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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.
Peterborough native Dr. Mike Cranfield became chief veterinarian of the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore in 1982. He was still working at the zoo as director of animal health, research, and conservation when he also became director of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, a non-profit organization formed in 1986 at the request of Dian Fossey, famous for her study of wild mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Cranfield passed away at the age of 71 on August 28, 2023 after a brief illness. (Photo: Maryland Zoo)

Peterborough native Mike Cranfield, a renowned conservationist and wildlife veterinarian, has passed away

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Former chief veterinarian at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore also led the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (Gorilla Doctors) for more than 20 years.
A photo of a shelter in Toronto's Alexandra Park from an April 16, 2021 New York Times story by Catherine Porter about carpenter Khaleel Seivwright, who built small life-saving shelters for unhoused people living outside in Toronto during the first winter of the pandemic. Seivwright's story is told in Zac Russell's award-winning documentary "Someone Lives Here", which is screening on September 8, 2023 at Artspace in Peterborough as part of ReFrame Film Festival's free Mission Miniseries presented by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area. (Photo: Ian Willms for The New York Times)

Award-winning housing crisis documentary headlines ReFrame Film Festival’s inaugural Mission Miniseries

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Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area is presenting series of four free documentary film screenings from August 31 to September 28.
Kelly Convery has rebranded her small-scale Ennismore flower farm, originally called The Flower Patch, as Sanctuary Flower Fields. She says flowers were her sanctuary both while she was dealing with the mental health toll during her former pandemic career and also while dealing with the grief resulting from the tragic loss of a close friend. (Photo: Mary Zita Payne Photography)

Former Peterborough paramedic Kelly Convery turned her love for flowers into a business

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Sanctuary Flower Fields in Ennismore grew after Convery decided to focus on her family and faced the tragic loss of a close friend.
Levantine Grill is owned and operated by banker Hashem Yakan and chef Imad Mahfouz, who previously owned a restaurant in Damascus, Syria. The pair have been named Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year by the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce. (Photo: Levantine Grill)

Levantine Grill owners recognized as Peterborough chamber announces business award finalists

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Along with Imad Mahfouz and Hashem Yakan as Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year, Fox Law's Nicole Truman is Businesswoman of the Year.
Peterborough Theatre Guild has announced its 2023-24 season featuring six plays including the family play "The Enchanted Bookshop" in December and the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" at Showplace Performance Centre in February. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied images)

Peterborough Theatre Guild announces its 2023-24 season from September to May

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Plays include God of Carnage, Paradiso Inn, The Enchanted Bookshop, Fiddler on the Roof, Willow Quartet, and Girl in the Goldfish Bowl.
The cast of "Little Shop of Horrors" in rehearsal at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. The award-winning horror-comedy rock musical first staged off-Broadway in 1982 runs for 27 performances from August 11 to September 3, 2023. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

Reinvented production of musical ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ comes to Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre

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Directed by the Capitol's Rob Kempson, award-winning horror-comedy rock musical about a flesh-eating plant runs for 27 performances from August 11 to September 3.
"Tip of the Iceberg" co-playwright and songwriter Chris Rait along with actors Mark Whelan and Rick Hughes during a rehearsal for the musical comedy, which runs for 12 performances from August 2 to 12, 2023 at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon. (Photo: Globus Theatre)

Inspiring musical comedy ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ comes to Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre

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Starring co-playwright and songwriter Chris Rait and actors Mark Whelan and Rick Hughes, play runs for 12 performances from August 2 to 12.
Tiny Greens owner and operator Tina Bromley, who opened her plant store in downtown Peterborough in 2017, was one of six local business owners who participated in Community Futures Peterborough's ScaleUP pilot program in 2022. Through a partnership with Scotiabank, the program returns in 2023 with 12 spaces available for entrepreneurs who need help scaling up their businesses. (Photo courtesy of Tiny Greens)

Community Futures Peterborough program will help 12 local entrepreneurs grow their businesses

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Following successful pilot last year, ScaleUP program returns in 2023 with applications open until August 25.
Noblegen founder and CEO Adam Noble with co-founder and previous executive VP Dr. Andressa Lacerda in 2016. (Photo: Lucia Graca Remedios / Noblegen)

Peterborough biotech startup Noblegen acquired by American company

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Noblegen will now operate under the name Solar Biotech Canada.
Peterborough author Matthew Flagler with copies of his new book "Held to the Fire," which he calls an authentic retelling of the most tragic event in the city's history: the 1916 explosion and fire that destroyed the Quaker Oats plant on Hunter Street and claimed the lives of 24 workers. (Photo courtesy of Matthew Flagler)

Peterborough resident Matthew Flagler writes new book about 1916 Quaker Oats fire and explosion

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The great-grandson of hero Dennis O'Brien, Flagler's 'Held to the Fire' tells the story of the disaster through the eyes of those who were there.
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