This rain garden, installed by GreenUP at Wireless Solutions on Landsdowne Street in 2015, has the capacity to divert 200,000 litres of rainwater. The eight rain gardens installed in The Avenues as part of the Rain Ready Peterborough program will have the capacity to divert approximately 320,000 litres of rainwater, roughly the volume of six tanker trucks. (Photo: GreenUP)
With a hot, dry summer like this one, flooding may not be in the forefront of our minds. However, for many residents of Peterborough and the Kawarthas the floods of past years — and the damage that they caused — are never far in our minds.
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Dylan Radcliffe, GreenUP Water Programs Coordinator.
Over the past several years, Ontario has seen increased incidences of large storm events causing rivers to spill over their banks. Since the large flood in 2004, Peterborough has experienced a number of storm and snow melt events that have put people’s properties and livelihoods at risk.
To mitigate flooding when the next big storm hits, GreenUP, the City of Peterborough, and local residents — as part of a Green Communities Canada program, Rain Ready Peterborough — will be holding a series of public forums for people to share their opinions, ideas, and knowledge about flooding in their neighbourhoods.
The first Rain Ready Peterborough forum will be held at Prince of Wales Public School on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 6 p.m. We encourage you to come and share your thoughts on how to mitigate flooding in our community.
Local knowledge is critical when it comes to understanding how flooding impacts a neighbourhood and how water flows across the landscape. We can understand how to divert runoff more effectively by understanding what people have experienced during previous storms.
In The Avenues, a low-lying flat neighbourhood in Peterborough, flooding is a risk. GreenUP, in partnership with community members of The Avenues, will be embarking on a quest to re-envision how rainfall is managed there over the next several months.
Mayor Daryl Bennett kicked off the Rain Ready Peterborough program at City Hall on August 16th with program partners GreenUp, Green Communities Canada, and residents of The Avenues Neighbourhood in Peterborough. Mayor Bennett shared his support for the new program by encouraging residents to participate as a way to mitigate climate change in our area. (Photo: GreenUP)
Flood mitigation plans must take into consideration the specific geography of each neighbourhood, along with the voices of residents to ensure that plans are region-specific. For example, a flood mitigation plan for The Avenues may not be the same as a plan for the south end of Peterborough.
Allowing residents to participate in flood mitigation plans will help tailor the strategies to the needs of people in their respective neighbourhoods.
GreenUP will also be partnering with community members to install and maintain eight rain gardens within The Avenues neighbourhood.
Rain gardens are a partnering of new and old ideas to manage rain where it falls.
Instead of channeling rainfall directly into storm sewers, the rain can be diverted into a depression in the ground that is filled with material to dissipate the water and allow it to soak into the ground.
Rain gardens can be populated with species of flowers and plants that are able to withstand the trials of both drought and heavy rain — and they look fantastic! Rain gardens may become a much more common sight in our neighbourhoods as municipalities explore new ways to deal with storm water runoff.
Climate change threatens to bring more rainfall and higher intensity storm events, so now is a crucial time to be discussing the role we all play in managing rainfall.
For more information about public forums, or to ask questions about water, rain, or flood-related issues, please contact Dylan Radcliffe, Water Programs Coordinator, by email at dylan.radcliffe@greenup.on.ca or by phone at 705-745-3238 ext. 217.
The Omemee episode of CBC's comedy series Still Standing will be broadcast on CBC TV on August 23 (photo: CBC)
The town of Omemee in the City of Kawartha Lakes will be featured on the popular CBC Television comedy series Still Standing in an episode to be broadast on Tuesday, August 23rd.
The series stars comedian Jonny Harris, who has been travelling across Canada to explore small towns that are “on the ropes” and meet with the people who, despite economic hard times, remain fiercely proud of their communities.
Omemee’s claim to fame is that it was the childhood home of musician Neil Young, immortalized by the lyrics of the song “Helpless”: There is a town in north Ontario … All my changes were there. Neil’s father, author and sportswriter Scott Young, continued to live in Omemee until shortly before his death in 2004.
Omemee was also the birthplace of Lady Eaton, the wife of Toronto department store president and heir Sir John Craig Eaton.
In the episode of Still Standing, which was filmed in Omemee at Thanksgiving last year, Jonny Harris meets Neil Young’s childhood friend, takes rifle shooting lessons from the town doctor, and goes adventure diving in a swimming pool.
“The airing of this show is a delight to our small town,” says Councillor Mary Ann Martin. “It will put Omemee on the national screen and will tell the stories of some of our long-time residents. Tune in and see why we love Omemee!”
The episode airs at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23rd on CBC Television and, after the broadcast date, you can watch it online.
The town of Omemee in the City of Kawartha Lakes (photo: Wikipedia)
Although the 1,247 residents of Omemee may challenge the assertion the town is “on the ropes”, like many small towns in Ontario established by pioneers, Omemee’s glory days are in its past.
Omemee was originally founded by Irish emigrant William Cottingham in the early 1800s, after the Cottingham family established a grist and saw mill on Pigeon River. A village grew around the mill and, in 1835, was named Williamstown. The village was renamed Metcalf in the 1840s and then Omemee in 1857 — based on a Mississauga word meaning “pigeon”.
Until 2014, Omemee’s King Street was home to the Youngstown Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum. A smaller exhibit is now located at the Olde Gaol Museum in Lindsay (photo: Wikpedia)
The construction of the Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway in 1857 (when the town also acquired a post office) fostered the growth of the community, which became a thriving shipping point for timber and grain.
Until the 1860s, Omemee competed with Lindsay as the largest town in Victoria County. At its zenith in the late 1800s, Omemee had a grist mill, two sawmills, a tannery, a foundry, a shingle mill, a cloth mill, three churches, four hotels, an elementary and secondary school, and a newspaper.
As Ontario’s economy shifted away from agriculture and surrounding towns grew, the industrial section of Omemee declined until, 100 years later, only the Regal Stationary Company remained (the factory has since closed). Today, Omemee’s economy is supported by the town’s population as well as seasonal residents and retirement communities in the surrounding area.
Neil Young revisits Omemee – Neil Young Journeys Trailer
Dr. Judith Buys of Cornerstone Family Dentistry in Peterborough has died after being injured in an explosion (photo: Judith Buys / Facebook)
Following the passing of Erica Cherney earlier today, the business community of Peterborough has now suffered a second loss with the death of local businesswoman Dr. Judith Buys.
kawarthaNOW has learned that Dr. Buys, one of the partners of Cornerstone Family Dentistry in Peterborough, died today at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
On Saturday, August 13th, she was rushed to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay after suffering severe burns following a naphtha lamp gas explosion at a cottage near Burnt River in the City of Kwawartha Lakes. She was later airlifted to Sunnybrook, where she underwent emergency surgery.
Dr. Buys succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday morning. She was 55 years old.
Like Erica Cherney, Dr. Buys was an active member of the Women’s Business Network of Peterborough. The organization is reeling from learning of the deaths of two of its members in the same day.
Erica Cherney & Dr. Judith Buys: They were amazing women & we're thankful that they both were part of our lives. pic.twitter.com/TidvmDlIO0
Dr. Buys completed her dental education at the University of Western, graduating in 1985, and established her dental practice in 1987 on Reid Street.
She dedicated her time volunteering and donating to the United Way, the Festival of Trees, the Dragon Boat Festival, and Five Counties Children’s Centre.
She leaves behind her husband Dr. Jim McGorman, an emergency room physician at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, and their two sons, Brendan and Connor.
The Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office, the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP, and the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario are investigating the explosion that led to Dr. Buys’ death, which also injured two other people.
Visitations for Dr. Buys will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, August 18th at the chapel at Ashburnham Funeral Home (840 Armour Rd., Peterborough). A private service for the family will be held at a later date.
Dr. Buys’ family has asked that memorial donations be made to the Five Counties Children’s Centre or the YWCA Crossroads shelter. Donations and condolences to the family can be made at www.ashburnhamfuneral.ca or by calling 705-740-0444.
Dr. Verona Sulja, Dr. Judith Buys, and Dr. Koren Bennetts of Cornerstone Family Dentistry in Peterborough (photo: Cornerstone Family Dentistry)
"It's hard to lose such a strong woman" - Terry Guiel, Executive Director of Peterborough DBIA, pictured in happier days with Erica Cherney (photo courtesy Peterborough DBIA)
Those who know Terry Guiel know he is rarely, if ever, lost for words.
On Tuesday (August 16), the executive director of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) struggled to put a simple sentence together as he remembered his friend and longtime DBIA board member Erica Cherney.
Cherney, 84, died hours earlier at her Peterborough home, succumbing to her second battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family, including her children Mike, Karen, and Rich.
“Extreme sadness … it’s hard to lose such a strong woman who had battled and come back from this great enemy of cancer,” noted Guiel, alluding, as many have, to the words written on the back of her business card — ‘Never underestimate the power of a pissed off woman.’
Just recently, Guiel was able to visit privately with Cherney at her home. Her passing has made his memory of that sit-down even more poignant.
“She had a classical guitar, so I asked her if she’d like to hear a few songs,” he recalls.
“I played a bunch of songs. I sang Edelweiss and a very naughty song. She thoroughly enjoyed it; she had a smile on her face the whole time. I think it was therapeutic for us both.”
While distressed to receive word of Cherney’s passing, Guiel admits it wasn’t a complete surprise.
“You can see when the body has had enough,” he says.
Former Peterborough mayor Sylvia Sutherland with her friend Erica Cherney at The Black Horse Pub in 2015 at a birthday celebration for Donna Clarke (photo: Jeannine Taylor)
For her part, former Peterborough mayor Sylvia Sutherland, in Huntsville on a work assignment, heard of the passing of her close friend via an email from one of her children.
“I knew I was going to be hearing this news soon,” says Ms Sutherland.
“I saw Erica very briefly Saturday afternoon (August 13) and I realized then that would be last time I would see her. As I left, I said to Ricky (Sutherland’s pet name for Cherney), ‘There’s good news … Trump is losing.’ I got the biggest smile from her and I think a little giggle too.”
Like Guiel, Sutherland praises Cherney’s impact and influence on various sectors of Peterborough.
“Particularly with businesswomen … she was so supportive,” notes Sutherland.
Erica (right) with Dr. Tom Phillips and Shannon Mak of Le Petit Bar promoting a 2013 fundraiser for Peterborough Health Services Foundation (photo: Carol Lawless)
“You always knew where you stood with Ricky. We didn’t always agree on issues but that never interfered with our friendship. The last few years, I had been sending her jokes on short people. She said, ‘I’ve always enjoyed (local economist) Tom Phillips … we literally saw eye to eye.'”
Another warm memory centres around Cherney’s penchant for a good Scotch, Sutherland referencing her friend’s “four o’clock Scotch tea” custom as part and parcel of her unique persona.
A native of Ottawa, Cherney was born Erica Cohen on February 3, 1932 and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University in 1943. Come 1955, she was off to California with her first husband.
Erica joined the Trent University Board of Governors in 1979 and served as the university’s first female chair from 1980 to 1984 (photo: Trent University)
In 1967, her marriage over, Cherney eventually returned to Ottawa with her three children. There she renewed acquaintances with Harry Cherney, a family friend and business associate. In 1971, they married and moved to Peterborough where Harry oversaw a chain of furniture stores.
What followed for Cherney were years of community service at the highest and most impactful levels: chair of Trent University’s board of governors from 1980 to 1984; positions with the boards of the Peterborough Family YMCA, Showplace and the DBIA; and work on behalf of the Greater Peterborough Economic Council and its successor, the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation.
Erica was one of 19 women who posed for “The Age of Beauty”, a calendar that raised funds in the wake of the devastating July 15, 2004 flood (photo: Michael Cullen)
And if there was a cause to be helped, Cherney frequently rolled up her sleeves with gusto. The 2005 Calendar Girls project for flood relief dollars saw her pose by flood-ravaged Jackson Creek, dressed only in a raincoat and rubber boots.
As a savvy businesswoman, Cherney had few peers in Peterborough. After Harry passed in 1984, the Cherney furniture business was sold but his estate retained a number of properties which led to the formation of Cherney Realty. Still in place today, that entity still owns and manages several city buildings. Right up until cancer laid her low for a second time, Cherney was an active in the management of the company.
Accolades that came Cherney’s way number many, including YMCA Woman of the Year (1987), Peterborough Citizen of the Year (1999), an Honourary Doctorate from Trent University (2005), a lifetime achievement award from Homegrown Homes (2011), and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal (2012).
In addition, in 2006, the Community Counselling and Resource Centre started the Erica Cherney Inspiration Fund in recognition of Cherney’s commitment to active citizenship. In 2015, she received Carleton University’s Humanitarian of the Year Alumni Award and, just this past May, Cherney was inducted into the Peterborough Business Hall of Fame.
“There’s another group that has lost someone very, very important to them and that is the Jewish community in Peterborough,” notes Sutherland.
Both Guiel and Sutherland agree that while the term “legacy” doesn’t always fully apply and is often over-the-top, that’s not the case here. In addition, for Sutherland, there remains the memory of her friend’s personal attributes.
Erica’s sense of humour shines through in a 2014 interview for My Peterborough. Watch the video at the end of this story. (photo: Jeremy B. Kelley)
“She had that wonderful smile … she was bright, she was feisty, she was generous, she had a good sense of humour,” notes Sutherland.
Guiel, meanwhile, says there’s “no chance” Cherney won’t be long remembered for her contributions, both personally and professionally.
Erica was a strong supporter of the business community, including the Peterborough DBIA. Here she is as a judge at the 2015 Ribfest, watching as writer Paul Rellinger (not pictured) eat ribs (photo courtesy Peterborough DBIA)
“I think it’s really going to hit me at the next (DBIA) board meeting and we’ll see her empty chair,” says Guiel.
“I’m going to try and find a way that we can honour her memory, her ceaseless dedication to not just the downtown but to the entire community. We’ll talk to her family when things settle down and see what that could be.”
Like Sutherland, Guiel’s memories on this day are of a friend who supported him.
“My fondest memory is playing (music) in a pub at one in the morning and in comes Erica, with Beth McMaster or Ann Farquharson or some of her other friends, or often on her own. She’d grab a Scotch and then she’d pull out this little tiny harmonica. That was just so whimsical.”
“Erica is someone you look at and ask, ‘Who can follow that?'”
Cherney’s public funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, at the Beth Israel Synagogue, 775 Weller Street, followed by a private family burial at Little Lake Cemetery. A public reception at the synagogue will then be held after the burial.
Shiva will be observed in Toronto at the home of Mike and Shari Cherney at 47 Shallmar Boulevard in Toronto. Visitation hours are 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday August 18th (shiva minyan at 7:30 p.m.), 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday August 19th, 9 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 20th (shiva minyan at 9:15 p.m.), and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, August 21st (shiva minyan at 7:30 p.m.)
Condolences can be sent care of Mike and Shari Cherney (47 Shallmar Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario M6C 2K1). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Beth Israel Synagogue, the Israel Scout Federation, or the Peterborough Foundation.
Peterborough icon Erica Cherney, pictured here with Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef prior to her election in 2015, has passed away (photo: Maryam Monsef / Twitter)
Peterborough is mourning the passing of the matriarch of its business community, Erica Cherney, who passed away at home this morning after a long fight against cancer.
Respected for her quiet wisdom, opinions, and leadership, Cherney was well known and beloved in the Peterborough community.
A businesswoman who owned and operated Cherney Realty for many years, she was also a community leader and relentless volunteer who served on numerous boards and committees.
Former Peterborough mayor Sylvia Sutherland with her friend Erica Cherney at The Black Horse Pub in 2015 at a birthday celebration for Donna Clarke (photo: Jeannine Taylor)
She received many honours over the years, including YWCA Woman of the Year in 1987 and Peterborough’s Citizen of the Year Award in 1999. In 2005, Trent University bestowed her with an Honorary Doctorate and, more recently, she was inducted into Peterborough’s Business Hall of Fame.
A public service will be held on Wednesday, August 17th at Beth Israel Synagogue (775 Weller St, Peterborough), after which there will be a private family burial.
In the Key of E – A film by Megan Murphy
Tributes pour in for Erica Cherney on Twitter …
With deepest sadness, DBIA informs our community that Erica Cherney, the champion of the community, passed away. pic.twitter.com/8GZ7uMSjge
Before the expansion, the three turbine-driven generators at the London Street facility each produced around 1.3 megawatts of power from the flow of water in the Otonabee River. With the expansion, the facility now has the capacity to produce 10 megawatts of green power. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
Peterborough Utilities Inc. has announced three new renewable generation facilities are now in commercial operation.
The utility company recently expanded the London Street hydro power generating station on the Otonabee River to produce an additional six megawatts, bringing the station’s total capacity up to 10 megawatts — alone enough to power 4,000 homes.
There’s also the facility located at Kinsmen Civic Centre, developed in partnership with the City of Peterborough, which can produce 431 kilowatts, and the 380-kilowatt biogas-fueled heat and power project at the City’s waste water treatment plant.
Two additional rooftop solar projects are also under construction and scheduled to be complete by the end of August.
With the successful completion of all these projects, the utility’s total renewable generation capacity will equal 36.8 megawatts. Peterborough Utilities will produce around 120,000 megawatt hours of green energy each year, sufficient to meet the electricity needs of around 12,000 homes.
During the 2003 blackout, power from the London Street station was used to keep the Peterborough Regional Health Centre operating. The increased output from the new generating station, as well as increasing the percentage of green power in the City of Peterborough, could be used in similar situations in the future.
Sylvie Copland of St. Catherine Catholic Elementary School in Peterborough has won the 10th Annual Canadian Family Teacher Award (photo: canadianfamily.ca)
Sylvie Copland, a French immersion teacher at St. Catherine Catholic Elementary School, has won the 10th Annual Canadian Family Teacher Award.
Copland, who teaches junior and senior kindergarten, received more than 62,000 votes in an annual Canada-wide competition by Canadian Family, a lifestyle parenting website.
“I never thought I would receive so many votes,” Copeland says. “The community of Peterborough is so supportive. It is such a privilege to be part of this amazing community. I really would like to thank everyone for their support.”
Along with two other teachers, Copland has also won $2,500 for school programming and supplies at her school, courtesy of program sponsor Johnson Inc.
“At our school, we are like a big family. We love each other and care about each other. Everyone I work with is very dedicated and could be a winner,” Copland says.
JK-SK French Immersion teacher Sylvie Copland received the honour along with two teachers from Alberta (photo: canadianfamily.ca)
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the Canadian Family Teacher Awards continue to recognize outstanding elementary and secondary school educators from across Canada.
This past March, Canadian Family welcomed nominations from Canadians who wished to recognize educators in their communities worthy of the prize.
The best were selected via a panel of education experts where 12 finalists were shortlisted and an online vote determined the top three winners.
The other two winners were Amy Nye and Karen Sveinson, both from Ecole Barrie Wilson Elementary in Red Deer, Alberta.
Beau Dixon performing with Slips N The High Fives at The Hootenanny on Hunter Street on August 13 (photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW.com)
Last Saturday (August 13) saw the return of The Hootennany on Hunter Street, the annual one-day street music festival in downtown Peterborough, but Mother Nature wasn’t feeling very musical.
Bad weather resulted in the cancellation of the much-anticipated headliner, Sloan, at the end of the festival.
Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef in the audience enjoying the music (photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW.com)
However, local bands like Slips N The High Fives with Beau Dixon (with special guest Kate Suhr) and Melissa Payne with James McKenty entertained the crowds — which included Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef.
kawarthaNOW.com photographer Linda McIlwain was there to capture their performances:
Hotel California, "The Original Tribute to The Eagles", performs a free concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on August 17
Are you familiar with the feeling commonly experienced when you hook up with an old friend you haven’t seen in a long time? That warmth-inducing sense that, despite the passage of years and the distance of miles, you were never really all that far apart?
Peterborough Musicfest presents Hotel California
When: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 8 p.m. Where: Del Crary Park (100 George St. N., Peterborough) How much: free
Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets (lawn chairs are available to rent for $4/chair). VIP seating available for Sponsors and Fest Friends. No smoking, alcohol, or pets permitted. There’s no public parking at Del Crary Park, but there’s neighborhood street parking nearby and ample parking in downtown Peterborough.
For millions who grew up to the popular music soundtrack of the 1970s and beyond into the next decade, The Eagles were a friend who kept in touch via a slew of monster albums and hit singles.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1971 by Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Bernie Leadon and the late Glenn Frey, The Eagles, with its acoustic-guitar laced country rock sound and comforting vocal harmonies, gave popular music fans worldwide the Peaceful Easy Feeling epitomized by its 1972 single of the same name.
Subsequent years saw Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, and Don Felder join the band lineup. The Eagles are now officially disbanded, with Frey’s death in January of this year leaving Henley as the only remaining original member.
But the opportunity to hook up with an old friend remains, courtesy of Hotel California, by far the most popular tribute band covering The Eagles’ extensive catalogue over the last four decades.
On Wednesday, August 17th, Hotel California — a perennial Peterborough Musicfest favourite of seasons past — returns to Del Crary Park, taking to the Fred Anderson Stage at 8 p.m.
Founded in 1986 by Mike Dimoulas (guitars/keyboards/vocals) and Andy Lapointe (bass/vocals), Hotel California has been augmented by drummer/singer Dean Young (2003) and guitarist/singer Rick Spyder (2008). The foursome is at the centre of the band, serving up The Eagles’ greatest hits with remarkable precision and musicianship.
“The lyrics and music was exciting and the vocals were so special,” assessed Lapointe in a 2014 interview with Anna Borowiecki of www.stalbertgazette.com.
“When we sing, we try to do everything note for note. We want people to say ‘When you close your eyes, it was them.’ We never get tired of singing such great songs, plus we have good chemistry. We like to get the audience participating. It makes a concert flow better. We sing the hits and talk about actual history.”
That’s been a winning formula for Hotel California, which has featured some 40 musicians since first forming. Onstage, Lapointe takes the lead on Joe Walsh’s vocals while Young assumes Don Henley’s role. Spyder, meanwhile, brings Frey’s distinctive vocal work to life.
Playing to packed theatres and huge festivals across North America and globally, Hotel California has shared stages with the likes of The Doobie Brothers, Lynryd Skynyrd, and REO Speedwagon to name a few. At Musicfest, past performances have left fans of The Eagles’ music thoroughly satisfied.
It would seem Hotel California’s biggest challenge remains deciding what songs not to include in its set list.
With five #1 singles, six #1 albums, six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards dotting its resumé, The Eagles have sold more than 150 million albums worldwide and remain the highest-selling American band in U.S. history. With the 1972 release of its self-titled debut album and its hit singles “Take It Easy”, “Witchy Woman”, and “Peaceful Easy Feeling”, the band set the course for what followed.
Songs such as “Desperado”, “One Of These Nights”, “Take It To The Limit”, “New Kid In Town”, “Already Gone”. and “Best Of My Love” topped radio charts throughout the 1970s. After disbanding in 1980, The Eagles reunited 14 years later, recording the album Hell Freezes Over and, four years later, won induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
In 2007, The Eagles proved its staying power was intact as Long Road Out Of Eden, its sixth studio album, soared to #1 status.
Hotel California Live at Stage West Dinner Theatre in in Mississauga
Peterborough Musicfest is presenting 19 free-admission concerts during its milestone 30th anniversary season, each staged Wednesday and Saturday nights.
Overseen by general manager Tracey Randall and staff, a board of directors, and numerous volunteers, Peterborough Musicfest’s stated mission is to “provide diverse, affordable live music to enrich cultural and economic prosperity in our community.”
For more information on this concert and/or the 2016 season, visit www.ptbomusicfest.ca or phone the Peterborough Musicfest office at 705-755-1111.
Hydroelectric engineering and environmental consulting firm Kleinschmidt has opened an office in Peterborough Square (photo: Kleinschmidt)
Kleinschmidt Associates opens office in downtown Peterborough
Kleinschmidt Associates recently opened an office in Peterborough Square.
Kleinschmidt is a hydroelectric engineering and environmental consulting firm based in the US. They specialise in hydroelectric design, penstock inspection, generating station assessments, and safety inspections and fisheries studies.
The Peterborough office gives Kleinschmidt a Canadian base and the Peterborough team is currently supporting 14 Canadian projects.
Learn how to sell food to Ontario at a September workshop in Millbrook
If you are either in the food business or would like to be, the “Selling Food to Ontario Workshop” on Monday, September 18th might be of interest.
The workshop is presented by Peterborough Economic Development (PED), Cavan Monaghan Township, and the Province of Ontario and will outline the basics of food regulation, market opportunities, trends, and labelling.
“Selling Food to Ontario” is a full-day workshop beginning at 9 a.m. at the Township of Cavan Monaghan Office in Millbrook. There is no charge.
Andrew’s Sewing and Designs in Peterborough specializes in custom sewing (photo: Andrew Pinck / Kijiji)
Andrew Pinck recently started his own business.
Andrew’s Sewing and Designs specializes in custom sewing, including table centre pieces, shopping bags, pillows, alterations, hemming, and mending.
Andrew brings over 40 years’ experience to his business.
Call 705-874-5442 for details.
Package Plus smartphone media transfer service
Package Plus can transfer your smartphone media to CDs, DVDs, and more (graphic: Package Plus)
Package Plus recently introduced a handy new service.
In an era where most of what we do is connected in some way to phones, including taking pictures and shooting videos, Bruce Stewart and the gang at Package Plus are now offering complete smartphone services where they’ll take the videos, photos, and audio files from your smartphone and put them on DVDs, CDs, and USB drives.
Package Plus is located at 171 Rink Street in Peterborough. Visit www.packageplus.ca for more information.
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