Documentary from The New Canadians Centre Focuses On Migrant Workers
/A short documentary, filmed and directed by local filmmaker Shahed Khaito called ‘The Hands That Feed Us’ was released on August 5.
Photo courtesy of the New Canadians Centre
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Four Major Federal Party Candidates Have Been Selected And They Are All Women
/For the first time ever all four major federal party candidates in the Peterborough-Kawartha riding are women.
NDP Joy Lachica, Green Chanté White , Conservative Michelle Ferreri, Liberal incumbant Maryam Monsef. Photo courtesy of PTBO Canada
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to call a federal election sometime in the coming weeks, federal political parties have been nominating candidates for local ridings.
The Green, Conservative, NDP and Liberal Party in the Peterborough Kawartha riding have officially named their candidates and for the first time in history they are all women.
Chanté White will represent the Green party. According to the Peterborough-Kawartha Green Party website White is a recent graduate from Trent University Peterborough with an honours degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Political Studies.
Michelle Ferreri was chosen as the Conservative candidate in Peterborough-Kawartha. Ferreri owns and operates an independent media company focusing on content creation, marketing consulting and public speaking.
The NDP chose Joy Lachica to represent their party in the Peterborough-Kawartha riding. Lachica moved to Canada with her family as a child from the Philippines. She has been an elementary school teacher for over 25 years.
These three candidates will be challenging Liberal incumbent Maryam Monsef, who will be seeking her third term as Peterborough-Kawartha MP. Monsef graduated from Trent University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She is Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development.
A federal election must be held by October 16, 2023 though it is expected that an election will be called in late August an a vote will be held in late September.
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Peterborough Welcomes Electric City Football Club
/Electric City Football Club is now officially part of the soccer scene in Peterborough and will be a part of League1 Ontario, the provinces Pro-Am, standards-based, senior soccer league.
Supporters and those involved in the club pose in the Electric City Football Clubs colours at Mondays announcement. Photo by Kirtus Evoy.
At a press conference held Monday at The Silver Bean Café the team announced its ownership group, a team name, and its first club President.
Rob Jenkins was officially announced as the Electric City FC President. Jenkins joins the club after being involved in the launching Cavalry Football club in the Canadian Premiere League (CPL) and Foothills Football Club of the United Soccer League 2, two of the most successful soccer clubs in Canada.
“I am really excited to be part of this adventure and have been blown away by the community of Peterborough and its people,” said Jenkins. “The support I have seen thus far leads me to believe that together we can achieve something really special.”
During the official announcement at the Silver Bean Cafe Jenkins introduced the Club’s local ownership group, including: Neil Morton, Kyle McDonald, Burton Lee, Mo Von Roeder, Beth McClelland, Jon Gillan, Richard Wood, Alex Bridal, Siam Grobler, Alvaro de la Guardia, Paul Bennett and majority owner Gregory Couch.
The team colours, yellow and black, were also shared on Monday.
Electric City FC plans to kick-off in 2022 playing in League 1 Ontario Men’s division and adding a Women’s team in 2023, pending approval. The club also has ambitions to reach the CPL in the future.
“For Electric City FC to reach the heights of the CPL and be considered by the League as a possible expansion club it’s going to take the whole community to get behind the project and show the rest of Canada why Peterborough deserves to be in the country’s top professional league,” said Jenkins. “From what I’ve seen so far from Peterborough and the passionate, hardworking, and talented people who live here, they are up to the challenge.”
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Downtown Curbside Pickup Parking Zones Being Removed
/The designated curbside pickup parking zones in downtown Peterborough will begin to be removed this week with the regular parking rules resuming for those spaces.
Photo courtesy of the City of Peterborough
The City created the curbside pickup zones in January 2021 to assist residents and businesses during the provincewide lockdown.
With the easing of public health regulations allowing the return of indoor dining, retail and many personal services, curbside pickup activity has reduced according to the City.
The City consulted with the Downtown Business Improvement Area and several downtown businesses on the current need for the designated curbside pickup parking spaces since the province has emerged from the lockdown and public health regulations have eased to allow more indoor activities.
By resuming regular parking rules for these spaces, customers will be able to use the spaces for up to two hours instead of the reduced 15-minute limit for the designated curbside pickup parking zones.
Residents and visitors are reminded that on-street parking in the downtown is limited to a maximum period of two hours unless otherwise posted, and parking rates are $1.50 for each hour.
Customers can pay for parking at a parking meter or a pay-and-display machine with coins. The HotSpot App allows customers to pay for parking with credit or debit.
Parking is free evenings after 6 p.m., weekends and statutory holidays. The first hour of parking is free at the King Street Parkade on King Street between George and Aylmer streets.
The City will continue to monitor parking requirements and any changes to public health regulations to consider further adjustments to parking services, if necessary.
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The Annual Heritage Hunt Contest Has Started
/The Peterborough Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee has launched its annual Heritage Hunt contest.
Photo courtesy of The City of Peterborough
Small groups and individuals are encouraged to test their knowledge of Peterborough’s architecture for a chance to win prizes. The contest consists of identifying 36 architectural details on buildings in a defined area of the city. All details are visible from public areas and both sides of the street are in play.
Booklets are available at the City Hall reception desk, 500 George Street North Monday - Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
An online form, including a map of the area where all the architectural details can be found, is available here.
Prizes will be awarded for the correct identification of the most architectural elements on the clue sheet. This year’s prizes will feature gift cards from local businesses.
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StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Prana Wellness Studio, Peppers Pet Food and Supplies, Fork in the Road and A1 Lighting
/PTBOCanada is delighted to be running StoosNews columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…
Lil Miss Perfect Services is rebranding to Prana Wellness Studio. Operating out of Bloom Health at 727 Lansdowne Street, owner Lyndele Gauci offers restorative, foundational and gentle flow yoga, Reiki treatments and weekly home-cooked meals. For details and to book an appointment, look for Prana Wellness Studio on Facebook and Instagram.
Peppers Pet Food & Supplies recently opened at 24 Front St W. Hastings. Owner Jason McGill is quite the entrepreneur, owning McGillicafey's Pub & Eatery, Banjos Grill, Studio3A and working on opening "Baker's & Beans" Bakery and "THE Market Place", all in Hastings.
Peppers Pet Food & Supplies carries pet foods in kibble, semi-moist, raw, freeze-dried, canned and tetra packs. They also offer lots of toys, accessories, litter, clothing and more for dogs, cats, fish and small animals. Open Monday to Saturday, check out Peppers Pet Food and Supplies on Facebook.
Fork in the Road Country Market is a great new store, located at 2989 Lakefield Road, across from Paris Marine next to Overstock Liquidation. Owners Ozzy and Dawn Duncan offer fresh baked goods, beautiful fruits and vegetables, one-of-a-kind goods, local sauces, spreads, jams and lots more.
There are lots of local products to choose from, everything from Doo Doo’s Butter Tarts to the famous SKH Feta dips. They can make up a charcuterie board for you and will be opening their own onsite food truck soon. Stop in or look for forkintheroadcountrymarket.com or find them on Facebook or Instagram.
Harry Friedrich emigrated to Canada from Germany in 1975 and established a very successful electrical contracting company. Harry is now capitalizing on his wealth of knowledge and extensive lighting experience with the creation of A1 Lighting.
After a lighting audit, A1 will produce an engineering report that provides a detailed analysis of your current lighting system and the savings that you will realize by retrofitting to LED technologies. Details are at a1lighting.net.
Michelle Ferreri Wins Candidacy for Conservative Party
/Michelle Ferreri won the nomination to be the candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada on Wednesday night.
Photo courtesy of Michelle Ferreri
Ferreri says the real work starts after winning the candidacy.
“It’s a lot of learning, a lot of reading, an influx of information,” said Ferrari.
Before she won the nomination Ferreri had to make sure she was running for the right reasons.
“For me it’s a real extension of what I’ve been doing for the community for over twenty years, which is actively listening to people and then finding solutions,” Ferreri said. “I like to use those positive relationships I’ve built in the community to be able to say I know who we can talk to, I know how we can fix this.”
Ferreri will represent the Conservative Party, while Chante White was selected for the Green Party and Joy Lachica for the NDP. Liberal incumbent Maryam Monsef will be seeking her third term as Peterborough-Kawartha MP.
This election marks the first time that all four major federal party candidates for Peterborough-Kawartha riding are women.
“There not just women, they’re diverse,” said Ferreri. “I think it’s a testament to all the other women that have done really hard work, and put themselves in traditionally male dominated careers.”
“This is a big accomplishment, it has been primarily a male dominated space for a long time and I think women are just as capable - but people are people.”
The federal election must be held on or before October 23, 2023, though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is widely expected to call an election later in August meaning a vote would be held in late September.
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Local Entrepreneur Receives Top 10 Honours From International Magazine
/Robert Gauvreau is an author, accountant, public speaker and now can add a top 10 disrupting entrepreneur to that list last week Thursday.
Robert Gauvreau is a graduate of Holy Cross Secondary School and Trent University. Photo Courtesy of Gauvreau CPA.
Disruptors Magazine, an information magazine for successful leaders, executives, investors and entrepreneurs, listed Gauvreau in their top 10 list in the world in no particular order.
“A disruptor is really somebody who does not accept the status quo,” explained Gauvreau. “It’s just somebody is not willing to accept the way things are and wants to change how things are done.”
Gauvreau shares the top 10 list with other entrepreneurs spanning across the world in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Photo Courtesy of Gauvreau CPA.
Gauvreau, owner of accounting firm Gauvreau & Associates Chartered Professional Accountants — also known as Gauvreau CPA — says he has was honoured to be recognized but believes the bar on his business has been set even higher.
“It’s almost like there’s extra responsibility now,” explained Gauvreau. When you’re being named as being a disruptor in your industry, now there’s this new responsibility to really enhance some of those changes and take things to the next level.”
Gauvreau was the only Canadian recognized as part of the top 10 disruptors list. Photo Courtesy of Gauvreau CPA.
Several disruptions that Gauvreau has done to make the list are public speaking including virtual summits to help entrepreneurs, author books achieving financial freedom, building a law firm and host online courses as some examples.
Gauvreau centres his business around community, financial and entrepreneurial development with his business.
“We’ve got three words outside our wall outside of the elevator: people, passion and integrity,” explained Gauvreau. “Let’s continue to support each other and collaborate.”
Gauvreau CPA plans to go from 35 to 50 employees by January of next year. The business will build a law firm starting in September.
“Peterborough is a great community but together collaboratively, we continue to build an even greater place and that’s exciting,” said Gauvreau.
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Warsaw Road Swing Bridge Opening Delayed
/Parks Canada has announced that the Warsaw Road Swing Bridge reopening has been delayed.
THE WARSAW ROAD SWING BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA’S FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAM. PHOTO BY DAVID TUAN BUI.
During commissioning of the swing bridge this week, the fit of key mechanical components on the bridge did not meet specifications. The components have been removed and are being remachined to ensure the proper fit. These components need to be properly in place on the bridge before testing and commissioning can restart to ensure safety.
If future testing and commissioning goes to plan, Parks Canada still expects the bridge will be reopened in August. If additional adjustments or modifications are required as a result of the testing the bridge reopening will be delayed until they are completed.
Immediately following the reopening of the bridge, short intermittent delays are expected for operational testing. Traffic control measures will be in place.
The bridge has been closed for a full replacement of the steel swing bridge structure, repairs to concrete abutments, and replacement of mechanical and electrical operating systems. The project has also brought the bridge up to full highway loading.
The Warsaw Road Swing Bridge replacement project is part of the Government of Canada’s Federal Infrastructure Investment program.
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New Downtown Lofts Constructed From Old YMCA Building
/The old YMCA on the corner of George Street and Murray Street has finally been converted into upscale loft apartments in a private showing on Thursday.
Hans Jain, Atria president (far right) with staff members at The Black Horse Pub with the new YLofts building. Photo by David Tuan Bui
The lofts known as Y Lofts are owned and built by the Toronto-based company Atria, a development corporation. Hans Jain, Atria president along with staff hosted tours to media and community members with a luncheon at The Black Horse Pub.
Terry Guiel, Downtown Business Improvement Area executive director praised Jain for respecting and honouring the history of the city with YLofts. The building named several room models after familiar Peterborough names such as Chemong, Algonquin and Kawartha.
"They've done their research and show us that they care about this community," he said. "They're not coming in and saying, 'we're a big Toronto firm and come jump on us', they're saying, 'we want to be a part of your community.’"
YLofts occupy the old YMCA location which was first built in 1896. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Councillor Henry Clarke showed his appreciation of the new lofts as it gives easy accessibility to several downtown amenities while revitalizing the area.
"The downtown is the economic engine of the city," he said. "To see this whole section come back to life, it's wonderful."
