Get NaKeD In The Patch This Valentine's Day

NaKeD Chocolate (382 George Street) was opened in the summer of 2009 by Warren Eley, a professional chocolatier. The aroma of chocolate fills the air the moment you open the doors of the shop and your eyes quickly start admiring the many displays of delectable chocolates from around the world showcased behind the counter and throughout the store.

Flavours like chocolate ganache combined with chilli, cayenne, ancho, and jalapeno peppers named the Aztec or, one of my personal favourites, the Chai Tiger made up of black tea, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and milk chocolate ganache.  

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, check out NaKed's specials and drop by the shop to pick something out for that special someone. And don't forget to treat yourself too!

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[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Some Indie Bands Are Rocking The Spill This Friday

A couple of Toronto indie bands—Action Makes and Invasions—are heading into the Peterpatch for a show this Friday (February 11) at The Spill, the place where we've caught some great acts.

Fyi, one of the members of Action Makes, Andrew Stoeten, is from Peterborough. So that gives you an extra reason to check them out if you're out and about this Friday.

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The Peterborough Roller Derby League Is Looking For More Players And A Permanent Location

Photo via Roller derby's entry on WikipediaWith Roller derby being pitched to the Pan Am Games, the sport is growing like wildfire. Local teams are starting to pop up in the likes of Barrie, Haliburton, Toronto, Timmins—and now Peterborough.

Cindy Moffitt (aka "Lucid Lou" in the Roller derby world), recently founded the Peterborough Roller Derby League with help from Kim Firlotte (aka "Falldown Firlotte"). The first game is already booked, but they still need your help. They already have enough recruits to form a team, but are always looking for more players. "Even if you have no idea how to roller-skate, that's no problem," Moffitt told PtboCanada at a recent "meat and greet". Calling new recruits "fresh meat" sets the theme of roller derby, a fast paced full contact game on roller-skates. The only requirements are a helmet, mouth guard, knee pads, wrist guards, elbow pads and, of course, roller-skates (quad wheels only). To play, it costs $45 annually for insurance, $30 monthly and $20 to register.

While Peterborough Roller Derby will be training and practicing at the Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre, they are looking for a more permanent location that has room for 8,000 to 10,000 square feet for their oval track. The derby is also looking for sponsors to sign up, and a local graphic artist to help them create a logo.

Moffitt was "stoked" at the attendance of the first meeting and has big plans for the club. "The sport is good for self esteem and confidence," she says. Connect with the Peterborough Roller Derby on Facebook.

[Written by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Here Are The Just-Released Local RIDE Statistics For 2010 (And Compared to 2009)

From a Traffic Media release from Peterborough Lakefield Police today...

The RIDE statistics are in for 2010:

Total vehicles checked - 18,770
Roadside tests - 37
Tests passed - 26
Warns registered - 8
Fails registered - 3
Drivers licences suspended - 19
Impaired/over 80 charges - 9
HTA charges - 58
Other criminal code charges - 5

Total impaired and over 80 charges for 2010 were 80.

This compares to 2009 as follows:

Total vehicles checked - 14,259
Roadside tests - 30
Tests passed - 18
Warns registered - 6
Fails registered - 1
Drivers licences suspended - 8
Impaired/over 80 charges - 2
HTA charges - 24
Other criminal Code charges - 1

Total impaired and over 80 charges for 2009 were 61.

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Kids Show Off Their Hand-Crafted Cub Cars At Crestwood

On Saturday (February 5th), the annual Kawartha Waterways Scouts Canada Kub Kar Rally was held at Crestwood Secondary School. Cubs from across the Peterborough area came together to test the limits of their hand-crafted cub cars. Trophys and medals were presented for both stock and custom designs, fastest run of the day, and overall fastest cumulative time. More than 150 kids entered cars they customized and decorated. —Text and pics by PtboCanada's Jeffrey Macklin

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Almost 250 Pieces Of Stolen Mail (Including Xmas Cheques) Recovered By Local Police

A special media release from Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service...

On 04Feb11, officers responded to an Adult Residence for Independent Living in the City of Peterborough. Staff had called after discovering almost 250 pieces of mail in the room of a resident. An investigation was conducted and it was determined that all mail had been stolen from the following list of residences over the period from November, 2010 through this date.

·    425 George Street
·    425 * George Street
·    426 * George Street
·    428 George Street
·    753 Park Street
·    195 Simcoe Street
·    190 Charlotte Street
·    552 River Road South
·    539 River Road South
·    943 Clonsilla Avenue
·    166 Brock Street
·    835 Park Street
·    751 Park Street
·    338 * Aylmer Street
·    328 Aylmer Street
·    491 Romaine Street
·    215 Edinburgh Street
·    193 Simcoe Street
·    164 Hunter Street
·    190 Hunter Street
·    211 Hunter Street
·    213 Hunter Street
·    215 Hunter Street
·    217 Hunter Street
·    219 Hunter Street
·    229 Hunter Street
·    231 Hunter Street
·    190 London Street
·    209 Simcoe Street
·    Two Family picture CD*s (we do have a family name)

Further investigation revealed that the party responsible did not have
the mental capacity to appreciate their actions.
Our Police Service in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health
Association will meet with the party involved in a diversion capacity.
Our Police Service will be making use of Auxiliary Officers to return
all mail over the next week. All items of mail had been opened, but all
appear to be intact. Many cheques (Christmas Presents) were located.
We will make our best efforts to return all property. If members of the
community are missing mail that they were expecting, they are welcome to
attend the station and if present will return property. Please have
proper ID available. Community members are asked to refrain from calling
the station regarding this investigation. 

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Stuff To Do In The Patch This Weekend (Including Watching A Polar Plunge!)

Saturday:

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra presents Latin Heat featuring Marion Newman - Showplace Performance Centre - 8 p.m.

Africville Productions presents Celebrating Difference - The Venue - 8 p.m., Tickets $25 at the door

Sunday:

Kawartha Wilds Tracking Club - 9 a.m., meet at the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre. An opportunity to track and trail local wildlife (map) - FREE 

Family Sundays at Art Gallery of Peterborough - 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., FREE

31st Annual Polar Plunge (see graphic at right), Rotary Park, Ennismore - 2 p.m.

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After Recent Hack Attack Nexicom Issues Statement To Its Customers

After some Nexicom clients were without their websites and email for almost a week because of a hacker, this recent statement was released by the company:

Beginning immediately Nexicom will be notifying customers that we will be implementing a very focused plan to ensure all of our web hosting environments are migrated to new hardware platforms running the most current versions of operating systems and security software platforms. To the majority of our customers this migration will be transparent and will not have any impact on their system availability. The customer applications that are incompatible with the newer versions of software will be given a definite period of time to bring their applications into compliance or they will be deemed inoperable and taken out of service.

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