Devon Girard, executive director of Community Futures Peterborough (left), meets with Sarah Budd, president and CEO of Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce (second from left), along with Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area executive director Terry Guiel and Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development president and CEO Rhonda Keenan at Black Honey in downtown Peterborough in January 2023. Since becoming executive director earlier this year, Girard has been strengthening partnerships with the area’s other economic development organizations to enhance the ecosystem for Peterborough-area entrepreneurs. (Photo courtesy of Terry Guiel)
Community Futures Peterborough has announced a new partnership that will see local entrepreneurs who are receiving loans from the economic development organization also benefit from free introductory memberships with the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce.
The announcement was made Thursday (June 22) at Community Futures Peterborough’s annual general meeting at Millennium Park in downtown Peterborough. The event, which featured remarks from Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal and Peterborough County Warden Bonnie Clark, was followed by a community celebration and lunch.
New loan clients of Community Futures Peterborough will receive a free six-month membership from the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce, providing area business owners with access to events and networking opportunities to further grow and expand their businesses.
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“This is another step to showcase to our community the commitment we have to work together to support area businesses as they start, grow, and scale their operations,” says Devon Girard, executive director of Community Futures Peterborough, in a media release. “We are thrilled to work with ecosystem partners in our community who share similar beliefs.”
“Peterborough has a strong business support network, and we are happy to partner with Community Futures Peterborough and offer new loan clients a free introductory membership,” says Joel Wiebe, vice president of government relations and communications at Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce. “Businesses that tap into resources from community organizations like Community Futures and the Chamber are better equipped for success and help us build stronger communities.”
The new partnership with the chamber builds upon other initiatives with community partners in which Community Futures Peterborough offers pre-approval of microloans up to $20,000 to local entrepreneurs, including graduates of the Summer Company and Starter Company Plus programs offered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development, all clients of Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas, students in Fleming College’s Global Business Management program, students in Trent University’s New Venture Planning and Design class, and finalists of Cleantech Commons and Rotary Club of Peterborough’s Rotary Environmentalist Innovators Fund.
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Community Futures Peterborough is a not-for-profit organization funded by the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), as part of the Community Futures Program.
“The Government of Canada knows that collaboration is the key to success,” says Filomena Tassi, minister responsible for FedDev Ontario. “When local businesses and local Chambers of Commerce work in partnership with Community Futures Peterborough, jobs are created, businesses grow, and communities are strengthened. Our government is pleased to see that Community Futures across Canada are making real differences in our communities with our support.”
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At Thursday’s annual general meeting, Community Futures Peterborough celebrated the organization’s successes over the past year, noting “the strong signals of entrepreneurship and small business investment in the area.” In the past three months alone, the organization has approved more than $1.1 million in loans for business owners in the city and county of Peterborough.
In the past year, Community Futures Peterborough approved over $1.6 million in business loans to 36 companies, creating or maintaining 176 jobs. Another 92 businesses were supported through other services offered by the organization including advisory programs, workshops, and courses.
Since it was founded in 1985, Community Futures Peterborough has invested over $40 million in more than 1,100 small businesses, creating or maintaining more than 4,100 jobs in the city and the county of Peterborough. For more information, visit cfpeterborough.ca.
This story has been corrected as Peterborough-Kawartha MP Michelle Ferreri was unable to attend and make remarks.
GreenUP's registered energy advisor Bryn Magee assesses a home in Douro this past winter. GreenUP is one of the providers of pre-retrofit home energy assessments in the K9H, K9J, K9K, K9L, K0L, L0A, K9V, K0M-Trent Lakes, L1A, and K9A postal codes. (Photo: Lili Paradi / GreenUP)
You’re ready to start tackling your home’s energy emissions. Where is the best place to start? The building envelope, or as the GreenUP Home Energy team likes to call it, the ‘skin’ of your home!
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s column is by Clara Blakelock, Program Manager of the Home Energy program at Peterborough GreenUP.
The building envelope is what divides the inside of the home from the outside. This includes basement walls and floor, exterior above-ground walls, windows, doors, ceilings below attics, and sloped ceilings.
Understanding the building envelope can start with booking a home energy assessment with a registered energy advisor, including those at GreenUP. This home energy assessment unlocks access to grants and interest-free loans which will help you improve your home’s efficiency and comfort.
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Bryn Magee, registered energy advisor with GreenUP, has conducted over 80 home energy assessments since becoming registered with Natural Resources Canada.
“Improving the building envelope comes down to two main things: improving airtightness and adding insulation,” Magee explains.
Energy advisors use a measurement called ACH50 to calculate how airtight your home is. ACH stands for “air changes per hour” and the ’50’ refers to 50 pascals, a measurement of the pressure difference between inside and outside the house.
GreenUP’s Home Energy program manager Clara Blakelock and registered energy advisor Collin Richardson set up blower door tests at local homes. home energy assessments can measure your home’s airtightness. (Photos courtesy of GreenUP)
A measurement of ACH50 tests how many times the entire volume of air in the home is replaced over the span of an hour when the house is depressurized to -50 pascals.
To test this, energy advisors use a blower door test. A brand-new home should have less than two ACH50, while older homes may have 10 ACH50 or more.
A lower ACH50 indicates a home that is airtight.
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Energy advisors can also measure how well your insulation is working.
R-value measures how well insulation keeps heat from leaving or entering your home. When an R-value is high, heat moves through insulation slowly. When your walls, attic, and basement have a high R-value, your home can climate control more efficiently.
As part of the home energy assessment, your energy advisor will walk through your home from the basement to the attic and give you advice. Here is some common advice GreenUP’s energy advisors may give you during a walkabout.
In many older homes, basements and basement headers (the area between the floor joists) are completely uninsulated. Finishing and insulating an uninsulated basement can often result in energy savings of 25 to 30 per cent. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)
Basement insulation
The basement is one of the biggest opportunities for improving the building envelope and increasing energy efficiency in the home.
Collin Richardson, registered energy advisor with GreenUP, notes many of the homes he has assessed have no insulation at all on the basement walls or floor, or only have insulation coming halfway down the wall.
“There is often a lot of air leakage coming from basements,” Richardson notes. “Air can leak through holes which have been punched in the walls to vent out furnaces, or water heaters, or to bring in wiring.”
Many finished basements that Magee and Richardson assessed in the past year were only insulated to R-8 (about 2.5 inches of insulation) or R-12. Today’s building code requires a minimum of R-20 insulation in basements.
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Above-ground wall insulation
Without drilling a hole in the wall, it can be difficult to tell how the wall is constructed, but energy advisors can look for clues.
“Homes built before the 1950s often have no insulation in the wall cavities,” says Magee. “Sometimes insulation was added in the past, but may or may not be performing effectively today.”
A few different methods can be used to add insulation to existing walls, including blowing in cellulose insulation (something that looks, frankly, like ripped-up newspaper) by drilling holes in the interior or exterior walls, or adding a layer of continuous insulation underneath new siding.
In this home, installing a mini-split heat pump revealed an empty wall cavity. This is an opportunity to insulate with blown-in cellulose, adding an insulation value of R14. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)
Windows
The impact of improving windows is often less than other upgrades.
“If you have single-pane windows, or if your windows are obviously leaky or damaged, then replacing them will get you some significant energy savings,” says Richardson. “But just because your windows are old, it doesn’t necessarily mean you need to replace them.”
Airtightness around your windows is often a culprit in a window feeling drafty. Airtightness comes before all other upgrades on the path to energy efficiency.
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Attic insulation
Attic insulation can be a fairly easy upgrade that results in significant savings, but may require a quick (and safe!) peek at your insulation.
Today’s building code requires a minimum of R-50 insulation for attics, which is about 14 inches of blown-in cellulose insulation.
If you have six to eight inches of insulation or less, then you’d likely benefit from upgrading your insulation.
This attic contains only about three or four inches of insulation, for an R-value of less than 12. Today’s building code requires a minimum of R50 in attics, or at least 14 inches of blown-in cellulose or 18 inches of blown-in fiberglass. In this attic, insulating to R50 resulted in 11 per cent energy savings. (Photo: Clara Blakelock / GreenUP)
For more information about home energy assessments, check out greenup.on.ca/home-energy and join in on the next Home Energy webinar at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 6th.
One of the many public and private pollinator gardens in the City of Peterborough, which will be proclaiming June 19 to 25 as Pollinator Week in the city and reaffirming the city's status as a Bee City to kick off a two-hour bike tour of the city's pollinator gardens hosted by Peterborough Pollinators. (Photo: Peterborough Pollinators)
Peterborough will be buzzing with excitement on Saturday (June 24) as local volunteer organization Peterborough Pollinators leads a bike tour in celebration of National Pollinator Week, on now until June 25, and the city reaffirms its status as a ‘Bee City’ and proclaims Pollinator Week in Peterborough.
Beginning at Millennium Park at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the two-hour “Pedals & Pollinators” bike tour will visit several private and public pollinator gardens in Peterborough’s downtown core.
Peterborough Pollinators is a citizen-led initiative founded by Carlotta James and Jo Hayward-Haines. Formed in November 2015 through the Peterborough Dialogues initiative, the volunteer group meets weekly to explore ways to create pollinator friendly spaces within the community.
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“We recognized that the population of pollinators was just precipitously descending,” says Hayward-Haines. “We need pollinators so that we can grow our vegetables. There are places where the population was so depleted that people had to pollinate plants by hand. We don’t want to get there, right? We want to respect the natural world enough so that we can align ourselves with the natural function of things and support it to help all of us survive, including pollinators.”
Through the organization, Peterborough is approaching 500 pollinator-friendly garden spaces.
That’s why James and Hayward-Haines chose to celebrate National Pollinator Week by sharing these gardens, and observing the pollinator communities they support. The “Pedals & Pollinators” event will take cyclists on an 8.5-kilometre bike route to 13 gardens.
Participants are to meet at the Silver Bean Café in Millennium Park at 1:45 p.m. with their bicycles, water bottles, and phones (to record observations and take photos). The bicycle tour is mostly flat with frequent stops, making it accessible for the whole family including young children. Participants are welcome to join for pieces of the tour should they be unable to complete the whole ride.
“It’s an initiative to build deeper and closer community,” explains Hayward-Haines. “And, obviously, to rescue the monarch butterfly and other pollinators.”
Public gardens on the route include the Library Commons, Hutchinson House, Fleming Park, Kawartha Credit Union, St. Lukes, Butterfly Memorial, and public gardens maintained by the Peterborough Pollinators. Several unique private gardens will also be visited.
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At each of the gardens, a minute of stillness and silence will be practised so participants can observe the happenings and potentially see pollinators in action. An educator will be situated at the garden to share more information on how it supports pollinators.
Hostas, succulents, edible plants, and even some rare native species like the eastern prickly pear cactus can be seen throughout the afternoon.
One of the primary species you can expect to find on the tour are various milkweeds. According to Hayward-Haines, this is a “staple plant” for pollinators, but was once commonly removed from gardens as they were considered weeds. Fortunately, Hayward-Haines explains, the public has come to view it as a very necessary plant and it is once again easy to find.
A bumblebee on dwarf catnip, one of the many pollinator-friendly plant species growing in downtown Peterborough’s Millennium Park. In June 2022, the City of Peterborough was designated as a ‘Bee City’ by Bee City Canada. The certification program recognizes cities who commit to expanding pollinator habitat, increasing public education on the benefits of pollinators, and annually celebrating National Pollinator Week. (Photo: Ben Wolfe)
“Now anybody with a pollinator garden would be encouraging milkweed, because it’s a primary pollinator and a primary plant for monarch butterflies,” Hayward-Haines notes, adding that monarchs, in fact, will only lay their eggs on milkweed.
The “Pedal & Pollinators” bike tour comes just as Peterborough gains recognition as a Bee City from Bee City Canada, joining 40 other cities across Ontario and almost 80 across the nation. The certification program recognizes cities that commit to expanding pollinator habitat, increasing public education on the benefits of pollinators, and annually celebrating Pollinator Week.
“That’s a good sign,” Hayward-Haines says, explaining that more education and support for bees will lead to the support of other pollinators. “It’s all the sensibility and how it feels to come together to recognize the truth and the validity of what bees do in our ecosystem. I think it’s important to remember that we’re allied with the natural world and it’s constantly evolving. Once we discover the interconnectedness of the natural world, it’s really thrilling and exciting.”
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Peterborough city councillor Joy Lachica, chair of the city’s environment and climate change portfolio, will be at “Pedals & Pollinators” at 2 p.m. to read Mayor Jeff Leal’s official proclamation of June 19 to 25 as Pollinator Week in the City of Peterborough and to reaffirm the city’s status as a Bee City, after city council endorsed the designation in June 2022.
Hayward-Haines remains hopeful the “Pedals & Pollinators” event will bring people together to learn and recognize the importance of pollinators.
“When people come together in genuine ways, then really significant things emerge, and I think that’s the zeitgeist behind (Peterborough) Dialogues. We’ve just expanded that into reality by not just sitting around talking about it, but making it happen.”
Once considered an undesirable weed, common milkweed is now recognized as critical habitat for monarch butterflies and a superb attractor of pollinators when it flowers earlier in the season. It is a welcome addition to any pollinator garden. (Photo: Ben Wolfe)
With help from Peterborough Pollinators, the newly appointed Bee City will be hosting its first Monarch Butterfly festival this fall, which will include a marathon along the border. More information will be coming soon.
Peterborough Pollinators meets every Monday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. to do garden maintenance on the city’s public pollinator gardens.
The New Canadians Centre's third "Lessons from the Land" event takes place on July 1, 2023 at the pavilion at Beavermead Park in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough and features a day of activities to celebrate Indigenous culture, history, and knowledge while also reflecting on Canada's relationship with the original stewards and caretakers of Turtle Island and Nogojiwanong. (Images courtesy of New Canadians Centre)
On Saturday, July 1st, the New Canadians Centre is hosting its third “Lessons from the Land” event to celebrate Indigenous culture, history, and knowledge while also reflecting on Canada’s relationship with the original stewards and caretakers of Turtle Island and Nogojiwanong.
Running from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the pavilion at Beavermead Park (2011 Ashburnham Drive) in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough, the day includes guided nature walks, a fun educational activity for children, a community lunch, a dance and drum circle, a beading circle, stories of reconciliation, and more.
For many years, the New Canadians Centre — a non-profit organization that supports more than 1,000 newcomers every year from over 90 countries — organized the popular Multicultural Canada Day event on July 1 to celebrate the rich diversity of culture in Canada and in Peterborough.
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After reflecting on the important work of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, the violent and unjust historical treatment of Indigenous peoples and the racism and discrimination that continues to this day, and the organization’s own role in helping more people settle on lands stewarded by Indigenous peoples, the New Canadians Centre decided Canada Day represents an opportunity to pause and reflect on Canada’s path forward.
“The New Canadians Centre is committed to walking alongside Indigenous peoples, to celebrate Indigenous culture and knowledge, and to help heal and grow relationships between Indigenous peoples and settlers,” says Mauricio Interiano, community engagement officer at the New Canadians Centre, in a media release.
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The day will kick off at 9:30 a.m. with an opening from Janet McCue, the lead singer of Wishkiigomang Hand Drummers from Curve Lake, and her sister Linda McCue. Czarina Garcia, the coordinator of the Community Race Relations Committee, will be the event’s emcee throughout the day.
Two guided nature walks will take place during the day, the first from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (sign-in at 9:15 a.m.) and the second from 1 to 3:30 p.m (sign-in at 12:45 p.m.). Patricia Wilson, founder of Diverse Nature Collective, will lead the walks through Beavermead Park. Each walk is limited to 30 people, and advance registration is required. Wear good walking shoes, bring a reusable waterbottle (there is a water fountain on site), and dress for the weather as the walks will proceed rain or shine.
Those not participating in the guided nature walks are encouraged to partake in concurrent activities during the morning and afternoon.
“Lessons from the Land” features two guided nature walks through Beavermead Park led by Patricia Wilson, of Diverse Nature Collective. Advance registration is required. (Photo: Diverse Nature Collective)
From 10 a.m. to noon, Kelsey Roote and Zigwan LaPoint from TRACKS Youth Program will lead ‘River Race’, an engaging activity that explores the journey of different fish species in the Trent-Severn Waterway, the challenges they face in their spawning grounds, and the positive and negative impacts humans have on the fish populations. Some Anishinaabemowin — the local dialect of the Ojibway language — will be incorporated into the game.
Also running from 10 a.m. to noon is ‘Quilt Stories of Reconciliation’, where Pam Hart from the Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group will take listeners on an emotional journey to explore the legacy of Canada’s residential schools through intricate patterns and stitched fabrics on a group quilt project. Hear heartfelt stories that will foster healing, education, and conversation. ‘Quilt Stories of Reconciliation’ will also take place after lunch from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
A community lunch from noon to 1 p.m. will be catered by Thomas Olszewski’s Grandfather’s Kitchen. Guests are encouraged to bring their own dishes (bowls, plates, and utensils) if possible. From 12:30 to 1 p.m., Janet McCue will lead a dance and drum circle to which all are invited.
Led by Kelsey Roote and Ziigwan LaPointe from TRACKS Youth Program, the engaging River Race game explores the journey of different fish in the Trent-Severn Waterway and the challenges they have getting to their spawning grounds. (Photo courtesy of New Canadians Centre)
After lunch, the day’s activities continue. Concurrent with the afternoon ‘Quilt Stories of Reconciliation’, a beading circle will run from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Beadwork is a significant part of Indigenous culture and grounds many teachings.
The New Canadians Centre has partnered with Cedarlilie Bead Shop, owned by Abenaki and French-Canadian artist Dominique O’Bonsawin, to share the significance of the Orange Shirt — a powerful symbol of the legacy of the residential schools and the impact of colonization. Attendees can pick up a free Orange Shirt beading kit at the event or from the New Canadians Centre office at 221 Romaine Street and join in the beading circle led by Susan Byrne, She Gathers Flowers by the Water.
If you miss the event, you can gather your own supplies to make a beaded orange shirt pin and follow along at home with Cedarlilie Bead Shop’s online tutorial (below).
VIDEO: Beaded Orange Shirt Pin Tutorial
Janet and Linda McCue will return to close the day at 3:30 p.m.
All activities are free and family friendly, but children should be accompanied by a caregiver. Participants are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket, as the activities will be conducted mostly on the lawn at Beavermead Park.
Throughout the day, be sure to pick up a free sweetgrass or white sage plant sourced from GreenUp’s Ecology Park Native Plant Nursery (while supplies last).
At any time, you can also visit the New Canadians Centre’s Virtual Education Hub to find resources about Indigenous history, heritage, culture, and teachings.
The Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group’s quilt comprises 24 squares, each representing an individual member’s response to the terrible legacy of Canada’s residential schools, which saw more than 150,000 Indigenous children forcibly removed from their families and culture and which caused the deaths of thousands of these children. (Photo: Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group)
“Lessons from the Land” is organized by the New Canadians Centre and supported by Canadian Heritage, United Way of Peterborough & District, TRACKS Youth Program, Community Race Relations Committee, Diverse Nature Collective, and the Kawartha Truth and Reconciliation Support Group. For more information, visit nccpeterborough.ca/lessons-from-the-land.
While “Lessons from the Land” is one step on the path towards reconciliation, the New Canadians Centre continues to celebrate multiculturalism and the pride of newcomers in becoming Canadian through the Canadian Multicultural Festival, running from June 23 and 30, as well as the Multicultural Food Crawl taking place for the entire month of June.
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A spin-off of Netflix's hit 2018 post-apocalyptic horror thriller film "Bird Box", "Bird Box Barcelona" follows a father (Mario Casas) and daughter (Naila Schuberth) in Spain and those they join up with to try and survive a dystopian future where looking at mysterioius entities causes people to kill themselves. It premieres on Friday, July 14th. (Photo: Netflix)
Every month, kawarthaNOW is the only local media source to bring you a list of what’s coming to Netflix Canada. Here are a few highlights of what’s coming to Netflix in July.
Bird Box Barcelona is a spin-off of Netflix’s hit 2018 post-apocalyptic horror thriller film Bird Box that starred Sandra Bullock as a woman trying to protect herself and her children from mysterious entities that cause people who look at them to kill themselves. Bullock is not in the spin-off, which was filmed in Spain and follows a father (Mario Casas) and daughter (Naila Schuberth) and those they join up with to try and survive a dystopian future. It premieres on Netflix on Friday, July 14th.
VIDEO: “Bird Box Barcelona” trailer
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The Netflix science fiction comedy mystery film They Cloned Tyrone stars John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx as an unlikely trio uncovering a government cloning conspiracy. David Alan Grier and Kiefer Sutherland also appear in supporting roles. The film debuts on Netflix on Friday, July 21st.
VIDEO: “They Cloned Tyrone” trailer
The Netflix crime comedy The Out-Laws stars Adam Devine as a straight-laced bank manager who is about to marry the love of his life (Nina Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he suspects his future in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin) who just arrived in town are behind the heist. The Out-Laws comes to Netflix on Friday, July 7th.
VIDEO: “The Out-Laws” trailer
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New Netflix series include Hack My Home (July 7), a reality show about a team of four design wizards who dream up space-maximizing solutions and ingenious engineering ideas to transform families’ homes in inventive ways, and Survival of the Thickest (July 13), a comedy-drama series that follows Mavis Beaumont (Michelle Buteau) as a plus-sized African-American stylist who is attempting to rebuild her life after a bad breakup.
The second volume of the third season of fantasy drama series The Witcher comes to Netflix on Thursday, July 27th. The third season is Henry Cavill’s final turn as Geralt of Rivia as he traverses the continent alongside trusty bard Jaskier (Joey Batey) and volatile mage Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra). The first volume of the third season will be released on Thursday, June 29th,
Other returning Netflix series include part one of season two of The Lincoln Lawyer (July 6), season five of Too Hot To Handle (July 14), and season three of Sweet Magnolias (July 20).
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New Netflix documentaries include WHAM! (July 5), with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley reliving the arc of their musical career from ’70s best buds to ’80s pop icons through archival interviews and footage, The Deepest Breath (July 19), which tells the story of a champion freediver and expert safety diver whose lives seemed fated to converge at the height of their careers, and Unknown (July 3, 10, 17, and 24), a four-part docuseries that tells stories of adventure and exploration in uncharted territories from unearthing the world’s oldest graveyard to a look at the use of artificial intelligence in warfare.
Theatrically released films coming to Netflix include Bridesmaids, My Girl, The Girl on the Train, Horrible Bosses, Legends of the Fall, Midnight Express, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Titanic, and World War Z (all on July 1), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (July 2), Cascade (July 6), The Lake House (July 14), First Daughter (July 15), The Batman (July 18), Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions (July 20), and Limitless (July 31).
VIDEO: New to Netflix Canada in July 2023
Here’s the complete list of everything coming to Netflix Canada in July, along with what’s leaving.
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Coming in July (no release date specified)
The Dragon Prince: Season 5 (Netflix family) – The search for Aaravos’ prison sends Rayla, Callum and Ezran on an epic journey across land and sea, while conflict roils the Sunfire elves’ kingdom.
Dream (Netflix film) – Don’t count them out! With hard work and dedication on lock, a group of homeless men train to compete in the Homeless World Cup — despite a cranky coach.
Kohrra (Netflix series) – When an NRI bridegroom is found dead days before his wedding, two cops must unravel the troubling case as turbulence unfolds in their own lives.
The Murderer (Netflix film) – After a string of deaths in a small provincial town, a determined detective attempts to uncover the killer — and British expat Earl is the prime suspect.
Saturday, July 1
The Days (Netflix series) – Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.
Bridesmaids
The Danish Girl
Dreamgirls
Fool’s Gold
The Girl on the Train
Going the Distance
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Horrible Bosses
Legends of the Fall
Marie Antoinette
Midnight Express
My Girl
The Nice Guys
Oddbods: Season 3
ONE PIECE: Thriller Bark
ONE PIECE: TV Original 2
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Squid and the Whale
Titanic
Trainwreck
World War Z
Sunday, July 2
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Monday, July 3
The Fairly OddParents: Seasons 9-10
Little Angel: Volume 3
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid (Netflix documentary) – A four-part docuseries event that tells breathtaking stories of adventure and exploration in awe-inspiring uncharted territories. Premiering weekly, each film pushes the boundaries of knowledge, ventures into unexplored regions, and unlocks the secrets of our world through the stories of remarkable people and places never before captured on camera. From unearthing the world’s oldest graveyard to a heart-pounding look at the use of artificial intelligence in warfare, get ready to embark on a thrilling expedition that will broaden your horizons and awaken the adventurer within.
Tuesday, July 4
The King Who Never Was (Netflix documentary) – This docuseries sheds light on the killing of a German teenager in ’78 through the accounts of his sister and the royal family involved in the case.
Tom Segura: Sledgehammer (Netflix comedy) – Tom Segura returns to Netflix with his fifth comedy special, Sledgehammer. Performing to an energized sold out crowd in Phoenix, Arizona, Tom explores his “admiration” for Brad Pitt, what it’s like raising two sons, and the lessons learned from sharing his gummies with his mother. Tom Segura: Sledgehammer premieres globally on July 4th only on Netflix.
Wednesday, July 5
Back to 15: Season 2 (Netflix series) – In this new season, Joel and Anita’s futures are accidentally intertwined — so an elaborate new plan to get everything back to normal is in order.
My Happy Marriage (Netflix anime) – Miyo’s abusive family deems her worthless but, together with her powerful husband-to-be, her true self and hidden powers slowly begin to shine.
WHAM! (Netflix documentary) – Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! career, from ’70s best buds to ’80s pop icons.
Thursday, July 6
Cascade
Deep Fake Love (Netflix series) – Five couples put their trust to the test in this steamy reality series, where deepfake technology blurs the line of truth and lies in a cash prize game.
Gold Brick (Netflix film) – Determined to even the scales and profit from his thankless job, a factory worker schemes to traffic luxury perfumes from under his employer’s nose.
LEGO: City Adventures: Season 4
The Lincoln Lawyer: Season 2 Part 1 (Netflix series) – With his firm in high demand and the team busier than ever, Mickey gets entangled with a woman who soon becomes a client when she’s charged with murder.
Wake Up, Carlo! (Netflix family) – Carlo is a wacky, fun-loving boy with a passion for cookies and adventure. But after he falls into a magically deep sleep, things will never be the same!
Friday, July 7
Fatal Seduction (Netflix series) – A married professor is pulled into a passionate affair with a younger man that uncovers a path of tragedy and betrayal from those closest to her.
Hack My Home (Netflix series) – A team of four design wizards dreams up space-maximizing solutions and ingenious engineering ideas to transform families’ homes in inventive ways.
The Out-Laws (Netflix film) – Owen Browning (Adam Devine) is a straight-laced bank manager about to marry the love of his life, Parker. When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.
Seasons (Netflix film) – After a string of failed relationships, two best friends make a deal to take risks and look for love again — but they might just find it in each other.
Monday, July 10
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
StoryBots: Answer Time: Season 2 (Netflix family) – The ‘Bots are back to answer more curious questions from kids like you, like how do bubbles form? Why does the moon change shape? And how is glass made?
Unknown: Killer Robots (Netflix documentary) – A four-part docuseries event that tells breathtaking stories of adventure and exploration in awe-inspiring uncharted territories. Premiering weekly, each film pushes the boundaries of knowledge, ventures into unexplored regions, and unlocks the secrets of our world through the stories of remarkable people and places never before captured on camera. From unearthing the world’s oldest graveyard to a heart-pounding look at the use of artificial intelligence in warfare, get ready to embark on a thrilling expedition that will broaden your horizons and awaken the adventurer within.
Tuesday, July 11
Nineteen to Twenty (Netflix series) – A group of young adults share their last week of teens and first week of twenties together — experiencing freedom and all the “firsts” of adulthood.
Wednesday, July 12
Mr. Car and the Knights Templar (Netflix film) – When an art historian finds an ancient Templar cross, he must join forces with an unlikely group of adventurers on a quest to unlock the relic’s secrets.
Quarterback (Netflix series) – Go inside the huddle and into the homes of three NFL quarterbacks in this candid docuseries tracing their 2022-23 season.
Record of Ragnarok: Season 2: Episodes 11-15 (Netflix anime) – With some shocking wins, humanity has defied the expectation of the gods. But will they survive the upcoming rounds against some heavy-hitting deities?
Sugar Rush: The Baking Point (Netflix series) – In this adrenaline-soaked series, six teams of culinary artists blend innovation and tradition to create edible marvels. Who will bake their way to the top?
Thursday, July 13
Burn the House Down (Netflix series) – To uncover the truth about the fire that ruined her family 13 years ago, Anzu goes undercover as a housekeeper for the icy mistress of the Mitarai home.
Devil’s Advocate (Netflix series) – In Kuwait City, a determined defense lawyer defies popular sentiment and takes on a polarizing client: a footballer accused of murdering his wife.
Sonic Prime: Season 2 (Netflix family) – With the help of his ragtag group of Shatterverse allies, Sonic battles the Chaos Council for control of the powerful Paradox Prism, one Shard at a time.
Survival of the Thickest (Netflix series) – After a bad breakup, passionate stylist Mavis Beaumont seizes the opportunity to start over in life and love while finding happiness on her own terms.
Friday, July 14
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem: Season 2 (Netflix series) – The attack on Rosa in 1929 affects her marriage and her brother’s future. In 1939, Luna suffers a broken heart but finds love again with a forbidden man.
Bird Box Barcelona (Netflix film) – From the producers of the global phenomenon, Bird Box, comes BIRD BOX BARCELONA, an expansion of the film that riveted audiences in 2018. After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows.
Five Star Chef (Netflix series) – Seven professional chefs compete to bring their fine-dining concept to the historic Palm Court restaurant at London’s luxurious Langham Hotel.
The Lake House
Love Tactics 2 (Netflix film) – Asli thinks marriage is a scam, and says so. But when her beau Kerem unexpectedly agrees, she goes to great lengths to manipulate him into proposing.
Too Hot to Handle: Season 5 (Netflix series) – Another sultry but sexless retreat awaits, under Lana’s watchful eye, for a group of incurably flirty singles hoping to win a massive $200,000 prize.
Saturday, July 15
Country Queen (Netflix series) – A Nairobi event planner returns to her village after 10 years, where she confronts her past — and a mining company that threatens to destroy her home.
First Daughter
Morphle 3D: Season 1
My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale: Season 1
The Smurfs: Season 1
Monday, July 17
Unknown: Cave of Bones (Netflix documentary) – A four-part docuseries event that tells breathtaking stories of adventure and exploration in awe-inspiring uncharted territories. Premiering weekly, each film pushes the boundaries of knowledge, ventures into unexplored regions, and unlocks the secrets of our world through the stories of remarkable people and places never before captured on camera. From unearthing the world’s oldest graveyard to a heart-pounding look at the use of artificial intelligence in warfare, get ready to embark on a thrilling expedition that will broaden your horizons and awaken the adventurer within.
Tuesday, July 18
The Batman
Wednesday, July 19
The (Almost) Legends (Netflix film) – A colorful Mexican town. Two half-brothers. Romeo and Preciado meet again to honor their dad’s memory in a car rally full of adrenaline — and banda music.
The Deepest Breath (Netflix documentary) – The story of a champion freediver and expert safety diver, whose lives seemed fated to converge at the height of their careers. A look at the thrilling rewards — and inescapable risks — of chasing dreams through the depths of the ocean.
Thursday, July 20
Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions
Supa Team 4 (Netflix family) – In the neo-futuristic city of Lusaka, Zambia, four teenage girls join a retired secret agent on a quest to save the world as undercover superheroes.
Sweet Magnolias: Season 3 (Netflix series) – In the aftermath of the fight at Sullivan’s, the Magnolias face new struggles as heartache and family drama put their relationships to the test.
Friday, July 21
They Cloned Tyrone (Netflix film) – An eerie series of events leads an unlikely trio (John Boyega, Teyonah Parris and Jamie Foxx) down a rabbit hole into a sinister neighborhood conspiracy.
Texas Killing Fields
Monday, July 24
Dew Drop Diaries (Netflix family) – From finding lost items to cleaning up messes, three fairies-in-training love looking after kids in their care as they work toward earning their wings.
iCarly: Seasons 1-2
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (Netflix documentary) – A four-part docuseries event that tells breathtaking stories of adventure and exploration in awe-inspiring uncharted territories. Premiering weekly, each film pushes the boundaries of knowledge, ventures into unexplored regions, and unlocks the secrets of our world through the stories of remarkable people and places never before captured on camera. From unearthing the world’s oldest graveyard to a heart-pounding look at the use of artificial intelligence in warfare, get ready to embark on a thrilling expedition that will broaden your horizons and awaken the adventurer within.
Tuesday, July 25
Mark Normand: Soup to Nuts (Netflix comedy) – Mark Normand’s first one-hour Netflix special, filmed at Chicago’s famed The Vic Theatre, premieres July 25. The special covers Mark’s bold take on most things you’re not supposed to cover. As it’s appropriately titled, Mark makes insightful observations on everything from SOUP TO NUTS.
Sintonia: Season 4 (Netflix series) – After a life-changing event, Nando, Rita and Doni are forced to go separate ways. Can their friendship — and relationships — survive it all?
Wednesday, July 26
Baki Hanma: Season 2: The Tale of Pickle & The Pickle War Saga (Netflix anime) – They revived a human who shouldn’t even exist; a prehistoric man so powerful, he once preyed on Jurassic dinosaurs — and Baki can’t wait to fight him.
Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case (Netflix documentary) – July 1, 2000. British 21-year-old Lucie Blackman goes missing in Tokyo, sparking an international investigation — and a years-long quest for justice.
Thursday, July 27
Happiness For Beginners (Netflix film) – Helen has always lived her life as far from the edge as possible. Newly divorced, she joins a quirky group of strangers on a survival course for the “Adventure of a Lifetime” with the hope of learning how to live — and love — again.
The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders (Netflix documentary) – Between 1998 and 2005, nearly 50 elderly women were killed in Mexico City, triggering the hunt for — and capture — of a most unlikely suspect.
Paradise (Netflix film) – After his wife is forced to give up 40 years of her life as payment for an insurance debt, a man desperately searches for a way to get them back.
Today We’ll Talk About That Day (Netflix film) – The lives of Narendra and Ajeng intersect for the first time as past and present come together in this prequel to “One Day We’ll Talk About Today.”
The Witcher: Season 3 Volume 2 (Netflix series) – Destiny brought them together. Dangerous forces are trying to tear them apart. Geralt and Yennefer fight to keep Ciri safe as war brews on the Continent.
Friday, July 28
A Perfect Story (Netflix series) – When Margot flees her own wedding, she is left feeling adrift. Little does she know, it is David and his delightful chaos who can help her find her way.
Captain Fall (Netflix series) – A wet-behind-the-ears, yet good-hearted sea captain unwittingly finds himself at the helm of a smuggling ship for a terrible international cartel who’s using him as a fall guy in case the authorities ever catch up to them.
D.P.: Season 2 (Netflix series) – After a shocking tragedy turns their lives upside down, Jun-ho and Ho-yeol return to capture more military deserters — only to face unexpected danger.
How to Become a Cult Leader (Netflix documentary) – Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders.
Love, Sex and 30 Candles (Netflix film) – Through a year of 30th birthdays, four best friends navigate relationships, heartbreak and a shocking pregnancy that threatens to tear them apart.
Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (Netflix family) – An ordinary teen moves to Paris, becomes a powerful superhero and must join forces with her polar opposite to save the city from a scheming villain.
The Tailor: Season 2 (Netflix series) – Peyami faces new challenges as his friendship with Dimitri is tested, Esvet spends more time at the house with Mustafa — and a new woman enters his life.
Saturday, July 29
The Uncanny Counter: Season 2 (Netflix series) – Armed with new powers and fresh recruits, the Counters continue their battle against evil demons who feed on humans.
Monday, July 31
BASTARD!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy: Season 2 (Netflix anime) – The Dark Rebel Army continues to terrorize the land in their ruthless mission to unlock the final seal. But an evolved Yoko leads the forces of good.
Heavy smoke from forest fires hangs in the air on Route 117 toward Val d'Or, Quebec. (Photo: Boualem Hadjouti / CBC Radio-Canada)
Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement due to wildfire smoke for the northern Kawarthas region for Wednesday afternoon and evening (June 21).
The special air quality statement is in effect for Haliburton County and Hastings Highlands.
Possible high levels of air pollution due to smoke from forest fires in northern Quebec are expected to affect the area Wednesday afternoon and evening. Air quality may deteriorate if the smoke descends to ground level.
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Wildfire smoke can be harmful to everyone’s health even at low concentrations. Everyone can take action to reduce their exposure to wildfire smoke.
People with lung disease (such as asthma) or heart disease, older adults, children, pregnant people, and people who work outdoors are at higher risk of experiencing health effects caused by wildfire smoke. Speak with your health care provider about developing a management plan for wildfire smoke events and maintaining a supply of necessary medications at home and always carrying these medications with you during wildfire season.
Stop or reduce your activity level if breathing becomes uncomfortable or you or someone in your care feel unwell. Contact your health care provider or local health authority if you develop severe symptoms or need advice.
The Theatre On King's artistic administrator Kate Story addresses Peterborough City Council on March 27, 2023 to appeal the decision to deny the arts organization a community investment grant for 2023 after providing them the maximum grant in 2022. (Photo: Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay)
The City of Peterborough has launched a survey to gather feedback about the city’s community grant program.
The survey is the result of a motion supported unanimously by Peterborough city council on March 27 that directed staff to review the grant funding application and approval process “to ensure the integrity and fairness of the community investment grant’s program, and report back to Council with any recommended changes.”
At that same meeting, councillors had voted 7-3 against providing funding for two community organizations — The Theatre On King and the Artisans Centre Peterborough — that had appeared before council to appeal an earlier decision by an assessment committee to deny the organizations’ applications for 2023 grants.
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In 2022, The Theatre On King had received the maximum grant of $15,000 and the Artisans Centre Peterborough had received $9,250. In 2023, neither organization received any grant funding.
For The Theatre On King, the change from a $15,000 grant to no funding at all from the city threatened their financial viability (the organization has since fundraised to cover its operating costs). Several delegations appearing before city council on March 27 raised concerns about the process used for determining grants for arts organizations.
“If your assessment process has led to the severing of funding for this essential part of our community, then your assessment process needs to change,” said Peterborough family physician Dr. Laura Lawson, speaking in support of The Theatre On King.
The Theatre On King’s artistic director Ryan Kerr addresses Peterborough City Council on March 27, 2023 to appeal the decision to deny the arts organization a community investment grant for 2023 after providing them the maximum grant in 2022. (Photo: Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay)
The city provides almost $250,000 each year to local not-for-profit and charitable organizations through the two grant streams, the community project grant and the community investment grant. For community project grants, the city provides $250 to $1,000 for specific projects. For community investment grants, the city provides $1,000 to $15,000 for projects, events, programs or operating budgets. Grant applications are reviewed by an assessment committee of two city councillors and 11 citizen appointees.
Concerns about how the city’s community grant program is delivered are not new. In 2017, former city councillor Dean Pappas had a motion passed to review the program, but no action was taken. The city’s arts and culture advisory committee, which includes members of the arts community, has also expressed concerns about how the city funds arts organizations.
In 2020, the Electric City Culture Council called on the city to align its processes for community grants for arts organizations with those of the federal government, most provincial governments, and many municipal governments.
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The survey is available online at connectptbo.ca/community-grants-engagement (hard copies are available by calling the city at 705-742-7777 ext. 1822) until midnight on Sunday, July 11th.
The 27-question survey includes 20 questions related to the community grants program, including how effective the program has been, the clarity and ease of the application process, transparency in the evaluation and selection progress, and more. The survey includes several open-ended questions about the program.
“The City will use the input from the consultation to inform recommendations that will be considered by City Council on the process and program for the Community Project Grant and Community Investment Grant streams,” reads a city media release.
The driver of this motorcycle was seriously injured following a a collision with a pickup truck on Highway 35 north of Ballyduff in Kawartha Lakes on June 20, 2023. (Police-supplied photo)
A motorcyclist has been seriously injured following a collision with a pickup truck on Tuesday night (June 20) on Highway 35 in Kawartha Lakes.
At around 7:45 p.m., Kawartha Lakes OPP and Kawartha Lakes fire and emergency services responded to the collision north of Ballyduff.
The driver of the motorcycle was airlifted to a Toronto hospital, where their injuries are reported as severe but not life threatening.
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Highway 35 was closed from Ballyduff Road to Twigg Road, including the intersection of Highway 7A, for around three hours while police investigated and documented the scene.
Kawartha Lakes OPP are reminding motorists that motorcyclists are more vulnerable than other drivers.
Motorcycles are tougher to see than other vehicles and, with no occupant restraint safety equipment, motorcyclists have virtually no protection in a crash.
Along with her partner Zack Cruise, KitCoffee owner Helen McCarthy recently opened Kit's Emporium, a thrift store located at 404 George Street North and connected on the inside to her Hunter Street café. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
After just four years in business, Peterborough’s KitCoffee has overcome more obstacles than many small businesses face in a lifetime. But despite its history of challenges, not only is the café now thriving, but owner Helen McCarthy has now opened a thrift store called Kit’s Emporium.
With a lifelong love of food and baked goods, the Vancouver-born McCarthy opened KitCoffee in the heart of downtown Peterborough in July 2019. Serving up Stereo Coffee Roasters and a rotating selection of baked goods, the café is best known for its delicious croissants baked fresh in-house every day.
Though KitCoffee is running smoothly now, the hardships began soon after McCarthy opened her business.
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Following the initial success of the café, McCarthy was just weeks away from opening a second location in the Alexander Medical Building in January 2020 when she slipped on ice while dropping her young daughter off at daycare. She broke her ankle and chose to recover from the resulting surgery with her family on the west coast.
She returned to Ontario in March 2020, right before pandemic restrictions hit and left KitCoffee closed until May of that year, when it re-opened to serve take-out only.
“I was lucky in the sense that my overhead for my business was, at the time, a lot smaller than a lot of other businesses,” McCarthy explains about those first few months of the lockdown. “My landlord was very generous and very understanding, which a lot of businesses didn’t have. So he was very happy to apply for the rent relief program for us and, on months we were locked down, he didn’t require me to pay full rent.”
Helen McCarthy first opened KitCoffee in July 2019. She had to overcome broken ankles, unpredictable pandemic restrictions, supply shortages, the derecho storm, and mental health struggles to get KitCoffee back to the comfortable position it’s in now. With her partner Zack Cruise, she has now opened Kit’s Emporium, an inclusive thrift store located adjacent to the café. (Photo courtesy of KitCoffee)
McCarthy decided to close KitCoffee’s second location in August 2020 when many of the offices in the medical building, which she originally anticipated would be a source of walk-in traffic for the café, started getting rented out by the hospital to meet the demands of COVID-19.
“Closing it ended up being a blessing in disguise, because we got to really focus on the main location and work more on fixing things there,” she says.
Around the same time, and not long after recovering from her broken ankle, McCarthy was visiting a friend’s cottage when she jumped off a dock into water that was not as deep as she believed.
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This time, McCarthy broke both her ankles. She now had to go through the healing process all over again, while still trying to juggle the unpredictability of pandemic restrictions.
“I was so lucky with the people I had working for me,” McCarthy recalls. “They really carried the café for basically the first two years, really. All those things were really unlucky, but I was really lucky to have an amazing team supporting the business during that time.”
Since McCarthy felt it important to carry only local goods, the next obstacle came towards the end of 2021 when the supply chain became increasingly inconsistent and unreliable. Since she refused to serve mass-produced pastries and croissants, she started making them in-house.
KitCoffee serves Stereo Coffee Roasters and a rotating selection of baked goods, including their very popular croissants, which owner Helen McCarthy started making in-house in 2021 following limitations of accessing local suppliers. (Photo courtesy of KitCoffee)
“For a while, leaning into the demand for croissants really saved us,” McCarthy says. “There weren’t really other businesses doing that.”
Then, with another lockdown in January 2022 and the derecho storm just four months later in May 2022 causing significant inventory loss and a week-long closure, the infrequently short periods of operation without interruption were too overwhelming for McCarthy.
“The storm put me over the edge, and I really started to struggle with my own mental health and with running the shop. Everything kind of started to spiral downwards that May.”
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McCarthy explains she was often unable to show up for work, often causing KitCoffee to remain closed unexpectedly.
“I was very close to giving up. I was really close to just saying ‘OK, we tried (but) it’s not going to happen.'”
But the fear of losing what she had worked so hard to build, as well as the immense show of support she received, kept her going. During her very low point after the derecho storm, McCarthy posted a very vulnerable caption to an image on the business’s Instagram page, explaining that she was unsure of the café’s future.
Inside Kit’s Emporium, a thrift store located at 404 George Street North and connected on the inside to KitCoffee at 144 Hunter Street West. KitCoffee owner Helen McCarthy recently opened Kit’s Emporium with her partner Zack Cruise. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
“I got just the most wonderful messages from people saying how much they loved the spot and how important the cafe has been to them,” says McCarthy. “In general, people in Peterborough have a very loyal following for downtown businesses and for small businesses.”
She first saw this support when a friend began a GoFundMe page to keep KitCoffee running in McCarthy’s absence after she broke her ankle the first time. The campaign raised $15,000. Again, after the storm closed the café for a week, another GoFundMe campaign raised an additional $7,000.
McCarthy explains that even competing business owners expressed support of KitCoffee’s struggles, and many reached out to tell her their own experiences being on the brink of closure or even bankruptcy.
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She recognizes she’s been very “privileged” in not having required a loan when she first opened KitCoffee, and that she was able to take out a second mortgage when times were tough.
“I definitely have worked hard, but I feel like I really just had help and luck too,” she explains. “I think with all the bad things that happened and the seemingly unfortunate things, my ability to access certain funds or credit has been able to solve cash flow issues that other businesses just might not have had access to.”
After recovering from three years of hardships, McCarthy says it’s unfortunate that owners feel such shame when their businesses are not doing well. Her best advice to struggling business owners is not to feel bad if it’s difficult or if it doesn’t work out.
KitCoffee is located at 144 Hunter Street West in downtown Peterborough. Patrons can access the new Kit’s Emporium thrift store either by entering through the café or from the storefront around the corner at 404 George Street North. (Photo courtesy of KitCoffee)
“You might feel like you’re alone in it and everyone else is fine,” she says. “But really, other people have been through this before and made it through. A lot of businesses owners feel really ashamed about it, but I think it happens to so many people and we shouldn’t feel ashamed about it because that’s what running the business is like right now.”
Though KitCoffee is “not completely out of the woods,” McCarthy says there’s been a lot of growth since they’ve been able to remain open more consistently and have hired more staff.
Now she’s taken on a new project with the help of her partner Zack Cruise. Together, they’ve rented a space adjoining KitCoffee where they’ve opened a thrift store called Kit’s Emporium.
The storefront for Kit’s Emporium is located on George Street (in the former location of Dodrio Bubble Tea, Anime Café & Game Lounge) just around the corner from KitCoffee’s Hunter Street location, but the two spaces are connected on the inside.
Alongside clothing, Kit’s Emporium provides other second-hand offerings including décor, furniture, books, and more. The space also offers a seating section for patrons of the café.
“We want to focus on having it be a really accessible space,” McCarthy explains, adding that a major focus will be put on providing extended size and gender-neutral clothing. “Providing an affordable thrifting experience is really important to us.”
Along with offering second-hand clothing, décor, furniture, books, and more, Kit’s Emporium also offers a casual seating section for patrons of the adjoining KitCoffee. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
Located at 404 George Street North, Kit’s Emporium is already open for business from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays but will be hosting an official grand opening on Saturday, July 15th. They are accepting donations of gently used items of all varieties (except beds or large furniture items).
For more information and updates, visit them on Instagram @kitsemporium.
KitCoffee is open seven days a week at 144 Hunter Street West in downtown Peterborough. For more information and to view the menu, visit www.kitcoffee.ca. You can also follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
KitCoffee owner Helen McCarthy’s partner Zack Cruise with some of the inventory at Kit’s Emporium, a new thrift store located at 404 George Street North and connected on the inside to KitCoffee at 144 Hunter Street West. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
Haliburton Highlands Health Services permanently closed Minden's emergency department on June 1, 2023. The Ontario government is providing funding to the Kawartha North Family Health Team to open an urgent care clinic at the same site to provide routine and urgent care to people in the community. The clinic will open on June 30 in time for the Canada Day long weekend. (Photo: Marit Stiles / Twitter)
It’s not a replacement for the now-closed emergency department, but Minden is going to have a new urgent care clinic as of the end of June.
The Ontario government announced on Tuesday (June 20) it will be providing funding to the Kawartha North Family Health Team to open an urgent care clinic to provide routine and urgent care to people in the community.
According to the Kawartha North Family Health Team, urgent care services are for people who have unexpected but non-life-threatening health issues that usually require same-day treatment.
The clinic will open in the former location of the Minden emergency department at 4575 Deep Bay Road, which Haliburton Highlands Health Services permanently closed on June 1 due to a lack of staffing after providing six weeks’ notice to the community.
Despite petitions and protests from Minden-area residents and local politicians urging a moratorium, the emergency department was closed, with all emergency services consolidated at the Haliburton hospital — located a minimum 25-minute drive away from Minden.
On May 31, the Kawartha North Family Health Team put forward an expression of interest to the Ministry of Health for funding to operate an urgent care clinic at the former Minden emergency department site.
“As a resident of Minden Hills myself, I realize the limitation of our resources and how stretched health care providers are, especially during the busy summer season,” wrote Kawartha North Family Health Team executive director Marina Hodson in a statement. “We hope that if this proposal is approved, we would be able to alleviate some of this burden.”
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Along with operating funding, the Ministry of Health will provide one-time funding to allow the Kawartha North Family Health Team to purchase equipment from the clinic. The clinic will be itself will be managed entirely by the non-profit Kawartha North Family Health Team and its board of directors, and will be staffed with the team’s nurse practitioners and registered practical nurses. Care will be provided through walk-ins and booked appointments.
“(The Kawartha North Family Health Team) has provided care to the Minden Hills community since 2007,” Hodson said on Tuesday. “We are very proud to be responding to a community need and continue our commitment to service by operating an urgent care clinic at the Minden site.”
The clinic will be supported by Haliburton Highlands Health Services, which continues to offer ultrasounds, x-rays, physiotherapy, and diabetes education at the Minden site.
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The clinic will open over the Canada Day long weekend, from 12 to 6 p.m. from Friday, June 30th until Monday, July 3rd.
After the long weekend, it will be open on weekends only, with planning underway to operate the clinic seven days a week once it is fully staffed.
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