Peterborough's Ann Douglas Asks Election Canada To Crack Down On Online Political Debates That Turn Into Personal Attacks
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Video: Graham Hart Interviews The Peterborough Riding Candidates
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PtboPics: Food Network Does More Filming at Reggie's HotGrill
/Food Network Canada was back at Reggie's Friday evening—they were here in January—to film more footage for their new show You Gotta Eat Here! that Reggie's is being featured on.
A customer describing their favourite Reggie's burger
The Host of "You Gotta Eat Here!" asking what makes the perfect burger
Thumbs up! to burger for "You Gotta Eat Here!" camera
[Related: Reggie's HotGrill To Appear On New Food Network Show "You Gotta Eat Here!"; Spotlight: Reggie's HotGrill (And Their Spinoff El Camino's)]
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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PCVS Continues To Do Everything In Its Power To Keep Its School Alive
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PCVS, which has been by far the most aggressive and vocal school in launching various public awareness campaigns to keep its school afloat (one of Adam Scott, Kenner, TASSS or PCVS will likely be closing), has now added a new poster campaign to the mix.
The posters—"Closed Doors At PCVS Means Closed Doors At Downtown Businesses"—are showing up in windows of stores downtown in support of keeping PCVS open.
PCVS's Peterborough Needs PCVS Facebook page now has more than 2,000 fans.
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PtboPics: Peterborough Roller Derby Is Being Featured Today On Newswatch at 5:30
/[UPDATE: And here's the video from shoot.]
With the Peterborough Roller Derby now boasting two teams, The Electric City Rollers and The Damage Dollz and a possible venue at the Douro Arena, CHEX TV's Teresa Kaszuba felt it was her time to try out for the team. Watch Newswatch at 5:30 today to catch the full tryout. In the meantime, here is a sneak peek behind the scenes at the shoot...
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[Related: Newswatch at 5:30; Weekend Wrap-Up: Peterborough Roller Derby Chooses Team Name, New Yoga Studio... And Supermoon!; PtboPics: Peterborough Roller Derby League Roll Into Second Practice]
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"Make It Your Own Downtown" Banners Going Up In Peterborough
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After choosing a marketing campaign created by the local advertising agency BrandHealth (which is located downtown), the Downtown Business Improvement Association has moved to the next phase of their "rebranding" of downtown Peterborough.
Banners are being erected downtown to identify different areas and what they represent to the city.
Have you seen them? What do you think of them?
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Video: Amazing Turnout At City Hall Last Night To Oppose Transit Cuts
/Many people are pissed about the proposed transit cuts in the Patch. And they showed it loud and clear during a city council meeting last night in a great show of democracy in action.
The next meeting on the proposed cuts is tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Evinrude Centre, a bigger venue to fit everyone in.
[CHEX TV]
[Related: Facebook Page Launched To Raise Awareness About Proposed Cuts To Peterborough Public Transit]
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Recap: Peterborough Family Literacy Day
/Trent Valley Literacy Association, Literacy Ontario Central South and Peterborough Family Resource Centre worked together to celebrate Family Literacy Day recently at Peterborough Square.
Free books were donated by Frontier College for all ages to encourage reading and literacy.
Booths were set up from many local businesses such as Music for Moppets, Healthy Families Centre, Catholic District School Board and Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board.
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"I Love CBC" Rally This Thursday In The Patch
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In light of MP Dean Del Mastro's recent comments, this Thursday (January 27th) at 11:30 a.m. there will be a press conference and rally in support of the CBC held at the entrance to the Peterborough Public Library.
For more information, visit here and/or follow @ilovecbcptbo on Twitter.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]
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Band to Watch: Peterborough's Elvyn Playing The MoHo January 28th
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Peterborough's Elvyn (pictured above) have a mini-tour upcoming later this month, including a gig at The Montreal House January 28th with Toronto's The Ethers and Ottawa's Still Winter Hills. Elvyn's latest record, The Decline, has been getting praise from college radio stations and music publications for their "rootsy power-pop and heartfelt imagery," and they were also recently featured on The Wolf's "5 Minutes of New Rock".
Take a listen to their stuff in the music player on the homepage of their website Elvyn.com. The band will be touring throughout this year, and are also in studio working on their follow-up to The Decline.
You can also follow Elvyn on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and on their blog.
[Elvyn]
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