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Manjit Minhas (second from left) on the set of the CBC Television series "Dragons' Den" with her fellow Dragons. Described on her website as "mother, beer baroness, entrepreneur, Dragon", Manjit will be speaking at the Innovation Cluster's Electric City Talks series at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough on March 10, 2020 in celebration of International Women's Day. The event is sponsored by Fleming College and will be free for all Fleming College students and $10 for members of the public. (Photo: CBC)

businessNOW – January 21, 2020

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Featuring Manjit Minhas speaking in Peterborough, Kawartha Chamber's Digital Main Street initiative, Weston Foods closing Cobourg plant, free pre-apprenticeship programs at Fleming College, and more.
Manjit Minhas on the set of the CBC Television series "Dragons' Den". Described on her website as "mother, beer baroness, entrepreneur, Dragon", Manjit will be speaking at the Innovation Cluster's Electric City Talks series at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough on March 10, 2020 in celebration of International Women's Day. The event is sponsored by Fleming College and will be free for all Fleming College students, and $10 for members of the public. (Photo: CBC)

CBC Dragon Manjit Minhas speaking in Peterborough on March 10 in celebration of International Women’s Day

Karen Procyk of Peterborough collects her grand prize of $1,500 in "downtown money" at Wild Rock Outfitters on 169 Charlotte Street after her Holiday Shopping Passport was drawn at the culmination of the annual initiative by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) to encourage people to choose local. Also pictured is DBIA executive director Terry Guiel (left) and Wild Rock Outfitters co-owner Kieran Andrews. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

businessNOW – January 14, 2020

The Workforce Development Board/Local Employment Planning Council is presenting an employer education information session on gender and sexuality on January 16, 2020 at Holiday InnPeterborough-Waterfront in downtown Peterborough featuring guest speaker anya gwynne, education co-ordinator with PARN. At the session, they will be presenting on best practices around gender and sexuality in the workplace. (Stock photo)

Workforce Development Board hosting employer information session on gender and sexuality in the workplace

Huge Shops Ontario has applied to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to open a cannabis retail store at 225 George Street North in downtown Peterborough. The Toronto-based cannabis retailer originally proposed a store to be located at the plaza at Fowlers Corners in Kawartha Lakes but decided to move the proposed store after municipal zoning issues were identified with that location. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – January 7, 2020

Canadian space robotics company MDA Corporation built the Canadarm robotic arm for NASA's space shuttle program. Peterborough-raised billionaire Jim Balsillie is one of a consortium of Canadian investors acquiring MDA Corporation, headed by Peterborough native Mike Greenley, from its American parent company. (Photo: NASA)

businessNOW – December 31, 2019

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