A few of the attendees at the 2023 "Wine & Ale in the Park" fundraiser for the Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) Foundation. The 11th annual event, held on June 27, 2024, raised more than $40,000 for the west Northumberland hospital, the highest amount the event has raised to date. (Photo: NHH Foundation / Facebook)
The Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) Foundation is toasting the success of a recent wine and ale social that raised a record amount for the west Northumberland hospital.
Organizers of the 11th Annual Wine & Ale in the Park, held in Cobourg in late June, recently announced more than $40,000 was raised through the event, the highest amount the event has raised to date.
Close to 300 guests sampled food and drink from 11 local vendors, and enjoyed a new “mocktail station” featuring non-alcoholic beverages.
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Megan Fluxgold, community engagement and events specialist for the NHH Foundation, discussed the stellar outcome of the event with kawarthaNOW.
“As for this being a record-breaking year, I think it falls solely on our community,” Fluxgold said. “Our community sponsors have stepped up once again to help make this event a success, our local restaurant and beverage vendors continue to raise the bar every year, and our guests/supporters make this event as special as it is.”
“We have sold out the past three years within hours, and some community members who love this event as much as we do continue to support even if they can’t attend as they want to keep the tradition and success of this event going,” she added. “We’re very lucky.”
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Leading the way for the 11th year, Tony Pulla of Re/Max Lakeshore Realty Inc. provided his signature sponsorship support, a media release noted.
Sydney Fairman and Trenholm Parker of the Sydney Fairman Group stepped up again as the exclusive beverage sponsor for the evening.
“Both Sydney and Trenholm believe in a good hospital for west Northumberland and do what they can to strengthen NHH,” Fluxgold said.
Fluxgold offered a special shout-out to the Lions Club of Cobourg for providing use of their tent free of charge.
“In addition to allowing us to use the tent, Lions members volunteer to help set up, clean up, and they are our beverage servers for the evening.”
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Other sponsors included Elliott Insurance Services, Quantrill Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac, Nikolovsky Wealth Management – BMO Private Wealth, Acme Electric, Don Emond of Assante Wealth Management, LeBlanc Enterprises and Stadtke Plumbing and Heating.
Money raised from the event goes directly towards patient care, Fluxgold noted.
“Funds raised from this event will be invested in equipment to help support patients of NHH,” she said. “This year alone, the hospital has over $10 million in capital projects the Foundation will fund. Events like Wine & Ale are one way we can deliver on this commitment.”
Canadian tribute band Legends of Motown will perform a free-admission concert in Del Crary Park on July 27, 2024 as part of Peterborough Musicfest's 37th season. (Photo: Legends of Motown)
You can experience the magic of America’s golden era of soul music at Del Crary Park on Saturday (July 27) when Canada’s top Motown tribute band, Legends of Motown, performs a free-admission concert as part of Peterborough Musicfest’s 37th season.
Peterborough Musicfest presents Legends of Motown
When:Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 8 p.m. Where: Del Crary Park (100 George St. N., Peterborough) How much: Free admission
Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets (lawn chairs are available to rent). VIP seating available for sponsors. No smoking, alcohol, or pets permitted. There’s no public parking at Del Crary Park, but there’s neighbourhood street parking nearby and ample parking in downtown Peterborough.
Over the years, when quizzed on their musical influences, hundreds upon hundreds of music artists have listed one, or all, of the singers that recorded at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit from 1959 to the mid 1970s.
Nicknamed Hitsville U.S.A., Motown’s first headquarters lived up to that moniker and then some.
Under the guidance of founder Berry Gordy, the recording studio churned out a remarkable 110 Top 10 hits from 1961 to 1971.
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Consider for a moment the Motown artist roster: Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, Gladys Knight and Marvin Gaye — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Motown’s production process was factory-like and that was by design. Gordy, who pre-Motown sought work at Detroit’s Lincoln-Mercury plant, presided over a quality control meeting every Friday, where newly recorded songs were listened to and a vote was taken on the release of each, with Gordy holding veto power. Even the hours at Hitsville U.S.A. mimicked those of a car plant. Open 22 hours a day, many of the songs we still know so well were recorded well before the sun rose. It was an assembly line of what’s proven to be timeless music.
Today a popular museum, Hitsville U.S.A. was home for the Motown family, the members of which gleefully collaborated with one another on songs and, for the most part, were genuinely thrilled when another met with chart success. In the music business, there remains few better examples of the success that can result when egos are left at the door.
VIDEO: “Legends of Motown”
The family feel, creativity and talent that anchored Motown’s heady success will be remembered and celebrated when Legends of Motown headlines Peterborough Musicfest.
Legends of Motown is the brainchild of Winnipeg born David Callender. A professional musician since his teen years, he performed with acts that paid homage to the likes of Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, and Fats Domino before creating Baby Love — a tribute to The Supremes, the all-female vocal group that was Motown’s most commercially successful act — in 2010. Five years later, knowing he was onto a very good thing, Legends of Motown came to be.
“People were out of their seats with excitement over The Supremes segment,” recalled Callender in a January 2019 interview with Roger Levesque of the Edmonton Journal.
“When I saw the audience reaction, I thought if we had the male voices, we could do the entire Motown show. I started looking around and handpicking musicians. I knew a guy who sings just like Stevie Wonder, so I got him, but it took years to find all the right voices. In the end, Motown has something so unique that it just rose above everything.”
Legends of Motown is a 16-piece ensemble with singers and musicians performing classic Motown songs with choreography and authentic costumes. (Photo: Legends of Motown)
The 16-member full band ensemble, featuring lead singers including Aria Zenua and Erin Reece, performs signature Motown hits including “Dancing In The Street,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Uptight,” “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” “My Girl,” “You Can’s Hurry Love,” “Baby I Need Your Loving,” and “Get Ready.” Impressive as that set list is, it barely scratches the surface of the near endless Motown catalogue.
“We’ve gone after real authenticity and tried to get the right person for every role in the show,” said Callender, a guitarist and keyboardist who is the tribute’s musical director.
“Not just the voices or the arrangements or the choreography, but to try and capture the sort of characters and personalities as best we can. We don’t cut any corners, whether it’s the costumes or whatever. We’re trying to get the essence — like it’s a time machine taking you right back to that era.”
Callender is convinced there’s not only an enduring appetite for the catchy Motown sound but also a desire to take in the showmanship and class that many of the era’s acts personified.
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“It comes from a time when melody was king,” Callender said. “The Beatles and Berry Gordy knew that melody matched with rhythm would never take second place. The stories were simple enough for everyone to see themselves in them, where today a lot of songs don’t have that universal appeal.”
“There’s a particular Motown stomp kind of beat. You know when you hear it — that classic sound that goes with the tidy looking dresses and jackets. That was the tell-tale sound right up to the 1970s when things literally got funkier.”
While the Legend of Motown concert will definitely resonate with the Baby Boomers who grew up with these songs, the music of Motown appeals to everyone.
“We keep finding new generations of fans,” Callender said. “We get a lot more of the 50-plus crowd, people who were teenagers at the time, because it’s the soundtrack to their lives — their best times and sad times. They know all the words. But it’s not limited. Everyone has heard this music.”
VIDEO: “My Girl” performed by Legends of Motown
Bringing the Motown sound to a live audience involves more than just assembling top-of-their-game singers and musicians. The we’re-all-in-this-together atmosphere that permeated the Hitsville U.S.A. years has to be clearly evident and, in that regard, Legends of Motown delivers.
In that regard, Callender echoes words that were likely spoken by Gordy all those years ago.
“You get a sense of what this music means to people,” he said. “We’re privileged to have the opportunity to play it and transmit this positive energy is a real rush. It’s a labour of love and nothing but fun.”
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Peterborough Musicfest is presenting 16 free-admission concerts during its 37th season, each staged on Wednesday and Saturday nights until August 17th.
Overseen by executive director Tracey Randall and staff, a board of directors, and numerous volunteers, Peterborough Musicfest’s stated mission remains “to provide diverse, affordable live music to enrich cultural and economic prosperity in our community.”
For more information on this concert or the 2024 season, visit www.ptbomusicfest.ca or phone the Peterborough Musicfest office at 705-755-1111.
kawarthaNOW is proud to be a headline sponsor of Peterborough Musicfest’s 2024 season.
Peterborough police are investigating a hate crime assault that took place in Peterborough’s East City early Thursday morning (July 25).
According to police, a man was walking home in the Hunter Street East and Mark Street area at around 12:16 a.m. when he encountered a group of four young men. As he passed by the group, one of the young men spat at him.
When the victim confronted the group, another one of the young men knocked the victim’s turban off his head and stomped on it. A passer-by tried to intervene and both he and the initial victim were then struck in the head with pop cans.
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Police believe the same group of young men was also involved in a reported theft of soft drinks at the Circle K convenience store at Hunter Street East and Burnham Street at around 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday night. The suspects are only described as four young men wearing dark clothing.
The initial victim was treated at the scene by emergency medical services. Peterborough police are classifying the assault as a hate crime.
Anyone with information is asked to call Peterborough Police at 705-876-1122 ext. 555. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can submit a tip to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or stopcrimehere.ca.
Brothers Bo and Oak participated in the pre-game ball drop at the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers winning home game against the Brampton Excelsiors on July 11, 2024, which was "Little Lakers Night" in support of Five Counties Children's Centre. The event raised $15,287 for local children's treatment services. (Photo: Five Counties Children's Centre)
Five Counties Children’s Centre is celebrating a win with Peterborough’s lacrosse team that netted more than $15,000 to help reduce therapy wait times for children with special needs.
The children’s treatment centre serving children and youth in Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, and Hastings counties and Kawartha Lakes said the fundraising event was a huge score for kids.
Little Lakers Night — held in conjunction with the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers winning home game against the Brampton Excelsiors on July 11 — raised $15,287 for local kids’ treatment services. That’s more than double the $6,784 raised at the first-ever Little Lakers Night in 2023.
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Bill Eekhof, spokesperson for Five Counties, said the money is being directed to the organization’s Building Abilities for Life (BAL) campaign. So far, this year Five Counties has raised nearly $200,000 for the BAL campaign since the start of its April 1 fiscal year.
“These funds go directly towards providing high-demand treatment services for kids, like speech and occupational therapies,” Eekhof told kawarthaNOW.
“This extra funding allows Five Counties Children’s Centre to get more kids and youth off the wait list, helping fill the gaps in service that can’t always be covered by government funding.”
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Little Lakers Night featured many highlights, with Five Counties kids and families taking part in a behind-the-scenes experience. Kids met Lakers players during their pre-game warmup, took part in the pre-game ball drop, and assisted in the PA booth during the first period.
Facepainting, Little Lakers Night T-shirt sales, giant Lego and a silent auction organized by Five Counties volunteers and staff took place before and during the game. Members of the Junior A and Junior C Lakers volunteered to pass the bucket through the crowd, which raised $4,000 alone for Five Counties kids.
“The Peterborough Lakers were amazing hosts and partners for Little Lakers Night, and we’re extremely grateful to the team as well as everyone who attended, participated, donated, sponsored and volunteered,” said Linsey Kampf, annual giving co-ordinator at Five Counties, in a media release.
“If you measure the success of the event, it’s not only in dollars raised, but also in the many smiles on the faces of our kids and families that were evident throughout the game.”
Bailey and Raelynn, two St. Teresa Catholic Elementary School kindergarten students, had their design chosen for the special jerseys worn by Peterborough Century 21 Lakers players during their pre-game warm-up during “Little Lakers Night” in support of Five Counties Children’s Centre on July 11, 2024. The jerseys were auctioned off online to help raise funds for Five Counties. (Photo: Five Counties Children’s Centre)
Prior to the game, two St. Teresa Catholic Elementary School kindergarten students, Bailey and Raelynn, were honoured for having their design chosen for the special jerseys worn by Lakers players during their pre-game warm-up.
The girls’ teacher, Jocelyn Lemay, had encouraged her class at the Peterborough school to enter the jersey design contest. Bailey and Raelynn’s design for the warm-up jerseys — a red-green-blue, stylized crayon creation featuring rainbows and hearts — was ultimately transformed into reality as a result of the generosity of Merrett Home Hardware, the release noted.
After the game, the warm-up jerseys were sold in an online auction.
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For the Lakers’ part, the team was happy to play host for Little Lakers Night — and looks forward to a ‘three-peat’ with Five Counties in 2025, Five Counties noted.
“Five Counties has played a big role throughout the years in our family, and we’re grateful to have this incredible centre serving families in our community,” said Len Powers, a Five Counties ambassador and Peterborough Lakers’ board member.
The $15,287 raised from Little Lakers Night for the BAL campaign will go directly towards funding high-demand treatment services like speech therapy and occupational therapy.
“The end result is that more kids and youth in the region can access life-changing treatment services that they need when they need it,” the release noted.
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This year’s Little Lakers Night was sponsored by Merrett Home Hardware, Discovery Dream Homes, Pinchin, and IG Wealth Management.
Five Counties has many ways that people can support the centre, not just through events. One-time donations, monthly giving, corporate sponsorships, legacy giving, gifts in kind and many other avenues are available.
Participants in Peterborough GreenUP's new Urban Bike Adventures Camp take a well-deserved rest at Nicholls Oval Pavilion. Throughout the week, riders get more and more comfortable in the saddle with group rides, travelling to destinations including Ecology Park, Beavermead Park, Riverview Park & Zoo, and Jackson Park. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)
Peterborough GreenUP’s new Urban Bike Adventures Camp is rolling smoothly this summer. Campers are having loads of fun while receiving coaching and practice time on their bicycle-handling skills.
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Natalie Stephenson, Director of Programs, GreenUP.
The week-long day camp starts and ends at GreenUP’s Aylmer street location each day to help empower youth to navigate the city by bicycle. What might seem like an offbeat location for a camp is ideal, because of its close proximity to the bicycle priority street on Bethune.
Bethune its perfect for those who are learning to ride safely on the road, as it is a protected route that offers easy connections to trails, bridges, and bike lanes.
GreenUP has affordable camp spaces remaining for all riders nine to 12 years old. And we are looking for six girls, two-spirit, and gender-diverse youth who would like to receive a full subsidy to participate in this new skill-building program.
To participate, youth must be able to ride a bicycle independently, but a lack of working equipment is not a barrier as GreenUP can supply bicycles and helmets to borrow as needed.
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Voices from Urban Bike Adventures Camp
A few mid-July campers were vocal about their great experiences at Urban Bike Adventures so far.
Evelyn, an enthusiastic nine-year-old camper, said “I learned how to ride on the road safely. My dad always keeps me on the sidewalk because he doesn’t think I’m ready.”
“I learned how to use my brakes better, and turn better,” she continued. “To brake, I used to use my feet and only my back brake. I thought if I pressed my front brake, I would go flying forward.”
Urban Bike Adventures campers Evelyn and Jack expressing their excitement for biking and nearby nature. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)
When asked what she likes most about biking, Evelyn immediately responded: “Getting to the destination without using gas.”
When asked the same question, 11-year-old Jack said “I enjoy that you can get places faster, and it’s better on a bike. You can go with families, groups, your friends, whoever you want, and do tricks. It’s a whole new level of life on bikes.”
As for favourite camp activities so far, Jack said “I always love Jackson’s Creek, it’s a really relaxing place for me. You never know what your obstacle is on the way — hills, rocks, gravel, but when you stop it’s the most beautiful place. You can hear the water flowing, the birds chirping, even wade in the water. It will always be fun.”
Other campers cited “making friendship bracelets,” “learning how to stand on my bike,” and “drawing” as their favourite activities so far.
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A week at Urban Bike Adventures Camp
GreenUP’s Urban Bike Adventures Camp is filled with fun, friendship, and time spent in nature.
Each week of camp kicks off with a skills assessment, and a visit to B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop for a bike check-up and an ABC workshop, introducing the basic information that youth need to begin understanding and maintaining a bicycle.
Throughout the week, riders get more and more comfortable in the saddle with group rides to complete challenges in their Summer Ride Club passports.
Urban Bike Adventure campers explore local biodiversity during a visit to Jackson Creek in mid-July. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)
They visit Ecology Park, Beavermead, Riverview Park & Zoo, and Jackson Park — where they enjoy time at the creek to learn about native plants and aquatic species.
Fridays are a treat with a smoothie made on our blender bike to start the day, and a lunch break at Trent University during the longest ride of the week for the campers.
These bike adventures offer young people the chance to build skills and confidence, along with a new understanding of cycling as both a mode of transportation and a form of climate action that is accessible to all ages.
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Meet the coaches and curriculum at Urban Bike Adventures Camp
Urban Bike Adventures Camp is led by GreenUP’s cycling educators Alyssa Hagley and Maxim Tandon, both certified coaches of Cycling Canada’s HopOn program.
Alyssa is a seasoned cycling educator with over six years of coaching experience, and is currently enrolled in the paramedic program at Fleming College. Maxim, entering his final year in the honours geography program at Trent University, is a passionate advocate for active transportation and livable communities.
Together, they are dedicated to making young riders feel comfortable and confident on their bikes.
Campers during week three at Urban Bike Adventures Camp, along with cycling dducators Alyssa Hagley and Maxim Tandon. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)
With the HopOn curriculum, campers learn bike-handling skills through games-based exercises designed to adapt to all skill levels. Whether they have just started cycling, or already part of a local cycling club, HopOn has something to offer every rider.
In addition, Urban Bike Adventures offers experiences aligned with the framework created by Pathway to Stewardship & Kinship. Landmark activities for kids in this age group include learning new outdoor skills, travelling familiar routes and exploring biodiversity, all toward helping youth become more connected to and passionate about the world around them.
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Looking ahead
Urban Bike Adventures Camp will be out and about all summer to explore the city as a classroom, and support young people to having positive experiences that will help them foster healthy, active lifestyles.
GreenUP is looking for six more girls, two-spirit, and gender-diverse youth to join us for a free week of camp from August 12 to 18. For other weeks, qualifying families can receive subsidies from the City of Peterborough’s Recreation Division Recreational Fee Subsidy Program.
Urban Bike Adventures campers make great use of local cycling infrastructure like the bicycle priority street on Bethune and the bike signal lights at the Bethune and Charlotte intersection. (Photo: Natalie Stephenson / GreenUP)
Author Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1932 at her desk in Norval, Ontario, 10 years before her death at the age of 67. (Photo: M.O. Hammond fonds / Archives of Ontario / I0023627)
A new exhibit is opening in Lindsay that celebrates beloved Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery and her little-known connection to Kawartha Lakes.
Presented by Kawartha Lakes Economic Development, the “Call Me Maud” exhibit will be on display on the second floor of Kawartha Lakes City Hall at 26 Francis Street in Lindsay from July 23 until November 29 — the day before the 150th anniversary of L.M. Montgomery’s birth. Admission is free to the exhibit, which will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.
L.M. Montgomery is best known for her first book Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908, and its five sequels. During her career, she published a total of 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays.
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While she spent the first half of her life based in Prince Edward Island, where she was born and the home of her famous orphan character Annie Shirley, L.M. Montgomery moved to Leaskdale in Ontario’s present-day Uxbridge Township in 1911 after marrying Ewan Macdonald, a Presbyterian minister who had taken the position of minister at a local church.
L.M. Montgomery’s connection to Kirkfield comes from her father Hugh John Montgomery, whose second wife Mary Ann McRae was originally from the Kirkfield area and was the niece of Kirkfield’s most famous resident, the Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur Sir William Mackenzie.
While L.M. Montgomery did not attend her father’s wedding, which took place in the Kirkfield Presbyterian Church in 1887, it meant that Mackenzie became her step-grand uncle. Years later, she would regularly visit the MacKenzie family’s estate in Kirkfield.
VIDEO: Heritage Minutes – Lucy Maud Montgomery
“We went for a walk through a most beautiful long lane of lombardies on the MacKenzie estate,” L.M. Montgomery wrote in her journal on July 15, 1925. “It was the part of the day I enjoyed the most. How I miss out of my life now the long intimate walks through woods and secluded fields.”
This information about L.M. Montgomery’s Kirkfield connection comes from Dr. Christy Woster’s 2005 essay L.M. Montgomery and the Railway King of Canada, written for the Shining Scroll newsletter for the L.M. Montgomery Literary Society, which also serves as the inspiration for the “Call Me Maud” exhibit.
In addition to the exhibit, Kawartha Lakes Economic Development is also presenting a virtual talk and in-person tea event at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 18th with support from the Kirkfield and District Historical Society and Museum.
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“Call Me Maud – a Kirkfield Connection to Lucy Maud Montgomery” will feature virtual keynote speaker Dr. Emily Woster, a former visiting scholar at the University of Prince Edward Island’s L.M. Montgomery Institute who now serves as an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her research mainly focuses on the books and life of L.M. Montgomery.
The event, which will also include refreshments served from L.M. Montgomery’s personal recipe book, takes place at the Kirkfield and District Historical Society Museum at 992 Portage Road in Kirkfield. Tickets must be purchased in advance and will be available until August 11 for $25 per person. To purchase tickets, contact Denise at events@theoldekirk.ca or 705-438-5454.
Operated by the Ontario government, Central East Correctional Centre is a medium/maximum security prison just north of Lindsay that was built in 2002 and has a capacity for over 1,000 adult male and female offenders in both remanded and sentenced custody. (Public domain photo)
Kawartha Lakes police have charged two inmates at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay with first-degree murder after another inmate was attacked and later died from his injuries.
Last Wednesday (July 17), an inmate at Central East Correctional Centre who police have identified as Andre Taillefer was found inside his cell with serious injuries.
He was transported to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay by emergency medical services and then later airlifted to Kingston General Hospital.
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Kawartha Lakes police began an investigation into the incident and, on Monday (July 22), learned that Taillefer had succumbed to his injuries at Kingston General Hospital.
As a result of their investigation, Kawartha Lakes police have charged two fellow inmates — 34-year-old Jason Larocque of Oshawa and 28-year-old Hunter Owen of Newmarket — with first-degree murder. The accused men will both appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay today (Wednesday, July 24).
All inmate deaths in the province are also investigated by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario.
A 40-year-old man is dead after two personal watercraft collided on Crowe River north of Marmora on Saturday (July 20).
Just before 3 p.m. on Saturday, Central Hastings Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Marmora and Lake Fire Department and Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services responded to a collision involving two personal watercraft, each with a driver and passenger, on Crowe River near Crowe Lake.
The initial investigation by police found that one personal watercraft struck the rear of another personal watercraft.
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As a result of the collision, the passenger of the personal watercraft that was struck — a 40-year-old man from Quinte West — was pronounced dead despite life-saving efforts. The driver of the personal watercraft that was struck was transported to hospital by ambulance with serious injuries.
Police say all four people on the two personal watercraft were wearing lifejackets at the time of the collision.
A thunderstorm passes over a lake in North Kawartha Township on July 5, 2021. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the entire Kawarthas region for Wednesday (July 24).
The severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for Peterborough County, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, Haliburton County, and Hastings Highlands.
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms late Wednesday morning through the evening that could produce strong winds gusting up to 110 km/h, torrential downpours with 50 mm falling within an hour, and nickel to golf ball sized hail. For Hastings Highlands and northern Haliburton County, there is also the risk of a tornado.
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Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Water-related activities may be unsafe due to violent and sudden gusts of wind over bodies of water.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors.
Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.
The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes have announced that Dr. Emma Kinsella will be joining the Community Health Centre team in Lindsay as of July 29, 2024. She completed her family medicine residency at the University of Toronto and has been providing locum services at two CHCs in Toronto for the past year. (Photo: Prince Edward Medical / Facebook)
A longtime seasonal resident of Kawartha Lakes, Dr. Emma Kinsella is looking forward to her new year-round role as a physician at the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Lindsay.
The Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative (KLHCI) and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes recently announced Kinsella will be joining the Kawartha Lakes CHC team as of July 29.
“Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes is very pleased to have Dr. Kinsella join our team,” said Melinda Jayne Gilmour, director of clinical services, in a media release.
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Kinsella received her Doctor of Medicine from the National University of Ireland in 2020 and completed her family medicine residency at the University of Toronto in 2023. For the past year, she has been providing locum services — covering for other physicians while they are on leave — at two CHCs in Toronto.
She joins the Kawartha Lakes CHC in a permanent, full-time capacity.
“I am looking forward to providing care to the citizens of Kawartha Lakes where I have enjoyed many years at our family cottage,” Kinsella said. “Having already practised in a (CHC) setting, the clinic and area will feel like home to me as I settle in.”
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For now, Kinsella will only be seeing current patients of the CHC and those already on the waitlist, Gilmour noted.
“Our waitlist is currently full,” Gilmour said. “However, we will advertise when we are able to take more patients.”
Andrew Veale, KLHCI president, said the organization’s board of directors and its recruitment and retention coordinator are pleased Kinsella has agreed to come to Kawartha Lakes.
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“We are looking forward to having Dr. Kinsella in our community for many years to come,” Veale added.
The KLHCI board has representatives from throughout the City of Kawartha Lakes and the board is looking for new members. According to the release, becoming a board member “is an excellent opportunity to volunteer and be part of this vital component of our community health care — the recruitment and retention of family doctors.”
For more information about volunteering or donating financially to support ongoing family doctor recruitment and retention programs in the Kawartha Lakes, contact recruitment and retention coordinator Cindy Snider at csnider@rmh.org or 705-328-6098, or visit the KLHCI’s Kawartha Lakes Family Doctor Recruitment website at www.kawarthalakesdoctors.org.
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The CHC, located at 21 Angeline St. N. in Lindsay, offers clinical services for people in the City of Kawartha Lakes through all stages of their lives. The CHC team tends to children and families, offer affordable dental care for all, and provides services for seniors.
In addition to a primary health care clinic, the centre also offers food and nutrition support, wellness services, caregiver support, hospice services and more. The CHC team includes doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, a social worker, a registered dietician, and others.
Meanwhile, Community Care Kawartha Lakes strives to deliver community support services at the right time, in the right place, for people living in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Its mission is to provide health and community-based services that support independence and enhance quality of life for residents.
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