Twitter Canada's Steve Ladurantaye Speaking At Silver Bean Café July 17th

We are delighted to announce that the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce and PTBOCanada.com are presenting a special Twitter Canada event Thursday, July 17th from 5 to 7 pm at the Silver Bean Café along the banks of the Otonabee River. Twitter Canada's Steve Ladurantaye will be giving tips about how businesses can leverage Twitter to their advantage. The event is free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you at this "tweet-up" as the Peterborough community further embraces the power of social media and tweeting. More deets in the poster invite below...

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Watch: A Look At Advanced Manufacturing In Peterborough

Here is a great video below by the Peterborough Economic Development about how the face of manufacturing in Peterborough has changed to become a high tech sector. Local companies who participated in this video include Gerry Vandersanden from Sciens Industries, Rhonda Barnet from Steelworks Design Inc., Bill Potter from Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear Canada Ltd., and Terry McCullough from Savage Arms Canada.

[via YouTube]

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Lakefield Man Live Tweets Experience Of Getting Blasted Off Wire Fence By Lightning Bolt

[UPDATE: July 16] There was another good reason Tim Rollwagen survived getting hit by lightning on Canada Day. And here it is below. Congrats!

A very happy morning to @Ptbo_Canada. @LauraRollwagen and I welcomed little Sierra to this amazing place last night. pic.twitter.com/ZQs12J520C

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 16, 2014

ORIGINAL POST: July 1st

Tim Rollwagen in ER getting ECG as a precaution

Tim Rollwagen (picture via @trollwag)

Tim Rollwagen, a weather obsessed, outdoor enthusiast, often takes pictures during storms.

On Canada Day (July 1st), he got the scare of a lifetime when he was setting up to take a picture as a storm approached the Peterborough area.

Tim, who is being checked out by doctors, tells us "My heart is still racing" after this (mis)adventure. He took to Twitter right after it happened. His series of tweets below tell the story...

Don't hold on to a wire fence when trying to get storm pics, just got blasted off by a lightning bolt that struck it. #onstorm #shaking

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

I'm okay, currently shaking in my car...it happened right after this shot. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/id0Sxkdk3t

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

@OntStormChaser @Ptbo_Canada Never felt anything quite like it. Put me on my ass pretty quick.

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

@chilt0n @Ptbo_Canada On my way to the clinic.

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

@WX_SSills Good, left foot is a little sore, in ER waiting for an ECG to clear me.

— Tim Rollwagen (@trollwag) July 1, 2014

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PTBOCanada Featured Post: The Canadian Lease Abstractor

For Mili Mezei, real estate and all of its facets are a passion. The career professional has worked in so many different areas of it that one would forgive her if she forgot a few of them!

Born and raised in Toronto, Mili grew up in a typical European home with newly emigrated parents to Canada. She attended York University where she graduated with a major in French Linguistics. A few years down the road, she became a paralegal and started working on the legal side of things at a Law Firm specializing in residential real estate.

As a paralegal, Mili had also become a Commissioner of Oaths, which was very beneficial to her down the road. A mother of two, Mili has worked with tenants, landlords, lenders, land development, franchising, facility management and property management. During this time, Mili began working on her real license. She obtained her real estate license, specializing in commercial properties (while also working with residential properties).

In 2012 she moved to Peterborough, and all of her experiences came to a head in 2013, where with the help of Peterborough Economic Development's Business Advisory Centre Mili started her lease abstracting business The Canadian Lease Abstractor as an added service to her already successful commercial sales and leasing career. With her legal and real estate background combined with big city experience, she was excited to bring this unique service to Peterborough and the Kawartha Lakes.

Mili Mezei

What Mili provides with The Canadian Lease Abstractor business is really quite unique and in a lot of ways a great resource to make life easier for people bound by commercial leases. By abstracting leases, she is essentially summarizing the document to assist the reader in locating frequently referenced items without needing to continually read through the entire document and decipher the meanings.

With so much difficult to understand technical language in these documents, Mili works toward creating a simpler layman’s terms report for quick accessibility. Additionally, all of the financial terms, critical dates and obligations of the lease are documented in the abstract, which makes it useful particularly for property investors or lenders. Providing a lease abstract rather than a full lease text also saves time and money for those who are performing due diligence on the property for a potential sale or acquisition and takes all of the guess work out.

Mili loves her new community and as a realtor with Flat Rate Realty, she knows that the area is attracting new businesses. Her skills in lease abstracting and experience in commercial real estate have shown her the importance of what her service brings, and she wants people to know that there is help out there for them.

The people who Mili has helped out with her abstracting are a wide ranging group. They include:
-       Investors/Buyers
-       Porperty Managers
-       Maintenance Workers
-       Lease Administrators
-       Leasing Agents
-       Realtors/Brokers
-       Tenants
-       Landlords
-       Lenders
-       Facility Management Companies
-       Trustees in Bankruptcy

If one of Mili’s clients wants a lease abstracted and from the information provided decides not to pursue the property, she can locate other properties and work with them on that.

If you’re involved in any way with Commercial real estate and have ever wondered what you have gotten yourself into, The Canadian Lease Abstractor could be of great assistance! Don’t second guess yourself!

For more info on Canadian Lease Abstractor, go to:
Website:   Thecanadianleaseabstractor.com
Facebook: The Canadian Lease Abstrator
Twitter: @LeaseAbstractor
Email: cndleaseabstractor@gmail.com
Phone: 705.313.3803

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Celebrate 40 Years of The Art Gallery of Peterborough At Their Open House

The Art Gallery of Peterborough is celebrating their 40th Anniversary and is inviting you to a behind-the-scenes look during their open house.

 

Head over to 250 Crescent Street on Canada Day from 1 to 4 p.m. and experience the gallery for free. There will be guided vault tours offering a rare glimpse into behind-the-scenes work at the gallery as well as selected works from their Permanent Collection. 

Stay connected to the Art Gallery of Peterborough by following them on Facebook.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Canadian Blood Services In Urgent Need Of Donors

PTBOCanada File Photo

Canadian Blood Services has put out a media release urging the public to consider donating. Please spread the word and share this release on your social media channels...

With the holiday falling mid-week this year, we’re seeing fewer appointments booked and a higher number of cancellations around Canada Day. This is particularly challenging because many regular donors are planning to take an extra-long weekend.
 
·       Canadian Blood Services forecasts that they will need almost 30,000 appointments each week during the summer to meet demand. Right now, there are more than 7,500 appointments available across the country between now and July 5—including 122 in Ptbo ON.
 
·       Canadian Blood Services is urging eligible community members to do something patriotic in honour of Canada Day, help save a fellow Canadian by giving blood. To book an appointment download the GiveBlood app, visit blood.ca or call 1 888 2 DONATE (1 888 236 6283) now. All blood donors are needed, in particular those with type O and A blood.
 
·       If you already have an appointment to give blood this summer, thank you. A Canadian patient and their family are now counting on you, so please honour your appointment. Their life depends on you.
                                     
·       It can take up to 50 donors to help save the life of someone in a car crash.
 
 
Statistics:
 
·       Canadian Blood Services needs to fill 30,000 appointments every week to meet the demand of blood and blood products.
 
·       In recent months, about 20 per cent of donors have missed their appointments,
 
·       Platelets, part of blood that helps with clotting, are of particular concern around long weekends because they have a shelf-life of just five days before they expire.

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Canadian Blood Services in Peterborough is located here. Click here to find out how to donate.

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2014 Hootenanny On Hunter Street Lineup Announced

It's another awesome, diverse lineup put together by organizer Jonathan Hall for the 4th Annual Hootenanny on Hunter, which takes place Saturday, August 9th, and is a free event. We're stoked! Full lineup and more info in this poster below...

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Local Artist Releases Line Of iPhone & iPod Cases Featuring Her Artwork

Brianna Gosselin, who we spotlighted late last year here on PTBOCanada.com, has released a line of iPhone and iPod cases featuring her artwork. Check out some of the nifty designs below...

Brianna also sells framed art prints, stationery cards, iPhone & iPod skins, throw pillows, tote bags and more with her art work on them. Click here for more info on her designs available.

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Watch: Melissa Payne In Downtown Peterborough Covering "Downtown" By Matt Mays

This song produced by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor was recorded live in downtown Peterborough. It's from Melissa Payne's High and Dry album.

[via YouTube]

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Trent U Looking Beautiful At 50

Here's some great photos Trent University sent us of the campus, as they prepare to celebrate their big 50th Anniversary Alumni & Friends Reunion Kick-Off Weekend August 7th to 10th—which will also be a community celebration of Trent being in Peterborough 50 years. For more info on the weekend—which includes an Ideas That Change The World Symposium and much much more—click here.

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