Robert Gibson, Green Party of Ontario candidate for Peterborough-Kawartha. (Supplied photo)
The Green Party of Ontario has announced the nomination of Robert Gibson as the party’s candidate for Peterborough-Kawartha for the 2022 provincial election.
Gibson, who has a bachelor degree in environmental science from Trent University, is a freelance journalist and long-time contributor to Arthur, Trent University and Peterborough’s independent student newspaper, where he also served as treasurer and internal affairs commissioner on the Arthur board.
He has reported on environmental issues, including environmental deregulation and the vulnerability of Ontario’s wetlands, and hosted the ‘Environmental Soup’ podcast through Trent Radio for a number of years.
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“Doug Ford’s sprawl agenda and failure to protect wetlands has serious local consequences in Peterborough-Kawartha, including severe, expensive flooding,” Gibson says in a media release. “Ontario Greens are the only party with a real plan to protect the nature that protects us.”
According to the Green Party website, Gibson’s other priorities are supporting a better pandemic response, challenging urban sprawl, and ending Ontario’s affordable housing crisis.
The 2022 provincial election will be held on Thursday, June 2nd. There are currently six candidates for the Peterborough-Kawartha riding: incumbent Dave Smith of the Conservatives, Greg Dempsey of the Liberals, Jen Deck of the NDP, Robert Gibson of the Green Party of Ontario, Tom Marazzo of the Ontario Party, and Dylan Smith of the None Of The Above Party.
The lone male suspect in the robbery of a convenience store on William Street North in Lindsay on April 20, 2022. (Police-supplied photo)
Kawartha Lakes police are seeking a suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store in Lindsay on Wednesday morning (April 20).
At around 8:50 a.m., police responded to a report of a robbery at a William Street North convenience store in Lindsay.
The lone male suspect had approached the counter and brandished a weapon, demanding money and cigarettes from the clerk before leaving the store. He was last seen exiting the store running eastbound on Wellington Street.
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There were no physical injuries reported.
The suspect is described as a white man, approximately 5’8″ with a medium build. When he entered the store, he was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with “Zoo York” logo, grey sweatpants, and a black face mask.
Police collected physical evidence from the scene and, after searching the area, located discarded clothing matching that worn by the suspect in the convenience store.
Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to contact the Kawartha Lakes Police Service at 705-324-5252. To provide your information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit a tip online at www.khcrimestoppers.com.
In his new book "The Book of Nature Connection", Camp Kawartha executive director and nature sommelier Jacob Rodenburg provides 70 sensory activities you can use to connect with nature, including collecting fragrant natural items to create your own "scent cocktail." (Photo: Jacob Rodenburg)
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by guest writer Jacob Rodenburg, “nature sommelier” and executive director of Camp Kawartha.
You were born to sense the world deeply around you.
Stop for one moment and step outside. Cup your hands, squeeze your fingers together and slip them behind your ears. Now push your ears forward. Notice how much better you can hear? Can you hear the whoosh of wind as it the strums the boughs of a nearby pine?
Move your head slowly from side to side. Look around you — all the way around. Marvel at the incredible shades of colours, the sheen of light reflecting off that pine, the deep blue of the sky and the folds of white and grey in the clouds overhead.
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Rub your fingers along the grooves of your fingertips. Feel the nerve endings — receptors called Meissner’s corpuscles that respond to the slightest pressure such as a gentle caress or the sweep of a cool breeze.
Take one large breath and focus on the smell of the air around you. With every breath in and out (we take 20,000 of these per day), we pick up odours — the latest research suggests we can detect millions of them.
Rub your tongue across the roof of your mouth. Can you feel the texture of your taste buds? Crammed in our mouth and shaped like tiny volcanoes, our more than 10,000 taste buds help us to detect the faintest of flavours. For example, our tongue can help us detect bitterness in as little as one part per 2 million.
Sensory activities like creating a “nature frame” can help us see nature in a new way. (Photo: Jacob Rodenburg)
Our environment is a delightfully textured tapestry of sound, sight, taste, feel, and smell. But in our modern, technologically saturated world we really only have time to use two of our senses, namely our sense of sight and our sense of hearing. In fact, most of the way we experience the world today is squeezed into two dimensions and confined to a flat and glowing screen.
With all our time spent in front of screens, we tend to forget that nature has graced us with these marvellous sensory abilities — senses that enable us to connect to the world around us in a deep and abiding way, and in a way that technology simply cannot replicate.
Perhaps we intuitively know this, but there is mounting evidence suggesting that time spent in nature enhances our physical and mental health. Just breathing in forest air strengthens our immune system. Simply seeing the colour green releases serotonin, the feel-good hormone. Time spent in nature helps us to focus better, improves our sleep, and boosts our mood and energy levels. In a world where more than half of us live in urban areas, now more than ever, we need nature.
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Think about your senses as “nature’s pipeline” — your most direct connection to the natural systems that sustain us all. To soak the world in through all of our senses takes practice, mindfulness, and deliberation. Some people have argued that in today’s modern world, we and our children are suffering from a measure of sensory anaesthesia — a dulling of our senses. Remember this: with time spent in nature with all of our senses awakened, we feel more alive and more in tune with the world around us.
Could it be that we along with our children are feeling a sense of loneliness and alienation because we feel disconnected from the very life systems that nurture and sustain us all? By immersing ourselves and our children again and again in natural spaces, we’ll come to cherish these sanctuaries and reimagine them, not just as places to go but as part of our family, our community.
To really savour nature takes practice. In my new book, The Book of Nature Connection – Sensory Activities for all Ages published by New Society Publishers, I offer up creative and engaging ways to activate your senses so that you can deepen your connection to nature.
Jacob Rodenburg’s new book “The Book of Nature Connection – 70 Sensory Activities for all Ages” is now available in print and digital formats from New Society Publishers. (Photos via New Society Publishers)
Call in birds by becoming a “bird whisperer.” Explore the very small by creating a micro trail. Savour the scents of the forest by making smell cocktails, and find out how to “frame” nature so you can view it in a whole new way.
Find out how you can distinguish between the different smells, shapes, and textures of various conifer needles such as spruce, hemlock, pine, and cedar. Reach under a “feely” blanket and see if you can recognize the various textures and shapes of natural objects hidden underneath.
By coming to nature with all of your senses primed and activated, you’ll come to appreciate nature in a whole new way. You’ll be nourished, inspired, and refreshed — feeling as though you belong to something larger than yourself. In belonging, you’ll feel more complete.
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Jacob Rodenburg’s The Book of Nature Connection – 70 Sensory Activities for all Ages was published on April 19, 2022 and is available in print and digital formats from the New Society Publishers website at newsociety.ca.
Peterborough police continue to investigate a shooting incident that took place on Park Street South on Wednesday afternoon (April 20).
At around 1 p.m., police received a 9-1-1 call from a residence on Park Street South between Princess and Romaine.
“Several” people were taken to hospital according to police, who have not released any information on their condition.
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The suspect or suspects in the incident are still at large, but police believe the shooting was not random and say there is no concern for public safety.
Police will be holding a media briefing on the incident on Thursday morning.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Detective Constable Mike Penney at 705-876-1122 x232 or anonymously on the Peterborough Police Crime Line at 705-876-1122 x555 or at Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.stopcrimehere.ca
North Kawartha Carolyn Amyotte stands beside one of the signs indicating new "community safety zones" along Highway 28 where fines for certain driving infractions are doubled. One zone covers 3.5 kilometres of the highway as it passes through Apsley and the other zone covers 5.8 kilometres of the highway from Haultain through Woodview. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Facebook video)
If you use Highway 28 to travel to and from your cottage, be aware there are now two new “community safety zones” along the provincial highway in North Kawartha Township — where penalties for some driving infractions will be doubled.
On Wednesday (April 20), North Kawartha Mayor Carolyn Amyotte posted a video update on Facebook announcing the community safety zones and describing where they are located.
Amyotte says the first zone covers 3.5 kilometres of Highway 28 as it passes through the Village of Apsley, with the second covering 5.8 kilometres of the highway from Haultain through the Hamlet of Woodview.
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Signs have been installed at the boundaries of each zone.
The Ontario Provincial Police have described the two areas as “hot spots” for collisions — including a head-on collision last August that killed a Stoney Lake couple in their 60s. According to the OPP, along with animal strikes, the top reasons for collisions are speeding too fast for conditions, inattentive driving, following too closely, and driver fatigue.
“I’m here to tell you enforcement begins now,” Amyotte says in her Facebook video. “There will be no grace period — the increased penalties will be applied immediately. After years of advocacy and hard work, this is a major accomplishment for the well-being and safety of our community and for the tens of thousands of people that travel Highway 28 each year.”
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Last May, Amyotte — who is also chair of the North Kawartha police services board — said the township would be requesting the provincial government designate certain stretches of Highway 28 as community safety zones.
Through a 1998 regulation under the Highway Traffic Act, municipalities can request areas on provincially maintained highways be designated as community safety zones.
In the zones, which are identified through signage, many set penalties are doubled — including for speeding and careless driving.
VIDEO: North Kawartha Mayor Carolyn Amyotte
Hey North Kawartha! This important announcement has been a long time coming! Please check it out and spread the word.
A power outage at Trent University in Peterborough on Wednesday afternoon (April 20) has resulted in the closure of university’s Symons Campus, according to a campus advisory.
Trent University’s Durham campus and Catharine Parr Traill College in downtown Peterborough are unaffected by the power outage.
All exams on the Symons Campus are cancelled for the remainder of the day and for Wednesday evening. Instructors will notify students with further information about next steps regarding affected exams.
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Bata Library is also closed for the rest of Wednesday. The library can be reached remotely until 9 p.m. by emailing library@trentu.ca.
Residences at the Symons Campus in Peterborough remain open for residence students and meals will be served until 8 p.m. in Lady Eaton College and Otonabee College dining halls, for residence students in LEC, OC, Champlain, and Gzowski College. The university is asking Annex students to eat at home.
Students needing a place to study may access space and wi-fi at Traill College (open until 10 p.m.) or the Peterborough Public Library (open until 8:00 p.m.).
Peterborough Transit continues to provide service to and from the Symons Campus. Students can get to Traill College directly by taking the number 9 or 11 bus from Bata Loop.
The Trent Athletics Centre is closed, and any events or activities on the Symons Campus in Peterborough are cancelled for today.
The university is investigating the power outage. Updates will be available at www.trentu.ca/advisory/
The driver of an e-bike involved in a collision last week has succumbed to his injuries, according to Peterborough police.
The collision between the e-bike and a motor vehicle happened around noon on Thursday (April 14) at the intersection of Sherbrooke and Stewart streets in downtown Peterborough.
The driver of the e-bike was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre with serious injuries as a result of the collision.
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Police have identified the victim as a 54-year-old Peterborough man, but have not released his name.
The intersection was closed to traffic for several hours after the collision.
The police investigation into the collision continues.
The supernatural once again threatens the residents of Hawkins, Indiana in the first volume of the fourth season of Netflix's hit sci-fi horror series "Stranger Things," premiering on Netflix on May 27, 2022. (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 May.
The first volume of season four of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things returns on Friday, May 27th. In the nine-episode fourth season, supernatural darkness returns to Hawkins just in time for spring break, triggering fresh terror, disturbing memories, and the threat of war. Note you’ll have to wait until Friday, July 1st for the second volume of season four.
The third volume of the Emmy-winning adult animated series Love, Death & Robots returns with eight episodes of uncanny worlds, violent delights, and twisted kicks on Friday, May 20th.
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The new Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer reboots the 2011 film starring Matthew McConaughey, with Manuel Garcia-Rulfo taking on the role of lawyer Mickey Haller, who works out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car after his former partner is killed. Created by David E. Kelley and based on the bestselling novels by Michael Connelly, the 10-episode series debuts on Friday, May 13th.
VIDEO: The Lincoln Lawyer Trailer
Canadian comic superstar Mike Myers returns to the screen in the six-episode Netflix series The Pentaverate, which posits that a secret society of five men have been working to influence world events since the Black Plague of 1347. One unlikely Canadian journalist finds himself in the middle of a mission to expose the truth and, in the process, save the world. Myers plays eight different characters in this spin-off of his 1993 romantic black comedy film So I Married an Axe Murderer. The Pentaverate debuts on Thursday, May 5th.
VIDEO: The Pentaverate Teaser
The Netflix film Operation Mincemeat is based on the true story of two British intelligence officers in World War II who hatch an outlandish plot to break Hitler’s deadly grip on Europe by recruiting a dead man. The film, originally released in theatres in April, comes to Netflix on Tuesday, May 10th.
VIDEO: Operation Mincemeat Trailer
The four-part Netflix documentary Meltdown: Three Mile Island tells the story of the near catastrophe at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania in 1979 through the lens of chief engineer and whistleblower Richard Parks and features dramatic reenactments, archival footage, never-before-seen home video, and in-depth interviews about the worst nuclear incident in U.S. history. It premieres on Netflix on Wednesday, May 4th.
VIDEO: Meltdown: Three Mile Island Trailer
Other new Netflix series — mainly foreign language ones — include Blood Sisters and Clark (both on May 5), The Sound of Magic and Welcome to Eden (both on May 6), 42 Days of Darkness (May 10), Savage Beauty (May 12), New Heights (May 13), Love on the Spectrum U.S. (May 18), Wrong Side of the Tracks (May 20),
Returning Netflix series include season four of The Circle (May 4), season two of Bling Empire (May 13), season three of Who Killed Sara? (May 18), season two of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (May 23), season five of Somebody Feed Phil (May 25). Other returning series include season two and three of Servant of the People (May 16).
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Other Netflix documentaries include Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (May 3), Wild Babies (May 5), Our Father (May 10), Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror (May 18), The G Word with Adam Conover (May 19)
Netflix films include Along for the Ride and Marmaduke (both on May 6), Senior Year (May 13), and A Perfect Pairing (May 19). Theatrically released films include 1917, 40-Love, Basic Instinct, Bridget Jones’s Baby, Casper, Crank, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Dolittle, Molly’s Game, The Hateful Eight, and The Hunt (all on May 1), Ted Bundy: American Psycho (May 8), Borrego (May 14), Sonic the Hedgehog (May 15), Blippi’s Adventures (May 16), Jackass 4.5 (May 20), and 21 Bridges (May 29).
VIDEO: New to Netflix Canada in May 2022
Here’s the complete list of everything coming to Netflix Canada in May, along with what’s leaving.
Coming in May (no release date specified)
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Welcome to Wedding Hell (Netflix series) – A marriage proposal is supposed to be a happy ending. But for one couple, it becomes the beginning of an uphill struggle over wedding preparations.
Sunday, May 1
1917
40-Love
Basic Instinct
Blippi Wonders: Season 1
Bridget Jones’s Baby
Casper
Crank
Crank 2: High Voltage
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Dolittle
Kung Fu Panda 3
Molly’s Game
Seed of Chucky
The Hateful Eight
The Hunt
Monday, May 2
Octonauts: Above & Beyond: Season 2 (Netflix family) – Captain Barnacles, Kwazii and crew discover new environments and protect more critter friends as they hop around the globe on exciting missions.
Tuesday, May 3
Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive (Netflix documentary) – Follow free diver Johanna Nordblad in this documentary as she attempts to break the world record for distance traveled under ice with one breath.
Wednesday, May 4
40 Years Young (Netflix film) – After learning a bitter truth, a chef joins his best friend and restaurant partner in a culinary competition in Cancún to reignite his zest for life.
The Circle: Season 4 (Netflix series, new episodes weekly) – They’re chatty. They’re shady. They’re secretly famous. They’re this season’s players — and all bets are off as they compete for the ultimate prize.
El marginal: Season 5 (Netflix series) – In this final season, Miguel seeks redemption behind bars, Diosito struggles in the outside world, and a cult threatens to become Puente Viejo’s demise.
Meltdown: Three Mile Island (Netflix documentary) – From the acclaimed producers of Erin Brockovich and Academy Award-nominated® director Kief Davidson (The Ivory Game) comes a gripping four-part documentary series that tells the story of ordinary people having the courage to do extraordinary things. Meltdown tackles the near catastrophe at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania through the lens of chief engineer and whistleblower, Richard Parks, as well as the community it impacted. Dramatic reenactments, archival footage, never-before-seen home video, and in-depth interviews bring viewers into the worst nuclear incident in U.S. history.
Summertime: Season 3 (Netflix series) – Another summer, another string of love triangles as the group navigates their passions and tests the boundaries of friendship.
Thursday, May 5
Blood Sisters (Netflix series) – Bound by a dangerous secret, best friends Sarah and Kemi are forced to go on the run after a wealthy groom disappears during his engagement party.
Clark (Netflix series) – This is the unbelievable story of Clark Olofsson, the controversial criminal who inspired the term “Stockholm syndrome.” Based on his truths and lies.
The Pentaverate (Netflix series) – What if a secret society of five men has been working to influence world events for the greater good since the Black Plague of 1347? As this new series begins, one unlikely Canadian journalist finds himself embroiled in a mission to uncover the truth and just possibly save the world himself. Remember, the Pentaverate must never be exposed!
Wild Babies (Netflix documentary) – Follow the adventures of baby lions, elephants, penguins, pangolins and more as they learn to navigate the highs and lows of life in the wild.
Friday, May 6
Along for the Ride (Netflix film) – The summer before college, studious Auden meets mysterious Eli, and — on nightly quests — he helps her experience the carefree teen life she was missing.
Marmaduke (Netflix film) – Messy and mischievous Marmaduke has a big heart but can’t stay out of trouble! Does he have what it takes to shine in the swanky dog show world?
The Sound of Magic (Netflix series) – A magician living in an abandoned theme park makes troubles disappear, and hope reappear, for a disenchanted teen enduring harsh realities.
Thar (Netflix film) – A veteran cop sees the chance to prove himself when murder and a stranger’s grisly torture plot shake the walls of a sleepy desert town.
The Takedown (Netflix film) – Forced to reteam after a decade, two mismatched cops investigate a murder in a divided French town, where a wider conspiracy looms.
Welcome to Eden (Netflix series) – A group of young adults attend a party on a remote island, but the supposed paradise they find waiting for them is anything but.
Sunday, May 8
Christina P: Mom Genes (Netflix comedy) – Comedian Christina P examines the joys and drags of parenting, partnering and more through a no-nonsense Gen-X lens in this special.
Ted Bundy: American Psycho
Monday, May 9
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War (Netflix anime) – In the year 2045, Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 return to fight a dangerous new threat in this feature-length recut of the first season of “SAC_2045.”
Tuesday, May 10
42 Days of Darkness (Netflix series) – A woman leads a frantic search to find her missing sister in a town in Chile amid a media storm and the police investigation. Inspired by a true case.
Brotherhood: Season 2 (Netflix series) – In the aftermath of a deadly riot, Edson and Cristina grapple with new enemies and threats. But as the stakes rise, their bond is tested.
The Circle: Season 4 (Netflix series, new episodes weekly) – They’re chatty. They’re shady. They’re secretly famous. They’re this season’s players — and all bets are off as they compete for the ultimate prize.
Operation Mincemeat (Netflix film) – Two British intelligence officers hatch an outlandish scheme to trick the Nazis and alter the course of World War II. Based on a true story of deception.
Our Father (Netflix documentary) – After a woman’s at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor.
The Getaway King (Netflix film) – A folk-hero bandit known for his many prison breaks considers a fresh life path when he gets a new girlfriend. Based on the life of Zdzislaw Najmrodzki.
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Thursday, May 12
Maverix (Netflix comedy) – Motocross teens go for big air as they try to beat their rivals, bring out the best in each other and win it all in this high-speed series.
Savage Beauty (Netflix series) – Seeking revenge for her tragic past, a mysterious woman embeds herself in a powerful family who possess a global beauty empire — and dark secrets.
Friday, May 13
Bling Empire: Season 2 (Netflix series) – Los Angeles’s beloved uber-rich Asians are back with even more luxury, glamor and crazy. This season, a romance between Kevin and Kim percolates, Cherie and Jessey’s relationship is questioned, and as Kane and Kevin’s best bud friendship is tested, Beverly Hills’s rivaling queens, Christine and Anna, put a new twist on the art of social warfare. But through it all, the one thing these friends hold dearest to their hearts is their love for each other…and of course, impeccable style.
The Life and Movies of Ersan Kuneri (Netflix series) – Reexamining his own legacy, a renowned figure in erotic cinema decides to branch out and make movies in other genres, from sci-fi to medieval action.
The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix series) – An iconoclastic idealist runs his law practice out of the back of his Lincoln in this series based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling novels.
New Heights (Netflix series) – When business consultant Michi Wyss inherits his late father’s troubled farm he must confront his rural past — and his family’s future.
Senior Year (Netflix film) – A cheerleading stunt gone wrong landed her in a 20-year coma. Now she’s 37, newly awake and ready to live out her high school dream: becoming prom queen.
Saturday, May 14
Borrego
Sunday, May 15
PJ Masks: Season 4
Sonic the Hedgehog
Monday, May 16
Blippi’s Adventures
Servant of the People: Season 2-3
Vampire in the Garden (Netflix anime) – Though mortal enemies, a human girl and a vampire queen set out in search of the paradise where humans and vampires once coexisted in peace.
Tuesday, May 17
The Future Diary: Season 2 (Netflix series) – A brand-new love story unfolds when a young office worker in Tokyo finds herself caught between a charming bartender and a handsome medical student.
Wednesday, May 18
The Circle: Season 4 (Netflix series, new episodes weekly) – They’re chatty. They’re shady. They’re secretly famous. They’re this season’s players — and all bets are off as they compete for the ultimate prize.
Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror (Netflix documentary) – Anonymous and exploitative, a network of online chat rooms ran rampant with sex crimes. The hunt to take down its operators required guts and tenacity.
Love on the Spectrum U.S. (Netflix series) – Following the success of the multi-award winning Australian series, this insightful and warmhearted US based docu-series follows autistic people as they navigate the world of dating and relationships.
The Perfect Family (Netflix film) – At first, Lucía is taken aback by her son’s girlfriend’s eclectic family, but little does she know the impact they’ll have on her prim and proper life.
Toscana (Netflix film) – When a Danish chef travels to Tuscany to sell his father’s business, he meets a local woman who inspires him to rethink his approach to life and love.
Who Killed Sara?: Season 3 (Netflix series) – In this final season, as enemies become allies and the truth is finally exposed, Álex becomes fixated on solving a new enigma: What happened to Sara?
Thursday, May 19
A Perfect Pairing (Netflix film) – To land a major client, a hard-driving LA wine-company exec (Victoria Justice) travels to an Australian sheep station, where she ends up working as a ranch hand and sparking with a rugged local (Adam Demos).
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (Netflix family) – Picking up where “The Boss Baby: Family Business” left off, adult Ted Templeton Jr. uses Tina’s magical formula to turn himself back into the Boss Baby. But returning to BabyCorp is anything but child’s play.
The G Word with Adam Conover (Netflix documentary) – The G Word with Adam Conover is a hybrid comedy-documentary series that pulls back the curtain on the surprising ways the US government impacts our everyday lives, from the mundane to the life changing. With his signature blend of irreverence and insight, Conover explores the government’s triumphs, failures, and what we might be able to do to change it. Based on The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by best-selling author Michael Lewis (The Big Short, Moneyball), The G Word with Adam Conover is produced by Higher Ground alongside Adam Conover, Jon Cohen, and Jon Wolf of Fair Point.
Insiders: Season 2 (Netflix series, new episodes weekly) – Ten new candidates sign up for a casting call for a reality show, unaware the cameras have already started rolling. Let the mind games begin — again.
The Photographer: Murder in Pinamar (Netflix documentary) – This documentary examines the murder of photojournalist José Luis Cabezas, a crime that shook Argentina and exposed a political and financial conspiracy.
Rodrigo Sant’Anna: I’ve Arrived (Netflix comedy) – A new comedy special from Rodrigo Sant’Anna.
Friday, May 20
F*ck Love Too (Netflix film) – Love triangles and lingering doubts put relationships to the test as Lisa faces a difficult choice, Jack lands in a crisis and Bo questions her marriage.
Jackass 4.5
Love, Death & Robots: Volume 3 (Netflix series) – Uncanny worlds, violent delights and twisted kicks await in the third volume of the Emmy-winning animated anthology from Tim Miller and David Fincher.
Wrong Side of the Tracks (Netflix series) – A war veteran angry at the drug dealers and troublemakers infiltrating his neighborhood sets out to reform his wayward teenage granddaughter.
Sunday, May 22
ONE PIECE: New Episodes
Monday, May 23
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045: Season 2 (Netflix anime) – In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans.
Godspeed (Netflix film) – An ex-army captain travels to Dalyan to stop his friend’s beloved from marrying another man, but grief and trauma from a combat tragedy mar his journey.
Sea of Love (Netflix family) – Bruda and his sea animal friends go on mini-adventures in the ocean and discover that everyday moments are filled with bits of magic.
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Wednesday, May 25
The Circle: Season 4 (Netflix series, new episodes weekly) – They’re chatty. They’re shady. They’re secretly famous. They’re this season’s players — and all bets are off as they compete for the ultimate prize.
Larva Pendant (Netflix film) – When Yellow gets trapped by a mean and mischievous cat Red rushes (noisily) to his rescue.
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 5 (Netflix series) – In a new season of his reality series, “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in local cuisine and culture of new destinations, including Oaxaca, Maine, Helsinki, Portland and Madrid.
Thursday, May 26
Insiders: Season 2 (Netflix series, new episodes weekly) – Ten new candidates sign up for a casting call for a reality show, unaware the cameras have already started rolling. Let the mind games begin — again.
My Little Pony: Make Your Mark (Netflix family) – When Zipp realizes that the power of the crystals are fading, she goes on a mission to figure out why.
Friday, May 27
Stranger Things 4: Volume 1 (Netflix series) – Darkness returns to Hawkins just in time for spring break, triggering fresh terror, disturbing memories — and the threat of war.
Sunday, May 29
21 Bridges
Monday, May 30
Mighty Little Bheem: I Love Taj Mahal (Netflix family) – On a trip to the beautiful Taj Mahal, Bheem gets distracted trying to return a little girl’s lost teddy bear before someone steals it!
Leaving Netflix Canada in May
Sunday, May 1
Clueless
Colony: Seasons 1-3
Monday, May 2
iZombie: Seasons 1-5
Tuesday, May 3
StartUp: Seasons 1-3
Saturday, May 14
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Tuesday, May 31
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Full House: Seasons 1-8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Lang Pioneer Village in Keene receiving an award at the 2018 Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's Awards of Excellence. Now that the Kawartha Chamber has merged with the Peterborough Chamber to form the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce, there will only be the Business Excellence Awards, which is open to all businesses and individuals within the city and county of Peterborough. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)
Nominations are now open for the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Business Excellence Awards. Businesses and individuals within the city and county of Peterborough are eligible, and do not need to be members of the Chamber.
In previous years, the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Business Excellence Awards and the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism hosted the annual Awards of Excellence. Now that the two chambers have merged into into a single organization, there will now only be the annual Business Excellence Awards.
Nomination forms are available at pkexcellence.ca. The final deadline for nominations is 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25th.
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Nomination categories for businesses include Commercial Development or Renovation, Customer First, Employer of the Year, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Farm Family of the Year, Green Initiatives, Health & Wellness, Hospitality, Local Focus, Marketing & Promotion, Micro Business, New Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year, Not-for-profit, Professional Services, Retail, Skilled Trades, and Tourism.
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Based in Apsley in North Kawartha Township, The Land Canadian Adventures provides authentic experiences that immerse children and youth in nature while building their skills and their confidence in the outdoors by creating opportunities for supervised risk. Here, three Young Trippers leap off the cliffs in proven-safe spot at the end of a portage from Anstruther Lake to Rathbun Lake in Kawartha Lakes Highlands Provincial Park. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
Families looking for a unique and immersive outdoor adventure for kids and teens in the Kawarthas this summer will want to check out The Land Canadian Adventures.
Based in Apsley in North Kawartha Township, the family-owned outdoor education and wilderness guiding company is offering three summer camp options for children and youth: an innovative program that brings summer camp for kids to your family cottage, a challenging backcountry canoe adventure camp for youth, and programs for young students who want to improve their English or French language skills.
Founded in 2012 by outdoor enthusiasts and married couple Briagh Hoskins-Hasbury and Bretton Clark, The Land Canadian Adventures provides authentic experiences that immerse children and youth in nature while building their skills and their confidence in the outdoors.
Briagh Hoskins-Hasbury and Bretton Clark (right) founded The Land Canadian Adventures in 2012 and incorporated in 2014. Sally Russell (left) joined the team as a co-op student in summer of 2020, then officially took on the role of wilderness guide and program coordinator in the spring of 2021. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
“Camp to Cottage is for our youngest campers aged six to 11,” Briagh tells kawarthaNOW. “Young Trippers is an overnight backcountry adventure for older kids that includes four days of paddling and portaging in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. For teens aged 11 to 15, we also have programs with Lakefield College School that offer the opportunity to learn French or English outdoors.”
Camp to Cottage (ages 6-11)
Camp to Cottage is The Land Canadian Adventures’ newest program, developed last year by wilderness guide and program coordinator Sally Russell. This innovative approach to outdoor education brings the forest school experience to kids, rather than the other way around.
“Camp to Cottage developed very naturally last summer,” Sally recalls. “Part of what makes it unique is how the program developed from the needs of the community.”
It began with an email early last summer from a cottager on Jack Lake, just outside of Apsley, who was looking for someone to teach her grandkids and her neighbour’s kids how to swim.
The Land Canadian Adventures’ “Camp to Cottage” program can be personalized and customized to whatever the family wants and the kids like to do, including developing more confident paddling skills. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
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“We explained that wasn’t really our area of expertise,” Sally says. “Instead, we offered an option to provide outdoor educational programming that would include water safety and the idea for Camp to Cottage was born.”
Sally went to the family’s cottage and ran a week-long day camp, engaging a group of enthusiastic kids in both play and learning.
“We paddled and worked on camping skills,” she says. “We focused on exploring their own backyard. It was very successful.”
Word about this “we bring the camp to you” experiment soon spread to other families on Jack Lake, and The Land Canadian Adventures received more and more inquiries. Sally worked out all the details for delivering the new Camp to Cottage program and soon they were booked solid for the month of August.
With its “Camp to Cottage” program, The Land Canadian Adventures brings the forest school experience directly to the family cottage, engaging kids in the natural world right in their own backyard. Here, Camp-to-Cottage camper Avery shows off her collection of natural materials, including cedar, pinecones, stones, and maybe a bit of goldenrod. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
“We had to turn some people away, so we’ve jumped in this year and expanded,” Sally says.
For the entire summer, Camp to Cottage is offering personalized half-day or full-day sessions for up to five campers ages six to 11 at family cottages, homes, or wilderness properties anywhere within North Kawartha Township, Douro-Dummer Township, Lakefield, or Curve Lake First Nation.
“We’re excited to offer this program to anyone within 40 minutes of Apsley,” Sally says. “We’d be happy to set up a camp for as many cottages as we can and make the experience customized and personalized to what the family wants, including activities the kids would like to do.”
This can include anything and everything from teaching wilderness living and bushcraft skills (including hands-on learning about shelter, fire building, water purification, and positive mental attitude), helping kids connect with nature (including through tree, plant, and animal identification, ecosystems and wild communities exploration, tracking, and more), and teaching kids how to canoe with ORCKA-certified instructors.
Through The Land Canadian Adventures’ “Camp to Cottage” program, kids can connect with nature, learn how to canoe, and explore wilderness living and bushcraft skills, including how to safely build a fire. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
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“During one of the camps I ran last summer, on the rainiest day of the whole week, a couple of the girls and I spent a good hour and a half learning how to build a fire in the rain,” says Sally. “It was a great learning opportunity.”
You don’t have to be living on a lake to take advantage of the Camp to Cottage program.
“We’re invested in getting people on and in the water safely, but if you don’t live on a lake, that’s okay too,” Sally says. “In fact, if you’re interested in something that you don’t have access to, we’re also happy to work with you to get you what you need.”
A Young Tripper shows off her muscle by hefting a canoe over her head for the 160 metre or so portage between Rathbun and North Rathbun Lakes in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
Now in its seventh year, the Young Trippers program is a six-day adventure camp for youth aged 12 to 16 that includes a four-day backcountry canoe trip in the rugged beauty of Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park — the largest provincial park in southern Ontario after Algonquin Provincial Park and one intimately familiar to the team at The Land Canadian Adventures.
Campers are taught everything from how to plan and schedule a trip, to how to build a fire and forage for wild edibles, to how to clean and properly pack gear. They connect with nature while learning about self-reliance, teamwork, and determination in an environment of supervised risk.
“You see people push themselves in a way that feels safe, but still edgy with risks,” Briagh explains. “That’s the magic of bringing people to a place and showing them how they can connect with themselves and each other. People make the unexpected happen.”
Young Trippers on their way to their campsite on Serpentine Lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park after completing a challenging (but extremely rewarding) 1.5-kilometre portage from North Rathbun Lake. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
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“The best thing is when participants encourage each other and it’s obvious we’ve created a space where a positive mental attitude is the most important thing you can bring on the trip,” Briagh adds. “Working together catapults their skills and confidence to the next level.”
Along with building campers’ skills and confidence, The Land Canadian Adventures also instills in campers a respect for the environment — and the original inhabitants of the land.
“Our guides encourage campers to recognize that we are visitors to the land and to be respectful of traditional Indigenous territories,” Briagh explains. “We try to incorporate this as a foundational principle for our programs.”
A Young Tripper dances around canoes pulled up on shore in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. Youth learn about self-reliance, teamwork, and determination in an environment of supervised risk. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
On each trip, two skilled guides lead a group of four to seven campers. The ORCKA-certified guides provide basic canoe flatwater paddling certifications designed to turn beginners into effective paddlers. As backcountry canoe camping is inherently challenging, safety both on and around the water is an important consideration.
“A big part of our intake is getting a sense of previous experience,” Sally says. “We find out how much experience our campers have, and if they’ve never been swimming before we’re going to start with the fundamentals and wear life jackets whenever we are around the water.”
“We also consider other aspects of safety outdoors like fire safety, and even what we need to think about if we’re going to be walking around barefoot outdoors.”
A Young Tripper looks up from her magnifying glass as she examines a small Ghost Pipe plant in the Kawartha Highlands. Despite their appearance, these plants aren’t actually mushrooms. They’re a relative of blueberries that don’t produce chlorophyll; instead, they siphon nutrients from nearby tree roots through a network of underground fungi. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
Pandemic safety is also front of mind for The Land Canadian Adventures, which limits the number of campers per session and offers a 10 per cent “bubble buddy” discount for campers already in a social bubble.
Trip guides are certified wilderness first responders with an aptitude for hygiene as well as health and safety best practices. Of course, paddling and portaging also creates natural physical distancing.
For more information about the Young Trippers Canoe Adventure Camp, including session dates and pricing, visit canoecampingtrips.ca/young-trippers/.
Learning Languages in the Outdoors
The Land Canadian Adventures’ co-founder Bretton Clark, who is also an English as a second language (ESL) instructors, leads a group of Learning Languages in the Outdoors students in a lakeside language lesson at Algonquin Park. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
With its focus on experiential education, it’s only fitting that The Land Canadian Adventures has partnered with Lakefield College School to offer three unique language-learning programs as part of the school’s 2022 Summer Academy.
The programs, designed to take language learners to the next level in an outdoor setting, leverage the expertise of The Land Canadian Adventures co-founders Briagh and Bretton as English as a second language (ESL) instructors.
“We’ve taken the most fun parts of our jobs as ESL instructors — the field trips — and based our whole curriculum on the outdoors,” Briagh explains. “Teamwork inherently happens as these groups need to communicate accurately with each other. It’s a very kinesthetic learning opportunity and it engages people while distracting them from the fact that they’re learning a language. It’s a very immersive way to learn.”
A group of international students take a short break from paddling to pose for a selfie while the wind does the work of propelling their canoe raft along. The Learning Languages in the Outdoors program provides students with the opportunity to expand their English languages skills while experiencing Canadian culture. (Photo courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
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The English Enrichment Program, open to students ages 11 to 13, offers a three-week introduction to camping, canoeing, and wilderness living skills in a traditional Canadian camp environment while strengthening students’ English communication skills. The program culminates with a two-night adventure into the Kawartha Highlands.
The French High School Credit is a month-long camp for students pursuing a grade 9 French credit. Students will develop their fluency in French as they learn to pitch tents, build fires, paddle, identify edible plants, imitate bird calls, and more. The program starts with online building of core language skills and is followed by three weeks of in-person learning at the Lakefield College School campus, where campers will build their skills towards at three-night adventure in the Haliburton Highlands.
Finally, the month-long English Credit Program is designed for international students, including some incoming Lakefield College School students. Newly arriving students will familiarize themselves with the school’s campus while also learning about the Canadian cultural practice of canoe camping. They will gradually improve both their camping and language skills through a series of increasingly in-depth overnight trips, culminating in a four-night adventure in the Haliburton Highlands.
To learn more about the Learning Languages in the Outdoors programs, visit canoecampingtrips.ca/llo/, where you’ll also find links to enrol in each program at Lakefield College School.
The Land Canadian Adventures logo. (Graphic courtesy of The Land Canadian Adventures)
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