Peterborough's Ryan Murphy To Play Video Games For 24 Hours Straight To Raise Money For SickKids Foundation
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What's With The Hoedown? Peterborough Musicians Dylan Ireland and Melissa Payne On CTV Show Saving Hope
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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
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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 seven regular contributors (including frequent writer Anthony Petrielli from Richmond Hill).
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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25 Famous People You Might Not Have Known Were From Peterborough Area
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Read MoreHere Is Rick Mercer With Hot Diggity Dogs At The Norwood Fair
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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...
Peterborough Man Turns 100 Today
/Tom Goodwin has lived in Peterborough for more than 10 years now his granddaughter Michelle tells us, and is now currently living at Centennial Place nursing home in Millbrook.
He turns 100 this Saturday (October 11th).
Happy birthday Tom! A century old! Amazing.
photo via Tom's granddaughter
Watch Fleming Student Lindsay Barr's Reaction When She Wins $5,000
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So imagine sitting in your school class, and in walks someone with a huge $5,000 cheque for you.
Well that's just what happened to Fleming College student Lindsay Barr, who received a $5,000 surprise in her class last Friday (October 3rd) as part of Fleming's Cash for College Contest.
Barr, a student in the Personal Support Worker program at the Sutherland Campus, was the lucky winner this year. Carrie Truman, Manager of Student Recruitment at Fleming, presented Lindsay with a giant cheque during one of her classes.
The Cash for College contest invites prospective students to enter for a chance to win $5,000. The next winner will be selected in September 2015. If you are coming to Fleming for a full-time program in 2015/16, you can enter here.
Watch Barr's reaction to winning in the video below...
A Peterborough Man Just Won $100,000 Playing Poker Lotto
/Something is in the air in Peterborough. Everyone keeps winning the Lotto lately! In August, John Pirie won $10 million in the Lotto 6/49. This time, it's Michael Jennings, who won $100,000 today after playing Poker Lotto.
[via CHEXTV.com]
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Great Twitter Profile Pictures In Peterborough
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There is nothing like having a fun/introspective Twitter profile picture to reflect who you are, and your sense of adventure and personality. Whether it's a picture or illustration or some combination of above, your profile picture is a true representation of self.
In no particular order, here are some we love below from Peterborough folk. Please send along local ones you love who are bringing it with their profile pictures. Tweet us @Ptbo_Canada or email us.
OK, here we go...
Alana Callan @alanacallan
Matt G @oh_m_g
Steve Kearns @Mr_Kearnsy
Nick Ferrio @ferrioinstereo
Marianne Beacon @MarianneBeacon
Peter Struwing @robotpete
Pet Lost & Found PTBO @LostFoundPTBO
Wes Ryan @wjrguff
Dani Stover @danigray
George St. @georgestptbo
Kate Wells @aintlifeswells
Mike Judson @Mike_Judson
Carrie Copeland @carrie_copeland
Jeffrey Macklin @jacksoncreek
Kemi Akapo @kemi_akapo
Dan O'Toole @fs1otoole
Stuart Harrison @stoosnews
Rick Dolishny @rdolishny
Jay Callaghan @caltek79
65 Year Old Peterborough Woman Rappels Down 17 Story Toronto Building For Easter Seals
/Peterborough woman Pat Moore rappelled down a 17 storey building at CREIT's head office at the intersection of Bloor and Church streets in Easter Seals Drop Zone Toronto—raising $7,200 in the process for Easter Seals kids. The rappel took Moore less than eight minutes from top to bottom. Moore, who recently celebrated her 65th birthday, works at Scotiabank on Hunter St. Huge congrats Pat, you are a real life superhero. Have a look at the pictures below. —Scott Arnold
(h/t Pete Dalliday, Hits 100.5)
