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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.
Members of the Enactus Fleming College team behind Paper Plant Project (with Fleming College professor of business studies and lead Enactus faculty advisor Raymond Yip Choy at the back) celebrating their win of the grand prize at the fifth annual Cubs' Lair entrepreneurship competition, held on November 21, 2019 at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough. This is the third prize since September for the Paper Plant Project, a social enterprise that produces paper planters from recycled paper waste as educative kits for schools to promote biodegradable practices. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

Fleming College students win Cubs’ Lair entrepreneurship competition

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Paper Plant Project produces paper planters from recycled paper waste as educative kits for schools.
The McLean family, owners and operators of McLean and Buckhorn Berry Farms in Lakefield, have been named the Peterborough County's 2019 Farm Family of the Year. Pictured are Erin, Sam, Jenny and Ben, and Jane. (Supplied photo)

businessNOW – November 19, 2019

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Featuring the McLean family as Farm Family of the Year, an innovation award for Charlotte Products' OptiSolve, LLF Lawyers donation to Peterborough Humane Society, The Loomex Group to manage Dryden Regional Airport, and more.
Curve Lake First Nation economic development officer Katie Young-Haddlesey (second from left) is presented with the Economic Development Officer of the Year Award at the Cando Conference in Gatineau, Quebec on October 30, 2019. Cando is an organization that promotes economic development in Indigenous communities across Canada. (Photo: Cando)

businessNOW – November 12, 2019

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Featuring Katie Young-Haddlesey and Curve Lake First Nation, Kawartha Buttertart Factory and The Little Building Company, Plant Goals, Smile & Shine K9, and more.
The new taproom at Fenelon Falls Brewing Co. is now open for business. To start, the taproom will feature five draught beers paired with an all-day menu. (Photo: Deborah Banks / Facebook)

businessNOW – November 5, 2019

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Featuring Fenelon Falls Brewing Co.'s new taproom, Elmhirst's Resort's tourism award, Electric City Works grand opening, Culcherd's dairy-alternative products, Electric City Talks speaker series, Sustain Eco Store grand opening, and more
Northumberland Food for Thought community development coordinator Beth Kolisny and public health dietician Kimberly Leadbeater accept a cheque for $25,000 from Post Consumer Brands on October 15, 2019 in Cobourg. (Photo: Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit / Facebook)

businessNOW – October 22, 2019

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Featuring Post Consumer Brands in Cobourg, Dooher's Bakery in Campbellford, East City Condos, Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, Peterborough Chamber award recipients, and more.
Peterborough all-natural deodorant company Purelygreat has launched a new online campaign featuring humorous videos, created by Toronto-based boutique production company Someplace Nice, in which two peasants from the Middle Ages contemplate how they can reduce body odour. (Screenshot)

businessNOW – October 15, 2019

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Featuring Purelygreat's new video campaign, Business Hall of Fame nominations, Kawartha Chamber award recipients, Cubs' Lair youth entrepreneurship competition, and more.
Peterborough-based company Chimp Treats has rebranded its flagship Nicecream frozen dessert line, which is sold across Canada with plans to expand to Europe retailers in 2019. The new look is designed to appeal to the product's largest demographic and to focus on "Nicecream" as a unique category of frozen dessert made of 100 per cent fruit. (Photo courtesy of Chimp Treats)

businessNOW – October 8, 2019

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Featuring a new look for Chimp Treats' Nicecream, a new executive director for NCC Peterborough, a new home lighting and decor store in Peterborough's East City, and more.
Brad Katz of Millbrook bakery Pastry Peddler, which won first place overall in the Kawarthas Butter Tart Tour Top Tart Taste-Off, held on September 22, 2019 at the Cultivate Festival in Port Hope, for their 'Peddler Saloon' butter tart with a whiskey-infused filling loaded with pecans and topped with candied whiskey pecans. (Photo courtesy of Kawarthas Butter Tart Tour)

businessNOW – October 1, 2019

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Featuring Pastry Peddler's winning butter tart, Artspace Peterborough's 45th anniversary, Faststart Peterborough's Pitch It! competition, Canuck Play's third football video game title, and more.
Elmhirst's Resort, located on the shores of Rice Lake in Keene, is a Tourism Employer of the Year finalist for the 2019 Tourism Industry Awards of Excellence. The award recognizes an organization that has developed an admirable reputation as a great place to work, and that has established itself as an upstanding example of Ontario's tourism industry. (Photo courtesy of Elmhirst's Resort)

businessNOW – September 24, 2019

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Featuring Elmhirst's Resort, Signarama, Lucky Strike Bait Works, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Pinnguaq Kawartha Lakes, Spark Photo Festival, and more.
Renowned Canadian wildlife artists Michael Dumas and Robert Bateman in Algonquin Park at the 75th anniversary fundraiser for the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station on September 14, 2019, where Bateman was presented with the 2019 Algonquin Park Legacy Award by Dumas, the inaugural recipient of the award from the Algonquin Art Centre. Dumas also presented Bateman with a limited edition of "The Artists of Kawartha", the fourth art book in a series designed and published by Algonquin-area publisher Andrea Hillo. (Photo courtesy of Andrea Hillo)

Canadian wildlife artist and naturalist Robert Bateman honoured with Algonquin Park Legacy Award

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Fellow artist and inaugural award recipient Michael Dumas presented the award at a fundraising event in Algonquin Park on September 14.
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