Food Share Connects Our Generous Community to Those in Need
While Halloween has just passed, local Food Share staff is gearing up for their busiest season. After Thanksgiving, their food supplies have dwindled, but donations flood in as the month draws to an end, as ours community always comes through to help those less fortunate in time for the holiday season. Donations come from…
4th Line Theatre Extends its Season with New Events
Apparently the appetite for 4th Line Theatre events is not just a seasonal thing. Introducing a new program in the shoulder season, the firm launched a show of six performances of The Shadow Walk of Millbrook this month which was sold out weeks before the first performance. While the show is new, the theatre…
Genes do not Dictate Destiny
Over 50% of the Canadian population is either overweight or obese, and these conditions cost the Canadian economy approximately $7 billion dollars each year. There have been countless mechanisms proposed to explain the obesity epidemic, but what about genetics? How much of a role does genetic make-up play for the risk of obesity?…
Taking the Plunge: Becky Dong goes it Alone in New Venture
After more than 30 years working in the Chinese restaurant business, this spring Becky Dong decided it was time to be her own boss. Encouraged by an enthusiastic and loyal customer base, Dong found a modern location close to her Cavan Monaghan customers and in March opened Happy Palace, a Chinese and Canadian restaurant…
Needler’s Mill Has Moved
A major step in the preservation of Needler’s Mill took place at the beginning of October when Peter Katcher and his team from Pollard House and Building Movers moved Needler’s Mill onto its new foundation. It took the better part of a day to painstakingly roll the structure across about 60 feet; the mill…
Making Our Community Breastfeeding-Friendly
New mothers in Peterborough have told us that they are not comfortable breastfeeding their baby in public. Our last survey found that 49% of new moms were uncomfortable breastfeeding in restaurants and 45% felt the same way about stores and malls. Who could blame them when we had a recent example of a mother…