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Students in Fleming College's Museum Management and Curatorship program are raising funds to enhance their "If the Shoe Fits: Fashion, Function, Footwear" exhibit at Peterborough Museum & Archives, which opens on April 26, 2018. (Photo via Indiegogo)

Fleming College students raising funds to enhance museum exhibit

Student-curated 'If the Shoe Fits: Fashion, Function, Footwear' exhibit will open at Peterborough Museum & Archives in April 2018.
The sap is running and McLean Berry Farm in Buckhorn is preparing for its annual Maplefest maple syrup festival, which runs every weekend in March from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning March 10th. The family-friendly festival features wagon rides, log sawing, tree tapping, maple candy demos, visiting the sugar bush and sugar shack, and more. (Photo: McLean Berry Farm / Facebook)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – March 7, 2018

Featuring Young Professionals seminar, free Chamber membership, Maplefest, RTO8 partnership allocation, and more.
The team of ViSmart from Fleming College, one of the innovation finalists for the 2018 Bears' Lair entrepreneurial competition. The finalists, which also include Transit One and and Kavtek in the innovation stream, and Full Tilt Cycle, Percheron Plastic Inc., and Indigo Green in the goods and services stream, were announced at a showcase event at The Venue in Peterborough on March 6, 2018. (Photo: Ferydoon Diba / Twitter)

Six entrepreneurs move on to compete in Bears’ Lair finale

Two businesses will win $40,000 in cash and services at final pitch event on April 18, 2018.
President's Choice 100% Cricket Powder, sourced from Entomo Farms in Norwood, is now available in local Loblaw stores. While new to Canadian culture, 80 per cent of the world's population already incorporates insects into their diet in some form. (Photo: Loblaw Companies Limited)

Cricket powder from Norwood’s Entomo Farms now in Loblaw stores

New President's Choice product is Loblaw's first move into sustainable insect protein.
The title of a racial injustice event to be hosted by the Trent Central Student Association on March 12, 2018 at Trent University has created controversy. (Graphic: TCSA / Facebook)

Racial injustice event planned at Trent University creates controversy

'It's OK to be [Against] White[ness]' features keynote speaker Michael Cappello from the University of Regina.
Opioids (stock photo)

Temporary overdose prevention site planned for Peterborough

Supervised location, to be determined, would help prevent opioid-related overdose deaths.
At a recent job fair for GE employees, Joe Rees and Rhonda Keenan of Peterborough & The Kawarthas Economic Development discuss options with attendees. Of the 200 attendees at the job fair, more than 70 signed up for futher information on business development. On March 7, 2018, Community Futures Peterborough, Peterborough & The Kawarthas Economic Development, and Fleming College will be providing GE employees with information on training, business development, and business financing opportunities. (Photo: Community Futures Peterborough)

businessNOW – March 5, 2018

Featuring G.E. Canada employees business development event, Win This Space winner, Downtown Dreams, Women of Peterborough-Kawartha Community Award, Amuse Coffee Co., and more.
Ontario Progressive Conservative party leadership candidate Caroline Mulroney is holding campaign events in Haliburton on March 5, 2018 and in Peterborough on March 6, 2018. (Photo: Caroline Mulroney Campaign)

Ontario PC leadership candidate Caroline Mulroney comes to Haliburton and Peterborough

Lawyer and businesswoman is third candidate to visit Peterborough.
The new Peterborough Community Bus service begins on March 4, 2018. The bus will follow a set route serving Lansdowne Place, grocery stores, seniors' homes, medical clinics, and the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). The bus is available to everyone and costs the same as regular transit. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

Peterborough Community Bus starts up on Sunday

New service will go to Lansdowne Place, grocery stores, the hospital, and more.
Lakefield's Lisa Besseling reads from her childhood writing at the Market Hall in Peterborough on September 17, 2017 for a recording of Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids, which has releaseed videos of selected participants from the show. (Photo: Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids)

Watch Peterborough adults read their childhood writing before a live audience

'Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids' was recorded live at the Market Hall in September 2017.

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