Jennine Profeta, Chris Gibbs (top right), Kerry Griffin (bottom left), and Dave Pearce will perform in Globus Theatre's "Murder at the Match: A World Cup Murder Mystery" along with James Barrett and Ronald O'Messi. Set in Qatar during the World Cup, the dinner murder mystery runs from November 17 to 26 at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)
This month, Canada’s national soccer team will end 36 years in the wilderness with their appearance at the World Cup in Qatar, playing their first match on November 23 against Belgium.
While Canada is an underdog, Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon is celebrating our national team’s return to the international soccer pitch with the premiere of Murder at the Match: A World Cup Murder Mystery, running for six shows Thursdays to Saturdays from November 17 to 26 at the Lakeview Arts Barn.
“What I love about creating the murder mysteries is that they are an opportunity to write about what is happening right now — connecting purely fictional events to real-life happenings.” says Globus Theatre’s artistic director Sarah Quick in a media release.
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“As an avid soccer fan, I have also enjoyed watching many a World Cup here in Canada,” Quick adds. “The rich and varied heritage of Canadians inherently makes for a great sense of rivalry as games are enjoyed at hostelries around the country. We want to give our audiences a chance to experience some international flair, offer up some patriotic support, and cheer on Canada as we create an evening of chaos and comedy.”
The dinner murder mystery about “the beautiful game” is set in Qatar, where ruthless managers, fame-hungry wives and girlfriends, and desperately determined soccer stars come together in a search for goals and glory that leads to calamity off the pitch.
“It appears that someone is not going to make it to the final whistle and the consequences could be Qatar-strophic!” reads a media release.
Globus Theatre is encouraging audience members to come in an appropriate costume, or to pick a country playing in the World Cup to support and dress in those colours. (Graphic: Globus Theatre)
Globus Theatre is encouraging audience members to come in an appropriate costume, or to pick a country playing in the World Cup to support and dress in those colours.
Theatre-goers will enjoy canapes as they arrive and get introduced to the main characters. As the audience is seated cabaret style for a buffet dinner with lots of choices, the fun-filled night of camaraderie and intrigue will begin, featuring returning actors Jennine Profeta (Girls Night Out), Chris Gibbs (Just For Laughs, The BFG), Kerry Griffin (Schitt’s Creek, Murdoch Mysteries), Dave Pearce (Slap Happy), Globus Theatre artistic producer James Barrett, and Ronald O’Messi — a newcomer to the Globus Theatre stage.
Murder at the Match: A World Cup Murder Mystery takes place from November 17 to 19 and November 24 to 26 at 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). Tickets for dinner and the show are $87.50 (plus HST and a $2 service fee) and can be booked by calling the box office at 705-738-2037. If you’re hosting a holiday get-together, group rates are also available.
Launch Kawartha is a new entrepreneurship centre in downtown Lindsay designed by the Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) and funded by the Kawwartha Lakes Business Community Development Corporation. (Graphic courtesy of Kawartha Lakes CFDC)
A new entrepreneurship centre is opening in Kawartha Lakes in November.
“Launch Kawartha” is a 4,600-square-foot facility located on the third floor of the Scotiabank building at 165 Kent Street West in downtown Lindsay, and will provide free services and fully furnished workspaces for up to 20 new entrepreneurs in the Innovation Hub.
Designed by the Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) and funded internally by the Kawartha Lakes Business Community Development Corporation, Launch Kawartha will also offer participating entrepreneurs access to multiple in-house partners for support services including direct access to government funding, financing, marketing and digital media, accounting and virtual CFO services, legal and intellectual property, cybersecurity services, and health and mental wellness services.
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“Launch Kawartha seeks to propel a sustainable culture of innovation in our community,” says Vincent Killen, executive director of Kawartha Lakes CFDC.
Incubator clients will have access to private and flexible meeting spaces, a modern fully furnished boardroom, a common event space, integrated communication options and smart monitors, wireless internet (fibre connection), modern kitchen facilities, and unlimited access to next-generation office equipment — all free of charge.
Launch Kawartha will also host informational events for participants, including a series of fireside chats, virtual and in-person training sessions, workshops, and seminars such as “Ask an Expert” sessions.
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Killen says Kawartha Lakes CFDC will begin its operations at Launch Kawartha the week of November 7, with in-house partners integrated at the centre over the next following weeks.
A public open house is being scheduled for the new year.
Some of the 40 flags depicting individuals associated with Irondale who served Canada in various aspects of war on display on the grounds of the historic Irondale Church in Minden Hills during "Service, Courage & Sacrifice" from November 5 to 13, 2022. (Photo: Bark Lake Cultural Developments / Facebook)
The community of Irondale in Minden Hills is hosting a special event during Veterans’ Week and Remembrance Day.
“Service, Courage & Sacrifice” runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Sunday, November 13th at the historic Irondale Church at 1019 Elm Street.
The event includes a display on the church grounds of more than 40 flags depicting individuals associated with Irondale who served Canada in various aspects of war.
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There are also displays inside the church, including uniforms, photos, newspapers, attestation records, and more.
Admission is free and coffee and tea is available.
“Service, Courage & Sacrifice” was created with funding from the Haliburton County Development Corporation and the Minden Rotary Club.
Uniforms, photos, newspapers, attestation records, and more are on display inside the historic Irondale Church in Minden Hills during “Service, Courage & Sacrifice” from November 5 to 13, 2022. (Photo: Bark Lake Cultural Developments / Facebook)
A designated heritage building, Irondale Church was built in 1887 and is maintained by Bark Lake Cultural Developments, a volunteer-driven charity formed in 2012 to facilitate the purchase of the building which has since evolved into an organization dedicated to preserving local history.
Irondale Church is located around 11 kilometres west of Gooderham and 15 kilometres northeast of Kinmount.
On display at Heather Doughty's studio during the First Friday Art Crawl on November 4, 2022, The Illustrated Boro Project featured 10 illustrations of downtown Peterborough businesses by five local artists. Also pictured is Mark Jokien, owner of Mark Jokinen Books, one of the featured businesses. (Photo courtesy of the Peterborough DBIA)
Shops in downtown Peterborough (“The Boro”) have been reimagined through the eyes of local artists for a public art exhibit that was on display during the First Friday Art Crawl on November 4.
For The Illustrated Boro Project, the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) commissioned five artists — Jason Wilkins, Samantha Chiusolo, Julii McMillan, Kathryn Durst, and Brooklin Holbrough — to create 10 illustrations of downtown businesses.
Each artist chose a business based on their own personal connection to the downtown area: Mark Jokinen Books, Statement House, Ritual Apothecary, Night Kitchen, Couture Candy, Providence, The Food Shop, Bijoux Bar, Blue Streak Records, and Black Honey Café.
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“With the Illustrated Boro project, we honour the art of illustration with drawings of familiar downtown Peterborough shops handpicked by five local artists,” says Peterborough DBIA board member and marketing chair Sacha Lai-Svirk.
“This is how they see their favourite businesses in The Boro. These talented artists see what others may only catch a glimpse of: whimsy, charm and a generosity of spirit — a few hallmarks of The Boro.”
For Friday’s exhibition of The Illustrated Boro Project, local photographer Heather Doughty donated the use of her studio in the Commerce Building on Hunter Street West. The art show also included the sale of postcard sets with all 10 illustrations, as well as prints and other original works by the artists, with all proceeds going directly to the artists.
Artist Brooklin Stormie and Statement House owner Sandra Young, whose business is featured is The Illustrated Boro Project, at the public art exhibit during the First Friday Art Crawl on November 4, 2022. The art show also included the sale of postcard sets with all 10 illustrations, as well as prints and other original works by the artists, with all proceeds going directly to the artists. (Photo courtesy of the Peterborough DBIA)
“As a newer resident to Peterborough, I felt so honoured to be a part of this wonderful collaboration with the DBIA, the shops, and fellow artists,” says illustrator Samantha Chiusolo. “My family and I have had the pleasure to meet wonderful shop owners that help remind us we are a part of a larger community, with whom we will support and foster new long-lasting relationships.”
“Speaking as an artist, this project has helped support my foray into narrative illustration as well as build-up a fellowship within the artist’s community.”
The Illustrated Boro Project was funded by the federal government’s Tourism Relief Fund, delivered by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
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In October, Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) announced 37 recipients of $2.8 million in funding to help local tourism organizations and businesses safely welcome back visitors, recover from the impacts of the pandemic, create jobs, and prepare for future growth.
The Peterborough DBIA received $96,100 in funding for its downtown vibrancy project, including the delivery of public art projects like The Illustrated Boro Project, downtown events, map creation, and the Urban Park Grand Opening to renew the downtown core to elicit increased tourism traffic to the Peterborough area.
Labour leaders and representatives of public and private sector unions in Ontario and across Canada applaud after Laura Walton, president of the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) that represents education workers at the bargaining table, confirms at a media conference on November 7, 2022 that the provincial government will repeal its controversial Bill 28. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of CPAC video)
“They took on the Ford government, and the government blinked.”
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At a media conference at Queen’s Park on Tuesday (November 8), Premier Doug Ford said the government would introduce legislation to repeal Bill 28 in its entirety on Monday, November 14th.
That was how Mark Hancock, the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), characterized the Ontario government’s offer to repeal its controversial legislation imposing a four-year contract on CUPE education workers in Ontario, banning them from striking and invoking the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to prevent legal challenges against the legislation.
Hancock was speaking at a media conference in Toronto at noon on Monday (November 7), the second day of a walkout by CUPE education workers to protest the legislation and several hours after Ontario Premier Doug Ford held his own media conference offering to repeal Bill 28 if CUPE ended its walkout.
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“As a gesture of good faith, our government is willing to rescind the legislation — we’re willing to rescind section 33 (the notwithstanding clause) — but only if CUPE agrees to show a similar gesture of good faith by stopping their strike and letting our kids back into their classrooms,” Ford said at his media conference. “I urge CUPE to continue to talk with us at the bargaining table. We’re willing to make a fair deal.”
Before Ford spoke, a media conference had already been scheduled with labour leaders and representatives from a wide range of both public and private sector unions — including the Canadian Labour Congress, Ontario Federation of Labour, Toronto and York Regional Labour Council, ATU Canada, Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, Public Service Alliance of Canada, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Ontario Public Services Employees Union, Ontario Nurses Association, SEIU Healthcare, Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Society of United Professionals, AEFO, United Steelworkers, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Unifor, Ontario Building Trades, United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters, Sheet Metal Workers, Unite Here, IATSE, and the National Union of Public and General Employees — representing millions of public and private sector workers across the country.
Some of the private sector unions at the media conference had endorsed the Ford government before the last provincial election, based on his promises to improve the economy, but saw Bill 28 as a threat to all Ontario workers.
“This is an unprecedented gathering of labour leaders because of the attack against worker rights that we’ve seen from this government,” Hancock said, referring to Bill 28. “That regressive attack on workers united the labour movement like never before.”
“I am so proud of CUPE’s frontline education workers, 70 per cent of whom are women, and that they stood firm. They went out on a political protest. They brought their message and their anger to more than 100 sites (government MPP constituency offices) across this province. They took on the Ford government, and the government blinked.”
CUPE education workers and supporters protesting in front of Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith’s constituency office on Water Street in Peterborough on November 7, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
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CUPE education workers — including education assistants, school library workers, administrative assistants, custodians and tradespeople, early childhood educators, child and youth workers, and more — walked off the job last Friday, the day after they were in a legal strike position and the day after the Ford government passed Bill 28 in the Ontario legislature outlawing their right to strike. School boards across the province announced schools would be closed as they could not operate safely without the workers, and schools remained closed on Monday.
The media conference was originally scheduled for 11 a.m., but was delayed by an hour so that CUPE could get written confirmation of the provincial government’s offer, given Ford’s comment in his media conference implying that only the section of Bill 28 invoking the notwithstanding clause would be rescinded.
“The delay, and I want to thank you all for your patience, was to receive in writing the Premier’s intent,” said Laura Walton, president of the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) that represents the education workers. “We have received, and can confirm, that the Premier will introduce and support legislation that will repeal Bill 28 in its entirety.”
The legislation will be repealed, Walton added, in a way that ensures it was never legally in force — meaning workers participating in the walkouts would not be retroactively subject to the enormous $4,000 per day fine outlined in Bill 28.
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“As a gesture of good faith to this announcement, CUPE OSBCU will be collapsing its protest sites starting tomorrow. We hope that this gesture is met with the same good faith by this government in a new proposal at the bargaining table as soon as possible.”
Other labour leaders and union representatives spoke at the media conference in solidarity with CUPE and against the Ontario government’s legislation. Had Ford not offered to repeal Bill 28, more extensive protest action involving other unions would have been on the way — including by Unifor, the largest private sector union in Canada.
“Bill 28, as you’ve already heard, represents an outrageous and unprecedented attack on workers’ rights and trade union freedoms and, as a labour movement, we were prepared to respond with an unprecedented response,” said Lana Payne, Unifor’s national president. “If fundamental rights can be taken away from public sector workers without recourse, no one’s rights are safe.”
“Workers made it clear that they will not tolerate the weaponizing of the notwithstanding clause to strip away our Charter rights — not today, not tomorrow, not ever.”
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“Our 180,000 members of OPSEU are not standing down, we are standing by,” said JP Hornick, president of OPSEU/SEFPO, the largest public sector union in Ontario. “All Ontarians should be terrified of this abuse of our Charter rights.”
“When you come from one of us, you come for all of us,” Hornick added. “I know that workers, united, will shut down this province down whenever we need to.”
In response to questions from the media, Walton confirmed that OSBCU will immediately return to the bargaining table and CUPE education workers will return to work on Tuesday morning.
CUPE also said it is not aware of the province’s timeline for repealing the legislation.
Once Bill 28 is repealed, the CUPE education workers will once again be in a legal strike position. Should negotiations break down, the union will be required to provide five-day notice to the provincial government of a strike action.
This story has been updated to add a missing word in a quote by Lana Payne.
kawarthaNOW's new choose local website section is dedicated to promoting locally owned businesses in the greater Kawarthas region. It's the first phase of Keep It In The Kawarthas® campaign. launching in the new year, to help connect consumers with local businesses in Peterborough County, the City of Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland, Hastings, and Haliburton counties. (Photo: kawarthaNOW)
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kawarthaNOW has launched a new “choose local” section on its website dedicated to promoting and supporting locally owned businesses and consumers who choose local first.
The new website section is the first phase of kawarthaNOW’s Keep It In The Kawarthas® campaign to help connect consumers with locally owned businesses in the greater Kawarthas area — including Peterborough County, the City of Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland, Hastings, and Haliburton counties.
“During the pandemic, we all saw the campaigns encouraging us to support local business,” says Jeannine Taylor, founder, CEO, and publisher of kawarthaNOW. “The lockdowns are hopefully long gone, but there’s never been a greater need to promote local. Consumers still want to choose local first, and we’ve dedicated an entire section of our website to promote our region’s locally owned businesses.”
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Jeannine first conceived of the concept for Keep It In The Kawarthas® back in 2012, well before choose local campaigns became ubiquitous. That initial concept included a registered trade-mark, a prototype logo, and a limited run of high-quality locally sourced shopping bags as promotional items, which proved to be very popular.
Inspired by the outpouring of support for local businesses during the pandemic, Jeannine resurrected the concept and began to develop a more comprehensive campaign. The launch of the new choose local website section — where people can read more than 120 stories about locally owned businesses — is only the beginning of kawarthaNOW’s Keep It In The Kawarthas® campaign which, when fully launched in the new year, will go far beyond just creating awareness of the importance of supporting local business.
“Our full campaign will be more than just a hashtag — it will be something that can truly assist local business in reaching new customers,” she says. “While we have a promotional package for the giving season to celebrate our new website section, Keep It In The Kawarthas is more than a short-term marketing campaign. It will be an ongoing and evolving campaign to support local businesses and to encourage people to choose local first.”
kawarthaNOW believes when customers know a business is locally owned, they will choose local first and embrace and support that business. (Photo: kawarthaNOW)
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Jeannine points out kawarthaNOW, as a locally owned business itself, has experienced many of the same challenges local business owners continue to face even though the pandemic is waning — such as increasing competition from large corporations and internet giants like Amazon.
That makes kawarthaNOW’s Keep It In The Kawarthas® choose local campaign unique, she says.
“Our team has been researching all types of support local campaigns across North America and we believe this to be the first choose local campaign created by a local business for other local businesses,” Jeannine explains.
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“It’s great there was government support to help local businesses make it through the pandemic, but that support won’t always be there,” Jeannine says. “Local businesses need to come together to support each other. We all succeed when that happens.”
The Keep It In The Kawarthas® branding is one example of local businesses supporting one another. The brand materials were developed by Amy E. LeClair Graphic Design and Brand Studio in Cavan Monaghan Township.
What also makes the Keep It In The Kawarthas® choose local campaign unique from others, Jeannine says, is kawarthaNOW’s capacity as a locally owned digital media company to reach a wide audience of both local businesses and consumers.
“We have over 70,000 regular readers of kawarthaNOW.com and over 77,000 followers on our social channels and subscribers to our weekly VIP enews,” Jeannine notes. “We’re already well positioned to promote local business across the greater Kawarthas region and our new website section is just the beginning.”
kawarthaNOW’s new choose local website section is the first phase of its Keep It In The Kawarthas® campaign to promote and support locally owned businesses in Peterborough County, the City of Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland, Hastings, and Haliburton counties. With 70,000 regular readers of kawarthaNOW.com and more than 77,000 followers on its social channels and subscribers to its weekly VIP enews, kawarthaNOW can reach a wide range of both local businesses and consumers. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW)
kawarthaNOW has also already created two Keep It In The Kawarthas® Facebook groups — a group for local businesses and a group for local shoppers — to prepare for the full campaign launch, Jeannine says, which reveal how passionate people are when it comes to supporting local business.
“We’ve been developing membership in our Facebook groups for this campaign,” Jeannine explains. “Right now we have close to 500 members in our locally owned business group on Facebook and over 2,100 members in our local shoppers group on Facebook.”
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According to Jeannine, the combination of kawarthaNOW’s website and social media reach creates a powerful opportunity for locally owned businesses.
“I think of us as matchmakers,” she says. “We have a wide audience of residents, cottagers, and visitors to the greater Kawarthas region. A vast majority of them want to — and will — support local business. They need to know who is local, where they are, and what they offer. We will show local shoppers where to choose local and why they should choose local first.”
The new choose local website section is one way the Keep It In The Kawarthas® campaign will let people know where they can find local businesses to support.
“If you see a story about a business in our Keep it in The Kawarthas section, you can be assured that business is locally owned,” Jeannine says.
Do you know someone who regularly supports locally owned businesses? Give them the recognition they deserve and nominate them to become a Kawartha Localist™! (Photo: kawarthaNOW)
Along with promoting local business, kawarthaNOW will also be recognizing and rewarding people who choose local first through its innovative Kawartha Localist™ initiative.
According to Jeannine, a Kawartha Localist™ is a person or business owner who chooses local first wherever possible as part of their daily life. They can be someone who makes it a regular practice to shop locally and to promote local businesses to their friends and neighbours, or a business person who regularly chooses local suppliers.
While the full launch of the Keep It In The Kawarthas® campaign is coming in the new year, Jeannine says kawarthaNOW is celebrating the launch of its choose local section with a special offer for local businesses to help promote their holiday and year-end sales.
Locally owned businesses who want to be the first to know about the full Keep It In The Kawarthas® campaign launch — and receive exclusive offers — can join the email list for local businesses.
“We’re thrilled to be able to support local businesses now, but we’re even more excited about the full launch of our Keep It In The Kawarthas campaign,” Jeannine says. “We think our choose local campaign will be a game-changer for how locally businesses can work together to support each other and our local economy.”
The Warsaw Road Swing Bridge on Parkhill Road East in Peterborough will be closed to vehicles from November 7 to 18, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
The Warsaw Road Swing Bridge, located on Parkhill Road East between Armour Road and Television Road in Peterborough, will be closed to vehicles from 9 a.m. on Monday, November 7th until 2 p.m. on Friday, November 18th.
According to Parks Canada, the closure is needed for the completion of repairs to the bridge’s metal grating deck.
Since the reconstructed bridge reopened in August 2021, there have been ongoing concerns with excessive noise generated by the vehicles passing over the bridge plating. In early July, selected grating panels of the metal bridge deck were removed, repaired, and then reattached to the bridge in an attempt to reduce the noise caused by vehicles using the bridge.
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Although the repairs on the selected grating panels were successful, additional panels were increasingly affected by the same issue and Parks Canada, after arranging for short-term fixes, scheduled complete repairs to take place in the fall.
During the temporary closure, traffic control measures and detour routes will be in place. Members of the public are advised to obey all safety signage.
While the bridge will be closed to vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists will have access to the sidewalk on the bridge except for around two days at the beginning of the closure, when the grating panels are removed, and again toward the end of the closure when the grating panels are reinstalled.
Pedestrians and cyclists using the west pathway along the canal between Parkhill Road East and Woodbine Avenue may encounter occasional interruptions following construction while the contractor removes maintenance equipment.
A pedestrian is in a Toronto-area hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Peterborough on Friday night (November 4).
At around 9 p.m., Peterborough police were called to the Lansdowne Street and Ashburnham Drive area.
Upon arrival, officers learned a pedestrian had been struck.
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The victim was taken to a Toronto-area hospital and is in stable condition, according to police.
Lansdowne Street was closed between Television Road and River Road while police investigated the collision.
While police are continuing to investigate the collision, they say no charges are expected.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Peterborough police at 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at stopcrimehere.ca.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for strong winds on Saturday (November 5) for the entire greater Kawarthas region.
The special weather statement is in effect for Peterborough County, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, Haliburton County, and Hastings County.
In the southern areas of the region, there will be wind gusts up to 70 km/h with a few gusts up to 80 km/h. In the northern areas of the region, there will be wind gusts up to 80 km/h, with a few gusts up to 90 km/h.
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A cold front associated with a strengthening area of low pressure will move across the area Saturday night, bringing strong southerly winds beginning late Saturday afternoon ahead of the front.
The winds will change direction to southwesterly Saturday evening, with winds beginning to ease later Saturday night.
Loose objects may be tossed by the wind and cause injury or damage, and isolated power outages are also possible.
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