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A Peterborough Woman Just Found A Gecko In Her House That Had Been Missing 4 Months
/Peterborough's Carol Edwards had one heck of a surprise this weekend when she decided to clean her kids' rooms. Here is her story below as told on a Facebook post on her page:
"So I decide to rearrange my kids rooms this weekend and once again get rid of 'stuff'. As I move Clayton's [her son] bed, I see a tail. The tail is still alive and is Clayton's Gecko that we thought he lost back late summer. Being so upset that he lost his Gecko he asked for another one for Christmas. Well Reggie lives on, as well as Rovi the new Gecko he got for Christmas. But seriously I am in disbelief! This house has a cat and two dogs. So clearly the cat does not do the job he was brought in to do and the dogs well...they are pretty. You can go 4 months without feeding a Gecko, it will live."
Reggie back safe in his cage
We asked Edwards for more background on this miracle discovery and she told PTBOCanada this:
"So the story was my son Clayton took him outside in the summer as the boys regularly do—fresh air and some 'outside time'. You put them in a pail with a little water which helps them in shedding their skin. That was the last time I saw him. Clayton started freaking out one night a couple weeks after that, saying Reggie was gone. We did a search of the bedroom but because of having other animals in the house, I thought that if he had been out that long the other animals in the house would have eaten him. This was Septemberish."
Reggie in his skull cage
But the miracle ending was when Edwards decided to de-clutter her kids' rooms. And how does Edwards think Reggie The Miracle Gecko survived all these months?
"He probably ate household spiders, which I have noticed I have had less of when I think about it," she tells PTBOCanada.
Lol, there you have it. One found Gecko, and many less spiders.
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Photo Tour: The Sun Rises On An East City Winter Morning
/Early Saturday morning (January 23rd)—as the sun was rising—our Scott Arnold took a photo tour of East City and Ashburnham.
He crossed the Hunter Street bridge from downtown Peterborough and made his way to one of the world's best outdoor skating rinks—the Trent Severn at the Lift Lock. Then he made the trek back to the bridge. Below are his stunning pics...
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Read Moreheneghan peng Architects Announced As Winning Design For New Canoe Museum
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After working through 97 high quality Stage 1 submissions from leading firms located all over the world, the Canadian Canoe Museum announced on Thursday (January 21st) Ireland-based heneghan peng and Toronto-based Kearns Mancini as the designers of the new Canadian Canoe Museum at the Peterborough Lift Lock. One of the reasons why their design won is that their design worked organically with the land rather than overwhelming it.
"The organically-shaped volume banded on its top edge with local hardwood is embedded within the site’s drumlins, allowing the museum’s light-sensitive collections of historic birch bark canoes that date back to the 1780s and aboriginal artefacts to enjoy energy-passive, naturally dark spaces. The museum’s stunning two-acre green roof will provide the community with the possibility of creating edible gardens, native flower pollinators and aboriginal three sister plantings while facilitating efficient management of storm water and fantastic views to the Lift Lock."
The design includes:
17,000 sq ft of exhibition
20,000 sq ft of high bay storage that will be accessible to the public
250-seat multi-purpose room available for events and weddings
Eastern door for aboriginal sunrise ceremonies
Restaurant, café; local food
Gift shop
Toddler play area
Trent-Severn Canal Exhibition, Parks Canada
Artisanal workshops
On-canal programming, canoe skills for all ages, winter and summer
Citizenship ceremonies in canoes, next to the museum
Connections to Trent-Severn bike path, in front of the museum
Outdoor terrace and public space for yoga, food festivals
“The design looks forward to the importance of sustainability, respect and responsibility as we move forward as a Nation to the Sesquicentennial in 2017, and beyond,” says Richard Tucker, executive director of the Canadian Canoe Museum.
“The design speaks to the importance of the contents, programming and messages conveyed by the Canadian Canoe Museum and its craft to all Canadians,” Tucker adds.
White-model of #thenewcanoemuseum the museum embraces aboriginal wisdom to live and build lightly on the land. pic.twitter.com/tgDzrj32hE
— Canoe Museum (@CndnCanoeMuseum) January 22, 2016Learn more over at the Canadian Canoe Museum's website.
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Maryam Monsef Announces Open House February 8th At Her Constituency Office
/Maryam Monsef, Member of Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha, is hosting an Open House on Monday, February 8th, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at her new constituency office located at Suite 4 (Ground Level), 417 Bethune Street.
Constituents are welcome to stop by the office and meet their MP at the Open House.
The new digs
The constituency office in Peterborough is currently open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., for constituents. Constituents of Peterborough-Kawartha can now also contact the office by phone at 705.745.2108; Toll-Free at 1.800.567.8554 or via email here.
In order to provide greater access to constituents, MP Monsef will also open a rotating rural constituency office in each township in the County of Peterborough. A staff member will be available at the following locations on the noted days to provide services for constituents:
Douro-Dummer
Township Office, 894 South Street, Warsaw
First Tuesday of each month, starting February 2
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Selwyn
Lakefield Scout Ship, 13 Water Street North, Lakefield
Second Thursday of each month, starting February 11
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
North Kawartha
Boardroom, North Kawartha Public Library, 175 Burleigh Street, Apsley
Third Thursday of each month, starting February 18
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen
Township Office, 1 Ottawa Street East, Havelock
Fourth Wednesday of each month, starting February 24
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Trent Lakes
To be confirmed
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This Video Of Syrian Refugees Tobogganing For First Time In Peterborough Will Melt Your Heart
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Read MoreUPDATE: The Movie People In Lakefield Is Closing
/[UPDATE: December 5th, 2016] We wrote last January (see original post below) about a movie store, The Movie People in Lakefield, Ontario, that was somehow thriving in the age of Netflix. Sadly, it is now closing—one of the last remaining movie rental stores in the Kawarthas. Owner Kevin J O'Callaghan tells PTBOCanada he is devastated but the decline in business over the past year has been dramatic and he doesn't see it ever turning. "With the number of people buying Android boxes and Netflix continuing to expand its library, we couldn't fight that," he says. What's also sad for Kevin beyond losing his store—his passion—in this community he loves is the number of old movie classics from various eras that consumers will no longer be able to view, from Rebel Without A Cause to A Clockwork Orange. Those movies are not as readily accessible anymore on new age tech movie platforms, and are an important part of pop culture history.
Watch the heartfelt announcement from Kevin below in this Facebook video he posted...
ORIGINAL POST (January 19th, 2016):
It may be the age of Netflix but don't tell that to a locally owned and operated movie rental store in the small community of Lakefield, Ont. near Peterborough.
Indeed, The Movie People has not only survived the glut of movie rental store closures—from big box to ma and pa—in the digital age but is thriving through great customer service, diverse selection, pop culture expertise and community love.
Owner Kevin J O’Callaghan tells PTBOCanada that they have been in business since 2010—having moved here from Toronto where Kevin left a corporate career.
"We chose Lakefield as there was an existing movie chain going out of business, and we bought the fixtures and rented the space and started over with our own brand of movie rental store," Kevin says.
While there is no question more people are getting their movies on demand from the comfort of their living room, Kevin tells PTBOCanada his store has not been impacted.
"We have not seen a decline in rentals over the past four years," he says. "We have a very large selection of TV shows, new releases and thousands of older titles—indie films, documentary, classics and so much more. Netflix doesn’t affect us as much as you hear on the street. The Bricks and Mortar store is still a very important part of our community. People like to communicate with other neighbours and friends about their choices and pics for movie night!"
"We have new titles every week that would not be on Netflix and that are much more expensive on pay per view avenues," Kevin tells PTBOCanada. "Ninety nine percent of our titles are available for 7 days rental—the only one day rentals are just the new movies of the week and last week's titles."
Owner Kevin O’Callaghan
