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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.
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.
Sweet Beast Fine Meats & Fish is a new butcher shop opening soon in Peterborough's East City. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – February 25, 2019

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Featuring Sweet Beast butcher shop, N1M funding for 45 tech startups, a new cannabis production facility near Bancroft, closures of Payless Shoe Source and Home Outfitters in Peterborough, and more.
The tree in the background is one of five 'dead and unsafe' Carolina Poplars that Parks Canada is having removed from along its access road alongside the Trent Canal at Lock 20 Ashburnham. The tree removal will take place between February 25 and March 1, 2019, and the access road will be closed to pedestrian and vehicle traffic during this time. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough about to lose five longstanding trees beside the Ashburnham lock

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Parks Canada has hired Treescape Canada to take down large 'dead and unsafe' Carolina Poplars starting February 25.
The deadline to apply for the 2019 Bears' Lair Entrepreneurial Competition is February 26, 2019.

businessNOW – February 19, 2019

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Featuring Bears' Lair, CCRC Peterborough, Kawartha Chamber, Trent University, Tiny Greens, Lakefield Farmers' Market, MossWorks Photography, Sullivan Law Ptbo, and more.
Dan Fewings and Jimmy Bowskill in 2014. Bowskill, who has recently been performing with The Sheepdogs and Blue Rodeo, will be coming to The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Sunday, March 10th for two shows as part of the Peterborough Winter Folk Festival. Dan Fewings will opening both shows. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)

Peterborough Winter Folk Festival returns for its fifth year March 5 to 13

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Featuring Mother Mother, Too Many Zooz, Dylan Ireland, B.A. Johnston, Ben Rough, My Son The Hurricane, Jimmy Bowskill, Kate Suhr and Melissa Payne, and more.
In "Copper Promises: Hinemihi Haka", Australian dance artist Victoria Hunt interweaves her experience of reconnecting with her Maori heritage with the story of Hinemihi, an ancestral Maori meeting house that was relocated from its New Zealand home to England in the 19th century. (Photo: Heidrun Lohr)

Australian dance artist Victoria Hunt explores her Maori heritage in ‘Copper Promises: Hinemihi Haka’

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Public Energy brings indigenous multimedia dance performance to the Market Hall on February 19.
Peterborough mayor Diane Therrien (middle) cuts the ribbon for the official opening of the renovated Jo Anne's Place health food store at 1260 Lansdowne Street West in Peterborough. Also pictured (left to right) are city councillors Kim Zippel and Lesley Parnell and Jo Anne's Place owners Margo and Paul Hudson. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – February 11, 2019

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Featuring Jo Anne's Place, Charlotte Products Ltd., Canadian Canoe Museum, Bobcaygeon Brewing Company, Locavorest, and more.
Bobcaygeon Brewing Company has acquired Peterborough micobrewery Beard Free Brewing and will convert it into an "innovation lab" in spring 2019. (Photo: Bobcaygeon Brewing Company)

Beard Free Brewing in Peterborough acquired by Bobcaygeon Brewing Company

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Microbrewery closed in January after legal issues, will reopen as Bobcaygeon Brewing in spring 2019.
2018 Maple Blues Award winner Emily Burgess with brothers Rico and Marcus Browne in their trio The Emburys. The Toronto Blues Society named Burgess as New Artist/Group of the Year at the Maple Blues Awards ceremony on February 4, 2019. (Photo: Karol Orzechowski)

Peterborough musician Emily Burgess just won a 2018 Maple Blues Award

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Singer-songwriter and guitarist won New Artist/Group of the Year, now heading to tour U.S. with her trio The Emburys.
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