So this happened this morning (August 25th) at King and George in Peterborough, and Kruz FM captured it below...
[photo via Kruz FM Facebook page]
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Damn Peterborough, you're beautiful... The Otonabee (with the near perfect mirror reflection of the sky) with the Market Hall tower on the left and Quaker tower on the right as a backdrop. What a photo.
Ryan Lalonde
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[photo via Awesome Things Are Awesome]
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David Wilson
The role of church in today's world—and how it can last as society changes—will be among the timely topics for discussion at Trinity United Church (360 Reid Street) in its Lecture Series November 1st to 2nd celebrating Trinity's 142nd anniversary in Peterborough.
The topic for Nora Sanders, General Secretary, General Council, United Church of Canada on Saturday, November 1st is "Where Two or Three are Gathered...We are Church." Sanders envisions a future where church may have many faces: "In this time of great societal change, the wisdom of scripture continues to speak in new ways to new generations," she says. Her talk will be followed by a workshop offering participants an opportunity to get to the heart of what church means to them—beyond the buildings.
David Wilson, Editor of The United Church Observer, will be service leader on Sunday, November 2nd for a talk called "Communities of Hope". Wilson says, "The future of churches will depend on their capacity to acknowledge and adapt to changing realities in the church itself and in society as a whole." Churches face some difficult realities "but there are genuine reasons to be hopeful," he adds.
Nora Sanders
With United Church of Canada statistics showing some congregations disbanding and indications some members see a continuing decline, there is a potential for a number of empty churches.
For his part, Wilson believes churches still have a vital role to play in their communities. "How much of a role they will play in future depends on whether congregations can shift their thinking away from the past and instead commit to re-inventing themselves for the future," he says. "I'm convinced that congregations already have the tools they need. The question is: do they have the will to use them?"
The Couples Resort is a stunning 5-star luxury couples lakefront resort located in Algonquin Park on Galeairy Lake, just over a couple of hours away from Peterborough. It is the perfect place for couples who crave romance and intimacy in a relaxed, beautiful setting. Couples are pampered with incredible accomodations, customer service, spa, gourmet meals and wine, and can participate in endless activities and adventures from canoeing to mountain biking—with idyliic Algonquin Park serving as your backdrop. The resort has breathtaking wilderness, pure fresh air, secluded forests and pristine waters. It is the ideal getaway for couples, and gets rave reviews and many repeat customers. Here are pictures to give you a flavour of what to expect...
The view from the other side of the lake of Couples Resort
Art gallery & studio located right on the Couples Resort property
For more on Couples Resort, go to their website, Facebook page and Twitter page. If you're considering a Fall getaway that's close to Peterborough and the Kawarthas, keep the Couples Resort top of mind! You can book online here.
[UPDATE: King Street is open again after repair crews worked overnight to fix it.]
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A water main break in Millbrook on Friday (August 22nd) has caused a portion of the main street in the town to buckle. Millbrook is now under a boil water advisory, and residents are advised to boil the water for one minute before using it for cooking, drinking, and teeth brushing. Engineers are working to repair the infrastructure. Check out these pics below via Millbrook Bia on Facebook on the flooding yesterday on the street and the resulting sinkhole...
The Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce’s annual Prosperity Business Trade Show is fast approaching. The show will be held on September 10th, 2014, at the Morrow Building and will feature more than 100 exhibitors. The annual show is comprised of members of the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, and features unique and cutting edge businesses from all corners of our economy. Last year, the show underwent a radical change, introducing a brand new Network Cafe featuring a cash bar, catering and free coffee.
Adam Noble
This year, show sponsor Microage will be showcasing the latest technology in the PTBOCANADA.com Microage Network Café. In addition to the new Café (that we're a sponsor of this year), the Chamber partnered with the Greater Peterborough Innovation
Cluster and their startup incubator, known as the Cube, to create a brand new “Innovation Zone”. It was in this zone that International Award Winning scientist Adam Noble’s company, Noble Purification, was officially launched. For 2014, the show promises even more collaboration with Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster, featuring an even larger Innovation Zone.
“As the premiere Peterborough business trade show, we believe that the Prosperity tradeshow is the ideal opportunity to showcase the best innovations and most promising entrepreneurs that Peterborough has to offer,” says Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster Executive Director Martin Yuill, adding “We look forward to utilizing the Innovation Zone to profile both new technology based start-ups as well as our supporting partners in the entrepreneurial ecosystem."
Peterborough Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Stuart Harrison remarked, “The Prosperity Tradeshow is one of my favourite events of the year because it truly showcases the very essence of what it means to be entrepreneurial. There are businesses of all sizes from single entrepreneur start-ups all the way to international corporations. It is truly remarkable to see the business community come together to show us just how incredible our city really is.”
The show will take place on September 10th from 12 to 7 p.m. at the Morrow Building (next to the Memorial Centre).
For more information on Prosperity, contact Chad Hogan, Member Marketing Advisor:
Phone:
Office -> 705.748.9771 x206
Toll Free -> 1.877.640.4037
Website: peterboroughchamber.ca
Email: chad@peterboroughchamber.ca
Twitter: @ptbochamber
Fax: 705.743.2331
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Ever been told you look like someone famous? These people from Peterborough have. (Email us your doppelgänger and we'll add to this list.)
Model/actress Theresa Longo tells us she often gets these comparisons:
1. To Emilia Clarke's character Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones...
Longo at left
2. ... And to Pamela Anderson from her Baywatch days...
Longo at right
Meredith Card tell us she's often compared to Helen Hunt. "I don't see it, but I get Helen Hunt all the time. I personally don't think so... but take the compliment," she says.
Montage of Hunt & Card pics
Our Sales Director/Featured Post writer Aaron Elliott gets compared to Adam Sandler all the time.
Aaron on the right
Sherri Wilfong tells us "Everyone tells me I look like Pink."
Wilfong at right
Wilfong at right
David Koski often gets compared to Zach Galifianakis...
Koski at right
Stu Harrison often gets compared to Bruce Willis and Phil Collins...
Montage: Stu, Phil, Bruce
Klint Davies tell us, "People say I look like Javier Bardem—albeit a much less cut version of Javier Bardem, but the resemblance is there. I'll take that comparison any day of the week."
Klint at left
Hiawatha church, 1954
1. Peterborough is the native territory of the Anishinaabeg, a group of indigenous people comprised of the Ojibwa, Odawa, Potawatami, Chippewa, Mississauga, Algonquin, and Delaware communities who controlled the Great Lakes Basin since the late 1600s.
2. Before it became known as Peterborough, the area was called Nogojiwanong, Ojibwa for “place at the end of rapids.”
3. The shores of the Odenabe River were a gathering place for indigenous people. Odenabe, or Otonabee, means “river that beats like a heart.”
4. Anishinaabemowin was widely spoken by the indigenous people in the area before indigenous languages and cultural practices were replaced by English and Christianity through the residential school system.
Eagle painting
5. Through the treaties and land claims processes, Hiawatha First Nation, Curve Lake First Nation, Alderville First Nation, and the Mississaugas of Scugog First Nation have been established in the Peterborough area. These nations refer to themselves officially as Mississaugas.
6. By some accounts, the Mississaugas moved to southern Ontario, including the Peterborough area, from their homeland north of Lake Huron at the start of the 1700s. According to Curve Lake First Nation, however, the Mississaugas were originally from the Peterborough area. They migrated to the Mississauga River at the North shore of Lake Huron in the mid 1600s. They lived there temporarily to avoid disease and conflict resulting from British and French competition over the fur trade.
7. When Elsie Knott became chief of Curve Lake First Nation in 1954, she became the first Anishnaabe Kwe O’gimaa, or Native Female Chief, in Canada.
8. The first Mission House in Peterborough County was built at Rice Lake, present-day Hiawatha First Nation, in 1823. The Mission house, or church, was Methodist. It became Hiawatha United between 1925 and 1929.
Hiawatha Community Hall, 1954
9. Nathan Baggs, the first Methodist Missionary in Western Ontario, baptized Chief Paudash and most of his band at present-day Hiawatha First Nation in about 1820.
10. When Trent University established the Indian-Eskimo Studies Program in 1969, it became the first university in North America to have a department dedicated to the study of Aboriginal people. The program became the Department of Native Studies in 1972, leading the way for other native studies programs in Canada.
Hiawatha school, 1954
11. In 1978, Trent became the first Canadian university to establish a four-year Indigenous Studies Bachelor of Arts honours program, and in 1986, the Department of Native Studies at Trent worked with the Trent Frost Centre for Native Studies and Canadian Studies to develop the first Master of Arts program in Native Studies.
12. The first Native Studies PhD program in Canada was launched at Trent University in 1997. Its first graduates were awarded PhDs in 2005. In 2006, the Department of Native Studies changed its name to Indigenous Studies.
13. As part of the new four-year indigenous studies program, courses in the Anishnaabe and Mohawk languages were offered for the first time at a Canadian university. Trent University hired elders as course instructors to teach language and indigenous culture courses.
—guest post by Rosanna Haroutounian
[photos via hiawathafirstnation.com]
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Other than walking—and yes, walking rocks!—we get from Point A to Point A a lot of different ways in Peterborough, some of us in really creative ways. Here's a look from past to present...
BY BIKE (WE'RE A HUGE BIKING COMMUNITY)...
BY HORSE, LIKE THIS ONE AT THE TIM HORTONS ON WATER STREET NEAR TRENT...
BY STAND UP PADDLE BOARD...
BY CANOE...
AND IN SPRING FLOODING, BY CANOE ON LAND...
BY TRACTOR...
BY CYCLE CAR BUS...
BY BUS CARRYING HERO HOCKEY TEAMS...
BY TRAIN ON WHEELS...
BY DRAGON BOAT...
BY PLANE AT PETERBOROUGH AIRPORT (YES, THAT'S JIM CARREY IN A SELFIE THERE!)...
BY WATER TRUCK IN THIS RETRO PIC (OOPS)...
BY STOMPIN' DOCK IN THIS OLD SCHOOL TRENT PIC...
BY TRAIN BACK IN THE DAY...
BY TRAIN AT THE ZOO...
BY STREETCAR (YES, WE ONCE HAD STREETCARS!)...
BY HORSE AND BUGGY AT THE LIFT LOCK...
BY ROWING ON THE CANAL...
BY TRANSIT BUS, HERE'S RETRO PIC FROM '70s...
BY CAR (ANOTHER RETRO SHOT)...
BY... WELL NO!
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