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Two Young Boys Donated Their Chore Money To Riverview Park & Zoo
/This summer two young boys (Nathan and Andrew) came to the Riverview Park and Zoo and donated their allowance to the zoo—along with this nice note and picture below.
The note and picture
And there is more. Zoo Manager and Curator Jim Moloney tells PTBOCanada: "Just last week, Nathan had a birthday party and instead of getting presents, he raised money to adopt one of our animals (a Brazilian Agouti). These are some pretty special boys!" Indeed.
Nathan donating
Andrew
Help to support an animal friend of your choice through the zoo's Animal Adoption program. Adoption fees help contribute to animal care, nutrition, and enrichment for the animal that you adopt! Call 705.748.9301 x2331 for more information on the adoption program.
Nathan on his birthday
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These Retro Peterborough Police Car Pictures Are Pure Awesome
/Thanks to Lauren Gilchrist, Media Relations and Communications Coordinator from Peterborough Police Service, for digging these gems from the police archives for us.
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Alumnus Stephen Stohn Donates $1 Million To New Student Centre At Trent U
/The new Trent Student Centre has received a huge boost with the announcement that Stephen Stohn—one of its most distinguished alumni—has donated $1 million to it.
Picture via @stephenstohn
Stohn ('66), the executive producer of Degrassi: Next Class (available worldwide on Netflix), made the generous $1 million gift announcement at an event Tuesday (October 13th) at the site of the new Student Centre—to be built at Trent University's Symons Campus between the Bata Library and Athletic Centre.
“It is an honour to be able to contribute to an institution that reflects the elements of the Trent experience that have meant so much to my life, and could mean so much to the lives of Trent students in the future,” says Stohn, also president of Epitome Productions and a Canadian entertainment lawyer.
The highly-anticipated new Student Centre is envisioned as an opportunity to enhance Trent’s well-known outstanding student experience, offering new places and opportunities for students to socialize, learn, study and engage in life on campus.
Construction of the new Student Centre begins in January 2016 with completion slated for September 2017.
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PVNC Raises $27,500 To Sponsor Syrian Family
/The Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board presented Sister Ruth Hennessey of Peterborough’s Casa Maria Refugee Homes with a cheque for $27,500 Tuesday (October 13th) as part of an ongoing fundraising effort to sponsor the relocation of a Syrian refugee family to Canada.
Barbara McMorrow (right), Director of Education for PVNC, presents Sister Ruth Hennessey of Peterborough’s Casa Maria Refugee Homes with cheque for $27,500
In early September, the PVNC community was moved by the Syrian refugee crisis to hold a board-wide fundraising effort. Working with Casa Maria, a non-profit organization that supports and offers safe temporary shelter to refugees, PVNC identified a family of seven who have fled war-torn Aleppo and are now in limbo in Saudi Arabia. Relatives of that family, themselves refugees who have recently relocated to Toronto, toured three PVNC schools in September to tell their story and put a face to the international refugee crisis.
“When we put the call out to our Catholic school communities and the staff at our board office to help support this family, the response was incredible,” PVNC Director of Education Barbara McMorrow says. “Sponsoring a family has offered our community a tangible way to make a difference in what is otherwise an overwhelming crisis.”
Casa Maria has now filed the paperwork for the seven family members, and the sponsorship process to bring the family to Peterborough is underway.
UPDATE: Here are pictures of the family members...
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A Day In A Wheelchair In Downtown Peterborough
/Peterborough DBIA Executive Director Terry Guiel calls it a "big, eye-opening experience" to see things at this level in the downtown core.
Dave Tuck, Terry Guiel and Andrea Dodsworth
Guiel was referring to his experience spending a day in a electric wheelchair—along with Peterborough Huskies General Manager Dave Tuck—in downtown Peterborough with local accessibility advocate Andrea Dodsworth, who lead the guys on the tour to show them what it's like to navigate stores and sidewalks.
Guiels spoke to 12 different business owners during the day about what they can do to make themselves more accessible, and met with Mayor Bennett to talk about the challenges and offer suggestions as to how to make the downtown more accessible. They also visited the Accessibility office at City Hall to discuss how they can work closer together on future accessibility projects.
After his experience, Guiel says it's important to be more pro-active when it comes to accessibility in the city. "It's the right thing to do to make yourself as accessible as possible," he says. "Our business community really wants to be accessible."
Guiels and Dodsworth realize there are a lot of costs associated with making older buildings and their architecture more accessible, but say there are smaller things that can be done right away—whether it's a ramp, the way that a door opens, the weight of a door.
Guiel and Dodsworth with Mayor Bennett
"Small changes turn into big ones," says Dodsworth.
Watch the highly educational video below to see the day through Terry's eyes...
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The Mystery Photo Album That A Peterborough Woman Is Trying To Solve
/Peterborough photojournalist Niki Allday has always had a fascination with photography and historical things. So when her Uncle Sean was at a rummage sale near Grafton, Ontario this summer and spotted an old photo album from an unknown family, he picked it up and brought it to Niki.
"The album seems to be a family tree of some sort," Niki tells PTBOCanada. "I would love to get these photos back to the family. I know I would be so thankful to have memories like this of my family."
See pictures below from the album that Niki sent us—they look to be from the late 19th/early 20th century, and the name "Little" appears on several—and share on your social media channels. Contact her if you know the family that would like this back.
Photo album cover
