The New Canadians Centre's Canadian Multiculturalism Festival from June 20 to 27, 2022, will tell the story of our multicultural community through performance, storytelling, film, and food. Pictured is south Asian classical dance by Ukti - Centre for Movement & Arts at the 2019 Multicultural Canada Day Festival. (Photo courtesy of New Canadians Centre)
In advance of Canadian Multiculturalism Day on June 27, the New Canadians Centre is launching the first-ever Canadian Multiculturalism Festival in Peterborough.
The week-long festival, which begins on Monday, June 20th and culminates the following Monday on Canadian Multiculturalism Day, will tell the story of our multicultural community through performance, storytelling, film, and food.
Each year, the New Canadians Centre supports over 1,000 people coming from more than 100 countries and speaking more than 70 different languages. Each of them brings unique customs, music, dance, food, sports, and stories to contribute to a vibrant multicultural society.
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“Celebrating multiculturalism in Peterborough creates community and helps people to feel like they belong,” says Andy Cragg, executive director of the New Canadians Centre. “We are proud to showcase the richness of experience in our community.”
The festival includes the Multicultural Food Crawl at six restaurants in downtown Peterborough: Curry Mantra, Levantine Grill, Hanoi House, Real Thai Cuisine, Dirty Burger, and Milk + Tea. Presented in partnership with the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area, the food crawl includes a multicultural food passport where you will receive a stamp for every $10 you spend between June 20 and July 1.
After collecting six stamps, you can enter your passport in a draw to win Boro gift cards you can use downtown. Passports are available at the New Canadians Centre and any of the particpating restaurants.
Beef and chicken shawarma at Levantine Grill in downtown Peterborough, one of six restaurants participating in the Multicultural Food Crawl and Flavours of the World Sampling Day during the New Canadians Centre’s Canadian Multiculturalism Festival from June 20 to 27, 2022, (Photo: Levantine Grill / Facebook)
There’s also Flavours of the World Sampling Day on Saturday, June 25th, where you can visit any of the six restaurants between noon and 7 p.m. and try a sample of their food for free (while supplies last).
With the festival’s Try It Series of workshops, you can try your hand at music, dance, cooking, and sports from across the world, including Indian spices (1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21st at the New Canadians Centre), Peruvian flower making (5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21st at the New Canadians Centre), taekwondo (5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22nd at King Edward Park), Ethiopian cooking (6 p.m. on Thursday, June 23st on Zoom), and Zumba (6 p.m. on Friday, June 24th on the Silver Bean Cafe’s patio in Millennium Park).
Register online for the Try It workshops at nccpeterborough.ca/multiculturalismfestival and, for the virtual Ethiopian cooking workshop, pick up your ingredient kits at the New Canadians Centre on June 20, 21 or 22.
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The festival also features the Cultural Fusions Video Series, where the New Canadians Centre is bringing dancers and musicians together to create unique pieces that showcase their craft and culture. The performances will be screened in July.
Two films are also being screened online during the festival in partnership with the ReFrame Film Festival. The 2021 feature documentary The Story Won’t Die is an inspiring and timely look at a young generation of Syrian artists who use their work to protest and process what is currently the world’s largest and longest ongoing displacement of people since World War II. The 2021 short film The Magic of Beginnings tells the story an ESL teacher at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough who learns Arabic to make the newcomers in her class feel at home — including filmmaker Shahed Khaito.
On Sunday, June 26th at 2 p.m., the New Canadians Centre is hosting a reading by author and illustrator Casandra Lee of her children’s book Building A Home, commissioned and published by the New Canadians Centre.
The book follows the journeys of six children from Syria, Kazakhstan, Mexico, and Pakistan who are now living, playing, and going to school in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough.
As part of the New Canadians Centre’s Canadian Multiculturalism Festival from June 20 to 27, 2022, author and illustrator Casandra Lee will read her children’s book “Building A Home,” inspired by the stories and artwork by six children originally from Syria, Kazakhstan, Mexico, and Pakistan of their first-time experiences in Nogojiwanong-Peterborough. The book reading will be followed by some creative art-based activities for children and families. (kawarthaNOW screenshot / illustration and text by Casandra Lee)
The festival will close on Monday, June 27th with a multiculturalism panel discussion with Trent University professors Mohmin Rahman and Feyzi Baban and New Canadians Centre executive director Andy Cragg.
They will discuss immigration in Canada, local responses to immigration, and perspectives on multiculturalism in Canada and Europe.
As part of the '40 is the new 50' campaign in the City of Kawartha Lakes, which is reducing the speed limit in community safety zones from 50km/h to 40km/h, residents in affected rural communities can request a lawn sign to reinforce the campaign. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)
The City of Kawartha Lakes is rolling out its “40 is the new 50” community speed reduction campaign, first launched in fall 2021, to five more rural communities this summer.
The municipality currently enforces a speed by-law for designated areas within towns, villages, settlement areas, and hamlets known as “community speed zones” that outline a speed limit of 50 km per hour. These zones will be reduced to 40 km per hour.
As part of the first phase of the project, Seagrave, Sonya, Little Britain, Oakwood, and Woodville will be receiving 40 km/h signs this summer — joining Manilla, Kinmount, Kirkfield, Coboconk, Burnt River, Pontypool, and Janetville. The final rural communities to receive signs will be Bethany, Noland, Omemee, and Victoria Road.
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In the second phase of the project involving urban areas, Bobcaygeon, Lindsay, and Fenelon Falls will receive signs before September 2023.
The municipality says the “40 is the new 50” campaign is designed to help improve motorist, cyclist, and pedestrian safety.
“Community safety and well-being is our overall priority and we know that slower speeds lead to fewer collisions and less serious injuries,” says Kawartha Lakes OPP inspector Tim Tatchell in a media release. “Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP Detachment will continue to work closely with the municipality to reduce the overall speeds in these designated communities.”
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Residents in rural communities can request a lawn sign to reinforce the “40 is the new 50” campaign.
One of Kia Ora Pie Co.'s most popular pies is this steak and cheese pie, made with a thick onion gravy, old cheddar cheese, and tender mouthfuls of braised steak. (Photo: Kia Ora Pie Co.)
This month, food writer Eva Fisher grabs a New Zealand style hand pie with Kia Ora Pie Co. in Peterborough, checks out Lakefield’s upcoming cheese shop The Cheesy Fromage, sips the tea with Whiskeyjack Tea Company in Kawartha Lakes, and gets the inside scoop on the reinvention of Rare in downtown Peterborough.
Kia Ora Pie Co. in Peterborough offers Canadians a taste of handmade New Zealand style pies
Lauren Cameron, owner of Kia Ora Pie Co. in Peterborough, makes handmade New Zealand style pies from her Canadian kitchen. The pies are savoury, not sweet — filled with meat, gravy, cheeses and sauces — and the pastry is flaky and buttery but dense enough to be picked up and eaten by hand.
Lauren first discovered these pies on her travels in New Zealand.
“We spent some time on the road, I think about three months in total, just travelling both of the islands. It’s the perfect travel food. Gas stations there have bakeries with beautiful pies. They’re everywhere and so delicious.”
Lauren Cameron started Kia Ora Pie Co., pictured at the Peterborough Farmers’ Market in Morrow Park, after travels to New Zealand introduced her to their savoury handheld pies. (Photo: Kia Ora Pie Co.)
She began making the pies around two years ago for her friends and family during the early days of the pandemic.
“It was just a bit of boredom during the pandemic. I got temporarily laid off and I’m someone who I need to kind of keep busy. I constantly like to be on the go and doing things, so sitting at home wasn’t really working so well for me.”
Lauren had long dreamed of opening up her own business or having her own market-based business and by February 2021 she had both, officially launching Kia Ora Pie Co. at the Peterborough Farmers’ Market.
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There are vegetarian options and a rotating weekly special, which gives Lauren an opportunity to get creative.
“Honestly, it’s whatever I feel like doing. Things just hit me and I think ‘Well, this could be fun!’, and I’ll give it a try. The ones that are more last-minute always seem to be the best ones.”
Currently you can purchase Lauren’s pies from Peterborough Farmers’ Market at Morrow Park on Saturdays, or for curbside pickup or pickup at the market through the Kia Ora Pie Co. website, but Lauren is eyeing expansion.
Kia Ora Pie Co. makes handmade New Zealand Pies stuffed with savoury ingredients like this cheese, egg, and house-cured bacon pie. (Photo: Kia Ora Pie Co.)
“The dream is at one point to have a storefront, and we’re also looking at different locations for wholesale,” Lauren says.
New shop selling wine, cheese, and charcuterie to open on Lakefield’s main street
The Cheesy Fromage will offer casual wine, cheese and charcuterie tasting and a cheese and gourmet food shop in the heart of downtown Lakefield. (Photo: The Cheesy Fromage)
A new shop selling cheese, charcuterie, and wine will open in Lakefield this month.
The Cheesy Fromage (25 Queen Street, Lakefield) will be one part dine-in for cheese, charcuterie, wine and beer, and one part market with a variety of cheese, charcuterie, and gourmet food.
Owner Tanya Bailey says her focus will be on local and regional products.
“The growth of the industry is just fantastic and I’m also really passionate about helping local succeed. I want people to be able to come into the store and feel like they’ve just been able to take a little foodie tour across Ontario, tasting our cheeses and our wines.”
The Cheesy Fromage is set to open this month in Lakefield, with a grand opening date still to be announced. (Photo: The Cheesy Fromage)
Tanya has long been interested in the wine and cheese industries, and has taken a variety of classes and courses.
“I actually considered making cheeses at one point, but I never actually got into doing that. I’ve done a lot of catering, cheeseboards, and that kind of thing, and it’s always been that sort of niche area that I’ve always really enjoyed doing.”
The decision to open in Lakefield came easily to Tanya, who has roots in the area.
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“My husband is from Lakefield and I’ve been up here pretty much all of my life, first as a cottager and then later as a resident,” Tanya says. “I think Lakefield is a really good spot for a place where people can come in and not only pick up fine foods, but also to be able to have an experience that’s a little bit different.”
The Cheesy Fromage will host regular events, and Tanya is planning a wine and French class night, wine and painting, and special holiday events beginning later this summer.
Black, herbal, green and rooibos: Whiskeyjack Tea Company in Kawartha Lakes makes every tea green
Whiskeyjack Tea Company crafts beautiful teas in both looseleaf and sachet format. Pictured is Rainbow Connection, which offers notes of fruit and Amaretto. (Photo: Whiskeyjack Tea Company)
When Jessica Budd-Whitbread fulfilled her longtime dream of opening a tea company this March, her vision went beyond offering a delicious variety of teas. She wanted her business to be environmentally sustainable.
As recent graduates of Fleming College’s School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Jessica and partner Alex Matthews made environmental sustainability a priority from the start.
“We both have a strong belief that businesses can and should do better to protect and reduce their impact on the environment. That’s why we insisted on finding packaging that was either reusable, recyclable, or actually biodegradable. We also took our time to find tea suppliers that had their own eco-friendly practices in place, and had responsible and ethical tea production.”
Jessica Budd-Whitbread founded Whiskeyjack Tea Company, offering local and environmentally friendly tea, with her partner Alex Matthews. (Photo: Whiskeyjack Tea Company)
Located in Kawartha Lakes, Whiskeyjack Tea Company offers a variety of looseleaf and sachet teas, including black tea, rooibos, herbal tea, and green tea. Specialty mixes include Kawartha Special, a caffeine-free blend of peppermint and spearmint leaves, rosehip pieces, ginger, rooibos, rose, calendula, sunflower, and osmanthus petals. You can also choose from more traditional options like English Breakfast, Cream Earl Grey, and Masala Chai.
Jessica notes that there are also plenty of summer-friendly teas.
“We have a large selection of teas that taste wonderful hot, but also great over ice — from a raspberry lemonade and a fruit punch all the way to one that tastes like rhubarb pie.”
Whiskeyjack Tea Company products are available at Grr8 Finds Market in Fenelon Falls (pictured), Tragically Dipped Donuts in downtown Peterborough, and online. (Photo: Whiskeyjack Tea Company)
Whiskeyjack Tea Company products are available at Tragically Dipped Donuts (386 Water St., Peterborough, 705-874-3913) or Grr8 Finds Market (27 Colborne St, Fenelon Falls, 705-887-4778).
Rare’s new culinary arts studio and outdoor dining expeditions set to make their mark on Peterborough’s food scene
Chef Tyler Scott, recipient of the 2022 Alumnus of Distinction Award from Fleming College, is reinventing Rare with his wife, business partner, and marketing lead Kassy Scott. The restaurant has become Rare Culinary Arts Studio, and the pair has also launch the guided outdoor culinary experience venture Rare Escape. (Photo: Rare Escape)
Kassy and Tyler Scott are reimagining their popular restaurant Rare and moving on from traditional restaurant ownership.
The pair are launching two sister businesses, both of which offer exciting new possibilities in the culinary realm: Rare Escape and Rare Culinary Arts Space (166 Brock St, Peterborough, 705-742-3737).
Rare Escape will offer outdoor culinary experiences. There will be a variety of guided trips for those who want to enjoy food where some would say it tastes best: outdoors after a hike or paddle.
“Tyler will guide an intimate group to connect them to nature and to different emotions,” Kassy explains. “Essentially it’s just meant to share our passion for the outdoors with our customers and allow them to find healing through cooking with local ingredients and focusing on local food systems.”
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Rare Escape experiences will include a hike in the woods lunch series, a canoe portage lunch series, and a farm tour series.
The pair were going to sell their restaurant space, but ultimately decided to instead reinvent it as a culinary arts studio, Rare Culinary Arts, which launched this month. This will open the space to creative new uses.
“Through this culinary arts space we’re hoping that we can open up some really cool doors for all sorts of community events, culinary seminars taught by Chef Tyler, collabs with people in our community, and also inviting other local chefs into our space to host really cool tasting dinners,” Kassy says. “Basically anything you can imagine that would be expressive of the culinary arts, we want to be hosting those events here at Rare.”
Rare Escape will offer guided outdoor culinary escapes, including hikes and paddling expeditions. (Photo: Rare Escape)
They didn’t take the decision to reinvent the space lightly, and it was only after much deliberation the Kassy and Tyler felt ready to pursue these new ideas.
“In the beginning Tyler and I felt an overwhelming pressure to carry on the Rare experience,” Kassy recalls. “Rare has been a staple in our community for over 17 years and so the thought of this restaurant not functioning as a restaurant was something that took Tyler and I a lot of time to work through.”
Ultimately, they decided that restructuring would create space for more creative additions to Peterborough’s culinary landscape, on their own terms.
“With this restructure, the opportunities for us are truly endless and limitless to be able to continue to do what we love, just in a more intentional way.”
Lang Pioneer Village Museum's Sawyer-Massey traction steam engine leads the tractor parade during the annual Father's Day Smoke & Steam Show. Early steam engines were hauled by draft animals from job to job during the harvest to provide power to large machines such as shingle mills and threshing machines through a belt-and-pulley system. (Photo: Larry Keely)
After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, the Father’s Day Smoke & Steam Show is returning to Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene to kick off the living history museum’s 2022 event season.
The 25th annual family-friendly event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Father’s Day — Sunday, June 19th.
Local collectors will bring to life antique tractors and steam engines as they compete for more than 20 awards, including Best Unique Exhibit, Best Display, and Lang Pioneer Village’s Choice.
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At noon, tractor games (including lawn tractor races) will feature tractors trying to balance on a tilted platform as fast as possible or manoeuvre through an obstacle course while balancing a tin can on a stick.
Visitors can see displays including smoke and steam collectibles, hit-and-miss engines, and antique tool collections, and learn about the many ways power was generated in the 1800s, including at the Shingle Mill, where machines replaced laborious hand production to generate hundreds of cedar shingles in an hour.
There will also be a variety of demonstrations including the Sawyer Massey Steam Engine, the Grist Mill, wood carving, broom making, spring-pole lathe, broad axe, natural dyeing, and more.
At the 25th annual Father’s Day Smoke & Steam Show at Lang Pioneer Village Museum on June 19, 2022, visitors can see displays of smoke and steam collectibles, hit and miss engines, antique tool collections, and more, and learn about the many ways power was generated in the 1800s, including at the Shingle Mill. (Photo courtesy of Lang Pioneer Village Museum)
The day also includes tractor and wagon tours of the village, a model train display, live music by Lotus & Luke, and (for kids) old-fashioned games in the schoolyard and a pinwheel craft activity.
Food options (for an additional fee) include a pancake breakfast in the Peterborough County Agricultural Heritage Building while supplies last, freshly popped kettle corn from Ben’s Kettle Corn, snacks from Keene Lions Club food truck, and refreshments and sweet treats at the Keene Hotel.
But don’t eat too much if you plan to participate in the pie-eating contest on the Village Green.
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The day will finish with a tractor parade through the village beginning at 3:15 p.m.
Visitors can also meet the Chloe Shaw, the 2022 Smoke & Steam Show Ambassador. A Grade 11 honours student at a local high school, Chloe is a member of the Peterborough 4-H program and has participated in a variety of clubs and activities including showing dairy and sheep, cooking, quilting, and field crops clubs, as well as regional judging competitions. In 2018 and 2019, she was the junior ambassador for the Peterborough Exhibition, and won the title of “Princess of the Furrow 2019/2020” for the Peterborough Plowing Match.
Admission to the Father’s Day Smoke & Steam Show is $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors 60 and older, and $7 for children and youth ages five to 14, with free admission for children under five. Family admission is also available for $40 and includes two adults and up to four children and youth. Tickets can be purchased in advance or when arriving at Lang Pioneer Village Museum.
Grade 11 student Chloe Shaw, the 2022 Smoke & Steam Show Ambassador, at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene. Chloe will be assisting the museum with various duties during the Father’s Day Smoke & Steam Show on Sunday, June 19th. (Photo courtesy of Lang Pioneer Village Museum)
Other special events at Lang Pioneer Village Museum this summer include the 25th Annual Transportation Day Car & Motorcycle Show on Sunday, July 10th, and “Tying the Knot” – Early Wedding Traditions on Sunday, August 14th.
Outside of special events, the museum’s summer hours of operation are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays from June 19 to September 4 (the museum is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays to Fridays until June 17).
11-year-old Draven Graham of Lindsay. (Police-supplied photo)
The search for missing 11-year-old Draven Graham of Lindsay has ended in tragedy.
At around 3:30 p.m. on Monday (June 13), members of the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit located the body of the autistic boy in the Scugog River, according to police.
“The investigation is ongoing, but no foul play is suspected,” said Kawartha Lakes police sergeant Deb Hagarty in a video posted on Twitter at 5:21 p.m.
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“We would like to thank everyone in the community for all of their support, and all of our emergency services partners who were involved in this extensive search, including multiple units of the Ontario Provincial Police, Peterborough Police, Kawartha Lakes Fire and Rescue Services, Kawartha Lakes Medical Services, and volunteer search teams.”
“Everyone involved has a heavy heart at this time. We encourage each of you to continue to support the family, while allowing them to grieve during this traumatic time. Anyone else that has been affected by this news is encouraged to seek the required supports.”
An extensive search followed throughout the day and overnight.
Surveillance video showed Draven walking northbound on Caroline Street, where searchers later found his t-shirt and pants (he was wearing no shoes when he went missing).
He was last seen around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday in the area of Rivera Park.
On Monday morning, police were still encouraging residents to search their properties, in the hopes that Draven was hiding somewhere, while police divers searched the Scugog River.
Grade 10 student Kellan MacKenzie from St. Peter Catholic Secondary School is one of the seven winners of the Lakefield Literary Festival's 2022 Young Writers Contest. Kellan, who won in two categories (junior poetry and junior fiction) also won the junior fiction category in 2021. (Photo courtesy of Lakefield Literary Festival)
Although the Lakefield Literary Festival is on hiatus until July 2023 because of the pandemic, the festival’s annual Young Writers Contest has continued over the past two years — and the winners of the 2022 contest were announced on Friday (June 10).
This year’s contest saw 92 entries submitted from local schools across the Peterborough area. A panel of judges chose seven winners in six categories including, for the first time ever, three young writers in a single category.
Grade 11 student Clementine MacLeod from Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute, Grade 12 student Justin Ehlert from Peterborough Alternative & Continuing Education, and Grade 11 student Hailey Cavanagh from St. Peter Catholic Secondary School tied as the winners in the senior fiction category.
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“This situation was unprecedented,” says contest co-organizer Andrew Milner in a media release. “Three works, each exemplifying a very specific literary form (realist linear narrative, epistolary fiction, and metafiction) were exceptionally fine — even brilliant — and we felt we had no choice but to celebrate each, and its writer, on unique artistic terms.”
The other winners, all from St. Peter Catholic Secondary School, include Grade 10 student Madeleine Hill for junior non-fiction, Grade 11 student Toula Pappas for senior non-fiction, and Grade 12 student Abigail Auger for senior poetry.
Grade 10 student Kellan MacKenzie, also from St. Peter Catholic Secondary School, won in both the junior poetry and junior fiction categories. Kellan also won the junior fiction category in 2021.
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Each winner will receive $200, a commemorative plaque, and publication in the festival’s e-book, which will be available at a later date on the festival’s website at lakefieldliteraryfestival.com.
“The contest provides a space for student voices to be heard and dignified with formalized written detailed feedback to their ideas and writing styles,” says contest co-organizer Cynthia Rankin. “Even though it is a writing contest with a set of rules, we provide a safe space for students to be creative, take risks, and experiment with ideas and different forms of writing.”
“Of course, students can win cash and prizes but, more importantly, often it takes a contest with a firm deadline and a set of rules to force writers to polish a piece and share it with others.”
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This year’s judging panel included Ann Hume, Anne Mansell, Andy Milner, Cynthia Rankin, Lucille Strath, and Joe Webster.
The Lakefield Literary Festival was established in 1995 as a celebration of Margaret Laurence, but has since become a celebration of the rich literary heritage of Lakefield and the surrounding area, including the works of Catharine Parr Traill, Susanna Moodie, and Isabella Valancy Crawford, all of whom lived and wrote in Lakefield.
The festival showcases Canadian authors and promotes the joy of reading and writing among children and adults. The Young Writers Contest was first introduced in 1998.
Left to right: Northumberland Paramedics deputy chief of quality improvement & professional standards Gord Nevils, Northumberland Paramedics deputy chief of operations Keith Barrett, Northumberland Paramedics paramedic Dan Dulmage, Northumberland Paramedics paramedic Heidi Brown, Northumberland Paramedics paramedic Angie Morrison, Northumberland Paramedics chief Susan Brown, Northumberland Paramedics paramedic Bob Cranley, Canadian Armed Forces chief warrant officer Martin Bedard, and Canadian Armed Force surgeon general major-general Marc Bilodeau. (Photo courtesy of Northumberland County)
Seven Northumberland Paramedics were awarded with the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal or Bar at a special presentation ceremony in Kingston last Thursday (June 9).
Created in 1994, the Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal recognizes paramedics who have performed their duties in an exemplary manner, characterized by good conduct, industry, and efficiency. All recipients have completed at least 20 years of service, with at least half of that time performing duties that involve potential risk.
The Kingston presentation marked the first Governor General’s Exemplary Service Award ceremony since the start of the pandemic, and included recognition of both the 2020 and 2021 recipients.
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The Northumberland Paramedics 2020 recipients included: Keith Barrett, deputy chief of operations, who was awarded a bar commemorating 30 years of service; and Dan Dulmage, primary care paramedic, who was awarded a medal commemorating 20 years of service.
The 2021 recipients included Heidi Brown, primary care paramedic, who was awarded a medal commemorating 20 years of service; Bob Cranley, advanced care paramedic, who was awarded a medal commemorating 20 years of service; Cathy Hall, primary care paramedic (retired), who was awarded a medal commemorating 20 years of service; and Angie Morrison, advanced care paramedic, who was awarded a medal commemorating 20 years of service.
Former Northumberland Paramedic Ed Dunk, who passed away in 2021 shortly after his retirement, was also recognized for being awarded a 30-year bar, delivered at a special service last year.
“On behalf of county council and our community, I would like to express my gratitude to these paramedicine professionals for their dedicated service and their personal commitment to excellence,” said Northumberland County warden Bob Crate. “We recognize and respect the strength, bravery and extensive training and skill that is required to deliver this industry-leading care to Northumberland residents and visitors, and we applaud your efforts to go above and beyond in your role.”
Michelle Finley, a district manager with Kawartha Credit Union, and Erin Coons, CEO of the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation, in front of the Lindsay hospital. (Photo courtesy of RMH Foundation)
With Kawartha Credit Union celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2022, the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation recently recognized the financial institution’s donations to the Lindsay hospital over the past 25 years.
Kawartha Credit Union (originally Cangeco Credit Union) was started in 1952 by employees of the maintenance and repair department of Canadian General Electric (CGE) in Peterborough. They rented a small office in the CGE plant and focused on providing loans to GE employees and their families. Since then, Kawartha Credit Union has grown to 23 branches across Ontario with over $1.5 billion in assets.
Since 1997, Kawartha Credit Union’s Community Involvement Program donations have helped Ross Memorial Hospital acquire equipment and technology that the government doesn’t fund, including dialysis, echocardiogram, mammography, and CT and x-ray/fluoroscopy.
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Kawartha Credit Union’s most recent $4,500 donation will help fund a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine to replace the existing one at the hospital, which is 11 years old and must soon be decommissioned.
“Kawartha Credit Union continues to be a strong community partner with its ongoing support for priority needs at the Ross,” says Erin Coons, RMH Foundation CEO, in a media release. “The cost of the new MRI — $2.5 million — is not covered by government funding. With this generous gift from Kawartha, we are one step closer to meeting this critical need.”
MRI helps physicians confidently diagnose disease and injury in the brain, spine, joints, breasts, and organs. It helps detect herniated or bulging disks, arthritic changes, tumours, and other lesions. More than 500 patient exams are scanned at Ross Memorial Hospital every month.
The six employees of Canadian General Electric employees in Peterborough who founded Kawartha Credit Union in 1952 as Cangeco Credit Union. (Photo: Kawartha Credit Union)
With this donation, Kawartha Credit Union’s cumulative giving to the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation is $90,564.
For more information about the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation and to donate, visit www.rmh.org/foundation.
For more information about Kawartha Credit Union and to become a member, visit www.kawarthacu.com.
Draven Graham, who is autistic, was last seen at his home on Queen Street in Lindsay at 3 p.m.
He is described at 4’10” with a slim build, and was wearing a blue t-shirt and dark jogging pants. He was not wearing shoes.
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By late Sunday afternoon, police were searching the Queen Street, Caroline Street, and Colborne Street area with the assistance of the OPP Search & Rescue Team.
Police have asked residents to check their property (including backyards and outbuildings) for Draven. According to police, he may hide and not respond when called.
“Emergency Services are using all resources to search the area of Queen St. N., east of the Scugog River, by foot, boat, drone and helicopter,” the Kawartha Lakes Police Service posted on Twitter.
Please check your property for missing 11-year-old Draven Graham. Emergency Services are using all resources to search the area of Queen St N, east of the Scugog River, by foot, boat, drone and helicopter. pic.twitter.com/gBY5vayW6f
By midnight, the Ontario Volunteer Emergency Response Team had joined the search, which continued overnight.
During an update at 10 a.m. on Monday outside the police station in Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes police sergeant Deb Hagarty said police believe Draven may be hiding and again asked residents to search their properties and review any video surveillance.
She noted Draven likes to hide, has limited verbal skills, a sensory irritation to touch, and will not respond to his name if called.
Hagarty said searchers found Draven’s shirt and pants in the area of Colborne Street, but said police have found no evidence he was abducted. Hagarty also said divers from the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit are searching the Scugog River.
Police continue to search for missing 11-year-old Draven Graham, last seen yesterday June 12 in the area of Rivera Park in Lindsay. Please search your yards and outbuildings, review any video surveillance. pic.twitter.com/jhKHBWN60V
Police have identified the two people who died in a collision between a car and an ATV in Northumberland County on Saturday night (June 11).
At around 10:22 p.m. on Saturday, members from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Alnwick Haldimand Fire, and Northumberland Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a fatal collision involving a car and an ATV on County Road 18 and Roseneath Landing in Alnwick/Haldimand Township.
Two people on the ATV were pronounced deceased at the scene. Police have since identified the victims as 26-year-old Harley Bond of Cramahe and 27-year-old Larissa Hadley of Quinte West.
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A person was observed leaving the scene on foot and was apprehended shortly after.
As a result of the investigation, 67-year-old James Hartwick of Roseneath was arrested and charged with two counts of operation causing death, operation while impaired (blood alcohol concentration 80 plus), and two counts of failing to stop at an accident resulting in death.
The accused man was held for a bail hearing and is scheduled to attend the Ontario Court of Justice on Thursday (June 16).
County Road 18 was closed between Roseneath Landing and Brook Road while police investigated the cause of the collision.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information is asked to contact the Northumberland OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
This story has been updated with the names of the victims and to correct the address of the accused.
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