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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 native of Ireland now living in PEI, Irish Mythen brings her heartfelt and powerful songs to the stage of the Market Hall in Peterborough on November 21, 2018. Toronto singer-songwriter Jory Nash will be opening. (Publicity photo)

Irish Mythen is a musical force of nature

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Award-winning PEI singer-songwriter performs with Jory Nash at the Market Hall in Peterborough on November 21.
The Innovation Cluster and Trent Business Students Association have teamed up to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week this week with a series of events, including the Pitch It! entrepreneurial competition for Trent University and Fleming College students on November 15, 2018. Pictured are the winners of the 2017 Pitch It! entrepreneurial competition, where five teams each took home $500. (Photo courtesy of the Innovation Cluster)

businessNOW – November 12, 2018

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Featuring Global Entrepreneurship Week, Rural Economic Development funding, Kawartha Chamber awards, Digital Main Street grants, upcoming business events, and more.
Jeremy Hannan pitching the CobraMask, a full-face combination mask and snorkel, on CBC Television's Dragons' Den. The Whitby entrepreneur, whose family summers on Katchewanooka Lake at Young's Point north of Peterborough, will appear on the November 15, 2018 episode of the popular business reality show. (Photo: CBC Television)

Local entrepreneur dives into CBC Dragons’ Den with his full-face snorkelling mask

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Whitby's Jeremy Hannan and his CobraMask will appear on November 15th episode of business reality TV series.
The recipients of the 2018 Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's Awards of Excellence on stage at Bryan Jones Theatre at Lakefield College School on November 8, 2018. Cindy Windover (front row, third from left) was named Citizen of the Year. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Cindy Windover is the Kawartha Chamber’s 2018 Citizen of the Year

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Eleven local businesses and individuals recognized at Awards of Excellence on November 8.
Canadian singer-songwriter Craig Cardiff performs an intimate show at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough on November 11, 2018. (Publicity photo)

Craig Cardiff is the people’s singer-songwriter

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With a new best-of album to be released this month, contemporary folk musician performs at Market Hall in Peterborough on November 11
Crayola Canada, headquartered in Lindsay, has donated $42,620.80 to the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes, representing the proceeds from this year's annual Crayola Sale. Pictured are (left to right, back to front) 2018-2019 United Way Campaign Chair Police Chief Mark Mitchell, Crayola Canada HR Mike Soehner, Crayola Canada Finance John DeBois, United Way CKL Community Investment Coordinator Shantal Ingram, United Way CKL Board President Duncan Gallacher, and Crayola Canada General Manager Paul Murphy. (Photo courtesy of United Way CKL)

businessNOW – November 5, 2018

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Featuring Crayola Canada, CCRC Peterborough, Peterborough DBIA, filmmaker Adriano Ferreri, federal Women Entrepreneurship Fund, and more.
Alf Curtis Home Improvements Inc. has invested $15,000 into Junior Achievement of Peterborough Lakeland Muskoka (JA-PLM). Pictured are Alf Curtis president Brent Perry (second from right) with JA-PLN Executive Assistant Cody McIntyre, Innovation Cluster president and CEO Michael Skinner, and JA-PLM president and CEO John McNutt. (Photo courtesy of JA-PLM)

businessNOW – October 29, 2018

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Featuring Alf Curtis Home Improvements, Kawartha Local, Gauvreau & Associates, Stewart Aviation, Peterborough and the Kawarthas Association of Realtors, and more.
As several of the 54 women who received leadership awards applaud, Sister Ruth Hennessey accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award from Peterborough-Kawartha MP and Minister of Status of Women Maryam Monsef at the inaugural Peterborough-Kawartha Women's Leadership Awards, held on October 27, 2018 at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

More than 50 local women honoured at inaugural Peterborough-Kawartha Women’s Leadership Awards

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Sister Ruth Hennessey also received Lifetime Achievement Award at event organized by MP Maryam Monsef.
Amy Simpson, owner of information technology solutions firm MicroAge Peterborough (which is celebrating 35 years in business), launched a new offering for micro-businesses at the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce's Love Local Trade Show on October 3, 2018. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – October 22, 2018

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Featuring MicroAge Peterborough, Flying Colours Corp., Peterborough Business Excellence Awards, Belair Mechatronics, Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, and more.
Peterborough residents Carlotta James and Rodney Fuentes are part of a team planning the Monarch Ultra, a 4,300-kilometre relay run through Canada, the United States, and Mexico to raise awareness of the decline of the monarch butterfly, which makes the same journey every fall. The project will also include a documentary film about the run, and the group has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support an initial trip to ensure the planned route is safe. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)

Epic 4,300-km run from Peterborough to Mexico to raise awareness of threatened monarch butterfly

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Carlotta James, Rodney Fuentes, Clay Williams, and Galen Brown launch Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for Monarch Ultra project.
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