StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat Featuring Canoe Co. Café, The Log Cabin Store & Snack Bar, & More!

PTBOCanada is delighted to to be running StooNews columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…

The Log Cabin Store and Snack Bar has new owners. The iconic store, better known to many as Mrs Reid’s store, is located on County Road 6 at the far end of Stoney Lake. The new owners are the husband and wife team of Kevin Huckell and Toni Emerson. They are busy with a significant renovation of the property and hope to be up and running with the gas pumps soon, followed by the convenience store as well as a coffee bar and kitchen with some home cooked meals. The store was started by Bud Bedore, and now Marylin Reid is enjoying a well-earned rest after running the store for decades.

Euphoria Wellness Spa has just completed the rebranding of their Starbucks and Gelato Café. Called Canoe Co. Café, the new name pays tribute to the fact that the building was the former home of the Peterborough Canoe Company, founded in 1892—manufacturing wooden canoes from the corner of King and Water Streets until 1961. The space has been renovated, and while they can’t welcome you inside just yet, they are getting ready to open a walk-up/take-out window soon. Owner Simone Dobson wanted to thank Amy Leclair Graphic Design for the new logo and Commercial Press for the new sign.

Local company OptiSolve is in the news again. OptiSolve developed a proprietary surface imaging technology that can produce high quality images that reveal where pathogens remain before and after cleaning. Think about the germs on your keyboard, door handles, your television remote control, your cellphone… This ground-breaking technology was recently written up in a four-page article in the Canadian Journal of Infection Control, considered the most credible journal on the topic. For details, visit optisolve.net.

The Staffing Connection and Level A Professional Group are joining forces to honor local frontline workers. Beginning May 11th, you can visit their websites and Facebook pages to nominate and tell a brief story about frontline workers who have displayed extraordinary bravery, response and compassion during the Covid-19 crisis. Each week for four consecutive weeks, six frontline workers will each receive a $100 gift card redeemable at any downtown Peterborough business. At the end of the four weeks, one local hero will be awarded $1500 in VISA gift cards. Check it out at thestaffingconnection.ca or levela.net, or find them on Facebook.  

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