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StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Ryan Cornish & Allison Laming Of IG Wealth Management & 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…
Ryan Cornish and Allison Laming of IG Wealth Management recently announced that they now have a second office located in Cobourg at 259 Division St. The second location allows them to serve their growing clientele. The main location remains at 300 Aylmer St. North in Peterborough. Ryan and Allison provide full financial planning, financial goal setting and insurance for families, businesses, and professionals. Call them at (705) 304-1144 for info.
Ryan Cornish & Allison Laming of IG Wealth Management
Plan A is offering a unique option for anyone looking for supplemental, casual employment in the long-term care sector. Recruiter for Plan A Peterborough, Aaron McMillan says they ask for a commitment of three shifts per month to remain on the staff pool. When and where you work is completely up to you. Plan A utilizes a shift-filling software called StaffStat, which notifies all staff within each specific designation. RN’s RPN’s, PSW’s of a shift to be filled, and its first come, first served from there. Located at the Peterborough Business Hub on McDonnell Street, call Aaron at 705-243-3659 or visit jointheAteam.com.
Local media company Redstone Media Group recently launched “I Heart Saving”, a new app that takes “Shop local” to a whole new level. Owners Tim Hockley and Dana Cox say that I Heart Saving gives members deals and discounts at local merchants throughout Peterborough, with a portion of every $29.95 membership supporting a participating local charity, including Five Counties, Habitat for Humanity, Lakefield Animal Welfare Society, Camp Kawartha or Ptbo Strong. The free App is for both iOS and Android. Go to iheartsaving.com for more.
The Future Ready Business Summit 2020 is coming up on March 11th. Presented by the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce and Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development, the full morning and lunch agenda includes a keynote address by Daniel Lewis from T by Daniel, panel discussions on succession planning, the psychology of the sale, the circular economy, digitization, and marketing, mediums and messages. Breakfast and lunch are included in the $50 registration fee, as well as a professional headshot by Moss Works Photography, and some awesome swag. Check it out at peterboroughchamber.ca.
Growing Peterborough Snow Polar Bear Family Has Become Feel Good Winter Story Of 2020
/What started out as a solo Mama Snow Bear has grown with the addition of two cubs, and what’s shaping to be the most adorable, feel good story of the winter in Peterborough.
These “polar bears” near George and Parkhill have become a major attraction for passers-by, with the community basically “adopting” these bears as their own.
With each new cub lovingly created and designed, it’s like the community is having another baby.
900 Likes, 23 Comments - @ptbo_canada on Instagram: "Mamma Snow bear with her cub in Peterborough is what the 🌎 needs."
The comments are pouring in on our Facebook post of the new cub addition from a great photo taken by Christine Liu.
”Hats off to the creators of this, you have brought so much joy to passers by!!”, said one commenter. “What a happy sight to drive past every day. Thank You,” said another. “Pass by everyday on school bus, kids love it. Thank you for doing this,” still another person added.
Check out our Facebook post below to see all the awesome comments…
It will melt our hearts when the Spring thaw comes and these bears melt away. But the memories this family has created for parents and kids alike will not be forgotten, and perhaps they’ll be back next Winter.
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Melissa Payne’s New Album Darker Than Your Dark Out March 6th
/Ennismore’s Melissa Payne releases her new album, Darker Than Your Dark, on Friday, March 6th.
Produced by Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo), James McKenty (The Spades), and Maia Davies (Ladies of the Canyon), the record explores a new realm from the pages of Payne's songbook. Honest and vulnerable, Darker Than You Dark guides the listener through emotive peaks and valleys that can be at once heartbreaking and cathartic.
Melissa Payne co-wrote many of the songs with the album's three producers—all artists who she has also performed with in the past, and who worked on her sophomore album High and Dry (2014).
Aside from being an in-demand player, her background in old time fiddle and traditional celtic music has evolved into a blossoming solo career. The record comes after nearly a year on the road with Matt Mays, where Payne toured as part of his Dark Promises backing band.
As part of an Eastern Ontario tour she is doing, Melissa will be playing at Market Hall in Peterborough on Saturday, March 7th. Get your tickets here.
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We Are Family: Petes Clinch Playoff Spot On Family Day In Front Of Sold-Out Crowd At Memorial Centre
/It was a Family Day day to remember for the Peterborough Petes as they clinched a playoff spot at the Memorial Centre in front of a sold-out crowd of 3,764 fans, defeating the Central Division-leading Sudbury Wolves 5-2.
The Wolves opened the scoring on the power play before the Petes got three consecutive goals from Nick Robertson (45, 46) and Zach Gallant (28), bringing the score to 3-1. Sudbury would come within one goal late in the second period, but Liam Kirk (19) and Gallant (29) sealed Peterborough’s win with third period tallies.
Photo via gopetesgo.com
Robertson (with two assists as well) recorded four points in total, extending his point streak to 18 games.
Final shots were even at 30 apiece, with Hunter Jones making 28 saves. Peterborough went 1/3 on the power play and 2/3 on the penalty kill.
The Petes play just one game this week, hosting the Hamilton Bulldogs on Thursday (February 20th) at 7:05 p.m.
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StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Emily Mae's Cookies & Sweets And 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…
Emily Mae’s Cookies & Sweets is Jen Wight’s new business. Named after her grandmothers, Jen has been building her businesses from home but recently opened a storefront location and workshop at 1135 Lansdowne St West. Whether it’s some sugar cookies decorated and personalized for a gift, wedding favor or just to brighten someone’s day, or you want to purchase supplies to make your own, or take a class to learn the tips and tricks, check out emilymaes.com or stop in.
Near North Customs Brokers now have a local presence in the name of Jamie Bradstreet. Near North offers numerous cross-border trade consulting services, freight forwarding, and more. If you find border security, trade tariffs, and changing trade agreements daunting, call Jamie Bradstreet for help at 705-868-4165, or visit nearnorthcustoms.com.
Paul McKenzie’s new business is designed to help you improve your sales systems using Salesforce, the well-known sales software platform. Paul has spent years in programming, development and database administration using Mainframe, Unix/Linux, and Windows platforms, and is now a Salesforce Platform System Administrator and App Builder. So if you want help building client relationships and unique business processes using Salesforce, contact Paul McKenzie for a demo at 705-202-6052 or visit crmapps.ca.
Don and Laurie Riley have been boaters in the Kawarthas for a long time, so when they saw that the former Water’s Edge Restaurant in Bobcaygeon was available, they jumped on the opportunity to open their own restaurant. Called Riley’s Bar and Grill, the first order of business was to renovate the building to allow them to open year-round. Open Thursday through Sunday for now, they’ll move to full hours the Victoria Day weekend. Meanwhile you can check out their unique menu items like chicken and waffle, their own Riley’s fresh baked warm bread, wraps, salads, a children’s menu and more. Go to Rileysbarandgrill.ca for more info!
Peterborough Video Game Studio Announces Release Of One-of-a-Kind Senior Rom-Com Dating Game
/Local, independent game studio Bloom Digital Media has announced its highly-anticipated rom-com game Later Daters will be released on April 16th.
The quirky, one-of-a-kind game, created by Bloom Digital Media founder Miriam Verburg, follows romance in a retirement community and will be released on Steam, Itch.io and the Nintendo Switch.
Founder Miriam Verburg
As a visual novel set to span several episodes, Later Daters allows users to play as a senior and interact with eight characters in the community.
Players can customize the character’s look, name, romance history, and gender from the pet companion who will accompany them on romantic adventures to the avatar and dating history.
The company is putting the finishing touches on the first three episodes, showing how love can bloom late for the game’s seniors. The second series of episodes of Later Daters will be released later this year.
The Innovation Cluster startup released the award-winning LongStory game in 2014, and since then has had more than one million downloads combined on mobile and Nintendo Switch.
Visit the Later Daters website here, and watch the trailer below…
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PTBO Game Jam 05 Takes Place March 14th & 15h At Fleming College With Opportunities For People Of All Ages
/PTBO Game Jam 05 will take place Saturday, March 14th to Sunday, March 15th in a fan-favorite conference space at Fleming College’s Kawartha Trades & Technology Centre (559 Brealey Drive).
Powered by the Peterborough-based game development studio dotBunny, the Fleming Computer Club, the Pinnguaq Association and Fleming College’s School of Trades and Technology, PTBO Game Jam 05 is a weekend-long hackathon-style video game development event. The jam will see video game programmers, designers, artists and more gather to plan, design and create video games in a 32-hour marathon.
PTBO Game Jam is three events in one, with opportunities for people of any age and skill level to explore the world of video game development. It includes:
-> the Pinnguaq Association’s Youth Educational Block, which specially focuses on introducing youth under the age of 16 to making video games with free technology geared directly to them.
-> an Adult Educational Block geared at people aged 16 and over. The’ll take attendees from zero to hero with industry standard development toolsets to create a quick simple video game that can be expanded on at the game jam itself.
-> those blocks build up to the star of the show the Jam itself, which starts Saturday, March 14th at 9 a.m. and continues until 5 p.m. Sunday, March 15th.
Admission to PTBO Game Jam 05 is free. Pre-registration is required here and click the Register button there to join. Prior registration is required for each event you plan to participate in!
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Innovation Cluster And City Of Kawartha Lakes Open Incubator In Lindsay
/The City of Kawartha Lakes and Innovation Cluster, with the support of the Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation through the Rural Innovation Initiative Eastern Ontario (RIIEO), have opened an incubator for high-growth entrepreneurs in Lindsay.
An official launch for the incubator took place on Tuesday (February 11th) in Lindsay. Partners supporters and the public joined together for speeches, a ribbon cutting, and a tour of the space. Speakers included Mayor Andy Letham, John Gillis, President of the Innovation Cluster, MPP Laurie Scott, MP Jamie Schmale and Jil Quast, Chair CFDC.
John Gillis, President of the Innovation Cluster, speaking at the announcement
The Innovation Cluster has successfully accelerated hundreds of startups for over a decade, supporting companies in the agriculture technology, clean technology, digital and healthcare technology sectors.
Launching its 10,000 sq.ft. incubator in the heart of downtown Peterborough in 2017, the not-for-profit organization has coached, mentored, and provided a space for more than 80 startups to find their best path to market.
Throughout 2018, the Innovation Cluster supported eight CKWL companies, which created an economic impact of $2,355,633 and the creation of 22 jobs for CKWL. With this success and a clear need for more robust support and programming for entrepreneurs creating innovative new startups, the Innovation Cluster is looking forward to bringing its services on-site.
Ribbon cutting in Lindsay
“We are excited to launch our incubator in the heart of Lindsay to give current and future startup clients the opportunity to access our resources closer to home,” says President and CEO of the Innovation Cluster, John Gillis.
“The Innovation Cluster has been supporting clients in the Kawartha Lakes for a number of years remotely,” adds Gillis, “and many of those clients have been driving into Peterborough to work in our world class incubator. They have been waiting for us to make this expansion happen.”
Left to right: Innovation Cluster CEO Michael Skinner, President John Gillis & ICPK Board Chair John Desbien
The Innovation Cluster will now provide a creative incubation space for new ideas to blossom with entrepreneurs working side-by-side in Lindsay’s first full-service incubator in CKWL.
Some of the entrepreneurs moving in tweeted out about it…
Through this partnership, startups working in more remote areas throughout the Kawarthas will have easier access to dynamic programming, network connections, funding, investment and business opportunities, as well as marketing and commercialization support.
The opening of this incubator is another sign of the times as an increasing amount of people are looking to run a successful startup outside of large cities, to ensure a better quality of life.
Incubators in smaller communities that provide an abundance of professional resources at one site allows those entrepreneurs to achieve their goals without having to move.
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MP Maryam Monsef Announces $6 Million To Build Composting Facility In Peterborough
/On Tuesday (February 11th), Maryam Monsef announced up to $6 million in funding to support a City of Peterborough climate change initiative that is equivalent to removing 25,000 cars from the road annually.
The funding will support the development of a Centralized Composting Centre that will divert food and waste to a new, modern facility. It is projected that to prevent approximately 32,000 tonnes of organic debris from entering the landfill each year and will support local job creation.
Mayor Diane Therrien and MP Maryam Monsef pictured at announcement at Beavermead Park
“Peterborough has been piloting a composting program for years,” says Monsef. “Our Government sees Peterborough as a leader in environmentalism and climate action. Today’s investment of $6 million to expand Peterborough’s composting program is a vote of confidence in our community.”
The funding comes from the Partnerships stream of our Government of Canada’s Low Carbon Economy Fund, which invests in projects that reduce carbon pollution, save money, and create good jobs.
Announcement at Beavermead Park
