Photography Contest Takes Place of Postponed Festival

SPARK Photo Festival has teamed up with Sparkplug Coffee and PhotoED Magazine for a new Canada-wide photography competition announced on Friday.

The contest calls for the best, most captivating, unique Coffee-at-Home images for the “Focus on Coffee” competition.

“We're looking for images that catch our attention, tell us your story about your at-home coffee experiences and nourish us like the first coffee of the day, “ said Jennifer MacKenzie, Festival Director. “We want to stay home and stay inspired creatively — together in 2021.”

First place will earn a year of Sparkplug Coffee and a year’s subscription to PhotoED Magazine.

The winning image will be featured on the packaging of a special edition Sparkplug X SPARK Photo Festival 2021 Coffee and the image will be exhibited at the 2021 SPARK Photo Festival.

The event was created after the festival was postponed to September by the SPARK Photo Festival Board of Directors.

“In the current pandemic environment, the health and safety of our community’s citizens, our photographers and those working at our venues, are the most important considerations at this time,” said MacKenzie.

Submission is free and open to Canadian residents except for Quebec. Photographers of any level are welcome and encouraged to submit before March 21 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. 

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The Canadian Canoe Museum Wants You To Name Their Store

There are many themed locations throughout the Canadian Canoe Museum such as Preserving Skills, Origins, Living Traditions Workshop and The Trading Post... but up until now their store has gone nameless. They are now hosting a contest for you to name the store, and if your naming suggestion is selected you could win a $250 Canadian Canoe Museum gift card. The contest closes March 31st, 2015.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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How To Win VIP Blue Rodeo Tickets!

For the chance to win 2 VIP Blue Rodeo tickets to their special August 8th concert for Trent University's 50th Anniversary at Peterborough Memorial Centre—including the chance to meet the band, get an autograph, and have your photo taken with them—simply "Like" our Facebook page. (If you already "Like" us, you're automatically entered in contest.) Your seats will be right on the floor!

We'll be picking a winner in the next couple weeks!

So "Like" us now to enter!

And congrats Trent, you are indeed looking beautiful at 50!

The official music video for Blue Rodeo's single, "Hasn't Hit Me Yet", from their 1993 album, FIVE DAYS IN JULY. Directed by Curtis Wehrfritz. © 1993 Warner Music Canada. www.bluerodeo.com

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Winning Entry "The Reason" In ReBOOT/PtboCanada.com Computer Contest

Congrats to Alex Crowley, 25, who is the winner of our ReBOOT/PtboCanada computer contest for this submission:

The REASON

By Alex Crowley:
My mother is the reason. She taught me Right from wrong.
My mother is the reason. Early in my life she taught me our Culture.
My mother is the reason. Achieving a goal she taught me.
My mother is the reason. Study hard and you will find your dreams.
My mother is the reason. Ojibway is the language she taught me.
My mother is the reason. Networking is something I could teach my mom.

Thank you for reading the poem dedicated to my mother. I could help teach her things on the computer that she never learned as a Native child growing up.

reBOOT Peterborough/PtboCanada.com Computer Contest

reBOOT Peterborough and PtboCanada.com have teamed up for a computer giveaway: The reBOOT computer system up for grabs is an HP DC7600 series desktop computer. 3GHz Pentium 4HT processor, 1GB of RAM, 80GB of Hard Drive, mouse, keyboard, monitor, Windows XP Professional plus reBOOT's standard software package, speakers and a mouse pad. Total value: $200

How To Enter Contest: Tell us why you deserve to win this computer—the most original submission wins. You must reside in Peterborough area. Email submissions to tips@ptbocanada.com. Submissions should be no more than 200 words, and photos are welcome. Contest closes Friday, May 20th, and the winner announced the following week. (We may run the winning submission here on the blog.)

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