PTBOPics: Police Week Booth At Lansdowne Place

This week is Police Week and you can learn more by popping into Landsowne Place and chatting with the Peterborough Lakefield Community Police at their booth. Each day of the week focuses on a different aspect that police services provide in the community. There are prizes to be won, such as a USB memory stick, a kid's jersey signed by Mark Savard and a bicycle. Also pick up pamphlets such as The Canadian Edition of the Little Black Book of Scams to help learn to identify fraud.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Calling All Artists: Ecofest Is Looking For Applicants For Their Trashfusion Design Awards

Ecofest Peterborough wants applicants for their Trashfusion event taking place October 22nd. Submissions are due in by October 1st, and first prize wins $500. Apply here. More deets in the poster below.

[Trashfusion]

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TVOKids "Don't Sit Still" Tour In Peterborough This Saturday At Lansdowne Place

TVOKids is currently on tour with their "Don't Sit Still" show, and will be making a stop this Saturday (August 13th) at Lansdowne Place. The presentation is to encourage young people to live active lifestyles and to eat healthy. Presented by EatRight Ontario, the event will be filled with plenty of energetic dance moves and catchy tunes. The show begins at 4 p.m. and is free of charge.  

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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PtboPics: Easter Seals Telethon 2011 Raises $117,000

The Easter Seals Telethon today in Peterborough raised more than $117,000. It took place from CHEX-TV Studios and Lansdowne Place. Here's some pictures from this amazing day when our community once again stepped up and provided great support...

Co-host Stuart Harrison with Allison Currie, Senior Development Officer with Easter SealsCHEX TV's Graham Hart, running through the phone donors

KRUZ FM's Mike Melnik accepting a donation

Mitchell McColl, ambassador of this year's Peterborough Easter SealsStuart Harrison and Mitchell McColl, drawing guns

Co-host Teresa Kaszuba and Ryan Cornish (at right) accept a donation

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Breaking News: Model Airplanes Have Taken Over Lansdowne Place

[Related: Breaking News: Dude Enters Hurricane Simulator At Peterborough Square]

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Jay Scotland Teams Up With Dave Devall For A Great Cause

Clockwise from left: Graham Hart, Wally Macht, Jay Scotland & Dave Devall

The Salvation Army have been setting up their Christmas Kettle Campaign annually for the past 118 years, with the first kettle in Canada operating from St. John's, Newfoundland in 1906.   

On Saturday (December 18th), CHEX TV's Jay Scotland and Graham Hart, along with former broadcaster Wally Macht and former CTV weatherman Dave Devall, were on hand at Lansdowne Place encouraging donations to one of the many kettles throughout the city.

Many folks gathered and listened to the festive music from The Salvation Army Canadian Brass Band, and placed a donation in the kettle. (You can also donate online.) 

[Words by PtboCanada's Julie Morris; picture by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Christmas Miracle Broadcast This Weekend At Lansdowne Place

The Christmas Toy Drive wraps up this Saturday (December 11th) with the Christmas Miracle Broadcast live at Lansdowne Place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is still time to donate your new, unwrapped toy at drop-off locations throughout the Patch. 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Flash Mob At Lansdowne Place To Raise Awareness For Breast Cancer

[Flash Mob for Breast Cancer]

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Spotlight: DAVIDsTEA at Lansdowne Place

Located at the top of the escalator at Lansdowne PlaceWhen I heard that Peterborough was getting a DAVIDsTEA, I was ecstatic. Although we have lovely little local tea shops such as the Teeny Tiny Tea Room and The Magic Rolling Pin in town, the nearest shop that offers a huge selection of loose-leaf tea is an hour and a half away.

I showed up when DAVIDsTEA opened their doors last Saturday (June 5th) at Lansdowne Place to buy some Kinrin Matcha, as I was almost running out. Although it is fairly expensive, it is far and wide the best tasting of the Matchas.

The friendly staff at DAVIDsTEA offered me a sample of the tea of the day and let me take in the aroma of any of their teas on display.

They had plenty of tea accessories for sale as well—travel mugs (with integrated tea press), kettles, mugs, glasses and natural sweeteners such as honey and agave nectar. You can purchase single teas, 50g bags or 100g tins. You also get a discount off your next purchase if you bring your tin(s) back in.

I’m sure to be a frequent visitor, especially when I’m in need of my favorite fix. Earl Grey. Hot.

—Evan Holt

Take in a huge whiff of any of their delicious teas

Free taste samples of their tea of the day

[DAVIDsTEA; Lansdowne Place]

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