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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.
The semi-finalist showcase for the 2018 Bears' Lair Entrepreneurial Competition at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. This year's showcase, where 24 semi-finalists will be displaying information about their businesses and how they operate, takes place on March 26, 2019. Six finalists for the final pitch event on April 30th will be announced at the end of the showcase event. (Photo: Bears' Lair)

businessNOW – March 25, 2019

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Featuring Bears' Lair, H2O Makerspace, Rustically Signed, Peterborough DBIA and GreenUP, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, and more.
Juno award-winning indigenous DJ crew A Tribe Called Red (Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas and Tim "2oolman" Hill) will be performing a free concert at the newly named Peterborough Subaru main stage at Nicholls Oval Park on Saturday, August 17th as part of the 2019 Peterborough Folk Festival. (Photo: Matt Barnes Photography)

A Tribe Called Red and Fred Penner coming to Peterborough Folk Festival this summer

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Volunteer-run festival also announces new partnership with Peterborough Subaru and stable funding from City of Peterborough.
Rebecca and Hannah are ready to serve you at '76 Sips, the new beverage bar at the Lansdowne Street location of Joanne's Place Health Foods. The beverage bar opened on March 18, 2019. (Photo: Joanne's Place)

businessNOW – March 18, 2019

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Featuring opening of '76 Sips, Women in Business award nominees, Innovation Cluster, Golden Wheel Chinese Restaurant, Electric City Vegans, Kidz Playland, and more.
It's not just a party trick: two whole grapes, when touching and heated in a microwave, create a lightning-like fireball of plasma, a hot gas of ions and electrons. Trent University physicist Aaron Slepkov, along with Pablo Bianuccib of Concordia University and Hamza Khattak of Trent University, published a study in February 2019 explaining exactly what is happening and why. The research went viral with coverage from international media. (Photo: Hamza K. Khattak, Trent University / PNAS)

Grape Balls of Fire! Trent University physicist’s research goes viral

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Study explains why grapes spark when heated in a microwave, has implications for field of nanophotonics.
Toronto singer-songwriter Megan Bonnell is performing at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough on March 28, 2019. Peterborough singer-songwriter Evangeline Gentle will open the show. (Photo: Jen Squires)

Megan Bonnell brings her raw musical honesty to Peterborough’s Market Hall on March 28

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Toronto singer-songwriter touring in support of her critically acclaimed album 'Separate Rooms'.
Olympus Burger in Port Hope was selected as having the ninth best burger in Canada on a list of the top 50 burgers assembled by Big 7 Travel. (Photo: Olympus Burger)

businessNOW – March 11, 2019

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Featuring Olympus Burger, Globus Theatre, Bobcaygeon Chamber's 2019 awards, Galerie Q, Win This Space, Simcoe Ptbo, and more.
Simcoe Ptbo is open at 172 Simcoe Street in downtown Peterborough, the home of Retro's eSports Bar. It is a joint venture of Retro's eSports Bar owner Andrew Warman, musician Chase Wilson, and Kristen Kerr. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

New live music venue Simcoe Ptbo opens in downtown Peterborough

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Located in Retro's eSports Bar at 172 Simcoe Street, bar will feature punk, metal, hard-core rock, and more
Gwyneth James of Cody & James Chartered Professional Accountants (middle) was named the Business Woman of the Year at the 2016 Peterborough Examiner Women in Business Awards, with Bridget Leslie of My Left Breast (left) and Betty Halman-Plumley of Investors Group (right) as finalists. The 2019 Women in Business Award, along with the Judy Heffernan Award, is now being presented by the Women's Business Network of Peterborough. Nominations for the two awards are now open until March 16, 2019. (Supplied photo)

businessNOW – March 4, 2019

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Featuring Women in Business and Judy Heffernan Awards, Fenelon Falls Brewing Co., Community Care Peterborough, Outpost379, Nicholson Bros, Dart Container Corp., and more.
Medicine Wheel Natural Healing, one of around a dozen cannabis dispensaries on Alderville First Nation near Roseneath, attracts hundreds of new customers each day. The dispensaries, which operated under indigenous sovereignty, are an alternative to purchasing cannabis products authorized by the Ontario government and also offer edibles, which are currently not legal under the federal government's cannabis legislation. (Photo: Medicine Wheel Natural Healing)

The ‘Green Mile’ is the cannabis tourism destination of the Kawarthas

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Thousands flock to the cannabis dispensaries in Alderville First Nation near Roseneath in Northumberland County.
The Outside Track, featuring five musicians from Canada, Ireland, and Scotland, performs at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on February 27, 2019. (Publicity photo)

Cure your winter doldrums with world-class Celtic music from The Outside Track

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Critically acclaimed band performs at the Market Hall on February 27 with Melissa Payne opening.
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