July 11, 2014

How To Win VIP Blue Rodeo Tickets!

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For the chance to win 2 VIP Blue Rodeo tickets to their special August 8th concert for Trent University's 50th Anniversary at Peterborough Memorial Centre—including the chance to meet the band, get an autograph, and have your photo taken with them—simply "Like" our Facebook page. (If you already "Like" us, you're automatically entered in contest.) Your seats will be right on the floor!

We'll be picking a winner in the next couple weeks!

So "Like" us now to enter!

And congrats Trent, you are indeed looking beautiful at 50!

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July 10, 2014

PTBOCanada Sponsored Post: Win An E-Bike This Summer From Kawartha TV & Stereo!

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Kawartha TV & Stereo wants to help celebrate the fun that is Peterborough in summer! They're giving away an E-Bike valued at more than $1,000 so you can cruise around to all of the great places that make our awesome city awesome, and be a tourist in your own town! The Tokyo E-Bike from Daymak has a 500W motor and a top speed of 32kph, ensuring you’ll make it to your destination in plenty of time. Kawartha TV & Stereo has an extensive E-Bike and scooter collection at the store, and they are always happy to pair somebody up with their dream-green-electric-machine!

HOW TO ENTER E-BIKE CONTEST!

To enter Kawartha TV & Stereo's Awesome Summer E-Bike Giveaway and have a chance to win the Tokyo E-Bike from Daymak (pictured at right and below around town), simply go to kawarthatv.com/flyers and sign up for their newsletter before July 31st. It's as easy as that. You’ll not only be entered to win the E-Bike by signing up—the draw is on July 31st—but you’ll also be automatically entered into every monthly draw they have for as long as you stay subscribed to the newsletter.

"Like" Kawartha TV & Stereo on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for more information and updates as they get closer to the big draw on July 31st!

Enter now, and have a look at the E-Bike that could be yours...

Remember to enter Kawartha TV & Stereo's Awesome Summer E-Bike Giveaway by going to kawarthatv.com/flyers and signing up for their newsletter! The draw is July 31st from that list of names.

For more info on Kawartha TV & Stereo (188 Park St. S) go to:

Website: KawarthaTV.com
Facebook: KawarthatTV
Twitter: @KawarthaTV
Contest/Newsletter Signup: KawarthaTV.com/flyers
Email: sales@kawarthatv.com
Phone: 705.740.0000

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July 08, 2014

Here Is Your Chance To Win PTBOCanada.com VIP Tickets To Tegan And Sara

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[UPDATE July 10th: You know what, this contest is so much fun that we want to give away another pair of Tegan and Sara tix as well! So now we're giving away 2 pairs of tix! Deets below on how to enter!]

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ORIGINAL POST

Super indie rock duo Tegan and Sara are playing Peterborough Musicfest Wednesday, July 23rd at 8 pm, and it's expected to be a HUGE crowd. We're giving away a pair of VIP tickets for you to sit in our PTBOCanada.com seats (we're a proud sponsor of Musicfest) up near the front. For the chance to win, all you have to do is "Like" us on our Facebook page (if you already are a fan of our page, you already have a chance to win!). We'll be picking a winner from our PTBOCanada Facebook page the week of July 14th.

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July 07, 2014

Look: Here Are Baby Meerkats At Riverview Park & Zoo

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The babies are testing out their home at the Riverview Park & Zoo. And Mom is looking after them. Too cute!

[via Riverview Park & Zoo Facebook page]

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July 06, 2014

A Beautiful Story About A Peterborough Woman's Plan To Retrace Her Late Dad's Bike Trip In Ireland In 1973

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[UPDATE (July 7th): Huffington Post picks up our post.]

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ORIGINAL POST (July 6th)

Peterborough's Megan Murphy was broken and lost when her mother and father passed away—her Dad, Marty, in 2004 at age 57, and Mom, Mary, in 2012 at age 65.

She was depressed after their deaths—both lost battles with cancer, and Megan had been by their side all along—and had lost her spirit for life. She could barely breathe. And so, she did this a lot...

Her parents had been everything to her...

On the eve of her 35th birthday, she found herself returning her engagement ring to her newly titled “ex”-fiance after a five year relationship, packing up her small car with all her belongings, and moving back to her childhood home after her Mom's death...

Once there, she began going through all her parent's old belongings...

Among the belongings, tucked away in a long ignored box, was a diary of her Dad's she’d believed had been lost years before in a house fire. She read the diary. She was enthralled. In the wonderfully descriptive journals, her father wrote about a solo bicycle trip he had taken through southern Ireland in 1973 at age 26 when he was trying to "find himself". The diary chronicled his trip in the beautiful country, his ancestral home, and how this essentially became his journey into manhood.

Megan also found his 1973, 10 speed Peugeot hanging in the rafters of the family garage. It was on this bike, she writes, that her father discovered on his Ireland trip "the beauty of the country that was his ancestral home, the sacredness of solitude, the sting of loneliness, the joy of laughter and the value of his fellow man. He stopped. He took a moment to stand on the precipice and just breathe."

Megan became obsessed with the idea of re-creating her Dad's trip.

"Maybe if I go backwards and recreate this journey, I can find my own path forward," she writes. And live again. Be this Megan again...

Megan took that old, 40-year-old bike with such a rich history and refurbished it. And now it's this...

She brought it back to life and is training on it because she has an amazing plan. A beautiful plan. She's taking the bike, his journal and a film crew to Ireland to retrace his steps. To find her lost spark—"to find my whimsy again," she says.

Megan, an actor, comedian and radio show host in Peterborough, is calling this documentary she'll be doing in Ireland, appropriately enough, Murphy's Law. She's funding it through inheritance money from her parents, and by raising money through an Indiegogo campaign. Her goal is $25,000, and she has raised more than $8,000 so far. She needs your help to keep the momentum going, and there is plenty...

Because really, her journey isn't just a personal one about finding herself and learning more about her Dad, her parents, her life, and what makes her happy. It's a universal one we all go through with finding ourselves, finding the meaning of life—and where we're supposed to fit in that. One Hollywood ending could have her meeting an Irishman and riding off into the Irish countryside on that bike with him...

And maybe marrying that Irishman, and having an awesome wedding and marriage like her parents...

Another narrative could be Megan just finding her true purpose in life. And being this again...

...and not this..

As Megan writes, an Irish proverb says “Some journeys aren’t meant to be taken alone." So, yes, somehow it feels like we're all taking this journey with her.

Every day.

—post by Neil Morton

Give to her campaign here, follow her journey here, and watch her Indiegogo video below...

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July 06, 2014

Help Find An Adorable Missing Conure Bird Named Peeka

July 06, 2014/ PTBOCANADA

[UPDATE No. 2: Peeka has been found, and is safe back home. "I want to extend a GREAT BIG KUDOS TO Eric who is a Life Guard at Beavermead," says Chance, the owner, in an email. "He called me up and gave the info of the people that found Peeka and took him home... I'm so ecstatic that he's back home... It's amazing the amount of support that you all showed me...THANK YOU THANK YOU... HUGS."

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[UPDATE: A "Find Peeka" Facebook page has been set up]

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A Cinnamon Pineapple Conure bird named Peeka has gone missing around the Sydenham Road and River Road area. He has a green band around his left leg with the number hbs 14 p 047 on it, and he responds to his name. He will say his name—Peeka—twice as a reply. If you see Peeka, text Chance at the cell number 705.772.5329 right away.

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July 05, 2014

PTBOCanada Pictures: 2014 Art Battle Peterborough Finals

July 05, 2014/ Evan Holt

Art Battle is a live competitive painting contest where each painter has 20 minutes to come up with a painting. The audience votes on the winners for each round, and the overall winner of the evening is headed to Toronto for the 2014 Art Battle National Championship. Here are some photos of the finals Friday night (July 4th).

Round 1

Round 2

Final Round

And the winner is...

Congratulations to Paul Nabuurs, who will be representing Peterborough at the 2014 Art Battle National Championship! Get your tickets now.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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July 04, 2014

Here Are Photos Of A $80 Million Cham Shan Buddhist Temple Being Constructed Near Peterborough

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There is a massive $80 million Cham Shan Buddhist retreat temple project under development on Ski Hill Road near Bethany (about 30 minutes south of Peterborough) by the Buddhist Association of Canada that I toured. It will be a re-creation of the Sacred Mountains of China. The largest Buddhist complex outside of China, it is being constructed over the next 20 years, with the main temple opening in the next couple of years. Conservative estimates are it will attract about 45,000 visitors annually from around the world, a potential boom to tourism in the area. The site was chosen because of its serenity and tranquility in a natural environment, perfect for a retreat.

The wooden temple was actually built in China, then taken apart and shipped to Canada. It will take about two years to re-assemble. There are no nails or glue, just interlocking rosewood brackets. The site, which will be a meditation centre, will also eventually feature a gift shop, restaurant and onsite accommodation. Here are pictures of what it looks like now during construction, and what it will look like upon completion. —Jamey Coughlin

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July 03, 2014

Iconic Local Broadcaster Gordon Gibb Releases New Book "Gibberish"

July 03, 2014/ PTBOCANADA

Gordon Gibb (picture via @GordoGibbo on Twitter)

Local broadcaster and author Gordon Gibb has a new book out, Gibberish: Tall Tales and Domestic Disasters From Beyond the Microphone, a collection of previously-published columns. “With the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Peterborough Flood this summer, I also included a look back from my perspective to that fateful day, and our efforts to alert residents as to the ongoing crisis. Also included is a behind-the-scenes account of the birth of what has become an iconic station locally, The WOLF,” says Gibb in a release.

He adds, "Gibberish is an honest, sometimes intimate, sometimes poignant, mostly light-hearted take on everyday life. The short format makes for a nice, light summer read for the hammock, or by the pool."

The self-published book is available as an eBook, as well as a print-on- demand (POD) book through Amazon. “This way, I’m saving trees. Books will only be printed for those who want them."

To pre-order a print book or get more info on it, email Gord here.

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