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Megan Gallant
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Megan Gallant is an adventure lover who holds an M.A. in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of Gloucestershire. Her favourite place to be is near the water and between the pines in her worn-out hammock, reading true crime, drinking coffee, and cuddling her adorable goldendoodle.
Mascot Jive (right) with two participants in the 2021 Fenelon Falls Turkey Trot. The annual event returns for 2023 on Saturday, October 7th at Garnet Graham Beach Park. The inclusive family fun run/walk for people of all ages and abilities features distances of 1K, 5K, and 10K with prizes for all finishers. (Photo: Fenelon Falls Turkey Trot / Facebook)

Work up an appetite for Thanksgiving dinner at the Fenelon Falls Turkey Trot

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October 7 family fun event raises funds for Fenelon Falls Santa Day with prizes available for top finishers, best costume, and top fundraiser.
Peterborough emerging ceramicist Kirsti Smith accidentally discovered her creative passion after being put into the wrong class while attending the University of Waterloo for art and business. The class changed her life and now, 10 years later, she has thousands of social media followers, her work displayed in local galleries, and is about to move into her own studio space, rented out of the back of Watson & Lou in downtown Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Kirsti Smith)

Viral Peterborough ceramicist Kirsti Smith ‘accidentally’ stumbled upon her passion

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Emerging artist is preparing to move into her new studio space in Watson & Lou, where she'll participate in the monthly First Friday art crawl beginning October 6.
Trent University graduate student Simal Iftikhar was just four years old when she immigrated to Canada from Pakistan. She is now a social justice advocate, recognizing the challenges of marginalized people in the community and often organizing events and fundraisers to raise awareness about homelessness, mental health, human trafficking, and refugees. (Photo courtesy of Simal Iftikhar)

Trent University student Simal Iftikhar will never stop advocating for marginalized people in Peterborough

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Social justice advocate believes in interconnectedness of social justice issues like mental health, homelessness, and human trafficking.
Owned and operated by 26-year-old Lucus Esson in Haliburton, Nectr Kombucha currently comes in eight main flavours, including ginger and turmeric, raspberry lemonade, and cherry hibiscus. Soon the company will be launching a new lavender mojito flavour, made with a butterfly pea flour tea, mint, and lime juice. (Photo courtesy of Nectr)

Young Haliburton entrepreneur behind Nectr Kombucha is sharing his organic health remedies

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When 26-year-old Lucus Esson first started selling the homemade kombucha he was brewing to fight his own gut problems, he wasn't looking at it as a business.
Downtown Millbrook will turn into a celebration of the harvest with the return of the Millbrook Fall Festival hosted by the Millbrook Business Improvement Area from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 23, 2023. The festival will feature more than 30 local vendors, live entertainment, kids' activities, prizes, contests, and lots of food. (Photo: Dave Harry / Fire Horse Photography www.firehorsedigital.com)

Bring your family to downtown Millbrook and celebrate the first day of fall

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Hosted by the Millbrook BIA, the September 23 Millbrook Fall Festival features live music, a family fun zone, a pumpkin pie-eating contest, a chili cook-off, and more.
Kelli and Tony Grady (pictured with "shop dog" Luna) have owned Grady's Feet Essentials since 1997, with the destination footwear store well known for its wide selection of Blundstone and Birkenstock products and its customer-service focus. Now located at King and Aylmer streets in downtown Peterborough, Grady's carries more than 30 high-quality brands in addition to Blundstone and Birkenstock, including Keen, Teva, Redback, Clarks, Finn Comfort, New Balance, and Brooks. (Photo courtesy of Grady's Feet Essentials)

Grady’s Feet Essentials in Peterborough has always been one step ahead of the game

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Known for their huge selection of Birkenstock and Blundstone, you can find the popular footwear store at its new downtown location at 231 King Street.
Certified hypnotist Rebecca O'Rourke in front of the entrance to 351 Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough where her Kawartha Hypnosis clinic is located. She is hosting a free five-year anniversary and grand re-opening event on September 14, 2023. The afternoon event will include a free BBQ lunch, a tour of the renovated clinic, and an educational talk on using hypnosis for healing. (Photo courtesy of Rebecca O'Rourke)

Kawartha Hypnosis celebrating five-year anniversary and grand re-opening in downtown Peterborough

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September 14 celebrations will include a free BBQ lunch, the chance to see the updated clinic, and a free workshop.
ReFrame Film Festival's festival director Kait Dueck (kneeling) with Showplace Performance Centre volunteers at the 2023 ReFrame Film Festival. Preparations are underway for the 20th anniversary festival in 2024, which will continue the online screenings that began during the pandemic but will reintroduce a series of in-person events. (Photo: Amelia Foley)

Peterborough’s ReFrame gearing up for 20th anniversary film festival with both online and in-person...

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Only months away from the annual festival, ReFrame is hosting a miniseries full of award-winning films presented by the Peterborough DBIA.
On September 7, 2023, the Personal Care Bank outside of 14 Alexander Avenue in Peterborough was ripped off its post and thrown into the windshield of the car parked in the driveway. Owners Coralee Leroux and Blake Sproule were woken up by the destruction, shocked and saddened not only by the damage to their property but that someone would vandalize a community-run initiative that offers free personal care products to those in need in the community. (Photo: @tpcb_ptbo / Instagram)

Vandals throw one of Peterborough’s charitable Personal Care Banks into owner’s windshield

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Both of Peterborough's banks, which offer free personal care products to those in need in the community, have been vandalized in past week.
Entrepreneurs Tavlyn Evans and Crystal Walker of Sage Beauty, a day spa in Peterborough, one of six small businesses to receive a $5,000 microgrant after participating in spring 2023 intake of the Starter Company Plus program offered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development's Business Advisory Centre. Applications for the fall 2023 intake, which will see the program return to in-person classes at VentureNorth in downtown Peterborough, are open until September 30. (Photo: Sage Beauty / Facebook)

Starter Company Plus program for Peterborough-area entrepreneurs returns to in-person classes for fall intake

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Applications are open until September 30 for business training program offered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development's Business Advisory Centre.
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