The event was hosted today (September 22nd) by the Peterborough Roller Derby league as part of Pride Week celebrations in Peterborough.
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Back to the Future on Hunter Street?
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Smoke's Poutinerie, which has been serving heaps of delicious poutine across Canada for years, is now coming to Peterborough. The new location will be at 304 George Street, Unit 4 (up the flight of stairs).
You can stay up to date with Smoke's on Facebook and Twitter.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Rebecca Cooper's Dating in the City
COLUMN 1 TOPIC: How to approach a woman and successfully ask her out
Before you consider dating, you need to first learn how to approach her.
Your physical image is what she first will see; she will build a quick impression of you just from your exterior shell. First impressions count. Are you a career successful, well-educated man who would like to meet a fit and attractive female? Then you need to look the part, as your inner self should influence your personal style.
Women want to be courted by someone who has made the effort to update their look with clothing that is modern and age appropriate. Also someone who is well groomed and smells absolutely charming.
Matchmaker FYI: Women care about appearance but are far less concerned if you look like a Hollywood hunk. They are more attracted to the man inside the body.
What’s your strategy for a date? You need to have already mentally mapped out a fabulous evening with this person, and you need to let them know what kind of man you are. Women want to run into their friends or colleagues when out with a confident man so this means that taking her out to a hip restaurant in downtown Peterborough should be a part of the plan. Women also love the romantic attempts men make in movies so consider buying her a small box of delicatessen chocolates or bringing her a bottle of your favourite wine.
Confidence is eye contact with someone, smiling while shaking their hand and a comfortable stature when speaking with them. Your voice needs to project assurance with a strong masculine touch. The confidence in a man is what gets the women in the end.
A man’s morale couldn’t be any sexier in my opinion.
This is the first of bi-weekly dating columns by Rebecca Cooper appearing on PTBOCanada.com.
The new plaza on Lansdowne Street that already has an RBC, Popeyes and Hakim Optical going in will soon have a new restaurant.
So far, we know that it will have a liquor licence, and here's the floor plan. Can you guess which restaurant it will be? Or that you'd like it to be?
[Related: Take a Look at the Design for a Proposed Commercial Development Going In On Lansdowne Street, Hakim Optical Coming to Lansdowne Street]
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[UPDATED October 4th: The sloths have moved to their new location in the
Squirrel Monkey exhibit at the Primate Building. They will be available
for public viewing there starting on Saturday, October 5th, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. As the zoo says, "Please
keep in mind, they really do like to sleep most of the day!"
[UPDATED September 26th: Jim Moloney, Manager and Curator for Riverview, tell us "Unfortunately we have had another situation to deal with that has put us behind schedule with the sloths. At this time I'm guessing we're going to be about a week later."
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[UPDATED: Jim Moloney, Manager and Curator for the Riverview Zoo, tells us, "If we don't run into problems we may be able to have them on exhibit for the weekend of September 28th."]
Porsche and Ferrari, the two sloths that came to the Riverview Zoo from the flood-damaged Calgary Zoo earlier this summer, are settling nicely into their new digs. The sloths arrived at the zoo August 15th and have been in quarantine ever since to adapt to their new surroundings—if all goes well (they have passed all their medical tests so far), they should be on exhibit in the next week or so. The zoo has been tweeting photos and updates in recent weeks (see below) of the sloths as they get used to their new environment. We can't wait to meet them.
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Hakim Optical is the latest addition to the newest plaza on Lansdowne Street, joining Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and RBC beside Chapters. No word on when it is opening.
[Related: Take a Look at the Design for a Proposed Commercial Development Going In On Lansdowne Street]
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Terry Guiel speaking at DBIA meet after being announced as new ED
It was announced this morning (September 18th) at the Fall DBIA meeting that Terry Guiel is the new Executive Director of the Downtown Business Improvement Area. Terry succeeds Executive Director Paul Raino, who is retiring. Terry is a professional entertainer with extensive event organizing experience. He has been employed as a law clerk at a downtown law firm the past 5 years. A former Peterborough city councillor, he has broad knowledge of city departments and procedures as well as extensive experience serving on numerous boards and committees. Of note, he organized the 2004 Flood Relief Concert featuring Gordon Lightfoot and Ronnie Hawkins, which raised $1.5 million for flood victims.
"I feel honoured and privileged to be selected for this remarkable role and I can't wait to get started," says Guiel.
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Friday, September 20th, marks the annual worldwide PARK(ING) DAY. This is the day where cities and communities voluntarily transform parking spaces into park space for one day. This initiative is to help bring awareness for the need for more urban green space. On this day, Peterborough will be transforming a parking space on Sherbrooke Street near The Avant-Garden Shop into green space. With a little sod and some lawn furniture, a beautiful park space will be created. Check out the Facebook event for more details on Peterborough's involvement to help celebrate this great day.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]
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Colin Purcell's little girl lost her beloved Teddy Bear on the weekend during a walk. He turned to Twitter to help bring it back to her. Here's what happened...
Then we retweeted it along with 7 others.
And then look what was found and brought into Walmart service desk...
And here's a picture of Teddy waiting for Colin's little girl...
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