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Amazing Late 1940s Footage Of Chemong Lake "Floating Causeway"
/Before the Causeway was completed in 1949, there was a floating bridge—aka "Floating Causeway"—connecting Bridgenorth to Ennismore for many years.
It must have been like driving on water, or car surfing, or driving on a dock—especially when waves would come crashing over it.
Watch this amazing footage below from Roy Studios in the late '40s from a promotional film called Call of the Kawarthas showing the Chemong Lake floating bridge in use...
Here is a short bit of film from 'Call of the Kawarthas', a promotional film made by Roy Studios in the late 1940's. It shows the Chemong Lake floating bridge in use.
Posted by Vintage Peterborough, Lindsay and the Kawartha Region on Thursday, March 7, 2013
So let's just never complain about the Causeway again.
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Peterborough Huskies Coach Converts Bedroom Into Gear Warehouse For Special Needs Team
/The special needs hockey team Peterborough Huskies team continues to grow in popularity—and numbers. In doing so, they have to make room for all the equipment somewhere.
To create space, Huskies Head Coach Chris J-Boy Williams converted what was once a basement bedroom in his house into a Huskies gear warehouse.
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The Huskies team is not only amping up for a new season but team management have already begun planning the International Special Needs hockey tournament they landed. That takes place here in Peterborough in March 2017 and is a major tournament to coordinate, with 75 teams and about 1,500 players coming into town for that.
Email the Huskies here if you're interesting in sponsoring the team/tournament or helping out in anyway.
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Share: Look At This Peer To Peer Safety App Called Companion For Students
/A free peer-to-peer safety app called Companion is getting a lot shares on social media around the world, and in Peterborough.
Image via Companion YouTube video
Companion—which was created by five students from the University of Michigan—allows users to request a friend or family member to keep them company and virtually track their journey home on GPS.
Image via YouTube companion video
This personal safety mobile app is perfect for high school, university and college students—and anyone wanting to make sure a loved one gets home safe. Watch the video below to learn more about how it works...
Please share on your social media channels.
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Lansdowne Place Receives 3 Reports Of Dogs Being Left In Cars
/Police, the Humane Society and the media—including us—have been sending out constant messages to not leave your pets in hot cars. Because your pet could die. Unfortunately, not everyone seems to be getting the message.
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We received this email below from Helen Edwards, Marketing Director, at Lansdowne Place Mall, today (September 4th):
"We need your help! This morning we have had 3 reports of dogs being left in cars in our parking lot, and while thankfully each one has been resolved without serious damage to the pet, we are concerned that this may be happening in other places without the same positive outcome.
Our Security Team believes that right now we may be dealing with people from out of town who in an effort to run a few errands before they make it to their destination are leaving their pets in the car.
If possible, can you please help us spread the word throughout the region in whatever outlet you have at your disposal? It is my hope that collectively we can potentially help save some loving pets from being permanently damaged."
Great reminder to everyone Helen!
Here is what to do if you see a pet in a hot car.
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Start-Up Noble Purification's State Of The Art Water Equipment Could Be A Game Changer
/Noble Purification, a Peterborough-based start-up company and founder client of the Innovation Cluster's "The Cube" innovative technology incubator program, unveiled its new bio-filtration plant recently.
The new bio-filtration pilot plant has state-of the-art water purification equipment with filtration processes for converting algae blooms into feedstock for biofuels, while purifying wastewater.
Inventor Adam Noble
Adam Noble, CEO of Noble Purification, invented this amazing new filtration method. Here's how it works:
The Euglena BioFiltration System is a simple concept inspired by nature. The idea derives from algae blooms and their ability to extract nearly all nutrients from their surroundings. Noble took this one step further to employ a very unique alga that can be tricked into absorbing minerals, heavy metals and other pollutants from the environment. Though algae blooms wreak havoc on our ecosystems, Noble has applied the same philosophy for positive results.
Noble and his team have the motivation, resources, knowledge and support to make a difference in the world, and their goal is to implement their biofiltration system in municipalities in Canada.
Noble wants to create sustainable and life-changing development, and they're beta testing this out of their county road plant near Trent University.
Noble Purification and The Cube collaborating on this unique venture is another example of technology innovation and ingenuity happening right here in Peterborough.
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Read MoreTen Years A Canadian: Peterborough Woman Writes Powerful Post
/Peterborough's Kemi Akapo—who PTBOCanada recently spotlighted in our "8 Local Women You Really Need To Meet" article, wrote a powerful post on her Facebook page Wednesday (September 2nd) marking her 10th anniversary of being in Canada—on what Canada, Peterborough and community mean to her. Akapo let us re-post it in its entirety here. Have a read below...
On September 2nd, 2005 I stepped foot in Canada for the first time. 10 years ago.
Travelling from Conakry, Guinea via Paris, France, my mom and I landed in Montreal. Our flight from Paris had been delayed for several hours, which resulted in our missing our connecting flight to Toronto where the Trent International Program Orientation camp staff/volunteers were awaiting our arrival. I don’t remember too much of it, but I do remember my mother speaking with an Air France agent and somehow getting her to agree to put us up in a hotel for the evening and providing transportation to and from the hotel, all on their dime. She also somehow got us booked on an Air Canada flight from Montreal to Toronto scheduled to leave the next day.
We arrived to Toronto and my mother (who thankfully had just done this trip a year ago with my older brother) booked us an airport shuttle to drop me off at Camp Kawartha for TIP camp and took her to her home for the next three weeks, Peterborough Inn and Suites. We got into shuttle van and after what seemed like an eternity, finally arrived at Camp Kawartha.
Stepping off the airport shuttle at Camp Kawartha, I was first greeted by a TIP Office staff member, Elena Koudiakova who said “We’re so glad you’re here, we were worried when you didn’t show up yesterday!” I remember thinking “Woah, this lady knows who I am? Neat.”
TIP Camp was a blast. I met a number of people and started my memories of life as a Trent student that day. One memory which remains with me today is myself and R (two Nigerian girls who had never canoed before) jumping into a canoe and paddling out into the lake. Neither of us knew what we were doing, but we were having a good time. That is, until we wanted to return to camp. Not having canoed before, we didn't know how to turn the canoe around. Oops. We finally figured it out, and slowly made our way back. I’m not quite sure why, but as we were nearing shore R decided to jump ship and swim back, leaving me to fend for myself. I may have had a slight panic attack, but I persevered and thankfully a camp counsellor saw me, paddled closer and encouraged me until I docked.
It would take too long to write about what happened over the next 10 years after that incident, but it's been quite a rollercoaster.
I’m not quite sure what I expected, but my journey in Canada so far has been nothing like I could have anticipated. I have made some incredible friends here, first at Trent University and later on in the community of Peterborough (and across Canada / the world). I’ve had countless numbers of memories. I’ve experienced heartache. I’ve survived off Ramen noodles. I’ve experienced snow for the first time. I discovered my voice. I learned that perogies are not the same thing as samosas. I learned that inequality exists in Canada just as it does around the world. I’ve found there are wonderful people who care deeply on various issues and work/volunteer their time to address them. I learned the J stroke. Most importantly though, I have developed a sense of community. There are a number of people I have to thank for my success here but I won’t list them, lest I forget one and hurt someone’s feelings. You know who you are. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I would be remiss if I did not mention my family though. They have helped me in innumerable ways and there really is no way for me to "pay them back" for what they've done. Ese pupo. (Yoruba)
I will admit, I miss my original home in West Africa though. I miss the beach. The actual beach with an ocean, not freezing Lake Ontario, sorry. I miss the food, the music, the weather (oh the weather!) and so much more. That being said, Peterborough is now and will always be one of my homes.
What is in store for me for the next 10 years, I do not know. What I do know, however, is that those first 48 hours in Canada taught me to handle a lot of what I faced in my first 10 years here. Not everything will go as planned. That’s okay, there is almost always another way. Sometimes, you can have a conversation with someone and get far more out of it than expected. Canada is huge and it takes hours to drive anywhere. There are people looking out for you, sometimes without you realizing. Sometimes people will ditch you, especially when you feel you need them the most. That’s okay, you’re strong enough to handle it. As enthusiastic as you are to try something new, it's okay to slow down, ask questions and determine if it's the best fit for you. There is usually someone around to help you, offer advice, encouragement.
Finally, call mom. Whatever you’re going through, chances are she’s gone through it (or something similar) before and can give you advice. Dad too.
Here's to the next 10 years.
—by Kemi Akapo
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Peterborough Has A Brand New Oldies Station
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Peterborough has an oldies station again, as MY BROADCASTING CORP has introduced a new format on the former Magic 96.7: It's now called OLDIES 96.7.
Identifying a void in the marketplace, the new station will be playing the greatest hits from the '60s, '70s and '80s, playing artists like The Beatles, The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Supertramp, Steve Miller Band and more. There will also be much more local news content.
“MBC has entered new territory with today’s announcement. Our extensive research showed that Peterborough listeners wanted a radio station that reflected the community. They wanted more local news, and they wanted to be able to sing along," says President of My Broadcasting Corporation Jon Pole.
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