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Articles by Bruce Head

Bruce Head
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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.
A detailed look at some of the paddles hand-crafted by Manitoba aboriginal students and displayed at the Canadian Canoe Museum's first Silver Canoe Dinner in Winnipeg (photo: Canadian Canoe Museum)

Peterborough’s Canadian Canoe Museum helps aboriginal youth connect to their heritage

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Students display hand-crafted canoe paddles at museum's Silver Canoe Dinner in Winnipeg.
If you're a fan of Mondays, you'll be happy that we get an extra one this year on February 29

Eight things you may not know about the leap year

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Why we get an extra day of winter on Monday, February 29.
The existing hydroelectric station on the Otonabee River at London Street in Peterborough currently produces 4 megawatts of hydroelectric power. The new generating station will produce an additional 6 megawatts of green power by the summer of 2016.

More green power for Peterborough coming this summer

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New hydroelectric generating station on the Otonabee River expected to go online by end of June.
Wendy Trusler and Carol Devine, authors of "The Antarctic Book Of Cooking And Cleaning: A Polar Journey", in Antarctica in 1996

Peterborough’s Wendy Trusler on CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter

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She and co-author Carol Devine discuss their book "The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning" with host Shelagh Rogers.
Canadian musical icon Tom Wilson performs as Lee Harvey Osmond at the Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough on February 12 (photo: Jen Squires)

Tom Wilson brings his beautiful scars to Peterborough on February 12

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Wilson's band Lee Harvey Osmond performs with Mayhemingways at Gordon Best Theatre.
The winning design for the new Canadian Canoe Museum from heneghan peng architects of Dublin, Ireland, and Kearns Mancini Architects of Toronto (photo courtesy of Canadian Canoe Museum)

Canadian Canoe Museum unveils winning design for new museum

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"Visionary design" for new $45-million facility to be located at Peterborough Lift Lock.
Johnny Earle, who founded his hugely successful clothing company Johnny Cupcakes at the age of 19, began by selling T-shirts out of the trunk of his car

Founder of world’s first T-shirt bakery to speak in Peterborough

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FastStart Peterborough brings young entrepreneur Johnny Earle to the Market Hall on February 23.
Peterborough's 14th annual Walk for Alzheimer's takes place this year indoors at the Trent Athletics Centre at Trent University on January 31

Walk for Alzheimer’s to support people living with dementia

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Alzheimer Society's biggest fundraiser of the year takes place at Trent Athletics Centre on January 31.
The trainer version of Digitsole's Smartshoes, which connect to a smartphone app to warm your feet, track footsteps, and loosen or tighten each shoe

13 fascinating and crazy tech products from CES 2016

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From a smart water bottle to a self-propelling skateboard to the first aerial drone large enough to carry a person.
Ron James' comedy special "Fast Forward", which airs on CBC Television on New Year's Eve, was filmed over two nights in October at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough (photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Exclusive behind-the-camera look at Ron James’ New Year’s Eve special

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With video clips from "Fast Forward" filmed at Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough.
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