PTBOCanada Pics: Grand Opening Of The Peterborough Dog Club Off-Leash Park

On Wednesday (October 15th), the Peterborough Dog Club Off-Leash Dog Park held a grand opening ceremony, complete with a bagpiper and ribbon cutting ceremony with the Mayor and dignitaries. Volunteers and donors alike were thanked for their contributions, as it was a long process to to bring the park to fruition. Now officially open with two large pads and an additional tiny pad for smaller dogs, this off-leash park gives pooches a place to socialize and burn off some extra energy.

DIRECTIONS TO DOG PARK:
To get to the dog park, you can park alongside Ashburnham Drive, just North of Lansdowne Street along the right hand side. You will see a small parking lot (which may expand in the future) and a sign along a paved path indicating the direction to the park. You can also park along the rear of Morello's Independent Grocer (400 Lansdowne Street East) and the paved path right there will take you to the park.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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What's With The Hoedown? Peterborough Musicians Dylan Ireland and Melissa Payne On CTV Show Saving Hope

Melissa Payne & Dylan Ireland at far right on "Saving Hope"

Members of Peterborough's Express & Company—Dylan Ireland and Melissa Payne—made an appearance on the CTV show Saving Hope this week. They played during a touching sendoff scene for a man that was dying. Watch the clip—and memorable line "What's with the hoedown?"—here.

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Meet The 23 Year Old Peterborough Guy Who Founded Popular Leafs Site MapleLeafsHotStove.com

Leafs player Nazem Kadri is a big fan of Alec's website

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that the NHL season is back with a vengeance with local favourites the Toronto Maple Leafs dominating the headlines as per usual. Love them or hate them, everyone knows about the Blue and White. They are all over the television and radio as they always have been, and now more than ever the internet—and social media—is full of Leafs fever, too.

Alec Brownscombe with Johnny Bower

The guy behind one of the internet's leading independent Maple Leafs based websites, MapleLeafsHotStove.com (MLHS), is actually born and raised in Peterborough. His name is Alec Brownscombe, and at only 23 years of age, he has already been running the mega popular site for six years—which he originally started to simply express his joys and frustrations about his favourite franchise. 

MLHS focuses on game reviews, player info, and the increasingly sought after analytics—"money puck"—side of the game, and has been cited over the years by the likes of The Globe & Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star, USA Today, Yahoo! Sports, NBC Sports, TSN, Sportsnet, Grantland and more.

The website has grown and now has 7 regular contributors (including frequent writer Anthony Petrielli from Richmond Hill), and Alec has partnered up with Declan Kerin from Cobourg to run MLHS—which has almost taken on a full-time schedule of its own.

A history grad from Trent University, Alec grew up in the rinks around Peterborough with his brothers both playing and watching the great game nonstop. With his love for hockey continuously growing, he took to the internet as a way to chat with fellow fans about the ins and outs of the game. This introduced him to numerous sites where he eventually became a contributor before he decided to venture off on his own in 2008 and founded MLHS at age 17.

Over the years with the expansion of MapleLeafsHotStove.com, Alec has put more and more time into its growth and has learned the ins and outs of both the sport itself and the business side of operations as well. As a reader, he found the media landscape for Leaf coverage to be completely toxic, and thought his blog could provide a perspective that—while both insightful and critical—could offer some hope to its readers that the Leafs could one day get better. And it's working as the website is a hit—attracting more than 6 million page views last year alone.

Over the years as the site has grown in popularity and influence, Alec and his team have had a chance to interact with many members of the Leafs—including both management and players. If you’re a fan of the Maple Leafs, make sure to check out MapleLeafsHotStove.com if you haven't yet. You can also follow them on Twitter and on their Facebook page.

—by Aaron Elliott

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Here Are Pictures Of A Baby Sulawesi Forest Turtle Hatching At Riverview Park & Zoo

The Riverview Park & Zoo is excited to announce they have successfully hatched a Sulawesi Forest Turtle, which is a critically endangered species. There is a worldwide effort to manage a sustainable captive population to preserve the species but successful hatchings are extremely rare. Check out the stunning pictures below of "Skippy" entering the world in Peterborough...

The egg is incubated under carefully controlled conditions for 152 days...

And the hatching begins...

The zoo team was very nervous as there was no sign of movement at first...

The shell membrance is carefully removed...

Skippy's first look at the world...

Well hey there little guy, welcome to the world...

Skippy in an incubator to monitor...

Skippy moves to his new habitat...

Skippy weighs in at about 27g and his shell is about 5 cm in length...

[via Riverview Park & Zoo Facebook page]

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This Might Be The Best Got A Hot Date In The History Of Peterborough

So Kemi Akapo was in a Shopper's Drug Mart in Peterborough on Sunday, and some guy obviously had a hot date. Because, well, read her LOL tweet below...

Dude just walked into shoppers, sprayed a bunch of the tester cologne on himself and walked out saying "got a hot date today" #onlyinptbo

— Kemi Akapo (@kemi_akapo) October 12, 2014

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Here Is Rick Mercer With Hot Diggity Dogs At The Norwood Fair

Photo via Hot Diggity Dogs Facebook page

Rick Mercer was at the Norwood Fair Sunday (October 12th) filming a segment for his hit CBC show The Rick Mercer Show.

In the clip below our Aaron Elliott filmed, Rick is with Hot Diggity Dogs Flyball Club, a flyball dog team who are really fun to watch! Rick was assigned “Cracker”, a 12-year-old flyball veteran to help him learn the game.

Watch the video below...

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He was also gracious with fans...

@NorwoodON @rickmercer @NorwoodFair @CBCNews @chextv @PboroExaminer @Ptbo_Canada pic.twitter.com/y8ctnqtPrQ

— Claire Campbell (@clairecamp1234) October 14, 2014

Now This Is A Great Canadian Commute In The Kawarthas

For 10 months of the year, Peterborough teacher/cylist Drew Ginter gets to commute to work by bike.

One day, he attached his camera to his bike and recorded his trek. 

Here is a time-lapse of Drew's commute squeezed into two minutes and 48 seconds...

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Watch This Stunning Aerial Footage Of Bridgenorth & Chemong Lake

The dynamic duo of Tim Rollwagen and Mark Nelsons behind the amazing videos of Lakefield—click here—and Peterborough—click here—are back with this beauty footage of Bridgenorth and Chemong Lake.

Have a watch...

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Becky & Ryan Got Married In Lakefield In An Epic "Just Married" Truck

On a beautiful Saturday (October 11th) on Thanksgiving weekend, a couple named Becky and Ryan tied the knot in Lakefield. Their ginormous JUST MARRIED Ford truck parked in front of the church on Queen Street was stopping traffic, bikers and pedestrians who all wanted a look. Here are some pics...

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