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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.
Local artist Bethany LeBlonc recently transformed this needle drop box in Peterborough's Millennium Park into a work of practical public art. Her colourful design also includes a map of social support resources available in downtown Peterborough for people who are disposing of used needles in the box. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough artist turns a needle drop box into practical public art

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Bethany LeBlonc one of the local artists commissioned by PARN and Artspace to transform the boxes.
A media release from parent company Friendly Stranger Holdings Corp states that Happy Dayz at 291 George Street North in downtown Peterborough will open on August 13, 2020, although the store's signage as of August 10 still reads "opening soon". (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Downtown Peterborough’s second legal cannabis store set to open on August 13

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Happy Dayz at 291 George Street North previously sold cannabis accessories.
How much is that doggie in the window? Nebula, one of the puppies from Karolina's Border Collies in Ennismore, in a scene from the second season two of Netflix's hit show "The Umbrella Academy". (Photo: Netflix)

Ennismore border collie puppies star in Netflix’s hit show The Umbrella Academy

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Puppies from Karolina's Border Collies appear in third episode of second season.
The COVID Alert exposure notification app uses software developed jointly by Apple and Google that relies on Bluetooth technology to anonymously share information if a user has been in close contact with someone infected with COVID-19.

COVID-19 exposure notification app now available for download in Ontario

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Free voluntary COVID Alert app for Android and iOS devices will notify users if they have been exposed to someone else with the virus.
The male gypsy moth is brown with jagged markings on its wings and feathered antenna. Females are white and do not fly. (Photo: Invasive Species Centre)

How to deal with the gypsy moth explosion in the Kawarthas

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Reports from across southern and eastern Ontario of the invasive insect whose caterpillars defoliate trees.
Peterborough artist Neil Broadfoot, pictured at a 2014 wedding with his wife Margaret, has passed away at the age of 84. (Photo courtesy of the Broadfoot family)

Renowned Peterborough artist Neil Broadfoot has passed away

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Best known for his landscape and wilderness watercolours, he also taught art at Crestwood Secondary School for 35 years.
Ontario's tourism minister Lisa MacLeod and Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott were in Bobcaygeon on July 9, 2020, to announce $1.4 million to support tourism-related initiatives in Kawartha Lakes. (Photo: Lisa MacLeod / Twitter)

businessNOW: Ontario government announces $1.4 million for Kawartha Lakes tourism industry

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Also featuring Stats Can survey on COVID-19 impact on businesses, Summer Company student start-ups, local businesses support Peterburgers, and more.
Detective Constable Stacey Rutherford, pictured in 2019 in a photo by photographer Heather Doughty for her Inspire: The Women's Portrait Project. Rutherford has retired from the Peterborough Police Services after a 30-year career that included being the first female handler in the service's canine unit and working in the service's sex offence unit and internet child exploitation unit. (Photo: Heather Doughty)

Detective Constable Stacey Rutherford retires from the Peterborough police after a 30-year career

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Rutherford was one of service's first canine handlers and developed the internet child exploitation unit.
In 1984's "Footloose", Kevin Bacon starred as a teenager who moves to a small U.S. town that has banned dancing. The Ontario government has banned singing and dancing in outdoor dining areas during stage two of the province's reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Screenshot)

No singing or dancing on Ontario patios, but Footloose star Kevin Bacon is okay...

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Instrumental live music may be allowed under Ontario's emergency order, as long as people don't dance.
With revenue evaporating during the COVID-19 pandemic, renowned ceramic artist and potter Bill Reddick decided to turn his cake-making hobby into a business. He is now making his famous gluten-free chocolate cakes at Fresh Urban Plate in downtown Peterborough. The cakes are available for delivery or pick-up in Peterborough and can also be shipped across Canada. (Photo: Bill Reddick / Instagram)

businessNOW – June 17, 2020

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Featuring artist Bill Reddick turning his gluten-free chocolate cake into a business, 4th Line Theatre, PKA SoftTouch, and more.
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