Peterborough Has Higher Than Average Smoking Rates Among Pregnant Women

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And a new program has been developed that will help them quit:

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Some Peterborough Parents Very Worried About Health Effects Of WiFi Being Installed In Schools

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What are your thoughts?

[chextvDOTcom; The Peterborough Examiner]

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Peterborough High Schools Can Enter Contest To Have Down With Webster Play Your Prom

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High school students in the Patch have the chance to compete in a provincewide contest to have Down With Webster perform at their spring prom. The band will perform a concert in June for the Ontario high school that wins the new online contest College Sounds Great.

The contest encourages students to describe why college education is an excellent postsecondary option, and the Top 10 high schools with the largest share of entries will be finalists for the winning concert. "This is an exciting way to get high school students in our community thinking about postsecondary education," says Fleming College President Tony Tilly.

Students can enter the contest by submitting a photo and a 50 to 250 word paragraph, or by making a video, explaining why “college sounds great" to them.

In the meantime, rock out to Down With Webster's "Your Man" here:

[College Sounds Great contest; Fleming College; Down With Webster]

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Video: The Venue's Grand Opening Was Last Night

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Peterborough Coach Pulls His Team Off Ice After Racial Slur Made Against His Player

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[UPDATED] And get this—Greg Walsh, the brave coach who stood up for his player who was the victim of the racial slur in the November 15th game, is indefinitely suspended after having his minor league hockey team walk off the ice in a unified protest. It seems under Hockey Canada rules, a forfeit (a "refusing to start play") means an automatic indefinite suspension for the coach, who could be barred from coaching for up to a year.

The player who made the racial slur? Well he got a three-game suspension and was told to write a letter of apology. The letter of apology still has not been delivered, and the offending player is back on the ice.

How ridiculous is this situation? The coach's suspension should have been overturned immediately by the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA), which is now investigating the matter. And the league—all leagues—should have a zero-tolerance policy against racism.

Have a look for yourself. Watch the segment below from CHEX Newswatch:

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Peterborough's Tim Dalliday Needs A Liver Transplant

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Tim Dalliday—older brother of Pete Dalliday—has been on the waiting list for a liver transplant for a year, CHEX Newswatch reports, and another potential donor fell through recently. None of his siblings are eligible donors. Anyone who is healthy and a blood match can donate. Please spread the word.


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Woman Drugged At Peterborough Bar Then Sexually Assaulted By Cab Driver

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This is just the worst story imaginable. An intoxicated woman who was apparently the victim of a date rape drug at The Junction nightclub Friday night was put in a cab by her friends to get her home safely, and the driver, in what's being called "a crime of opportunity", took her back to his residence and allegedly sexually assaulted her. The cab driver has been charged with sexual assault and abduction. Police say there is an alarming increase in the number of sexual assaults connected to date rape drugs in the city, and that women who go out together have to develop a buddy system and look after each other at all times. Apparently it is no longer safe to put them in a cab alone either. Terrible.

[CHEX TV; The Peterborough Examiner]

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Video: Jay Scotland Busted On COPS Peterborough!

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Remember, all weathercasters are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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The Peterborough Festival Of Trees Gets Set Up In One Minute And 59 Seconds...

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...thanks to the wonders of time-lapse photography used in this video below. (It actually took four days to set up.) But dig it. And go see the Peterborough Festival of Trees at the Memorial Centre. It's on!

[YouTube; PFOT]

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Peterborough Is Apparently Full Of Shiny Happy People According To New Report

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It really is a wonderful life in Peterborough! Yes, we are one of the happiest places in Canada, according to this Centre for the Study of Living Standards report. To be more specific, we are ranked No. 7 in the country. So despite a lot of the findings here about so many people in the Patch desperately needing food and jobs and such, we're still happy!  Well, OK. Money doesn't buy you happiness, right? Maybe it's all that gas, Kruz FM's Mike Melnik suggests.

So why are we so damn happy? Thoughts?

[Centre for the Study of Living Standards]

[Related: Highlights From New Community Assessment Report On Peterborough]

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