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The winning teams and judges of the fourth annual Pitch It! student entrepreneurial competition held at Fleming College on November 15, 2018. Four student teams from Trent University, Fleming College, and a local high school each took home $500 for their winning business idea. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

Pitch It! competition rewards four teams of aspiring student entrepreneurs

Students from Trent University, Fleming College, and local high schools participated in annual FastStart Peterborough event.
Newfoundland native and Campbellford resident Ken Tizzard and his band will be performing tunes from his new record "A Good Dog Is Lost" (a collection of songs by the late Newfoundland folk singer-songwriter Ron Hynes) at The Red Dog in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, November 17th. You can also catch Ken every Wednesday at the The Church-key Pub & Grindhouse in Campbellford. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – November 15 to 21

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, November 15 to Wednesday, November 21.
This 2004 Suburu IR4 race car was one of two vehicles stolen when suspects hauled away a car trailer from an Ennismore storage facility sometime during the last three months. (Supplied photo)

Trailer stolen containing two race cars and parts valued at over $300,000

Theft occurred from Ennismore storage facility sometime between August and November.
Two cars on a snow-covered road

Up to 15 cm of snow on the way Friday in the Kawarthas

Snow to begin Thursday evening and continue all day Friday.
The recepients of the 2018 Awards of Excellence (back to front, left to right): Jason Ross, The Regency of Lakefield; Susan Dunkley, Peterborough Humane Society; Alex Tindale, Peterborough Humane Society; Alex Gastle, Vetterview; Tracy Logan, Logan Tree Experts; Matt Logan, Logan Tree Experts; Ross Bletsoe, Lakefield Foodland; Laurie Siblock, Lang Pioneer Village Museum; Shawn Morey, Peterborough Humane Society; Cindy Windover, Windover Plumbing; Audrey Von Bogen, Shambhala Bed and Breakfast; Emily Wilkins, Adventure Outfitters; Rachel Sloan, Trinkets & Treasures. (Photo: Erin Caitlin Photography)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – November 14, 2018

Featuring 2018 Awards of Excellence recipients, Weed and the Workplace, Lakefield Santa Claus Parade and other Christmas events, and more.
Peterborough activist, feminist, and writer Rosemary Ganley (pictured at a meeting of the G7 council on issues of gender equality in June 2018) will receive the 2018 YMCA Peace Medal. (Photo: Global Affairs Canada)

Peterborough activist Rosemary Ganley to receive 2018 YMCA Peace Medal

Award ceremony will cap off YMCA Peace Week from November 17 to 24.
The 1.5-acre green roof of the new Canadian Canoe Museum facility, to be located at the Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site, will be named in honour of the Dalglish Family Foundation, which had donated $1.2 million to the museum's capital campaign to build the new facility. The roof, which is the largest external surface of the facility, will feature an accessible boardwalk, a wildflower meadow, and local grasses, and will result in energy conservation and environmental benefits. (Rendering: heneghan peng / Kearns Mancini Architects)

Spectacular green roof of new Canadian Canoe Museum to be named in honour of...

Dalglish Family Foundation has made a $1.2 milllion commitment to museum's capital campaign.
Joel Wiebe and Terry Gueil of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) with Theresa Foley of Showplace Performance Centre, Jonathan Moreno of Wild Rock Outfitters, and James and Lena Wallwork of Lift Lock Escape, at the launch of the 2018 Holiday Shopping Passport Program at Wild Rock Outfitters on November 12, 2018. Showplace and Lift Lock Escape are two of the new organizations and businesses participating in this year's program. (Supplied photo)

Showplace and Market Hall participating in this year’s Holiday Shopping Passport program

Program rewarding downtown Peterborough shoppers features 144 local businesses and organizations.
Blowing snow on road

Winter weather travel advisory in effect for Saturday

Brief period of heavy snow with reduced visibility forecast for this afternoon
Formed in Australia and based in Victoria BC, folk-pop trio Belle Miners (Felicia Harding, Marina Avros, and Jaime Jackett) perform at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, November 10, 2018 with Melody Ryan and Blue Hazel. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – November 8 to 14

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, November 8 to Wednesday, November 14.

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