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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 the City of Kawartha Lakes, 70 per cent of food bank visitors cite social assistance as their primary source of income. This reflects the findings of Feed Ontario's 2021 Hunger Report, which has found that the use of food banks has increased by 10 per cent since the onset of the pandemic and calls on the Ontario government to address the province’s income security and affordability issues immediately. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Food Source)

Income insecurity exacerbated by the pandemic is driving food bank use in Kawartha Lakes

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Kawartha Lakes Food Source endorses Feed Ontario's call for Ontario government to address province's income security and affordability issues.
Enniskillen General Store, a family-owned business with locations in Enniskillen, Port Perry, Bowmanville, and Oshawa, is hosting a grand opening celebration of its new Peterborough location in Marsdale Plaza across from Beavermead Park on November 19, 2021. (Photo: Enniskillen General Store)

businessNOW: Enniskillen General Store opens new location in Peterborough

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Also featuring Sir Sam's Ski and Ride, Noblegen, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, Caitlin Smith, Capitol Theatre, and more.
Owen Stahn, Griffin Clark, and Kate Suhr performing original music by Beau Dixon and David Tough for 4th Line Theatre's 2019 production of Beau Dixon's "Bloom: A Rock 'n' Roll Fable" at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. A cast recording of all eight of the production's original songs is now available, along with a short documentary film about the making of the cast recording. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

4th Line Theatre releases cast recording of songs from Beau Dixon’s hit 2019 rock...

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Eight original songs written by Dixon and David Tough for 'Bloom: A Rock 'n' Roll Fable' now available for streaming, along with 'making of' documentary.
A female gymnast on a balance beam. (Stock photo)

Gymnastics Ontario immediately suspends Champion Gymnastics owner following publication of women’s complaints against him

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Marcel Rene had claimed lifetime suspension was 'not a big thing' prior to women's lawyer releasing documentation of sexual harassment complaints.
The 12 Peterborough-area entrepreneurs participating in the fall intake of the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre's Starter Company Plus program (left to right, top to bottom): Amanda O'Rourke, Angela McDonald, Bruno Merz and Dreda Blow, Brad Carson, Caitlin Smith, Kate Suhr, Shawn and Jolene Morris, Patrick and Deanna Leahy, Lynda Todd, Denise and Rob Driscoll, Travis Berlenbach, and Dawn and Lea Call. (Photo collage courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre)

12 more Peterborough-area entrepreneurs getting help to launch or expand their businesses

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Half will receive $5,000 grant at end of fall intake of five-week Starter Company Plus program.
Sarah Budd, former CEO of Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region, was named citizen of the year at the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce and Tourism's 21st Annual Awards of Excellence on October 28, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Chamber of Commerce and Tourism)

Kawartha Chamber names former Habitat for Humanity CEO Sarah Budd as citizen of the...

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Other business award recipients include Lockside Trading Company as retailer of the year and Beachwood Resort for outstanding business achievement.
Andy Tough, owner of RMS Events, received the Local Focus award at the 2021 Peterborough Business Excellence Awards event on October 20, 2021, in recognization of the online video performance series featuring Peterborough-area musicians he produced with his wife Linda at their Norwood barn during the pandemic. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough Chamber of Commerce video)

Live! at the Barn local music video series one of 26 recipients at 2021...

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Other award recipients include Tom Minicola as Business Citizen of the Year and Christine Teixeira and Julia Anderson as Businesswoman of the Year.
Owners Lorraine and Emily Forbes in front of The Cow and Sow Eatery in Fenelon Falls. The mother-and-daughter team have completed extensive renovations to the popular restaurant and bar and held a trial opening on October 15, 2021, with an official opening coming soon. (Photo: The Cow and Sow Eatery / Facebook)

businessNOW: newly renovated Cow & Sow Eatery in Fenelon Falls set to open soon

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Also featuring Peterborough County's Farm Family of the Year, Kiwanis Club of Scott's Plains, Town & Country Marine, Camp Kawartha, Treetop Trekking, and more.
Dr. Peter Quinby, chief scientist with the Peterborough-based non-profit Ancient Forest Exploration & Research, identified the Catchacoma Forest in northern Peterborough County as containing the largest-known stand of old-growth eastern hemlock in Canada. Quinby, along with Katie Krelove of the BC-based non-profit Wilderness Committee and a group of concerned citizens, have been working to protect the old-growth trees from logging. (Photo courtesy of Mitch Bowmile)

Fundraiser underway for documentary film about efforts to protect old-growth trees in Peterborough County’s...

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'Conserving Catchacoma' intends to raise awareness about old-growth trees, including largest known stand of old-growth eastern hemlock in Canada.
Amy Simpson of MicroAge Peterborough–Whitby was one of eight business leaders (including two posthumously) who were inducted into Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario's Business Hall of Fame during a ceremony on September 29, 2021 at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Junior Achievement of Northern and Eastern Ontario)

Eight inductees celebrated at Junior Achievement 2021 Business Hall of Fame Wednesday night

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Livestreamed COVID-safe ceremony was held at The Venue in downtown Peterborough.
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