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 Business Beat with Stu Harrison Business Beat is a weekly collection of news from the area business community. The segment is broadcast during the Monday edition of Newswatch @ 6. Additional contact information related to the announcements is provided here for the convenience of our viewers. To get your new business, renovation or accomplishment included in our next segment, pass your info along to Stewart so he can share it with our viewers. Telephone: 705 748-9771 ext. 202 Fax: 705 743-2331 E-mail: stoosnews@nexicom.net |
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Business news for the week of March 8, 2010: They probably don’t really need the publicity this week, but Patrick and Maggie Canavan, owners of The Irish Shop in Keene, have just opened their second location, at 316 Charlotte Street in Peterborough, across from the Cardiac Clinic. They have Celtic t-shirts, sweaters, jewellery, fine china and Irish foods. And whether you are Irish or just wannabe, you can get kitted out for St Patrick’s Day, including this Sunday’s parade. Call 705-295-3805 or 705-742-2629 for more information. 
Christy Lehman recently started Kawartha Lakes Event Design, an event planning business for all occasions and all budgets. For weddings, milestone parties, fundraisers, corporate events and retreats call Kawartha Lakes Event Design at 705-292-0869.And if you have one of those milestones coming up, you might want to consider getting a Life Story published. Local DVD producer and writer Joanne Culley will interview you or your loved one and then write their biography. Its a great way to mark a special occasion. There is more information online at: www.joanneculleymediaproductions.com or call 705-748-5122. Kawartha Media Group, owners of Peterborough This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week and the Brock Citizen, recently purchased This Month in Brock, a monthly tabloid covering community features and events in Brock Township, west of Lindsay. Distribution is 6000. 
Melisande Neal’s business is Kawartha Birth and Lactation Consulting and she’s been providing birth classes, doula services and lactation consulting for 20 years. Mel (pictured right) has just added an important in-home service. As part of a pre-natal class package new moms get a personal visit either at the hospital bedside or at home, when and where you need it. For more information call 705-932-3129.And Brian Nashman of Scholars Education Centre recently added the Fast Forword program to their product line. Fast Forword is a software program based on 30 years of research relative to how the brain learns. The exercises strengthen the brain and improve language. Scholars is located at 113 Park Street, suite 102, call 705-742-4152. Top of page |