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Healthy Kids Community Challenge Kicks Off with Mayor-Warden Basketball Showdown
/Mayor Daryl Bennett and Warden J. Murray Jones squared off on the basketball court of Highland Heights Public School on Thursday morning (February 10th) for a friendly “shoot-off” to officially launch the Healthy Kids Community Challenge for the Peterborough area.
Steph Curry, er, Warden J. Murray Jones with the shot
“We all have a role to play in this community challenge," says Mayor Bennett. "While the program is aimed at the children in our communities, we can all be more active to serve as examples to young people and to encourage them to be more active. That’s why I’m excited to be out here, having fun on the basketball court with these students today. Even a few minutes of play every day can make a big difference over the long term.”
County Warden J. Murray Jones adds: “Children don’t need to be involved in organized, structured activities to be active. It can be as simple as getting outside and riding a bike or playing a game of road hockey with neighbouring kids. Making it fun will encourage kids to take part.”
Mayor Bennett (far left) and Warden Jones (far right) pictured with Highland Heights students
Peterborough is one of 45 communities in Ontario participating in the Healthy Kids Community Challenge.
From now until June 2016, Healthy Kids Community Challenge funding will help support a variety of activities in our community to get kids and families moving more. Children will benefit from more than 20 initiatives planned to date, including:
· free public skating times in various arenas
· free parent and tot skating
· free swimming passes
· facilitating schools to bring students to local arenas to skate
· expansion of the drowning prevention program Swim to Survive
· expansion of the Car-Free School Days program
· development of a mobile cross country ski program
· expansion of a bike skills training program Pedal Power
· hosting a “Peterborough Gets Active Month” in April
To learn more about Healthy Kids Community Challenge activities, click here.
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Peterborough Baby Is At Sick Kids Hospital With Form Of Skeletal Dysplasia
/Peterborough parents Kristen Bate and Adam Godfrey are going through a very difficult time right now as their baby girl Violet was born February 3rd with a form of skeletal dysplasia. She was born unable to breathe fully on her own, and transported to Sick Kids in Toronto.
Kristen and Adam have three other children in Peterborough, and are lacking funds to support their children at home and be able to visit Violet for an extended period of time in Toronto.
Kristen tells PTBOCanada she is the only one in Toronto now while Adam looks after the kids, but they both plan to be with her early next week.
Violet after her CT scan
They have been accepted into Ronald McDonald House, but still have additional costs. A GoFund me page has been set up by the family, and any help is much appreciated to help them during this difficult time.
Kristen and Adam are hoping little Violet can come home to be with her brother and sisters in the next few weeks, and now they are waiting for results from a CT scan done on their baby girl.
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This Year's WayHome Music Festival Features Killer Lineup
/The lineup for this year's WayHome Festival in Oro-Medonte, Ont., July 22 to 24th has just been released and it is amazing.
It features Arcade Fire, The Killers, Arkells, Third Eye Blind and a whole pile of other great acts.
Twitter is blowing up over the announcement of this year's lineup, which thousands of people from Peterborough and the Kawarthas attend each year.
Tickets go on sale February 16th. Watch their promo teaser video here...
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Noble Tech Inc. Announces $20-Million, 50,000-Square-Foot Clean Tech Algae Plant In Peterborough
/Peterborough-based start-up Noble Tech, parent company to Noble Purification, has announced plans for a $20 million, 50,000-square-foot production facility, offering sustainable solutions for wastewater treatment, nutritional and pharmaceutical sectors while expanding Ontario’s green economy.
Noble Tech Inc. founder Adam Noble announced the plans for the company’s growth Monday (February 8th) at Trent University—with a goal to become the premier tenant of the new Trent Research and Innovation Park.
“We see algae differently. We want to create a more sustainable future," Noble says. "We are going to change the way the world treats water and we want to do that right here in Peterborough."
Noble Tech Inc. is a next generation bioproducts company with a goal to create a more sustainable future. It researches, cultivates and markets unique microalgae strains and their derivatives for various market applications from wastewater treatment to nutritional products, and eventually, pharmaceuticals.
Noble Tech plans to begin construction on its new facility in Spring 2017. The new facility will have a capacity to produce more than 10,000 tonnes of algae per year. The timing is dependent on the construction of servicing to the Trent Research and Innovation Park by the City of Peterborough and Trent University, and the City of Peterborough finalizing the management structure for the park.
Noble currently employs six people with plans to grow its team to 12 people in 2016. When Noble’s new research and production facility is completed, its workforce is projected to increase to 25 positions.
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#PinkInTheRink Raises Record-Breaking $97,035
/The Peterborough Petes and the Canadian Cancer Society Peterborough & District Community Office raised a record-breaking $97,035 in the 7th annual Pink in the Rink campaign on Saturday night (February 6th) at the Petes game at PMC.
Photo Courtesy Peterborough Petes
It was truly an amazing campaign and night with the community once again coming together for a great cause.
Photo Courtesy Peterborough Petes
