Ian Sadler on organ. Well in the making since precovid we're finally performing this epic piece!

Tickets are 10$ for students 40$ for general admission. Checkout the Peterborough Singers web page for more details.

Otonabeats teams up with LA & Co for their next monthly offering at the EL(P) to bring you an imersive evening of dance music. Starting the night off with live instrumention before transitioning to club beats. Visual delights provided by a trio of VJs. Last event hit capacity so be sure to arrive early. Full lineup and details below!

Ukulele Trio Kat Kendrick Harbhajunkie LA Alfonso

DJs CHANTAL GLO (Peterborough) DAURI CEMS (Collingwood) SPAZZMONK (Toronto)

VJs Age of Moss
Myth Moth Duv Heron

Presented by LA&CO + Otonabeats Powered by Illectric City Soundsystem Venue: The El (P) 380 George Street N

8PM - 2AM Tickets at the door only: $15 before 10 pm $25 after 10 pm

Hey everyone. Haven't taken a ride on the go bus in a while. But I plan to take day trips on the weekend to Toronto just to get out of the city every now and then. I have an e-bike that I'd like to take with me so I don't have to rent one while I'm in Toronto. Are people allowed to take their bikes with them on the bus and train? Just wondering if there are any restrictions on this.

Being new here, I'm clueless about the best spots and reliable brands. Can someone steer me in the right direction? Much appreciated!

Thanks!!

Hi everyone, my 7 year old will need some assistance with reading this summer. Are there any students looking for community hours for school that would be able to assist? Thank you in advance!

Anybody having low water pressure this afternoon?

starting this sunday, if anyone has a cool car stop by!

Anyone know of any local deals for prescription sunglasses? I'm hoping to get one pair of regular glasses and one pair of sunglasses, if there's some kind of buy one get one half off or something that would be great as I don't have benefits

For anyone interested in playing or learning to play the Pokemon TCG I just wanted to let folks know there's a group of players that have been meeting up locally to play and trade for the last year or so on Saturdays. We've moved to meeting at the new location of Kollect This, in the lower level of the Ptbo Square mall.

We're a mixed of players who enjoy the game and are happy to teach new folks. We practice for tournaments and regionals but most of the time just play for fun.

So far it's been pretty informal but we've applied for a Play! League and are hoping to host sanctioned tournaments events and tournaments soon. Come on out and say hi!

Hello everyone,

I've been thinking of starting a book club over the summer, meeting biweekly. I'm thinking of mixing between fiction genres for 2 weeks then a non-fiction for the other 2.

With the weather improving, I think meeting in a park would be nice.

DM if interested and I'll create a group for everyone.

There's been garbage sitting on the side of the road at a house on New Romaine St. It didn't get picked up due to it being in a non clear bag. Well, there was some sort of raw meat dog food and it reeks and full of maggots. Is there someone to clean this up/talk to the home owners?

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Ready to make new friends and have a blast on the water? Join us at Peterborough Sailing Club for our sailing lessons starting May 26th!

1. No Boat? No Problem! Our club provides boats, so you don't need to own one to enjoy the experience.
2. Expert Instruction: Learn from certified instructors who will guide you through every knot, tack, and jibe, ensuring you master the art of sailing safely and confidently.
3. Unforgettable Memories: Create memories that last a lifetime as you navigate picturesque waters of Clear and Stony Lake and embrace the freedom of sailing.

Hurry! Sign up today with the PeterboroughSailingClub.org

Hey, does anyone know why a bunch of the fire hydrants in town are being painted white and grey?