Must Watch: REELKids Film Festival Starts This Weekend At Showplace

This Sunday (January 16th), there are two family-friendly films screening at Showplace to celebrate this year's opening of REELKids Film Festival.  

REELKids, which runs from January 16th to January 20th, is the educational wing of the ReFrame Peterborough International Film Festival, and will present more than 50 Canadian and International films to audiences of schoolchildren in the Patch and surrounding areas. 

The two feature films screening at Showplace Sunday include Stella Star of the Orient at 10:30 a.m., and The Letter for the King (see pic above) at 1:30 p.m. Admission is $5/person per film or $15 for 4 tickets. For more info, contact Krista English.

[REELKids Film Festival]
 
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The Funky Buddha Is Closing Up Shop

After being open for about four years, the eclectic little clothing boutique The Funky Buddha in downtown Peterborough is closing. It's always sad to see a downtown business shut down.

It will remain open until January 22nd, and everything is 50% off until then.

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Video: Peterborough's Niijii The Dog And Bandit The Cat Are Best Buds

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Today's Crime Report In The Patch Includes A Stolen 350-Gallon Grizzly Brand Roofing Tar Kettle...

Peterborough Lakefield Community Police service media release:

Break and Enter:
Sometime between the 9th and the 10th of January suspects entered a
Knox Street residence after forcing open the front door. Once inside
they removed three bottles of homemade wine, a female’s jacket white
in colour with large cuffs and fur trim around the hood, ten Nintendo DS
games with the name “Nathan” written inside with white marker and an
orange cloth grocery bag with the word “Orange” written on it.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Peterborough Lakefield
Community Police Service or Crime Stoppers.

Theft:
Sometime between late October and early November 2010, suspects removed
a 350-gallon Grizzly brand roofing tar kettle from a construction site
on Dutton Road. Foran’s Roofing in Oshawa owns the kettle and it sits
on a single axle trailer with a 9 hp Honda gas powered motor. The unit
is valued at approximately $10,420.00. Anyone with information is asked
to call the Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service or Crime
Stoppers. 

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PCVS Start Website And Facebook Page To Bring Attention To Its Possible Closure

With the recent news that one of Adam Scott, Kenner, TASSS and PCVS will likely be closing due to plummeting enrollment at those schools, it should come as no surprise that the schools would try to build awareness—and drum up support—for why their school should remain open.

PCVS has recently launched both a Facebook page and website, Peterborough Needs PCVS, to educate the public about what's happening, and what they can do to get involved. 

This will most certainly be a controversial, heated process determining the fate of one of our schools—and one of the biggest stories in Peterborough this year—so it will be interesting to see how this plays out. The school board has a series of community meetings starting next month that are sure to be packed.

[Related: One (Or More) Of Peterborough's High Schools May Close]

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Reggie's HotGrill To Appear On New Food Network Show "You Gotta Eat Here!"

Yes, it's true. Reggie's HotGrill will be appearing on a new TV show slated to air later this year on Food Network Canada called You Gotta Eat Here!. Filming took place today at Reggie's, where PtboCanada's Julie Morris snapped the below shots.

[Reggie's HotGrill]

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Picture And Key Info On Missing Peterborough Boy Quinten Over

******[UPDATE: 1:17 p.m. Quinten Over has been located by family. The police thank the community for their assistance.]******

Missing Person

The Peterborough Lakefield Police are currently requesting the assistance of our community to locate a missing 14 year old boy.

Missing from the area of Barnardo Avenue is:

Quinten OVER, 14 yrs, 5'2, 80 lbs, short red hair. Quinten is wearing a grey toque, Black and White Rip Zone Coat, Black jeans and snow boots. He is carrying a brown back pack. Quinten was last seen at 9:00 this morning.

Please call 876-1122 if you have any info.


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Breaking News: Dude Enters Hurricane Simulator At Peterborough Square

[Pic by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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PtboCanada Was There: Peterborough Snofest Opening Ceremonies

The Scroll and Bow Strings Orchestra marked the opening of Peterborough Snofest today with a musical treat. Headed by Lakefield College music teacher John Kraus, they delighted the audience with their festive music.

Master of Ceremonies Catherine Hanrahan (pictured above) introduced many VIPs, including Mayor Daryl Bennett (pictured cutting the ribbon below), MPP Jeff Leal, Councillor Lesley Parnell and Snofest mascot Snofest Pete.

The ribbon cutting ceremony opens a week of events which can be viewed on their calendar, including Sunday's Snofest Idol at 2 p.m. at Showplace (free admission with nonperishable food donation is appreciated) and numerous food and game events throughout the week.

[Snofest]

[Words and Pictures by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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