• Canada

NDP Leader Targeted With Insults After Leaving Election Rally in Peterborough

• May 12, 2022
• 3:10 PM
• Canada
• 2 min read

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh became the target of insults after leaving a provincial election rally in Peterborough. Singh was in the area to promote Peterborough-Kawartha NDP candidate Jen Deck. A crowd of protesters awaiting Singh in the street shouted expletives at him as he walked toward his SUV. He remained calm, even waving at

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• Food and Drink

Hamburglars Roy Asselstine and Nicole Comber Are Looking To Resurrect Their Deceased Restaurant

• Mar 30, 2022
• 9:10 PM
• Food and Drink
• 2 min read

Peterborough’s burger-flipping sweethearts announced the reopening of their cow-patty restaurant via social media. In a video posted to Facebook, Mr. and Mrs. Meat-Sweats told their loyal followers that their personal lives have been so crazy the last couple of weeks. In other words, they have been extremely busy filing false police reports with Peterborough

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• Business

A Peterburgers Reboot? Roy Asselstine Given the Green Light To Reopen His Patty Shack, With Conditions.

• Mar 3, 2022
• 3:08 PM
• Business
• 2 min read

The Peterborough Examiner is reporting that Peterborough Public Health has given Peterburgers the green light to reopen, but the defiant owners will have to mask up. The downtown Peterborough burger shack was shut down by Peterborough Public Health (PPH) over noncompliance with the province of Ontario’s COVID-19 health mandates. Roy Asselstine and Nicole Comber, owners of Petergurgers,

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• Business

Did GoFundMe Pull the Plug on the Peterburger’s Fundraiser?

• Mar 2, 2022
• 2:56 PM
• Business
• 2 min read

Several fundraising campaigns connected to so-called “freedom fighters” have been cancelled by GoFundMe for more than a week now. Were the restaurant owners collateral damage? Roy and Nicole were excited to open their first restaurant in Peterborough back in 2019. It was slated to be a specialty burger shack that sold traditional burger shack foods.

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• Anti-Vaxxers

Tyler Berry, Peterborough’s Problem Child, Arrested After So-Called “Freedom Convoy.”

• Feb 26, 2022
• 4:50 PM
• Anti-Vaxxers
• 2 min read

Tyler Berry was one of the first people to be arrested under Canada’s newest law, Bill C-3, which criminalizes the harassment and intimidation of healthcare providers and patients. In a 20-minute video posted to Berry’s Facebook account, he and his girlfriend Jamie Buck are seen inside her vehicle after being stopped by police. A

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• Law and Order

Sammy Bertrand, 34, Arrested for Assault at So-Called “Freedom Convoy” in Peterborough

• Feb 21, 2022
• 12:17 PM
• Law and Order
• 2 min read

Peterborough police arrested two men in connection with the so-called “Freedom Convoy” that took place Saturday. A participant in the convoy, Sammy Bertrand, 34, was charged with assault, while an unidentified counter-protester, 33, was charged with intimidation. In the morning hours of Saturday, a small group of counter-protesters gathered across from Fleming College with

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• Law and Order

Truck Containing 2,000 Firearms Stolen From Peterborough, Ontario Yard

• Feb 15, 2022
• 8:30 AM
• Law and Order
• 2 min read

During the weekend, a truck containing move than 2,000 firearms was stolen from a yard on Parkhill Road East in Peterborough, Ontario. There is no word yet on why there were over 2,000 firearms inside the truck in the first place or where they were being shipped. Peterborough Police confirmed in a news release

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• Anti-Vaxxers

EXCLUSIVE: ON’s Ministry of Transportation Is Investigating One of Its Employees After Information Surfaced Linking Her to Prominent Peterborough Anti-Vaxxer

• Jan 25, 2022
• 12:00 PM
• Anti-Vaxxers
• 2 min read

The Platypus reached out to the Ministry of Transportation after learning one of its employees is affiliated with anti-vaxxer extremist and Peterborough resident Tyler Berry. Berry has been a vocal opponent of COVID-19 health measures, including the mandatory use of face coverings in most indoor settings, vaccinations, and rotating lockdowns. He was recently charged

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• Anti-Vaxxers

Anti-Vaxxers Tyler Berry and Christine Massey Charged With Criminal Harassment and Intimidation of a Healthcare Professional

• Jan 21, 2022
• 8:19 AM
• Anti-Vaxxers
• < 1 min read

In order to serve Dr. Piggott with some fake legal papers, the two pretended to be neighbours welcoming the doctor to the neighbourhood. A protest at the home of Peterborough’s medical officer of health on Wednesday led to two Peterborough residents being charged with criminal harassment and intimidation. Earlier this year, the Criminal Code

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• Anti-Vaxxers

Roy Asselstine, a Self-Proclaimed “Freedom Fighter” and Failed Restaurateur, Loves Posting Racist and Transphobic Messages on Social Media

• Jan 20, 2022
• 8:25 AM
• Anti-Vaxxers
• 2 min read

The “Hold Fast” group leader uses fringe social media platforms to post racist and transphobic messages online. There seems to be quite a cross-over between bigots and those opposed to COVID-19 health measures, so when I came across these racist and transphobic posts on Roy Asselstine’s profile, I was not in the least surprised.

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• Anti-Vaxxers

“Freedom Fighter” Roy Asselstine Abandons His Cause for a Florida Vacation

• Jan 19, 2022
• 12:46 PM
• Anti-Vaxxers
• 2 min read

The leader of “Hold Fast”, Peterborough, Ontario’s very own anti-lockdown/mask/vaccine group, decided to put his “fight for freedom” on hold so he and his wife can take a multi-week vacation in Florida. “Hold Fast”, Peterborough, Ontario’s very own anti-lockdown/mask/vaccine group, is going to have to manage without their flamboyant leader, Roy Asselstine. He and

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• Anti-Vaxxers

Nicole Comber and Roy Asselstine, Failed Restaurant Owners, Are Now Harassing People in Ottawa

• Dec 8, 2021
• 9:00 AM
• Anti-Vaxxers
• 2 min read

As part of their plan to protest the COVDI-19 restrictions, Peterborough’s own “Trumps”, Nicole Comber and Roy Asselstine, packed up their car this weekend and drove 3 1/2 hours to Ottawa, Ontario. The failed restaurant owners have been on the move ever since their hamburger shack was shut down late last month for failing

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• Food and Drink

The Rocky Rise and Fall of Peterburgers: From an Unlucky Beginning to an Embarrassing End

• Nov 30, 2021
• 2:27 PM
• Food and Drink
• 4 min read

Nicole Comber and Roy Asselstine were hoping to shake up Peterborough’s specialty burger market when they opened Peterburgers back in November 2019. But after a series of unfortunate events combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant found itself closed a little over two years later. Roy and Nicole were excited to open their first

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