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The Seventh Annual Kawartha Craft Beer Festival Gets the Taps Flowing For Two Days
/The seventh annual Kawartha Craft Beer Festival is coming back to Del Crary Park for two days: May 31 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. and June 1 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Kawartha Craft Beer.
The festival features Ontario Craft Breweries, cideries, distilleries, food vendors, merchandise vendors, a kids zone and live music throughout the weekend.
“We are thrilled to bring back the Kawartha Craft Beer Festival even bigger and better in our seventh year. We’ve got some new features at the event this year, and we can’t wait to see everyone back in the park enjoying fun, friends and craft beer,” said Kim Cranfield, Kawartha Craft Beer Festival owner.
“We’re excited to be back as the Presenting Sponsor at this year’s event.” said Richard Wood, Bobcaygeon Brewing Company president and co-Founder. “This is such a great event for our community and a great way for people to sample the amazing craft breweries we have here in Ontario.”
Early bird tickets are on sale until Tuesday, giving guests a savings of $5. Tickets allow access on both Friday and Saturday and include a beer mug and two drink tokens.
This year's lineup features 16 craft breweries, cideries and distilleries, seven food vendors and live music throughout the weekend. Guests will be able to do some shopping from our merchandise vendors and play lawn games and this year, a Kids Zone has been added for fun and games available to kids 12 and under.
Regular-priced tickets go on sale on May 1. Guests can pre-purchase event tickets, beer tokens and Kids Zone tickets. Early Bird weekend tickets are $20 + tax and fees. Regular-priced weekend tickets are $25 + tax and fees and sales begin May 1.
Each ticket comes a wristband, branded Festival mug and two drink tokens. Wristbands and 2024 Festival mugs are required to sample beer. Designated drivers and anyone under 19 are not required to purchase a ticket.
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Peterborough Police Investigating Theft of Planters From a Business
/The Peterborough Police Service Community FIRST unit is investigating a theft of planters from a business on March 19.
At roughly 10:30 a.m., the business in the Reid Street and Simcoe Street area reported that a male came onto the porch, checked to see if the planters were movable, returned several hours later and took them off the front porch.
Anyone with information is asked to call Peterborough Police at 705-876-1122 x555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
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Lakefield Couple Win Lotto Max Jackpot of $70 Million
/Doug and Enid Hannon of Lakefield have hit the Lotto Max jackpot and have found themselves $70 million richer announced by Ontario Lottery Gaming (OLG) on Thursday.
Photo courtesy of OLG.
The win was from the Feb. 20 draw with their winning ticket purchased at the Kinmount Independent Grocer on Kawartha Lakes County Rd 121.
The couple originally kept their win a secret for several months before telling their friends and family.
Enid purchased the winning ticket on their way to their ‘camp,’ however, Doug discovered the big win the day after the draw.
“I was completely unaware that a winning ticket had been sold in our area. So, when I saw ‘Big Winner’ on the phone screen, I was shaking,” said Doug. “My heart was pounding. I had to stare at it for a while and process all those zeroes. Then I had to check it a few more times."
Doug, who has been retired for a few years, decided not to mention anything to his wife until she got home from work.
“I went to the garage and buried my head in some work while I struggled with disbelief and thought about our next steps,” said Doug.
He waited until dinner time to surprised Enid with the news.
“Doug told me to come into the computer room and the OLG website was on the computer screen, and he told me to check the numbers on ticket,” explained Enid. “When I realized we had won a prize, I first thought it was a $70,000 win. Doug told me to recount all the zeros and that’s when it hit me that we won $70 million!”
The couple decided to keep this multi-million dollar win a secret for a while. They agreed first to get financial and legal advice as they started making some money plans. Not telling anyone was very difficult for Enid as she is very open and expressive with all who know her.
“Keeping this secret was killing me,” she laughed.
A week prior to collecting their winnings, the Lakefield couple told their children and grandchildren about the huge win where everyone was in disbelief and extremely happy for them.
The married couple of 51 years have already made some plans with the money.
“I would like to travel across Canada to experience the beautiful nature of this country from coast to coast,” said Doug.
“I have been dreaming about a new kitchen for years and now I will get it, along with some other improvements to the house because we love where we live and we don’t want to move,” explained Anid.
However, the couple both agree that the number one priority for this money is their family.
“Our family is most important and we want to share this with them. I want to ensure everyone is safe, secure and well taken care of,” said both Doug and Anid.
They also want to share a portion of their winnings with some community causes that are close to them.
“This is truly a blessing for us and our family,” said Enid and Doug. “Like many people, you always hope to win the lottery, but we never dreamt this would happen to us! We are so very thankful.”
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Peterborough's Porter Martone Selected As Captain For Canada’s National Men’s U18 Team
/Peterborough’s Porter Martone is representing his country on a global stage as he was selected as captain for Team Canada at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship in Finland.
Porter Martone (middle) is joined with Carson Wetsch (left) and Malcolm Spence (right) as alternate captains for the team. Photo courtesy of Hockey Canada.
The Mississauga Steelhead has 33 goals and 38 assists in 60 games this past Ontario Hockey League Season.
Martone spent time with the AAA U15 Peterborough Petes during the 2019-20 season.
The tournament starts Thursday and runs until May 5. Canada takes on Sweden in the preliminary match at noon on Thursday.
Trent University Celebrates Public Sculpture At Campus Entrance
/Trent University celebrated the art piece, ‘Potential,’ three pinecone sculptures at the entrance of the Symons Campus and was created by artist Floyd Elzinga.
Dr. Leo Groarke, Trent's president and vice-chancellor (left); Floyd Elzinga (middle) and Suzanne Bailey, Trent’s associate dean of graduate studies (right) with ‘Potential.’ Photo by David Tuan Bui.
The art piece was completed in April of last year. Elzinga took about a year to complete them. The sculptures were made of weathering (Corten) steel which adds a uniqueness to their colour from a scientific standpoint.
“It's a specific alloy of steel that develops rusty oxidized patina but that patina actually prevents it from deteriorating so that 'rust' actually prevents it from corroding further which is an 'irony,’” explained Elzinga.
‘Potential’ is appropriate for a campus with pine cones being the theme for the piece according to the Beamsville, Ont. artist.
“One of these pinecones would have 100 or more seeds in it and the potential refers to is that each of those seeds, the potential that they have inside them to become 100 trees that could go elsewhere,” said Elzinga. “It's that metaphor representing so much more life that can come out of it and I think it reflects well on the University. Students come to learn things and they are those seeds that take that knowledge to set their roots where that is.”
Family, friends and Trent faculty were on hand to celebrate the occasion of Elzinga’s accomplishments.
The sculpture was originally announced on National Philanthropy Day (Nov. 15), is the latest addition to the University’s Public Sculpture Initiative (PSI) which offers a nationally significant collection of public art, supported by philanthropy.
Trent’s PSI was initiated by David James and his wife, Lili de Grandpré, and is supported by Jalynn H. Bennett's legacy gift and other donors and artists according to the University.
The work was commissioned after Suzanne Bailey, Trent’s associate dean of graduate studies, suggested Elzinga to Dr. Leo Groarke, Trent's president and vice-chancellor. The latter was immediately on board.
“Suzanne reached out to me on behalf of Leo and said, ‘we would love to see something by Floyd,’” said Elzinga. “It was at a point in my career that this was something I could afford to do and I think it's a great solution for that University to build a collection.”
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3,000 Trout Released Into 35th Annual OFAH Under the Lock Fishing Derby a Go Starting April 27
/There were 3,000 trout released into the Lift Locks ahead of the 35th annual Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) Under the Lock Fishing Derby including top-prize rainbow trout ‘Walter’ on Wednesday.
GORDON BOWLEY, FISHING DERBY CO-CHAIR, holds Walter before throwing him into the canal. This is Bowley’s 25th year helping the fishing derby. PHOTO BY DAVID TUAN BUI.
Of the 3,000, 2,500 of them are rainbow trout and the other 500 are brook trout, tagged for instant prizes and a chance to win one of four grand prizes for the youth derby.
The event runs from April 27 to May 5. The youth derby, for children 15 and under, kicks off on the first day.
Walter, a six to eight-pound rainbow trout as the top prize, will earn $1,000 cash to whoever can reel him in.
The second and third-place grand prize fish ‘Rosie’ and ‘Berty’ are each worth $200 cash plus a free registration to OFAH day camp. The fourth grand prize ‘Kayak’ wins a sit-on kayak and paddle.
Nick Pellerin tosses a netful of trout into the Lift Lock to prepare for the fishing derby. Photo by David Tuan bui.
The all-ages derby will run from April 28 through May 5. For the third year, it will include tagged fish with cash prizes sponsored by local businesses.
Registration is required for all participants. Admission is $15 for the first child, $10 for siblings and $25 for adults. Purchase tickets online or in person at both Peterborough Canadian Tire locations.
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Peterborough Police Investigating Gas Bar Door Glass Being Smashed; Officers Search For Two Suspects
/The Peterborough Police Service is investigating after an incident at a Peterborough gas bar on Wednesday morning.
Photo by David Tuan Bui.
At roughly 3 a.m. on April 24, 2024, officers were called about the front door of a gas bar in the Lansdowne Street West and Rye Street area being smashed.
When officers arrived, they found the door glass smashed but overall, it was still secure.
Officers searched the area for two people matching the following description:
Two males
Possibly in the 20s
Wearing toques and wearing reddish grey jeans
Anyone with information is asked to call Peterborough Police at 705-876-1122 x555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
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Fleming College Makes Changes to Program Offerings Amid International Student Cap
/Changes to Fleming College’s program offerings for Fall 2024 were approved by the Board of Governors on Tuesday morning.
Photo by David Tuan Bui.
