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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
In 2015, the Rotary Club of Peterborough installed 25 little libraries in the Peterborough area, such as this one on Maria Street in Peterborough's East City. Now some little libraries are replacing books with free essential food and household care items. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com0

Some Peterborough little libraries are being converted into ‘pandemic libraries’ with free necessities

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Instead of sharing books, these locations are sharing food and household care items during COVID-19 crisis
Five of Peterborough's leading economic development organizations have joined forced to launch a survey of local businesses to help determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and develop a unified approach to possible solutions to offset the impact. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

businessNOW – March 17, 2020

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Featuring TeamPTBO's COVID-19 business impact survey, Community Futures Peterborough loan relief offer, entrepreneur Leslie Bradford-Scott's podcast launch, and more.
Ontario premier Doug Ford announces a state of emergency for the province due to the COVID-19 pandemic at Queen's Park on March 17, 2020. Also pictured are Health Minister Christine Elliott, Ontario Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, and Finance Minister Rod Phillips. (Photo: Government of Ontario)

Ontario declares state of emergency due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Effective immediately, all gatherings of over 50 people prohibited; child care, bars and restaurants, theatres, cinemas, and more all ordered closed.
Watson & Lou owners Erin Watson and Anna Eidt in front of their shop at 383 Water Street in downtown Peterborough. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they have decided to temporarily close their bricks-and-mortar shop and are donting five per cent of online sales this week to independent arts organization The Theatre on King. (Photo: Watson & Lou)

Watson & Lou donating five per cent of online sales this week to The...

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Downtown Peterborough creative hub has temporarily closed its brick-and-mortar shop in response to COVID-19 pandemic.
At the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce and Town of Cobourg's 2019 Business Achievement Awards gala on March 6, 2020, Cobourg pet grooming business Grooming By Bri won the Business & Consumer Services Award. Awards were also handed out in 11 other categories. (Photo: Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce / Facebook)

businessNOW – March 10, 2020

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Featuring Northumberland's Business Achievement Award recipients, launch of DELIA lending platform, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development's upcoming business count survey, and more.
Jenna Pilgrim (centre), co-founder and CEO of blockchain start-up Streambed Media, receives the Young Alumni Leader Award from Trent University's Traill College principal Michael Eamon and Trent alumni engagement and services coordinator Sue Robinson in February 2020. Streambed Media was also mentioned in a recent Forbes story about the impact of blockchain technology on the media and entertainment industry. (Photo: Trent University)

businessNOW – March 3, 2020

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Featuring blockchain entrepreneur Jenna Pilgrim, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development five-year strategic plan, Businesswomen of the Year and Judy Heffernan Award nominees, and more.
Josh, a member of The Biz Group, displays two of the group's hand-painted mugs created for Y Drive and Peterborough Challenger Baseball. The group is also selling "love mugs" and plans to expand with hand-painted tote bags and t-shirts. All proceeds from the sales of items go directly to members of The Biz Group, an initiative supported by the Down Syndrome Association of Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Down Syndrome Association of Peterborough)

Peterborough adults with Down syndrome launch their own business

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The Biz Group is selling custom hand-painted 'love mugs' and will be expanding to include tote bags and t-shirts.
Watson & Lou owners Erin Watson and Anna Eidt display their new "economic nutrition label", which is designed to show shoppers where the money they spend goes. The two entrepreneurs, whose core mission is to do retail differently, were inspired by the economic nutrition label developed by Shorefast, a registered Canadian charity on Fogo Island in Newfoundland. (Photo: Heather Doughty)

businessNOW – February 25, 2020

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Featuring Watson & Lou's new economic nutrition label, Telus and Venture13's IoT alliance, Kawartha Lakes CFDC's new executive director, and more.
Kevin Matthew Wong performing in Broadleaf Theatre's "The Chemical Valley Project" in front of a projected photo of a refinery in Sarnia's Chemical Valley, where almost almost half of Canada's entire petrochemical industry is concentrated. Wong co-created the documentary theatre production with Julia Howman to document the activism of sisters Vanessa and Lindsay Beze Gray, two residents of Aamjiwnaang First Nation which is surrounded by Chemical Valley's petroleum refineries. Presented by Public Energy, the production runs for two performances on March 6, 2020 at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Graham Isador)

Documentary theatre explores the impact of Canada’s notorious ‘Chemical Valley’ on an indigenous community

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Public Energy presents Broadleaf Theatre's acclaimed 'The Chemical Valley Project' at the Market Hall in Peterborough on March 6.
Equivalent in protein to a chicken's egg but with significantly fewer calories and less fat per serving, "the egg" is a finalist for the 2020 World Food Innovation Awards for "Best food concept", "Best ingredient innovation", and "Best plant-based alternative". (Photo: Eunite Foods / Noblegen)

businessNOW – February 18, 2020

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Featuring Noblegen's first consumer product, Rolls-Royce Peterborough expansion, Kawartha Lakes business incubate, Rare restaurant, and more.
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