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$12,631.85 Raised At 9th Annual Bras Around The Building
/Pure Country 105, Energy 99.7 and Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre have wrapped up the 9th Annual “Bras Around the Building” Campaign for this year.
For the last four weeks, residents of Peterborough and the Kawarthas have been donating their gently used bras, and many took up collections from family, friends and workplaces for the campaign. More than 6,000 bras were collected from this awesome community.
With the generous contribution of $1 per bra from Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre, along with other monetary donations from local businesses and individuals, the 2019 Bras Around the Building Campaign raised $12,631.85. Funds will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society for breast cancer research.
The bras will hang on the Pure Country 105/Energy 99.7 building at 59 George St. N. in Peterborough until Monday, October 28th as a symbol of support for women battling breast cancer, to honour survivors and to remember those who have lost their battle.
The public are encouraged to stop by and take pictures over the weekend.
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The Peterborough Petes Are Now Ranked No. 9 In Canadian Hockey League
/Your Peterborough Petes are on a roll. Earlier this week, goalie Hunter Jones was named OHL Player of the Week for the first time in his career, and after three straight victories they have now cracked the Top 10 in the CHL standings at No. 9.
The weekly rankings of the CHL’s Top-10 teams are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts.
The Petes sit atop the Eastern Conference Standings with a 9-3 record, their most recent victory being a 2-1 win over the No. 2 ranked Oshawa Generals in Oshawa on Sunday. They also have the most points in the OHL right now.
The Petes take the ice Thursday night (October 24th) against the Sarnia Sting at the PMC, and host Mississauga Steelheads Saturday night.
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Millbrook Gets A Starring Role In New Film Let It Snow Out On Netflix November 8th
/The beautiful town of Millbrook, the backdrop for many film productions, is now on display in the new Netflix romantic comedy Let It Snow out November 8th.
Based on the best-selling young adult novel of the same name, the plot revolves around a snowstorm that hits a small town on Christmas Eve, where a group of high school seniors finds their friendships and love lives unexpectedly colliding. Many of the scenes were filmed in Millbrook during production earlier this year.
Watch the official trailer here…
Eco-Care Project Wins FastStart Peterborough's Pitch It Competition
/In the 5th Annual Pitch It! competition held at the VentureNorth Building on October 22nd hosted by FastStart Peterborough, 13 student groups from Trent University and Fleming College competed for the prizes.
In this Dragon’s Den-style pitch competition, the winners are…
ECO-CARE PROJECT - 1st place, $350 (Shane Willis & Tanner)
What They Do: Providing lawn care services in an eco-friendly way through reducing traditional gas engines and using electrical technologies.
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PAPER PLANTER PROJECT - 2nd place, $150 (Joao Broges, Oanh Ho & Vanessa Mathieu)
What They Do: Compostable planting containers as educational modules to teach children through experiential learning about gardening, growing their own food, sustainability and patience.
Winners of Pitch It! Competiion
The judges included Rhonda Keenan, President and CEO, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development; Yves LaFortune, Executive Director, Peterborough Region Angel Network; and John Gillis, President and CEO, Innovation Cluster - Peterborough and the Kawarthas.
Pitch It! competitors
“This annual event is a great opportunity for any local aspiring entrepreneur attending Trent or Fleming to get out of their comfort zone and practice pitching a business idea,” says Braden Clark, Innovation Specialist at the Innovation Cluster.
Many participants from previous Pitch It! competitions have applied to enter the Innovation Cluster incubator and FastStart programming.
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Petes Goalie Hunter Jones Named OHL Player of the Week For First Time In Career
/The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Minnesota Wild prospect Hunter Jones of the Peterborough Petes is the OHL “On the Run” Player of the Week with a 3-0 record, 1.67 goals-against average and .943 save percentage.
Jones earns the award for the first time in his OHL career after backstopping the Petes to a perfect 3-0 record. On Sunday (October 20th), he stopped 28 of 29 in Sunday's 2-1 victory over the CHL's top-ranked Oshawa Generals, earning his 40th career OHL win in the process.
Picture via Hunter Jones on Twitter
A 19-year-old native of Brantford, Ont., Jones is off to a 9-1-0-0 start in the 2019-20 season, posting a league-leading 2.41 goals-against average along with a .919 save percentage and one shutout.
Jones—who is honouring the late legendary broadcaster Gary Dalliday on his goalie mask—owns a career 40-34-2-2 record over 82 career OHL regular season contests, posting a 3.54 goals-against average and .896 save percentage with four shutouts. Originally Peterborough's fifth round pick in the 2016 OHL Priority Selection, Jones was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the second round of the 2019 NHL Draft.
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Washboard Hank And Reverend Ken Reunite After 30 Years To Play Market Hall
/It’s a reunion 30 years in the making, as local music legends Washboard Hank and Reverend Ken are set to play Market Hall in Peterborough on Sunday, November 3rd at 7 p.m.
Almost four decades ago, Hank Fisher and Ken Ramsden produced a remarkable musical coupling, and the result was performance art which incorporated everything from classical music to bluegrass gospel street preaching, in a spontaneous, antic conflagration best viewed through welder’s goggles.
Washboard Hank & Reverend Ken back in the day (photo courtesy Washboard Hank)
Peterborough locals, as well as Trent and Fleming alumni from the Eighties, may well remember the weekly Wednesday night “Red Dog Howls” at the Legendary Red Dog Tavern on Hunter Street which featured Washboard Hank, the Reverend Ken and' The Lost Followers' Band from the Church of the Open Bottle.
Hank and Ken also toured all over North America, by whatever means were available, putting on “Gospel Gumbo” street shows from Vancouver to Calgary to Edmonton, from Nashville to Memphis, from Oregon to San Francisco, and everywhere in between.
Washboard Hank & Reverend Ken back in the day (photo courtesy Wayne Eardley)
Accompanying Hank and Ken for this unique reunion at Market Hall will be Hank’s backup band, the Wringers, comprised of Tyson Galloway on Upright Bass and Sean Conway on Lead Guitar and Mandolin.
Recent photo courtesy Washboard Hank.
The program will also feature The McDonnel Street Gospel Quartet, featuring authentic vintage/roots gospel songs from the 1930s and 1940s era, as well as a rare screening of Terry McEvoy's award-winning, Red Dog Tavern documentary film, Amateur Night.
Tickets are available in advance at the Market Hall Box Office, online, or by phone at 705.775.1503.
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StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Innovative Life Designs, The Unicorn & More
/PTBOCanada is delighted to to be running StooNews columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…
Amelia Valenti is a Leadership and Wellness coach who recently started up her own Coaching Business called Innovative Life Designs. Amelia has an extensive background in education as a teacher, consultant, and administrator, and she uses an evidence-based strategy called Design Thinking with her clients. Offering Executive Leadership, wellness coaching, education consulting or workshop facilitation, check out Amelia’s innovative website or Facebook page for more info.
Amelia Valenti
The Unicorn is a new hair salon in downtown Peterborough. Owned by licensed hairstylist Diana Stephens, The Unicorn offers cuts and styles, colour, treatments, and weddings and events. The salon is located at 412 1/2 George St. in Downtown Peterborough and has undergone extensive renovations. Check out the unicorn style online at theunicornsalon.com.
Diana Stephens
EyeTech VisionCare just celebrated their grand opening recently at 1840 Lansdowne Street in the Mapleridge Plaza. Owner and Optician Tam Mak offers Eye Glasses, Sunglasses and Contacts. There is an Optician on duty, knowledgeable and friendly staff, and they’ll direct bill to most insurance companies. Look for EyeTech VisionCare on Facebook here.
Ann Way-Nee worked for 30 years as an occupational therapist at Five Counties Children's Centre. Following her retirement, Ann started a new business called Learn Differently Pro, which distributes web-based structured literacy programs that have been developed for children with learning difficulties. The programs are multi-sensory and individualized and targeted at basic spelling or arithmetic skills. There is lots more to know, so check out the Facebook page here.
Cody Crowley Is Now 18-0 After Win At Memorial Centre Streamed Internationally On UFC Fight Pass
/Peterborough’s Cody Crowley swept all three judges’ scoredcards by 100-90 to defeat Mian Hussain and move to 18-0 in his boxing career in front of 2,500 fans at the Memorial Centre—and a worldwide audience streaming internationally on UFC Fight Pass—on Saturday night (October 19th).
“A huge thank you to everyone who made it out last night to support my dream of becoming a world champion as I made my UFC Fight Pass Debut last night at the Memorial Centre,” Crowley said in a Facebook post on Sunday.
Photo by Emily Wilson (via Cody Crowley’s Facebook page)
Crowley retains his Canadian Professional Boxing Council superweight title with the win at Homecoming V: Going Global, capping a great week in which he received a key to the city of Peterborough.
“There is no better feeling than fighting in front of my hometown Peterborough,” Crowley adds in his Facebook post. “I want to take a second to thank my whole team at CCC Promotions for working their butts off for the past 6 weeks to make this event as big as it was! I couldn’t do it without the amazing team that I have in my corner! From my parents/family/coach and management team and the amazing sponsors, all the way to everyone who made it out to support the event! We are one huge team that is starting to get noticed around the world.... ON TO THE NEXT.”
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Peterborough Humane Society Receives $25,000 Donation From Leask Family For Their Our Pet Project Capital Fundraising Campaign
/Our Pet Project—the Peterborough Humane Society’s campaign to build its first-of-its-kind Animal Care Centre—has received a $25,000 donation towards the new Centre, which will set a new standard for animal welfare in Canada.
The Leask family was inspired to give by their son, Todd (pictured below), a dedicated supporter of the Humane Society who has been walking dogs at the Humane Society for more than five years.
Todd Leask and PHS dog, Baxter
The Leask family did a tour of the existing facility this summer and were impressed with the work and dedication of the staff and volunteers—despite the limitations of the building.
“Even under these conditions, they do a yeoman’s job of caring for the many animals they take in, care for and then re-home into suitable homes,” says Bob Leask. “We were pleased they spay and neuter all animals prior to putting them up for adoption, thus controlling the pet overpopulation in our region. It is obvious the present quarters are over-crowded and proper animal care is a challenge.”
Rendering of new facility
Designed by Peterborough-based Lett Architects, the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre will sit on 20 acres of land on Technology Drive and will be a Canadian first—setting the standard for animal shelters in Canada. The purpose-built facility will be home to the Humane Society’s new Adoption and Education Centre, which is designed with animals’ well-being in mind, providing more space, natural light and reducing stress.
In addition to the Provincial Dog Rehab Centre, the Peterborough Animal Care Centre will also be home to the region’s only accessible Spay/Neuter Clinic. The Humane Society anticipates that over 5,000 pets and their owners will benefit from this service each year, reducing the number of unwanted pets in the province.
Rendering of new faclity
