PCVS Petitions Available To Sign Throughout Downtown

The passion to keep PCVS open continues with these petitions available for you to sign to show your support to help save the school. 

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Ontario Parks Recognizes Three Peterborough Student Employees For Outstanding Performance

The 12th annual Ontario Parks Partners Bursary program recognizes Ontario Parks students who "excel in their jobs by demonstrating a high level of initiative, dedication, volunteerism and customer service."

Forty students recently received $500 educational bursaries for their outstanding performance as Ontario Parks summer employees, including three from Peterborough. They are:

Mackenzie Green – University of Ottawa – Algonquin Park

Naythan Murtha – University of Guelph – Bon Echo Park

Kevin Obbard – University of Waterloo – Algonquin Park

Congratulations to all, and remember that Ontario Parks is the largest employer of students in the Ontario Public Service—hiring more than 1,800 students each summer.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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If You Have Any Leaves Left This Is Your Final Week To Have Them Collected

Place your green waste in reusable containers (with labels), bushel baskets or paper yard waste bags. No plastic bags.

Securely tie brush in bundles up to 1 m or 3 feet in length and 30 cm or 12 inches in diameter, weighing no more than 22 kg or 50 lbs.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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PtboPics: A Wall Of Movember Support At Reggie's HotGrill

There's still about a week to go for Movember, and here is the wall of support that's still going strong at Reggie's HotGrill. 


Be sure to pop into Reggie's or El Camino's to check out Reg and Cam and the rest of the staff as they continue to grow their Mo's!

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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The GPA EDC's Creative Cocktails Are Catching On

Here's coverage of the 2nd Creative Cocktail, which took place Monday evening.

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A Year Ago Today The Gas Leak Happened

A year ago, this happened. Here's a CHEX Newswatch segment on the anniversary...

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A Day In The Life of Mayor Bennett In Pictures

PTBOCanada got to spend a day with our Mayor last Friday to see what goes on behind the scenes...

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Our Space Raise The Roof Fundraiser At MoHo November 25th


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The Amount Of Money Our Community Donates to Charity Is Well Above National Average

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Alert: A Creepy Guy Was Spotted By Female Jogger On Rotary Trail Yesterday

From a Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service Media Release today...

Suspicious Person

The complainant reports at 1:30pm on 16Nov11, she had been running on the Rotary Trail between Cumberland and Hilliard St.  She advised that she had turned around to return home and had noticed a male cross the trail from the trees and sit on a bench talking on his cell phone.  She advised that she felt weird about it and sped up to run by him.

She advised that she had stopped down the trail to tie her shoe and when she looked back she noticed that he was behind her and that he then moved off the trail into the woods.

 Male described as:

  • Approximately 20 years old
  • Small
  • 5'6" 
  • Black hoodie
  • Black backpack.

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