Some of the members of 100 Women Peterborough with representatives from Five Counties Children's Centre, including 15-year-old client Rebecca Jordan and board chair Adam White (both holding the cheque). The non-profit organization that provides therapy services for children will receive more than $10,000 from the group. (Photo courtesy of 100 Women Peterborough)
The 100 Women Peterborough group has once again made the world a little brighter for a local non-profit organization.
This time, the group of women from the Peterborough area has raised more than $10,000 for Five Counties Children’s Centre, and they did it in under an hour.
At the group’s second event of 2019, held on Tuesday night (June 18) at the Innovation Cluster in downtown Peterborough, three organizations — Five Counties Children’s Centre, Peterborough Butterfly Run, and the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra — made their cases to the group on why they should receive a donation.
Well before the meeting, the three organizations were randomly drawn from a larger list of organizations nominated by members of 100 Women Peterborough, who commit to donate $100 dollars at each of the four events hosted throughout the year. All of the funds raised by the membership are donated to four non-profit organizations determined by the membership throughout the year.
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At Tuesday night’s meeting, Five Counties Children’s Centre board chair Adam White was accompanied by CEO Diane Pick and 15-year-old client Rebecca Jordan to make that organization’s presentation. After hearing from the centre as well as the other two organizations, members held a majority vote that selected the centre to receive the donation.
“A huge thank you to 100 Women Peterborough for their thoughtfulness and generous gift,” White said. “Your donation will make a difference in the lives of the children that will be able to receive service sooner. Because they can get this service sooner, it’s going to make a huge difference in their development, lives, and in the way they can chase their dreams.”
Five Counties Children’s Centre provides therapy services at no cost to families that assist children who are delayed in their development to develop the skills they need in everyday life. A non-profit organization, Five Counties Children’s Centre receives most of its funding from the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and the City of Peterborough.
The contribution from 100 Women Peterborough will fund the centre to work with 12 children who would have otherwise not receive support this year.
Rebecca Jordan, a 15-year-old client of Five Counties Children’s Centre, speaks to the 100 Women Peterborough group as the centre’s board chair Adam White and CEO Diane Pick look on. (Photo courtesy of 100 Women Peterborough)
“Thank you on behalf of the other children,” said Jordan, who moved to Peterborough so she could access the services of Five Counties Children’s Centre. “I have benefitted from Five Counties Children’s Centre, so the opportunity for more children to have the opportunity is something that I’m excited about because I know how it has impacted my life and how it will change someone else’s.”
To date, 100 Women Peterborough has collectively donated around $70,000 to six local organizations: Hospice Peterborough, Peterborough Youth Unlimited, One Roof Warming Room, New Canadians Centre, Cameron House, and Five Counties Children’s Centre.
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“We are excited to see another deserving organization benefit from our quarterly meetings,” said Catia Skinner, one of the founding members of 100 Women Peterborough. “We know that Five Counties Children’s Centre will make the most of our collective donation.”
100 Women Peterborough was founded in February 2018 by Skinner, Wendy Hill, Alyssa Stewart, and Rosalea Terry, who were inspired by similar groups in other communities.
The concept of collective philanthropy began in the United States in November 2006, when Karen Dunigan of Michigan formed the “100 Women Who Care” group. After their first meeting, the women raised over $10,000 for the purchase of 300 new baby cribs for a local organization. The movement has grown over the past 13 years to include almost 100 chapters in North America, including at least 15 in Canada.
Women who interested in joining the group should visit www.100womenptbo.ca for more information.
Sheila Charleton performs in the one-woman play "Grace", written and directed by Frank Flynn, which runs from June 19 to 22, 2019 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough, along with Flynn's play "Chemistry". (Photo: Andy Carroll)
From Wednesday, June 19th to Saturday, June 22nd, The Theatre on King (TTOK) presents Grace and Chemistry, two plays by local playwright and director Frank Flynn.
The Theatre on King presents Grace and Chemistry
When: Wednesday, June 19 to Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 8 p.m. Where: The Theatre on King (171 King St., Peterborough) How much: $15 (or pay what you can) at the door
Written by Frank Flynn. Directed by Frank Flynn and Ryan Kerr. Featuring Sheila Charleton, Lindsay Unterlander, Ange Sorensen, Shannon McKenzie, Mark McGilvray, Samuelle Weatherdon, and George Knechtel.
Chemistry is directed by Ryan Kerr with a cast made up of TTOK favourites, while Grace is directed by Frank and features the talented Sheila Charleton in a moving one-woman performance.
Two very different shows, Chemistry and Grace are both smartly produced and heartwarming pieces that will take audiences on a full emotional journey.
This is the first time that Chemistry, a forgotten play that Frank sent to Ryan nearly three years ago, has been produced for the stage. It’s a charming short play that warms up the audience for the emotional powerhouse Grace.
Chemistry features six actors paired as couples who perform the same scene three times, each time in a distinctive way with a different set of emotions and attitudes but ending with the same outcome. It’s difficult to explain until you see it, but it’s brilliantly executed as you watch three pairs of actors dissecting the same scene in their own unique styles.
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The scene, about two people letting each other know they are in love, features characters of different sexes and ages: Lindsay Unterlander and Ange Sorenson play the scene as a same-sex couple, Mark McGilvray and Shannon McKenzie play it as a heterosexual couple, and Samuelle Weatherdon and George Knechtel play it as awkward teenagers discovering love for the first time.
In Frank Flynn’s “Chemistry”, three different couples replay a scene where they profess their love. Ange Sorenson and Lindsay Unterlander perform the scene as a same-sex couple. (Photo: Andy Carroll)Shannon McKenzie and Mark McGilvray perform the scene as a heterosexual couple. (Photo: Andy Carroll)Samuelle Weatherdon and George Knechtel perform the scene as awkward teenagers discovering love for the first time. (Photo: Andy Carroll)
The people and the circumstances change, but the words and the meaning stay the same. Each time the actors do the scene, the audience is left with that same warm feeling of fresh romance and new love, and the scene still seems fresh.
Yet while each of the three vignettes have their own unique draw and charm, everyone attending the preview show agreed that the scene performed by Samuelle Weatherdon and George Knetchel steals the show. While George stumbles through trying to look cool despite his own awkwardness, Sam delivers the piece with her back turned to him as if she can’t look him in the face. It’s sweet, real, and adorable, with two lovely performances by a fantastic pair of young actors.
Sheila Charleton in Frank Flynn’s “Grace” performs as a woman who shares her her thoughts, stories, and wisdom of being the matriarch for a large family of eight children, while preparing to sell the home in which she raised her family. (Photo: Andy Carroll)
But as charming as Chemistry is, the true highlight of the night is Grace.
Written by Frank in 2005, Grace has been performed at theatre and fringe festivals all over Canada, the United States, and Europe. However, this is the first time that Grace has been performed in Peterborough. A powerful and moving one-woman show, Frank teams up with Sheila Charleton to bring his reliant heroine Grace to life on the TTOK stage.
While preparing for sale the home in which she raised her family, Grace shares with the audience her thoughts, stories, and wisdom of being the matriarch for a large family of eight children.
Grace talks about the practical parenting of the past versus the helicopter parenting practices of today, funeral mishaps, and the difficulty of finding plastic furniture covers.
She shares stories of her children, most importantly her children Tom and Janie — one who conquered the barriers facing him at birth, and the other who Grace lost in a twisted leap of faith.
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Grace’s stories form a portrait of a strong and proud woman, one filled with wisdom, humour, warmth, love, regret, and perseverance. However, Grace’s story is also one that tells of the value of family and the fragility of time.
There is a type of storytelling that belongs to older women, who can tell a story for hours about people that we never knew, who have no relations to us, and left the world long ago. We are captivated by the stories they weave, despite their seeming irrelevance to our own lives.
Sheila Charleton captures that spirit in her performance, entrancing the audience which holds on to every word and every emotion, as if the meaning of life itself hangs on the next sentence. Sheila brings Grace to life in a way so real that the audience can easily forget she is an actress playing a role on stage, but instead is a real woman telling her real-life story in her own living room.
Sheila Charleton brings Frank Flynn’s “Grace” to life in a way so real that the audience can easily forget she is an actress playing a role on stage, but instead is a real woman telling her real-life story in her own living room. (Photo: Andy Carroll)
This illusion of reality is so intense that, in less than an hour, the audience truly cares about this woman and her entire family. It’s a magical performance that goes right for the heart and pierces it with both laughter and tears. Sheila gives one of the best dramatic performances I’ve seen this year, in one of the most wonderful shows I’ve seen so far this year.
Together, Frank and Sheila make a theatrical power couple in a truly magical and memorable show. Grace is one of those performances that you don’t want to miss.
This week you’ll want to put TTOK on your map to see Chemistry and Grace. Note that the show opens on Wednesday, June 19th, and runs for four nights — giving everyone an extra opportunity to experience this excellent night of theatre.
Each performance beings at 8 p.m., and tickets are $15 (or pay what you can) at the door.
A coneptural rendering of the outdoor terrace at The Canadian Canoe Museum's new 85,000-square-foot facility to be built beside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway. The terrace will be named in honour of Toronto-based philanthropists George and Kathy Dembroski, who have donated $500,000 to the museum's capital campaign for the new facility. (Supplied graphic)
Toronto-based philanthropists George and Kathy Dembroski have made a $500,000 gift to The Canadian Canoe Museum, for its new 85,000-square-foot facility to be built beside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
In recognition of the gift, the museum’s outdoor terrace — a 9,700-square-foot gathering space that connects interior and exterior of the new facility — will be named in their honour.
According to a media release, the Dembroskis are strongly supportive of the plans for the new museum and are eager to see it built.
“We are incredibly pleased to support this exciting project in Peterborough, recognizing its local, provincial, and national impact,” says Kathy Dembroski. “As we learned about the plans for the new museum, we became increasingly interested.”
“And we knew we wanted to become involved as soon as we learned about the functionality of the terrace — and how it will serve as a connecting space between the indoors and the outdoors. We can envision people gathering there and taking in the views of the lift lock and the waterway.”
Toronto-based philanthropists Kathy and George Dembroski, who have made a $500,000 gift to The Canadian Canoe Museum. (Supplied graphic)
The new museum has been designed by the award-winning team of heneghan peng (Dublin, Ireland) and Kearns Mancini Architects (Toronto, Canada). The building, purpose-built for the world’s largest collection of canoes, kayaks and paddled watercraft, will blend almost seamlessly into its landscape, emerging from the drumlin and complementing and contouring the waterway.
The terrace, which is parallel to the galleria space on the interior, matching the curved shape of the building, extends the ground floor from the interior. Only a glass wall separates the two areas. This will draw outside visitors into the museum, and also invite visitors who are inside, to explore the spaces beyond.
“All of the new museum’s outdoor spaces will significantly enhance the visitor experience,” says the museum’s executive director Carolyn Hyslop. “We look very forward to welcoming individuals and families to the terrace to connect with each another and the landscape that surrounds them. The terrace provides us with a flexible, functional gathering space that will offer opportunities that right now, we can only imagine. This is thanks to the incredible generosity of George and Kathy.”
The new museum will be supported by a $65 million capital campaign, and has received foundational financial support from municipal, provincial and federal governments. In addition, the W. Garfield Weston Foundation has invested $7.5 million, building on its more than 20-year-long legacy of leadership with the museum.
For more information about The Canadian Canoe Museum’s new facility, visit canoemuseum.ca.
"Stranger Things 3" premieres on Netflix Canada on July 4th. In the third season of the popular series, Eleven and the Hawkins crew are out of school for the summer, on the cusp of adulthood, and are figuring out how to grow up without growing apart when their town (and the new mall) is threatened by enemies old and new. (Photo: Netflix)
Apparently, Netflix Canada wants us to spend July glued to our screens by offering a wide range of Netflix original shows and films, theatrical films, and returning series, including the much-anticipated third season of Stranger Things.
Netflix originals include: Designated Survivor: 60 days, a Korean remake of the Keifer Sutherland drama (July 1); The Last Czars, about the social upheaval that sweeps Russia in the early 20th century (July 3); the awkwardly titled Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein, a mockumentary starring Stranger Things actor David Harbour as he uncovers lost footage from his father’s televised stage play (July 16); Typewriter, about a haunted house and a haunted book that stirs the imagination of a group of young wannabe ghost hunters and a dog (July 19); and Another Life, about a team of astronauts searching for alien intelligence (July 25).
Netflix films include: Cities of Last Things, a dystopian revenge tale that unfolds in reverse chronology (July 11); Secret Obsession, about a traumatized woman returning to a life she doesn’t remember (July 18); and The Red Sea Diving Resort, inspired by true-life rescue missions to smuggle thousands of African refugees to Israel (July 31).
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Theatrical films coming to Netflix Canada in July include: The Fate of the Furious, War for the Planet of the Apes, Spiderman: Homecoming, Midnight Express, Ghostbusters, and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (all on July 1); The Blues Brothers, Dazed and Confused, and The Mummy franchise (all on July 3); The Emoji Movie (July 8); Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns (July 9); and American History X (July 15).
Returning series include: Stranger Things 3 (Jul 4); season three of Bonus Family (July 12); season eight of Suits (July 18); season three of The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: New 2019: Freshly Brewed, season four of Queer Eye (all on July 19); season two of My First First Love, the seventh and final season of Orange Is The New Black, season two of Sugar Rush, and season three of The Worst Witch (all on July 26); and season two of The Letdown (July 31).
VIDEO: New to Netflix Canada in July
Here’s the complete list of everything coming to Netflix Canada in July, along with what’s leaving.
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Monday, July 1st
Designated Survivor: 60 days (Netflix original) – Designated Survivor: 60 Days follows the main story line of the original format, but has been adapted to feature more of the Korean reality. It is a story of a politician, who suddenly ascends from the position of Minister of Environment to President, as an explosion at the National Assembly kills everyone in the Cabinet who is ahead of him in terms of the presidential succession. Park Mu-jin is a scientist-turned-politician who struggles to fit in politics. Park is the acting president for 60 days, and during this period, albeit inexperienced and unwilling, he tries to uncover the truth behind the attack.
Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room (Netflix original) – Everyone’s favourite single mom is back with her second Netflix original stand-up special Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room, launching globally on July 1. A follow-up to her 2017 special In Trouble, Katherine toured Glitter Room across the UK with an unprecedented four-week run at London’s Garrick Theatre in the West End. After dividing The Belasco Theater audience on their love or dislike of the Kardashians, Katherine showcases her skilful and hilarious storytelling style with tales about following a man to Japan and meeting her daughter’s first celebrity crush, Anna Kendrick.
Cafarnaúm
From Dusk Till Dawn
Ghostbusters
Girlfight
Jackie Brown
Jumanji
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Life as We Know It
Midnight Express
Mike Tyson Mysteries: Season 4
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Swiped
The Fate of the Furious
The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes: S2
War Against Women
War for the Planet of the Apes
Tuesday, July 2nd
Bangkok Love Stories: Objects of Affection (Netflix original) – A kind computer repairman falls for a street-smart graffiti artist who’s multiple personality disorder worsens after she witnesses a double murder.
Bangkok Love Stories: Plead (Netflix original) – In Bangkok’s Chinatown, a spirited digital marketing expert falls for a blind fortune-teller, but their love is predestined to end in disaster.
Wednesday, July 3rd
The Blues Brothers
Dazed and Confused
The Kingdom
The Last Czars (Netflix original) – When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Scorpion King
Sea of Love
Vox Lux
Yummy Mummies: Season 2 (Netflix original) – The Yum Mums welcome a new member as they settle into motherhood, spice up their sex lives and ponder whether they want to get pregnant again.
Thursdsay, July 4th
Kakegurui: Season 2
Stranger Things 3 (Netflix original) – It’s 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, and summer’s heating up. School’s out, there’s a brand new mall in town, and the Hawkins crew are on the cusp of adulthood. Romance blossoms and complicates the group’s dynamic, and they’ll have to figure out how to grow up without growing apart. Meanwhile, danger looms. When the town’s threatened by enemies old and new, Eleven and her friends are reminded that evil never ends; it evolves. Now they’ll have to band together to survive, and remember that friendship is always stronger than fear.
Saturday, July 6th
Free Rein: Season 3 (Netflix family) – Competition heats up at Bright Fields over the summer as tryouts for the “UK Under 18s” team pit friend against friend for just one available spot.
Sicilian Ghost Story
Monday, July 8th
The Emoji Movie
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Tuesday, July 9th
Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns
Wednesday, July 10th
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Family Reunion (Netflix family) – When the McKellan family moves from Seattle to Georgia, life down South — and traditional grandparents — challenge their new-age ways.
Parchís: El documental (Netflix original) – Get an in-depth look at Parchís, the 1980s kids’ band from Spain, through interviews with ex-members and other insiders, concert footage and more.
Thursday, July 11th
Cities of Last Things (Netflix film) – In a dystopian tale unfolding in reverse chronology, a man with a complicated past takes revenge on the individuals who wronged him decades ago.
Friday, July 12th
3Below: Tales of Arcadia: Part 2 (Netflix family) – Still stranded in Arcadia, royal alien siblings Aja and Krel continue their quest to return home as General Morando plots a course to invade Earth.
4 latas (Netflix film) – In hopes of visiting a dying friend, longtime pals reunite for a desert road trip from Spain to Mali, while bringing along his estranged daughter.
Blown Away
Bonus Family: Season 3 (Netflix original) – As Martin adjusts to life with a new partner and a baby, Lisa and Patrik grapple with difficult news, and Katja reconnects with an old flame.
Extreme Engagement (Netflix original) – An engaged twosome take their love on the road and test their commitment as they explore eight cultures’ marriage traditions in the span of one year.
Kidnapping Stella (Netflix film) – Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors’ carefully laid plans.
Luis Miguel – The Series: Season 1
Point Blank (Netflix film) – An ER nurse and a career criminal are forced into an unlikely partnership in taking down a ring of corrupt cops threatening the lives of both of their families.
Taco Chronicles (Netflix original) – A tribute to the mighty taco: its history, significance in Mexico, global appeal and varieties: pastor, carnitas, canasta, asada, barbacoa and guisados.
Monday, July 15th
American History X
Hall Pass
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Season 1
Tuesday, July 16th
Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein (Netflix original) – In this new mockumentary, join “Stranger Things” actor David Harbour as he uncovers lost footage from his father’s televised stage play, Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein. Expect the unexpected in this over-the-top and often dramatic(ish) re-imagined tale of mystery and suspense . With appearances by Alfred Molina, Kate Berlant, and more special guests, Harbour explores the depths of his family’s acting lineage to gain insight into his father’s legacy – all in 28-minutes. Directed by Daniel Gray Longino (“Kroll Show” and “PEN15”) and written by John Levenstein (“Arrested Development” and “Kroll Show”), Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein launches globally on Netflix on July 16, 2019.
Wednesday, July 17th
Pinky Malinky: Part 3 (Netflix family) – Pinky Malinky isn’t the type of hot dog boy who sits around on his buns, and with his BFFs Babs and JJ, he’s learning how to relish the little things.
Thursday, July 18th
Secret Obsession (Netflix film) – Recuperating from trauma, Jennifer (Brenda Song) remains in danger as she returns to a life she doesn’t remember.
Suits: Season 8
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Friday, July 19th
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: New 2019: Freshly Brewed (Netflix original) – Jerry Seinfeld’s roving talk show combines coffee, laughs and vintage cars into quirky, caffeine-fueled adventures with the sharpest minds in comedy.
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants: Season 3 (Netflix family) – Fourth-grade friends George and Harold have a shared love of pranks and comic books — and turning their principal into an undies-wearing superhero.
La casa de papel: Part 3 (Netflix original) – Eight thieves take hostages and lock themselves in the Royal Mint of Spain as a criminal mastermind manipulates the police to carry out his plan.
Last Chance U: INDY: Part 2 (Netflix original) – Netflix’s critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated series Last Chance U returns to give viewers an intense, unfiltered look at the junior college football program at Independence Community College (ICC). Entering his third season with ICC and second season on Last Chance U, Coach Brown has assembled a team that looks sure to compete for a national championship, but a disastrous season on the field puts a spotlight on all of the ugliness of college football that winning tends to polish over. With some new and returning faces, this season captures the Pirates fall from grace that leaves the coaches and the town looking for change.
Queer Eye: Season 4 (Netflix original) – The Fab Five are back in Kansas City, Missouri! Join Antoni, Bobby, Jonathan, Karamo and Tan for a new group of inspirational heroes, jaw-dropping makeovers and tons of happy tears!
SAINT SEIYA: Knights of the Zodiac (Netflix anime) – Sworn to protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena, Seiya and the Knights of the Zodiac aid her in battle against those who seek to end mankind.
Typewriter (Netflix original) – Typewriter is about a haunted house and a haunted book that stir the imagination of a group of young, wannabe ghost hunters, and a dog, determined to capture the ghost that plagues the notorious home in their neighbourhood in Goa. When a new family and their captivating daughter move into the haunted home, the crew finds it difficult to balance the demands of school and chores with the renewed urgency to capture the neighbourhood ghost before it is too late. (MC)
Wednesday, July 24th
The Great Hack (Netflix original) – Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 presidential election.
Thursday, July 25th
Another Life (Netflix original) – Another Life centres on astronaut Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackhoff) who is focused on searching for alien intelligence. She leads a crew on a mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact. As Niko and her young crew investigate, they face unimaginable danger on what might very well be a one-way mission.
Friday, July 26th
Anna and the Apocalypse
Boi (Netflix film) – As a young Catalan chauffeur drives two Chinese businessmen around Barcelona, he finds himself falling deeper into an illusory adventure.
Girls With Balls (Netflix film) – Stranded in the woods and eyeballed by twisted hunters, members of a women’s volleyball team bump it up in the most dangerous game of their lives.
My First First Love: Season 2 (Netflix original) – Tae-o and his friends navigate the twists and turns of friendship and love, as they face new challenges in their relationships with one another.
Nobody’s Fool
Orange Is the New Black: Season 7 (Netflix original) – A privileged New Yorker ends up in a women’s prison when a past crime catches up with her in this Emmy-winning series from the creator of “Weeds”.
The Son (Netflix film) – Lorenzo, a 50-year-old bohemian painter, is looking forward to the son he’ll have with his new wife. But during pregnancy she becomes obsessed with taking care of the baby, isolating it from the world and its father.
Sugar Rush: Season 2 (Netflix original) – Time’s the most important ingredient as teams race against the clock — and each other — to bake up the best-tasting sweets.
The Worst Witch: Season 3 (Netflix family) – Armed with newfound confidence, Mildred returns to Cackle’s Academy, where her mother is joining the staff as the school’s first non-witch teacher.
Tuesday, July 30th
Hot Summer Nights
Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It? (Netflix original) – Multi-hyphenate comedian, Whitney Cummings, makes her Netflix debut with her 4th stand-up special, Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It? Filmed at the Sidney Harmon Hall in her hometown, Washington, DC. Cummings’ signature incisive commentary on gender dynamics is more relevant than ever. Do women need to wear service vests instead of “Rosé All Day” t-shirts? Are their nicknames for each other hurting the cause? Now that people are actually listening what should women change? How are men holding up with all the “new” rules they have to follow now? Tune in for Whitney’s take on everything including why we should give sex robots a chance.
Wednesday, July 31st
Kengan Ashura: Part l (Netflix anime) – Underground gladiator Tokita Ohma fights on behalf of business mogul Nogi Hideki who wagers mega-business deals on the outcome of these brutal matches.
The Letdown: Season 2 (Netflix original) – Audrey, mother of a 2-month-old, joins a new-parents support group, where she makes some quirky friends facing various challenges and life changes.
The Red Sea Diving Resort (Netflix film) – Inspired by remarkable true life rescue missions, the incredible story of a group of international agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early 80s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel. The undercover team carrying out this mission is led by the charismatic Ari Kidron (Chris Evans) and courageous local Kabede Bimro (Michael Kenneth Williams). The prestigious cast also includes Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola, Michiel Huisman, Chris Chalk, Greg Kinnear, and Ben Kingsley.
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Leaving Netflix Canada in July
Tuesday, July 2nd
Bring It On
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Police are investigating a homicide in the village of Haliburton in the municipality of Dysart et al and have arrested and charged a man with second degree murder.
Shortly before 1 a.m. on Tuesday (June 18), officers with the Haliburton Highlands detachment of the OPP responded to a call for assistance at a residence on Highland Street.
Upon arrival, the officers located a deceased man inside the home.
Norman Hart, 33 years old of Haliburton, has since been arrested and charged with second degree murder.
Police have identified the victim as 49-year-old Robert James Brown of Haliburton.
A homicide investigation is ongoing with members of the Haliburton Highlands and City of Kawartha Lakes crime units, under the direction of Detective Staff Sergeant Kurtis Fredericks of the OPP criminal investigation branch.
Police are asking anyone with information regarding this crime to contact the Haliburton Highlands OPP at 705-286-1431 or 1-888-310-1122. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can contact Kawartha/Haliburton Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
The 11th annual YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser, held on May 24, 2019, has raised $103,028 for the YWCA Crossroads Shelter, supporting 1,593 "Safe Nights" for women and children fleeing abuse. Pictured from left to right: Jocelyn Hill of Swish, Tiffany Christie of Heads up for Inclusion, Laura Leahy of Swish, YWCA executive director Lynn Zimmer, Scott Rocha of Swish, Drew Merrett of Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre, Dan Vilar of GM Financial, Monika Carmichael of Trent Valley Honda, Kelli Richard of Kawartha Credit Union, Chris Russell of Bryston, and top individual fundraiser Tom Mortlock of top fundraising team Mortlock Construction. (Photo courtesy of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton)
The 11th annual YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event has raised $103,028 for the YWCA Crossroads Shelter, exceeding this year’s goal of $95,000.
Organizers of the 2019 fundraiser announced the total on Tuesday (June 18) at YWCA Peterborough Haliburton on Simcoe Street, joined by lead event sponsors and prize recipients.
The funds raised by this year’s YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, held in Peterborough on May 24th, will support 1,593 “Safe Nights” for women and children fleeing abuse.
A Safe Night represents the $64.65 cost of housing and supporting a woman or child at the shelter for one night, including a private room, 24-hour confidential onsite support, nutritious meals, supportive programming, and more. This is the cost beyond funding provided by the government, which only partially funds the shelter.
In addition to announcing the 2019 fundraising total, organizers awarded prizes for top individual and team fundraisers, as well as the ‘1 Safe Week Prize’.
The top individual fundraiser award went to Tom Mortlock, who personally raised $3,905. Team MortWALK Construction Inc. was also the top team fundraiser, raising $8,168.
This ‘1 Safe Week Prize’ went to Scott Rocha of Team Swish, who raised a total of $576. The prize includes a $500 gift certificate donated by Primal Cuts and a three-piece conversation set, valued at $799, that was donated by Leon’s Peterborough.
Merrett Home Hardware Building Centre was once again the title sponsor of the 2019 fundraiser.
Since the first walk took place in Peterborough in 2009, YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes has raised more than $950,000 in support of YWCA Crossroads Shelter.
Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien and Selwyn Deputy Mayor Sherry Senis at Peterborough City Hall on June 18, 2019 announcing the panellists for the upcoming forum on Peterborough's opioid crisis, to be held at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on July 11, 2019. (Photo: @MayorPtbo / Twitter)
Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien and Selwyn Deputy Mayor Sherry Senis have announced the panellists for the upcoming forum on Peterborough’s opioid crisis, which takes place at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on Thursday, July 11th.
The Opioid Summit panellists are Peterborough’s medical officer of health Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, Peterborough deputy police chief Tim Farquharson, Peterborough city/county paramedic Dan Farrow, artist Alex Bierk (who has lost friends to opioid overdoses), and Sally Carson.
Senis and Therrien are co-hosting the forum, and Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef and Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith have confirmed they will also attend.
“The county and the city are definitely morally invested in finding solutions to this crisis,” Senis said at a media conference on Tuesday (June 18) announcing the panellists. “The opioid crisis has been increasing, not only in Peterborough but through Ontario and across Canada. The senior levels of government need to step up to provide solutions and funding for this crisis.”
Therrien said the selection of panellists were intended to bring together professionals in the field as well as people who have personally experienced the effects of the crisis.
“We need to take immediate action on the opioid crisis,” Therrien said. “We have lost too many lives. We need to work together, as a community and as a region, with all levels of government to find solutions. This is one goal of the forum.”
She added that the other goal of the forum is to break down the stigma around mental health and addictions, so that people feel comfortable and able to seek help.
Doors open for the forum at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 11th at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough). The panel discussion begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by an opportunity for questions from the audience, depending on the amount of time remaining.
A motorcycle has been destroyed by fire and the driver is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following an accident on Highway 118 in Highlands East on June 16, 2019. A passenger also suffered injuries. (Photo: Bancroft OPP)
The driver of a motorcycle suffered life-threatening injuries after a crash on Sunday afternoon (June 16) in Highlands East.
At around 4 p.m. on Sunday, police and emergency services responded to an accident on Highway 118 north of Thunderbird Drive and east of Cheddar in the municipality of Highlands East.
They located a motorcycle that was destroyed by fire, with the male driver suffering life-threatening injuries. A passenger of the motorcycle also suffered injuries, but they were not life threatening.
Both the driver and the passenger of the motorcycle were transported to North Hastings Hospital in Bancroft. The driver was subsequently flown by Ornge air ambulance to another hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
Highway 118 between Monck Road and Loop Road was closed for around 10 hours on Sunday, as OPP technical collision investigators were at the scene to determine the cause of the collision.
Police continue to investigate the cause of the collision and will provide further information when available.
Good Lovelies are Caroline Brooks (lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars), Kerri Ough (lead vocals, keyboards, banjo, guitar), and Susan Passmore (lead vocals, percussion, guitar). The trio will perform on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough, joined by Christine Bougie on electric guitar and lap steel. (Publicity photo)
Good Lovelies’ singer and guitarist Caroline Brooks recalls the first time she sang with Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore as “incredibly special,” the rehearsals leading up to the 2006 pre-Christmas performance at Toronto’s historic Gladstone Hotel “leaving the hairs on my arms standing on end.”
Market Hall presents SOLD OUT – Good Lovelies
When: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 8 p.m. Where: Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough) How much: $33 (including fees) for assigned cabaret table seats and general admission
Tickets are available at the Market Hall box office, by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.
Thirteen years, countless performances and five studio albums later, the Whitby native remains in awe of the shared experience that has brought Good Lovelies to this point in time.
“I’m married and have an amazing husband but I also have this other marriage with my two best friends and we have this incredible partnership,” she says about her bandmates in the Juno Award-winning trio (Ough is from Port Hope and Passmore is from Cobourg).
“There are ups and downs but we feel really blessed together.”
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On Tuesday, October 1st, Good Lovelies will bring their trademark harmonies to the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre (140 Charlotte Street, Peterborough, 705-749-1146). Tickets, at $33 each, are on sale now at the box office and online at markethall.org.
“Our goal is to have people feel they were just in somebody’s living room,” says Brooks. “Whether we’re playing to 50 people or 1,000 people, we have a goal to make everyone comfortable.”
“That’s a big part of what we do and that resonates with people. It’s not a showy show. It’s a show of great music. We tell a lot of stories and there’s a lot of humour. The pay-off is at the merchandise table later with the smiles and people saying ‘Thank you, I needed this.'”
VIDEO: “Lie Down” – Good Lovelies
Clearly a whole lot of people, across Canada and abroad, have needed and loved what Good Lovelies have to offer. Since that first performance, the band’s trajectory has been on a decidedly upward curve, a journey boosted big time in 2010 when the trio accepted a Juno Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year for their self-titled inaugural full-length recording. Four more albums have followed, the latest being 2018’s Shapeshifters.
“I sometimes think about what would have happened if we hadn’t won that Juno Award,” admits Brooks. “It’s an accolade we still 100 per cent live with and love. At the time, we were coming pretty much out of nowhere. Not a lot of people knew our music, so it did give some sort of validation to what we were doing musically.”
“But if it hadn’t happened, I believe we still would have continued along the same trajectory. It was an incredible experience but accolades, at the end of the day, are accolades. They don’t tell the whole story. I know some incredible bands and musicians who probably will never win a Juno, but that doesn’t take way from what they’re doing in my mind.”
VIDEO: “Best I Know” – Good Lovelies
Shapeshifters, which was recorded on the East Coast, marked “a big departure” for the band, says Brooks.
“When we started writing for this latest record, Kerri lost her mom, and Sue and I both had children. There was a lot of upheaval … some very challenging times for us. We weren’t writing old-time swing songs, so the songs themselves were a bit of a departure.”
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“One of the most incredible experiences was we were able to really spend time in the studio and focus on the tunes and take the time we needed. We weren’t in a big Toronto studio where we were watching our money burn with every hour that went by. We were given a lot of opportunity to try things out.”
“We played most of the stuff on the record rather than hiring all these amazing musicians. We were able to take the time and really delve into that record in a different way than we had before. We really followed our hearts on that record. We took the time to make the record we really wanted to make.”
Their music and subsequent critical acclaim aside, Brooks says what has made Good Lovelies work so well with no sign of that ending is “an incredible partnership…everything we do is 33.3 per cent (each).” And although each writes independently of the others, “It’s not really a Good Lovelies song until we have all put our stamp on it.”
“A band may have a sort of musical charisma that is unstoppable, but if you don’t get along as people that band won’t go anywhere. We’re lucky because our voices mix so beautifully; we have this blend. It’s almost like singing with sisters. Our voices independently are so different but when we sing together it fits so well. That is magical in itself.”
VIDEO: “Waiting For You” – Good Lovelies
Another key to Good Lovelies’ enduring success, says Brooks, is each member gives the others space in terms of pursuing their own interests and projects outside the band. For her, that includes being a longtime member of the board for the Mariposa Folk Festival as well as a member of Safe Quiet Lakes, a Muskoka-based advocacy group that promotes responsible boating behaviour.
In addition, she and her partner oversee Secondhand Sunday, a Toronto-based community reuse and waste reduction program they co-founded in 2016.
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“I have children and I’ve had to bring the kids on the road, but Kerri and Sue have never given me a hard time about that. Kerri lived in Newfoundland for five years while our band was in Toronto. Most bands would be like ‘Okay, that’s not going to work, so let’s take a break.’ For us it was ‘How can we make this work?’ This is our full-time job and has been for 13 years. We’re constantly try to find ways to make it work rather than simply say “This isn’t working.'”
“I don’t compartmentalize the way some other people do. If I can have my kids at a show, for me it’s all related. A lot of my love songs are for my kids, much to my husband’s chagrin. Kerri and Sue have made it possible for us to do that. Family is all wrapped up in what we do.”
VIDEO: “I See Gold” – Good Lovelies
Citing Sarah Harmer and Paul Simon as major musical influences — “Sue has really been influenced by some of the jazz greats and Kerri would be the first to tell you she rocked out to The Mini Pops when she was a kid” — Brooks sees the folk music genre “as “really evolving.”
“We’re seeing the blending of (music) genres happening. There are still lots of protest songs being written, but I don’t know if we can use the term ‘folk music’ in the same way anymore. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. We (Good Lovelies) are not considered roots but we’re not considered pop. The lines are blurring. I’m excited about what’s happening and feel very positive about the types of songs I’m hearing now.”
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Stating a preference for live performance over studio work — “I like the play with the people I’m on stage with” — Brooks says the performance Good Lovelies will give at the Market Hall is all about the audience experience.
“We tell stories. We sing in harmony and we get people to sing along. People walk away feeling really good. Our songs are both introspective and upbeat. There are some moments of darkness, but in a good way.”
VIDEO: “Dancing In The Dark” (Bruce Springsteen) by Royal Wood and Good Lovelies
In the process now of recording a new Christmas album set for release in October, Brooks says Good Lovelies’ future is as secure as could be hoped for.
“”Our primary goal is to stay healthy as individuals, ” she says. “If anybody was feeling burned out we would probably take a break, but I don’t think Good Lovelies is a band that will ever break up. If anything we would take a little pause and maybe focus on our once-a-year Christmas tour for a few years, but we’re in it for the long haul.”
“We have something incredibly special. It’s a partnership I feel strongly will survive for a very long time. We’re not sisters by blood, but we’re sisters by experience and time.”
VIDEO: “Take Me, Take Me” – Good Lovelies
The Good Lovelies concert in October is presented by the Market Hall. The organization is also presenting Jill Barber on September 17th, Séan McCann on September 29th, Breabach on October 6th, Steve Poltz on October 18th, Dan Mangan on November 21st, and Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar on February 1, 2020.
For more information about upcoming performances, visit markethall.org.
Peterborough-based McCloskey International, which employs around 900 people in Canada, the U.S.A., and Northern Ireland, has been acquired by Finnish industrial machinery company Metso. Pictured are McCloskey International founder, president, and CEO Paschal McCloskey (second from left) and Ian Lough of McCloskey International (far right), along with Mark Nodder and Jeremy Fitch of Invest Northern Ireland at Granville Industrial Estate in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. (Photo: McCloskey International)
businessNOW™ is the most comprehensive weekly round-up of business and organizational news and events from Peterborough and across the Kawarthas.
This week’s top story is the acquisition of Peterborough-based McCloskey International by Finnish company Metso for $420 million.
Every week, our managing editor collects news and events related to businesses and organizations from across the Kawarthas. If you’d like us to promote your news or event in businessNOW, please email business@kawarthanow.com.
Also featured this week: Peterborough’s healthy dessert company Chimp Treats’ Nicecream is featured by Loblaw and Sobeys, the Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce announces the winners of its Excellence Awards, Tim McClure receives Fleming College’s 2019 Alumnus of Distinction Award, and the City of Peterborough recognizes organizations and volunteers with its 2018 Civic Awards.
New regional events added this week include Community Futures Peterborough hosting a job mixer for manufacturing and trade employers in Peterborough on June 20th, the Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce hosting a member breakfast meet-up in Lindsay on June 26th, the Peterborough Chamber hosting an employee termination seminar in Peterborough on June 26th, the Kawartha Chamber postponing its Stoney Lake boat cruise until July 4th, and the Innovation Cluster hosting a public open house in Peterborough on July 26th.
Peterborough-based McCloskey International acquired by Finnish company Metso for $420 million
Paschal McCloskey founded McCloskey International, headquartered in Peterborough, in 1985. After decades of expansion, the business is being acquired by Finnish industrial machinery company Metso. (Photo: McCloskey International)
Finnish industrial machinery company Metso has signed an agreement to acquire McCloskey International, a Canadian mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer located just east of Peterborough, for $420 million.
Metso, which announced the deal in a release last Monday (June 10), is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The company provides technology and services for the mining, aggregates, and oil and gas, recycling, pulp and paper, and other process industries. The company employs more than 14,000 people in more than 50 countries and had sales of 3.2 billion Euros ($4.8 billion) in 2018.
In a release, Metso stated it has acquired McCloskey to expand its offerings in the global aggregates industry and to strengthen its customer reach, especially to general contractors. In 2018, the global construction aggregates market was valued at around $483 billion.
“This acquisition is in line with Metso’s profitable growth strategy,” says Metso president and CEO Pekka Vauramo in the release. “It strengthens our aggregates business in key growth areas. The different cycles of aggregates balance our previously more mining focused Minerals portfolio well.”
Metso plans to continue developing the McCloskey brands and distribution channels independently of Metso.
VIDEO: McCloskey International Ltd.
McCloskey International was founded in 1985 by Paschal McCloskey, who left his family farm in Northern Ireland at the age of 26. Originally a custom fabrication and design house, the company developed its line of trommels (machines used to separate aggregates) in the 1980s. In 2004, McCloskey purchased Viper International and developed a new range of vibrating screens. Currently the company produces crushers, screeners, trommels, stackers, and washing systems.
As of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, McCloskey International had total assets of $285 million and net debt of $79 million. The company’s sales for the last fiscal year were $464 million and are projected to exceed $500 million by September 2019.
“We are proud of the growth achieved in a competitive market,” says president and CEO Paschal McCloskey. “I know that joining Metso is the right move for all our customers, employees, dealers and business partners. The combination of our unique focus on products and people and Metso’s global resources will help create even better solutions for our customers.”
McCloskey’s head office and 410,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is located at 1 McCloskey Road in Otonabee-South Monaghan, and it operates a secondary facility in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
McCloskey employs around 900 people in Canada, the U.S.A., and Northern Ireland. No job losses are anticipated as a result of the acquisition.
The company’s acquisition by Metso is subject to closing conditions, including anti-trust approvals, and is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2019.
Peterborough’s healthy dessert company Chimp Treats’ Nicecream featured by Loblaw and Sobeys
Chimp Treats founder and managing director Brooke Hammer beside a point of sale banner at Sobeys on Lansdowne Street in Peterborough, one of the first retailers to carry the company’s Nicecream products. (Photo: Brooke Hammer / Facebook)
Peterborough health food company Chimp Treats, which manufactures the Nicecream line of frozen desserts made entirely from fruit, was recently featured in Loblaw flyers across Canada.
In addition, the company has had its first POS (point of sale) banners installed in Sobeys stores.
“Sobeys’ support for Canadian companies and their attention to supplier diversity is creating big opportunities for companies like ours,” writes company founder and managing director Brooke Hammer on Facebook. “It’s a crazy feeling to see your products beside big brands in flyers and on shelves, as well as on POS banners in stores.”
Hammer formed Chimp Treats three years ago while she was in her last year at Trent University. The company’s flagship Nicecream product is now available at more than 400 stores coast to coast across Canada. Loblaws began carrying Nicecream in September 2018.
Chimp Treats is planning to release new branding, including a new logo along with new packaging, in September. (Graphic: Chimp Treats)
In the Kawarthas, Nicecream is available in select Sobeys, Foodland, Loblaw, Metro, Your Independent Grocers, Joanne’s Place and more in Peterborough, Lindsay, Haliburton, Lakefield, and Fenelon Falls.
The company is also planning to release new branding, including a new logo along with new packaging, in September.
Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce announces Evening of Excellence award winners
The Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Evening of Excellence Awards Celebration Friday, June 7th at Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon.
The winners are:
Marketing Excellence – Kawartha Care Wellness Centre
Health And Wellness Excellence – Integrated Care Pharmacy
Youth Excellence – BTW Electronic Parts
Innovation Excellence – PKA SoftTouch Inc.
Customer Service Excellence – Fresh FueLL
Design Excellence – Horizons Family Dentistry
Employer of the Year – WARDS Lawyers
New Business of The Year – The Lindsay Advocate
Not-for-profit Excellence – Soroptimist International of Kawartha Lakes
Business Leader of the Year – Don Brown of Mariposa Electric
Jamie Schmale, Conservative MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, recognized the winners (Lindsay native and St. Louis Blues defenceman Vince Dunn) in a statement in the House of Commons last Thursday (June 13).
Tim McClure receives Fleming College’s 2019 Alumnus of Distinction Award
Tim McClure ’86 has received Fleming College’s 2019 Alumnus of Distinction Award. (Supplied photo)
Last Thursday (June 13), Fleming College announced Tim McClure is the recipient of the 2019 Alumnus of Distinction Award, presented to an alumnus who attains outstanding career success and professional achievement.
McClure, who graduated from the college’s recreation merchandising (now sporting goods business) program in 1986, rose to the top of the professional sports marketing business as the vice president of licensed apparel supplier Starter Corporation, working closely with the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the National Football League and Canadian Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Hockey Canada.
He also worked as senior director of North America for Luxottica Group in the fashion eyewear industry, and is currently a motivational speaker and business and brand consultant at Tim McClure & Partners.
In 2013, he awarded the prestigious Scotiabank Game Changers Award, and in 2014 received the BMW Hero Award. In November 2018, he was honoured as a Premier’s Award nominee (business category) for outstanding college graduates.
City of Peterborough recognizes organizations and volunteers with Civic Awards
Peterborough Folk Festival Malcolm Byard accepts a Civic Award on behalf of Ryan Kemp and himself from City of Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrian and Councillor Dean Pappas. (Photo: Peterborough Folk Festival / Facebook)
The City of Peterborough recognized 40 individuals (including volunteers and athletes) and organizations at the 2018 Civic Awards presentation at the Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre last Tuesday (June 11).
The annual awards recognize outstanding achievement and commitment in community service, volunteering, the arts, and local sports.
Community betterment awards were presented to volunteers with Mapleridge Recreation Centre, Activity Haven, Community Care Peterborough, the Mount Community Centre, the Peterborough Folk Festival, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, and Trent Valley Archives.
Environmental stewardship/sustainability awards were presented to the Endeavour Centre, Kawartha World Issues Centre, and Peterborough Pollinators.
Kawarthas Northumberland Tourism hosts annual partner meeting in Keene on June 18
Dr. Nancy Arsenault, co-founder of the Tourism Cafe in British Columbia and an expert on experiential travel, is the guest speaker at the Kawarthas Northumberland Tourism partner meeting on June 18, 2019. (Promotional photo)
Kawarthas Northumberland Tourism is hosting its annual partner meeting from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18th at Elmhirst’s Resort (1045 Settlers Line, Keene).
Open to active Kawarthas Northumberland Tourism partners whose tourism businesses reside within the region, the meeting provides the opportunity to meet board members, staff, ministry representatives and advisors, and to network with other tourism operators.
Dr. Nancy Arsenault, co-founder of the Tourism Cafe in British Columbia and an expert on experiential travel, will be the guest speaker.
Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre holds annual general meeting in Cobourg on June 18
Northumberland’s Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre is holding its annual general meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18th in the Rotary Room at Cobourg Public Library (200 Ontario St., Cobourg).
Among other business, Dr. Mavis Morton of the University of Guelph will be presenting a final report on prevention best practices that she can her fourth-year Violence and Society class have prepared for Cornerstone.
Refreshments are at 6 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:30 p.m.
If you plan on attending, please RSVP by emailing ghuth@cornerstonenorthumberland.ca by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11th.
Artspace holds its annual general meeting in Peterborough on June 18
Artspace’s annual general meeting takes place on June 18, 2019. (Photo: Matthew Hayes)
Artspace is holding its annual general meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18th in the main gallery at Artspace (378 Aylmer St. N., Peterborough).
The agenda will include a review of the previous year’s operations, including highlights from exhibitions and programming, as well as a presentation of the centre’s audited financial statements.
Artspace will also seek nominations for new members for its board of directors. While Artspace encourages all members of the public to attend, only members in good standing are eligible to participate in voting and run for a position on the board.
The meeting will be held in a physically accessible space.
Peterborough DBIA breakfast network with Stacey Brandon and Nicholas Brandon in Peterborough on June 19
Stacey Brandon and Nicholas Brandon of RBC are the guest speakers at the Peterborough DBIA’s Breakfast Network on June 19, 2019. (Supplied photos)
The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) is hosting its next breakfast network meeting from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19th at Empress Gardens (131 Charlotte St., Peterborough).
Guest speakers Stacey Brandon and Nicholas Brandon of RBC will talk about succession planning for small businesses.
Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. with the guest speakers at 8 a.m.
The event is open to everyone. Tickets are $5 at the door.
Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation holds its annual general meeting in Lindsay on June 19
Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation will hold its annual general meeting on Wednesday, June 19th.
The meeting takes place from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Victoria Room at City of Kawartha Lakes City Hall (26 Francis St., Lindsay).
You can learn more about the services the organization provides throughout the City of Kawartha Lakes and its activities and future goals.
Peer lending for women information sessions in Peterborough and Buckhorn on June 19 and 20
Paro Centre For Women’s Enterprise, a not-for-profit social enterprise, is hosting two information sessions in June on its peer lending circles, a micro-finance program for women.
Peer lending circles are small groups of like-minded women who meet regularly to share their experiences, offer advice to each other, and expand their individual and shared contact networks. Members also provide peer loans between $500 and $1,000.
The sessions take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19th at Tiny Greens (431 George St. N., Peterborough) and from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Lock Stop Cafe (1919 Lakehurst Rd., Buckhorn).
For more information, contact Pat at Community Futures Peterborough at pat@cfpeterborough.ca or 705-745-5434.
Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre hosts marketing and sales workshop in Peterborough on June 20
The Business Advisory Centre of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development is hosting “Marketing and Sales” from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 20th in the lower-level boardroom at VentureNorth (270 George St. N., Peterborough).
Part of the centre’s Business Fundamentals Workshop series, the session is designed to provide a robust structure so you can create your own marketing, sales, and customer relations strategy. It will cover the importance of customer segmenting and target market, what makes an effective online and offline marketing strategy, marketing tactics to consider and include in your strategy, online marketing tools, and acquiring clients and tracking customer interactions.
Community Futures Peterborough hosts job mixer for manufacturing and trade employers in Peterborough on June 20
Community Futures Peterborough is hosting a “job mixer” for employers in the trades and manufacturing sectors from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 20th at VentureNorth (270 George St. N., Peterborough).
This is an opportunity to meet a future job candidate and qualify for up to $10,000 in funding to hire and train a new employee.
for more information and to sign up, contact Heather Stephenson at 705-745-5434 or heather@cfpeterborough.ca.
United Way Peterborough holds annual general meeting in Peterborough on June 24
The United Way Peterborough is holding its annual general meeting from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 24th at Showplace Performance Centre (290 George St. N., Peterborough).
The meeting will showcase the recipients of the 2019 Neighbourhood Fund, which provides small one-time grants to support informal groups of people who are working together to improve their neighbourhood or demographic community within the city and county of Peterborough.
Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre hosts business planning workshop in Peterborough on June 25
The Business Advisory Centre of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development is hosting “Business Planning” from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25th in the lower-level boardroom at VentureNorth (270 George St. N., Peterborough).
Part of the centre’s Business Fundamentals Workshop series, the session is designed to give you a strong foundation in business planning and to demonstrate the importance of a comprehensive business plan. The workshop will also share tools available for creating a business plan and top tips for creating a plan ready to share with banks and funding agencies to secure financing.
Lindsay & District Chamber of Commerce hosts member breakfast meet-up in Lindsay on June 26
TheLindsay & District Chamber of Commerce is hosting its next member-to-member (M2M) breakfast meet-up from 8 to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26th at Smittys Family Restaurant (370 Kent St., Lindsay).
Bring your business cards and chat with other like-minded people while enjoying breakfast. Each attendee has the opportunity to introduce themselves and their business or organization.
No registration is required, and just order what you want and pay for what you order.
Peterborough Chamber hosts employee termination seminar in Peterborough on June 26
The next Peterborough Chamber of Commerce Lunch Box Learning seminar takes place from 12 to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26th at the Chamber’s boardroom (175 George St. N., Peterborough).
Ryan Simms, business development manager of Peninsula Canada, will speak on the dos and don’ts of employee termination.
The seminar is free to attend for members of the Chamber and members of the Women’s Business Network of Peterborough. Bring your own lunch.
Peterborough DBIA holds its 2019 annual general meeting in Peterborough on June 26
The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) is holding its 2019 annual general meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26th in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre (290 George St. N., Peterborough).
Networking begins at 5:30 p.m. with the meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting, although only DBIA members can vote.
Community Futures Peterborough holds annual general meeting in Peterborough on June 27
Community Futures Peterborough is holding its annual general meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 27th at the Peterborough Rugby Club (725 Armour Rd., Peterborough).
The event, which also features a community BBQ, will include the announcement of the winner of Community Futures Peterborough’s ignite100 entrepreneurial competition, from among the three finalists: Goodwin Metals, Cottage Toys, and Cambium Inc. The winner receives a $100,000 three-year interest-free loan, with no payments in the first year.
Hospice Peterborough holds annual general meeting in Peterborough on June 27
Hospice Peterborough is holding its annual general meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 27th at McDonnel Activity Centre (577 McDonnel St., Peterborough).
The meeting will be followed by a celebration of Hospice Peterborough’s volunteers.
Kawartha Chamber hosts a Stoney Lake boat cruise on July 4
The Kawartha Chamber of Commerce and Tourism’s next Business After Hours event features boat cruise on Stoney Lake from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 4th at Stoney Lake Cruises (610 Mount Julian – Viamede Rd., Woodview).
Participants will board at 4:30 p.m. and the cruise will happen from 5 to 7 p.m. (rain or shine).
Appetizers will be provided by Burleigh Falls Inn (email info@kawarthachamber.ca if you have any dietary restrictions).
Note: This event has been rescheduled from June 20th due to high water levels on the Trent Severn Waterway has said the water levels.
Summer Company Staples Day in Peterborough on July 10
Summer Company Staples Day takes place in Peterborough on July 10, 2019. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre)
Students participating in the Summer Company program will be showcasing their businesses on Wednesday, July 10th at Staples Peterborough (109 Park St. S., Peterborough).
Ontario’s flagship youth entrepreneurship program, Summer Company provides students aged 15 to 29 an opportunity to open and operate their own business during summer break. Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre has partnered with the program since 2001.
The 2019 program is currently underway, with seven students at the high school and post-secondary levels getting ready to start their first business. Students are in the process of receiving a grant of $1,500 from the Ontario government to spend towards their start-up expenses.
Summer Company Staples Day not only provides students with the opportunity to showcase their businesses to the public, but provides them with experience in networking, advertisement, and communicating their brand to the community.
All are welcome to attend. More information will be provided closer to the date of the event.
Innovation Cluster hosts open house in Peterborough on July 26
Innovation Cluster Peterborough & the Kawarthas is hosting an open house from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, July 26th at VentureNorth (270 George St. N., Peterborough).
Member of the public are invited to attend to find out more about the Innovation Cluster.
More information will be available closer to the date of the event.
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