Look At The Awesome Pride Menu Pita Pit Has In Downtown Peterborough
/It's Pride Week in Peterborough, and have a look at the amazing menu—a Pride Menu—a Pita Pit in the downtown has posted to its window... Beauty.
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Here Are Pics & Video Of '80s Sitcom Star Emmanuel Lewis Rocking A Mann Cup Game Last Night
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Emmanuel Lewis & Scott Arnold
At last night's Game 6 of the Mann Cup between the Six Nations Chiefs and Victoria Shamrocks at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena near Hagersville, Ontario (Six Nations won to take the Mann Cup), our sports reporter Scott Arnold (who is covering the series as a host for JVI Video) spotted '80s sitcom star Emmanuel Lewis (Webster). He brought their cameraman into the crowd and was able to get this quick interview during the second intermission. Turns out Emmanuel has been a huge lacrosse fan for years, and is friends with the owner of Six Nations. Watch the interview, and have a look at the pics below from a night to remember...
Emmanuel dropping the ball
Tyler Calver Leaving CHEX Newswatch For CTV Kitchener (No Trade Involved)
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Picture via @TylerCalver
CHEX TV Sports Announcer Tyler Calver has announced he is leaving the station for a job at CTV Kitchener.
Tyler was not only a terrific sports/anchor reporter, but an amazing ambassador for the community—giving to countless causes.
Tyler will be missed, but as we all know: You can take the person out of the Peterborough, but you can't take the Peterborough out of the person. We wish him all the best. See the goodbye tweet from Tyler below and the best wish tweets coming in from colleagues, former colleagues and viewers...
Bring It: Peterborough Pride Week Kicks Off!
/The 12th Annual Peterborough Pride Week—celebrating diversity in the city—runs September 13th to 20th. Mayor Bennett made it official today (September 12th) when he raised the Pride Flag at City Hall. Follow @PTBOPride on Twitter for updates or go to PeterboroughPride.ca. The full list of events is here.
Our Reporter Scott Arnold Missed 9/11: Here's His Story
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I had just moved to a place in Orillia, Ont., on the Saturday (September 8th) with three buddies who were attending Georgian College for the professional golf management program. We didn't have phone or cable yet and we didn't have radio (just our CDs) but we didn't care; we were brash 20 years olds with a sweet place right on Lake Simcoe and that was all we needed.
Our house was in the boonies (a couple minutes from civilization), so there were no neighbours around; it was just us and the lake. We had enough beer and snacks to last us the week so we just sat in the water on the shoreline with a cooler and we didn't move for a week.
On the Friday, September 14th, we finally got our phone hooked up and my first call was my father, Ed Arnold, then Editor of the Peterborough Examiner. After asking how I'm doing, he asked me what my thoughts on the States were. I was confused and thought what a random and strange question. I replied "Why are you asking me that?" He said, "Cause I just wanted to get your opinion on it." I answered, "Ummm, it's a great country." He said, "Can you be serious for a minute; this is serious stuff, you guys might be drafted to go fight."
I said what the hell are you talking about. I could tell he was getting frustrated when he quickly snapped back, "I'm not kidding, this is a serious situation Scott." I again asked him what he was talking about. He took a very serious tone at this point as he said, "the States is what I'm talking about; the situation there is very serious right now!"
For the 3rd time, I told him I had no idea what he was referring to. "You're kidding me," he said before quickly running over the details—but as he told me you could tell he thought I was still just messing around with him. After briefly filling me in (and I mean briefly as I would later find it he skipped on a lot of info), he said "You've got to be kidding me if you really don't know what happened there; if you're serious, you're the only person on the planet who hasn't heard yet."
I laughed and said I highly doubt that. "I'm dead serious," he said, "you are the only one." I then asked my roommates if they'd heard about any planes crashing in New York. "They all looked at me up at me dazed, like I was an idiot, replying "NO" in unison. I said, "See dad, I'm not the only one!" Dad replied: "Sorry, the only FOUR people on the planet who haven't heard yet than!"
After that we got dressed, had our first shower and went to a local pub to find a TV. We watched the repeat coverage in awe over a few pints.....three days after the actual events had occurred.
So when anyone asks me what I was doing the moment the planes crashed into the towers on September 11th, I can honestly reply, I have absolutely no idea.
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PTBOCanada Featured Post: Dr. Brenda Tapp On Cancer Fighting Foods
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Dr. Brenda Tapp
Everyone has someone in their life that has been affected by cancer in some way, shape or form. It is almost unavoidable.
What if you knew there were some simple dietary changes you could make to help prevent it from affecting you? Dr. Brenda Tapp of the Peterborough Centre of Naturopathic Medicine specializes in complementary cancer care.
She is the only naturopath in town registered with the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (learn more about her in her first feature post with us here). In this column, she teaches us about cancer fighting foods supported by scientific research.
Nutrition therapy is playing a bigger role in cancer prevention and treatment. Research indicates that genetics causes only 5-10% of all cancers, while diet/lifestyle causes 90-95%. Diet alone accounts for up to 35%, which surprisingly surpasses tobacco as a cause. This means that 35% of cancers can be prevented by dietary changes alone! Specific cancers such as breast, prostate and colon cancer can be reduced by an even higher percentage of up to 75%.
Also, the National Cancer Institute states that patients who are well nourished before and during cancer treatment have a better prognosis, recover faster and reduced rate of complications. This is something so simple to work on and take control of.
7 TIPS FROM DR. TAPP ON CANCER FIGHTING FOODS TO TRY:
1. Consume Brassicas Daily: The brassica family of veggies includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, turnip, radish, watercress, etc. All of these veggies contain several phytochemicals (plant based comounds) that reduce the risk of hormonally driven cancers, improves liver detoxification, and prevents DNA damage.
How much is needed? 1 cup per day is all that is required to benefit from these veggies.
2. Do Not Avoid Soy: Soy contains compounds that act as phyto-estrogens (plant based estrogens). Soy acts as a hormone buffer by displacing the body's stronger estrogen, reducing the risk of hormone sensitive cancers. Soy also contains a compound called genistein which inhibits the growth of blood vessels in tumours helping to starve them of nutrients.
How much is needed? 100 grams per day of organic soy (tofu, tempeh, soy milk).
3. Garlic, Onions, and Leeks: The garlic family of plants can actually prevent the initiation, promotion and recurrence of various cancers. The high concentration of selenium can inhibit cancer growth, and the high concentration of sulfur-compounds aids in liver detoxification.
How much is needed? 3 cloves of raw garlic per day. Try it in a salad, or mix things up with a stir fry!
4. Consume Flaxseeds: Studies have shown flax to reduce breast and prostate cancer cell proliferation, increase apoptosis (cell death), and decrease tumour size. It is also capable of increasing the success rate of Herceptin and Tamoxifen (medications prescribed in some cases of breast cancer). How much is needed? 2 tbsp per day. (Note: Seeds must be ground and can be added to cereal, smoothie, salad or yogurt.)
5. Consume Shiitake Mushrooms: This particular mushroom contains a compound that increases the number of macrophages, T-killer cells, and T-helper cells (3 different types of white blood cells), and prolongs the life of some cancer patients.
How much is needed? Consume 3 to 4 mushrooms per day.
6. Spice up Your Life: NF-kB (nuclear factor kappa B) is one of cancer’s master switches. These spices should all be incorporated into your daily diet to prevent this gene from being turned on: basil, pepper, caraway, cardamom, chilli pepper, cinnamon, clove, coriander, fennel, ginger, mint, nutmeg, oregano, parsley, rosemary and turmeric.
How much is needed? 1 tbsp per day.
7. Lycopene: Lycopene is a compound found in tomatoes, watermelon, and grapefruit. Lycopene is more bioavailable when lightly cooked. Tomatoes can worsen arthritis, so increasing other lycopene containing foods is beneficial.
How much is needed? 1 cup of lycopene containing food per day.
With all of this info, how can you not want to make even a few small delicious changes to benefit your health?
This is the second in a series with Dr. Brenda Tapp of of the Peterborough Centre of Naturopathic Medicine. Read her first column here.
If you have any questions about your health or about naturopathic medicine, Dr. Tapp would be happy to answer them. For more info on Dr. Tapp, go to:
Phone: 705.761.6596
Website: drbrendatapp.com
Twitter: @PtboNaturopath
Facebook: PeterboroughCentreOfNaturopathicMedicine
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/drbrendatapp
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Peterborough Girl Saved By Heart Transplant Launches Organ Drive To Spread Awareness
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Twelve-year-old Peterborough girl Sarah Edge loves riding horses—and has won quite a few ribbons!
She is a happy, healthy girl.
But when she was just 6 weeks old, she went into heart failure. "I had to have a heart transplant when I was 18 months old, after living at the Hospital for Sick Children for 3 1/2 months," she says. "I am doing really well now. I have to take good care of this precious heart, because I am so very lucky to have it."
When Sarah realized that many perfectly healthy organs don't get used, she was shocked. So now she's started an organ donation drive to raise awareness. "Nobody knows when somebody we love might need an organ transplant," she says. "I asked my mom what it was like to be hoping somebody else's child died so that I could live, but she explained that it's not like that at all. Bad things happen all of the time—she just hoped and prayed that no organ would be wasted, and if one was available, they would decide to help me live."
Sarah asks you to take the time to register here. Spread the word on your social media channels.
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Peterborough's Ann Douglas Documents Her Dramatic Health Transformation In New Issue Of Canadian Living
/Peterborough-based writer/author/speaker/community activist Ann Douglas has gone through a dramatic personal transformation that she documents in the new October issue of Canadian Living. Douglas lost 120 pounds on her weight loss journey, but the transformation runs much deeper than that for her. Read her inspiring, empowering article and what it's done for her physical and mental health in the latest issue, which hits newsstands September 8th.
Photo via Ann Douglas Facebook page
Here Are The Engineers & Designers Behind The Lift Lock & Trent Canal
/Ever wondered who designed and oversaw construction of the Trent Canal and Lift Lock? Well Trent Valley Archives tell us it was Peterborough's Richard Birdsall Rogers—aka R.B. Rogers—a civil and mechanical engineer from Peterborough who studied at McGill.
In preparation for such an enormous undertaking, Rogers actually went to France, Belgium and England to study other (smaller) lift locks around the world. The whole canal project took many years—the Lift Lock itself was begun in 1896 and completed in 1904—and Rogers was the superintendant for most of the work. The lock officially opened to the public to a huge crowd in July 1904. Here are pictures below...
RB Rogers, pictured in the dark jacket near the centre, with his team of engineers (and a dog).
Opening Day
Watch The Amazing Paper Lantern Tribute To Tara Dawn Jacobs On Hunter Street
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Photos via Jonathan Hall on Tumblr
On Sunday night (August 24th), a group of people in Peterborough did something beautiful. Friends and family of the late Tara Dawn Jacobs—who passed away suddenly and far too young last Monday—got together in a celebration of life for her. Hosted at Spanky’s on Hunter Street, her friends and family rallied together to help raise money for Tara’s two young daughters, Janelle and Jazlyn. Spanky's had a BBQ, raffle table and a silent auction, and have so far raised almost $7,000. To cap off the night, they celebrated with a paper lantern send-off on Hunter St. which was incredible to witness as you can see in the pictures and video below. Those who helped organize the event were truly in awe and inspired by the sense of love and community they felt. If you are interested in donating, email Meg Fitzpatrick here for info.
—Aaron Elliott
