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The 2017-2018 Board of Directors of the Women's Business Network. From left to right: Tracey Ormond, Josée Kiss, Grace Reyonlds, Colleen Carruthers, Paula Kehoe, Lorie Gill, Shelley Barker, Lori McKee, Sana Virji, Karen Copson, and Mary McGee (not pictured: Diane Wolf).

Meet the 2017-2018 WBN Board of Directors

These 12 women guide Peterborough's networking organization that serves more than 160 members,
Trent University students having fun in The Great Race Paint Up at Lady Eaton College during Orientation Week. (Photo: Trent University / Facebook)

Trent University about to welcome almost 3,500 new students to Peterborough

Orientation week activities include Tipi Talks, sexual assault prevention, orientation squads, the Great Race, and more,
A view of Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

The Beach Report for September 1, 2017

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland.
BC-based folk duo Chicken-Like Birds (Jasmin Frederickson and Ari Lantela) performs country blues, ragtime, and swing at The Garnet in Peterborough on Friday, September 1. (Photo: Kale Beaudry)

nightlifeNOW – August 31 to September 6

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, August 31 to Wednesday, September 6
Dynacast manufactures precision engineered metal components at its plant at 710 Neal Drive in Peterborough, just beside Highway 115. (Photo: Google)

Ontario government invests $137,700 into Dynacast expansion in Peterborough

$1.2 million project to create 10 new jobs and support 117 existing jobs.
Owners and renters of detached, semi-detached, town and row homes can register to have a new smart thermostat installed. (Photo: Green Ontario Fund)

You can get a free smart thermostat installed courtesy of the Ontario government

Province launches new Green Ontario Fund to offer energy-saving programs and rebates.
Tickets are on sale now for the 18th Annual Awards of Excellence Gala on Friday, November 3 at Elmhirst's Resort in Keene. Elmhirst's Resort is offering special room rates for those booking with the Gala.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – August 30, 2017

Featuring the annual Awards of Excellence Gala, business tax changes, Ontario infrastructure report, and more.
The new children's treatment centre at 800 Division St. in Cobourg was built with funding from the Government of Ontario. (Photo: Five Counties Children's Centre)

New children’s treatment centre opens in Cobourg

New modern centre combines two Five Counties Children's Centre branches into central location.
Lesley Heighway (right), President and CEO of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation, announcing the pledge of $1 million by Paschal and Sylvia McCloskey of McCloskey International (second and third from right) at the inaugural Greenbridge Celtic Folk Fest on August 25th as festival organizers and musicians Donnell Leahy and Natalie MacMaster look on. The pledge will support babies and children's programs at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. (Photo: PRHC Foundation)

McCloskey International pledges $1 million to Peterborough Regional Health Centre

Donation will be used to support babies and children's programs at the hospital.
General Electric's first manufacturing plant in Canada was founded in Peterborough in 1892 by Thomas Edison. Here is the floor of the main machine shop in 1894. (Photo: Canadian Electric Company Limited)

End of an era for Peterborough as GE announces manufacturing operations will cease

Almost 360 workers will lose their jobs by September 2018.

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