Listen in here as Lisa Dixon, owner of Black Honey Desserts in Peterborough, tells Kruz FM on Friday's broadcast how having a positive attitude about her husband's battle with leukemia is key. And having gratitude.
Downtown Peterborough has a great fashion sense and district all on its own. Clothing stores have flourished in the area and cloth many of the adults you’ll see daily. What isn’t seen as much though are clothing stores geared towards the youngest generation specifically. That’s where Charlotte’s Web, located at 180 Charlotte St, comes in to
play.
Located centrally on Charlotte St between George and Aylmer, Charlotte’s Web has been offering junior trend setters top name brands since it opened its doors in 1994. The store was originally located a few doors down from its current location for its first three years until it moved to its current permanent home next to Cottage Toys.
Locally owned and operated by Monique Cantin, the store offers clothes for kids from newborn age to size 18 (which is the size of many older elementary school students).
Covering all four seasons with style, the store offers top name brands such as Columbia, North Face, Roxy, Mexx, Quicksilver and more which can be hard to find in smaller sizes. Monique says that shoppers are often amazed at what cool clothing lines they can find in the shop that aren’t available elsewhere in town, especially in smaller sizes.
The shop is smartly set up with newer clothing in the front and a large clearance section in the back featuring out-of-season articles. You’ll find everything from snow suits, winter boots, shirts and pants, various shoes and sandals, to pajama's, swimwear, and sunhats in the store at various times of the year. Monique is always looking to add new collections and brands that she offers so her customers won’t be disappointed!
Knowing that customer service is essential, the store is very kid friendly because Monique knows who is going to be there—kids! So parents shopping in the store can be at ease if they have children with them knowing the store has a fun play area set up for the accompanying kids to enjoy while shopping takes place.
Monique and her staff have been happily apart of downtown now for almost 20 years and have taken part in numerous charitable events such as raising food for kids, offering donations, and also assisting in local clothing drives.
If your kids are in the market for a new wardrobe or something simple to finish off a look, they invite you to come down to the store and see what they have to offer. Chances are they’ll have exactly what you’re looking for!
For more on Charlotte's Web (180 Charlotte St.), go here:
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Phone number: 705.749.9470
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—By Aaron Elliott
Streets near City Hall and Confederation Square are closed from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. today for the Remembrance Day parade. It starts at the PCVS parking lot at 10 a.m. and then proceeds down George St. to the service at the Cenotaph in Confederation Square.
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Our Sports Guy Scott Arnold caught up with local boxer Mark Cleary while he was training at the Scrap Yard in downtown Peterborough.
Mark has been fighting as an amateur for over a decade but thanks to Fund a Fighter he has raised enough money to cover the medical testing required to turn pro for the first time in his career; he will make that jump in 2014.
Mark is fighting in the main event fight this Saturday (November 16th) in Vengeance VII, which will take place inside The Venue at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.
Watch the video interview below...
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When Kim O'Brien won a car at 100.5 Kruz-FM's Greatest Office Party event at Trentwinds last night (November 8th), she did this...
[via KRUZ FM]
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Peterborough has a fantastic network of Mountain Biking trails at 2611 Old Norwood Road hosted by the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority. Announced early last year, Harold Town offers trails for all skill levels, and thanks to the wonderful help of the riders, it is constantly evolving. Today (November 9th), IMBA Canada will be dropping by to teach a course on trail building, offering both an in-class tutorial and a hands-on workshop. You have to register to attend, so be sure to sign up as space is limited.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Look at these amazing commemorative Remembrance Day jerseys the Petes wore Thursday in a 7-0 victory over Kitchener. You can now bid on them by going here. The jerseys feature grey, red and black colours, a Petes logo with cross and poppy, and the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment crest. All proceeds support the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment directly.
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After eleven seasons at the helm, the Peterborough Lakers announced Thursday that they would not be renewing the contract of Head Coach/GM Jamie Batley. Batley lead the team to five Mann Cup Championships and ten straight Major Series Lacrosse finals.
The position has been offered to Peterborough native Joe Sullivan, who said he needed some time to mull over the decision. Sullivan has been an assistant coach with the Lakers since 2003 and is the current Coach/GM of the National Lacrosse League’s Minnesota Swarm.
Batley did a tremendous job turning this team around from a 20 year slump; in the last decade, he built them into a world class organization and solidified them as one of the best lacrosse franchises on the planet.
The Lakers were defeated by the Brooklin Redmen in game seven of the first round of the playoffs this summer and after that hard fought series, many fans felt it was time for a coaching change. But the fact the Lakers pulled the trigger is still a bit of a shock. With Batley running the show, the Lakers went from a losing franchise that got 200 fans per game to the most storied franchise of the decade with 3,000 plus fans in attendance every single night. If Sullivan does not accept the position, it will be very interesting to see what direction the Lakers will take.
—PTBOCanada's Sports Guy Scott Arnold
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Team Canada named its roster today (November 6th) for their November 17th exhibition game against the Iroquois Nationals, and three Peterborough natives cracked the squad. Cory Vitarelli, Mike Grimes and Shawn Evans—Evans and Vitarelli are pictured at left from their recent appearance on TSN SportsCentre—will all suit up in what will be the first International lacrosse game to be played at the Bell Centre in Montreal since it opened on March 16th, 1996.
Vitarelli plays pro lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) for the Rochester Knighthawks, while Evans plays for the Calgary Roughnecks and is the league's reigning MVP. Both of them still live in Peterborough and play summer ball with the Lakers. Grimes moved to British Columbia a few years back and he'll suit up this winter for the NLL's newest franchise, the Vancouver Stealth (formerly the Washington Stealth). Peterborough Laker Jordan MacIntosh was also named to the team.
Game time is 2 p.m. on November 17th and tickets can be purchased online here.
—PTBOCanada's Sports Guy Scott Arnold
Tip us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and Like us on Facebook.Glow Maternity, who we recently had in the DBIA spotlight, are hosting a Mama Market this Saturday at their location at The Loft at 188 Hunter St. More deets in fancy poster below...
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