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Bancroft music teacher Dianne Winmill has won the 2017 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award. In addition to the solid crystal statuette, based on the JUNO Award design created by the late Canadian glass artist Shirley Elford, Winmill wins $10,000 for herself, $10,000 for her high school, and an all-expenses-paid trip to this year's JUNO Awards. (Photo: Barry Roden / musiCounts)

Dianne Winmill of Bancroft is Canada’s music teacher of the year

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Blue Rodeo presents award to North Hastings High School teacher, who will attend JUNO Awards ceremony.
Fan and cancer survivor Julia Tanner and Petes Assistant Coach Kurtis Foster were the honourary co-chairs for this year's Pink in the Rink game, which raised over $70,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society (photo credit: Kelsey Saunders / Peterborough Petes)

Pink in the Rink raises $70,412 for women’s cancer research

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Eight-year total of annual Peterborough Petes' fundraiser exceeds half a million dollars.
Public Energy presents "Music Creates Opportunity", a performance by Ottawa/Gatineau dance company Bboyizm, on February 11 at Peterborough's Market Hall. Bboyizm artistic director, choreographer, and dancer Crazy Smooth will participate in a Q&A after the performance.

Authentic street dance comes to the stage at Peterborough’s Market Hall

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Public Energy presents Crazy Smooth and his Bboyizm dance company on February 11.
A scene from 4th Line Theatre's 2007 production of Leanna Brodie's Schoolhouse. The Millbrook outdoor theatre company is hosting a public staged reading of the play, with aspiring actors from a workshop earlier in the day, on the afternoon of Saturday, February 4. (Photo: Wayne Eardley, Brookside Studio)

Getting ready for outdoor summer theatre in Millbrook

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4th Line Theatre hosting workshop and staged reading, box office opens next week.
Best known for her Juno award winning band Chic Gamine, Winnipeg's Begonia (Alexa Dirks) will perform at The Red Dog in Peterborough on Tuesday, February 7, along with special guest Modest Apollo. Begonia will also be releasing her new five-song EP Lady in Mind next week. (Photo: Begonia)

nightlifeNOW – February 2 to 8

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, February 2 to Wednesday, February 8.
Jay Cullen (photo: University of Victoria)

Peterborough native Jay Cullen on astronaut shortlist

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University of Victoria oceanographer one of 72 candidate recruits for Canadian Space Agency.
Carla Hunt is leaving the Lakefield ServiceOntario office on February 10th after 35 years. A presentation will be made at the Kawartha Chamber AGM on February 15th to to recognize her years of service.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – February 1, 2017

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Featuring Chamber AGM and 2017-18 Slate of Directors, Carla Hunt, PolarFest 2017, BEL Rotary, Logan Tree Experts, and more.
The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough won first place in the Trail Towns Workshop 2017 Community Incentive Award for its Peterborough Canoe Heritage and Tradition Experience project, which will include museum exhibits, a walking tour of historic canoe-manufacturing locations in Peterborough, and a Voyageur Canoe tour over the Peterborough Lift Lock. (Photo: The Canadian Canoe Museum)

Four local organizations win tourism awards from Kawarthas Northumberland

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Winning projects will enhance tourism in Peterborough, Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, and Campbellford.
Concept design for VentureNorth, a new business hub in the former Promenade Building at the corner of King and George Streets in downtown Peterborough (graphic courtesy of VentureNorth)

City of Peterborough invests $300,000 in new downtown business hub

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Innovation Cluster will use funds to subsidize start-up rental costs and to expand training programs.
The Peterborough Peace Council is dedicating its monthly vigil in downtown Peterborough on January 30 to the victims of the Quebec City mosque (photo: Margaret Slavin / Facebook)

Vigil for Quebec mosque victims planned tonight in downtown Peterborough

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Peterborough police issue statement about public safety concerns following terrorist attack.
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