Ferrari, the two-toed sloth at the Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough, has passed away at the age of 32. (Photo: Riverview Park and Zoo / Facebook)
Ferrari, the male two-toed sloth at the Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough, has passed away at the age of 32.
On Tuesday (January 18), the zoo announced Ferrari’s passing from complications from several age-related conditions.
Ferrari came to the Park and Zoo from the Calgary Zoo in the summer of 2013, following the devastating Calgary flood.
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“With his easy-going nature, quirky looks, and charming behaviour, Ferrari was very popular with our visitors,” a media release from the zoo states. “Ferrari was very engaging, approachable, and special to many of our staff.”
While Ferrari had many years of good health, according to the zoo, the animal health team had recently been monitoring him closely when his condition had started to deteriorate.
“He then took a sudden turn for the worse and unfortunately passed away despite our best efforts,” the zoo states. “We would like to thank our staff and Dr. John Sallaway for their assistance with Ferrari’s ongoing treatment and care.”
Considered the world’s slowest animal, sloths have an average life span of 20 to 30 years in the wild, although they tend to live a bit longer in captivity.
The plant-based chicken parmesan from Nateure's Plate in Peterborough. The restaurant is offering "care packages" with plant-based meat and cheese alternatives that people can use in their own kitchens at home. The first package features entirely plant-based alternatives for cheddar cheese, feta cheese, parmesan cheese, ground beef, and burger patties. (Photo: Nateure's Plate)
This month, food writer Eva Fisher gets the scoop on The Lokal by Neski’s, a new restaurant and makers’ market set to open soon in Woodville, checks in with fine dining restaurants as they pivot to takeout (again), learns about new care packages for at-home cooks offered by Nateure’s Plate, and indulges in weekly take home dinners from Revelstoke Café.
Mother-son team set to open The Lokal restaurant and makers’ market in Woodville
Bren Neskovski and his mother Lorrie Neskovski have teamed up to open The Lokal, a new makers’ market and restaurant at 97 King Street in the heart of Woodville. (Photo courtesy of The Lokal)
Mother-and-son team Lorrie and Bren Neskovski are in the process of opening a new makers’ market and restaurant in the heart of Woodville. The location previously occupied by The Brick Oven will now house The Lokal by Neski’s (97 King Street, Woodville).
The space has been completely gutted and redone, with a wall knocked out to adjoin the unit next door for twice the space. On one side there will be a retail space, selling locally made products, and on the other side there will be a restaurant.
A commitment to local ingredients and local sourcing is a key value for Bren.
“Over the past two years I feel like everyone has just fallen into trying to survive and make do, and we really want to bring that focus back to the local communities and supporting local and really showing what us as Kawarthans and Canadians really are all about and that’s supporting each other. We’re always stronger when we’re together.”
VIDEO: Lorrie Neskovski talks about preparations for The Lokal
Bren and Lorrie are also the owners of Neski’s Lunchbox, a food truck located in Rosedale. They plan to open a new Neski’s Lunchbox food truck this summer at Pioneer Point Resort, between Lakefield and Buckhorn.
Bren began partnering with his mom in 2019.
“A lot of people don’t like the idea of mixing family with business,” he says. “I totally get it. However, mom and I are so similar and we’re both brutally honest with each other, which works out really well. We both have the same vision, we both have the same core values, so whenever it comes to business decisions we both know where we’re heading.”
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The new Woodville location will be a homecoming for Bren, who owned the restaurant Silver Spurs in Woodville a decade ago.
The menu for the new location will be a combination of food truck fare, including chicken burgers and poutine, and classics from the Silver Spurs menu such as home-made pizza.
Opening two new businesses in one year in the midst of a pandemic might seem daunting, but Bren enjoys the challenge of entrepreneurship.
“I get bored really, really easily,” Bren says. “I always have to keep doing something and it’s always been about the entrepreneurial spirit for me.”
The Lokal is currently scheduled to open in February, but renovations are still underway and might be delayed.
Fine dining at home in the Kawarthas during lockdown #5
Amandala’s in Peterborough offers lamb shank braised with imperial stout on their “here we go again” takeout menu. (Photo: Amandala’s)
It’s an extremely difficult time for those in the fine dining industry, with provincial restrictions keeping the warm murmur of a candlelit dining room silent for the time being. Luckily, the creative minds behind some of the best fine dining establishments in the Kawarthas have take-home options to brighten your lockdown.
Pane Vino Trattoria and Wine Bar (56 Kent St W., Lindsay, 705-878-4663) is offering a virtual wine dinner this Saturday (January 22) featuring a four-course meal with four Italian wines and a guided tasting. They are also offering Burger Thursdays, with your choice of a classic cheeseburger or a double-smoked bacon cheeseburger and either truffle frittes or classic frites with bomba mayo. Visit facebook.com/PaneVinoLindsay for more details.
Rare (166 Brock St., Peterborough, 705-742-3737) is back to their backdoor takeout, offering a selection of more casual fare like macaroni and cheese and fried chicken sandwiches. You can also purchase frozen foods and preserves, like smoked pulled pork and house made HP sauce. You can order from Tuesday through Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. at www.rareexperience.ca.
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Amandala’s (375 Water St., Peterborough, 705-749-9090) is offering a decadent takeout menu, with highlights including spaghetti squash crab fritters with sherry aioli, baby arugula and chamomile smoke, and a braised briket ravioli with house-made black garlic scented pasta, house ricotta, braised brisket filling, creamed pan reduction, toasted almonds, and Littleleaf Farm microgreens. Perfect for a decadent night in. Amandala’s “Here we go again takeout menu” is available Thursday through Sunday, and orders can be placed by phone.
Dreams Café and Bistro (138 Hunter St. W., Peterborough, 705-742-2406) is offering their dinner menu by takeout on Fridays and Saturdays from 5 to 8 p.m. Their menu, which includes decadent pastas, aromatic curries, and jumbo prawns served with banana blossom fritters, was posted on Facebook with the note, “We need your incredible support during these extremely difficult times to stay afloat.” For details, visit facebook.com/DreamsCafePtbo.
Now is the time to support the restaurants that you love.
Nateure’s Plate in Peterborough offers care packages with plant-based meat and cheese alternatives
Nateure’s Plate’s makes plant-based versions of meats and cheeses in house according to their own recipes. Their first “care package” includes four plant-based burger patties. (Photo: Nateure’s Plate)
Nateure’s Plate (182 Charlotte St., Peterborough, 705-874-1215) is making it easier to incorporate plant-based ingredients into your heartiest homemade meals. Co-owners Nathan and Danielle White are offering “care packages” — a collection of plant-based meat and cheese alternatives made in house at Nateure’s Plate.
This first package, debuting this week for $50, features entirely plant-based alternatives for cheddar cheese, feta cheese, parmesan cheese, ground beef, and burger patties.
Nathan hopes that this will allow people an opportunity to try something new in their kitchen during lockdown.
“Since everybody can’t come into the restaurant, it gives them a chance to have food that we make at their disposal that they can also get creative with.”
You can cook at home with Nateure’s Plate’s plant-based meat and cheese alternatives if you purchase a “care package” from the restaurant. (Image: Nateure’s Plate)
Nathan has spent the past two years developing a gluten-free and soy-free bacon alternative, which will be available in their care packages within the month. Every product within the care packages has been crafted with care from scratch.
I asked Nathan how he approaches developing plant-based products.
“That’s a thought process I’ve had for five to six years” he says. “You take a product — any product, any animal-based food — and think of how to make it plant based. That’s just something I’m obsessed with.”
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Nathan explains how he came up with his plant-based parmesan cheese.
“Parm is the most umami-rich cheese, so from a taste level you have to make it very rich in umami. You have to have the salinity level where it needs to be, and then you have to get the right acid — there are different cheeses and different dairy products that have different acids created through the culturing process, so that’s something you need to nail down. And then you have to pick a base cheese note flavour, and then you have to pick your secondary flavours from there.”
“And from there, you move to texture,” he adds. “You take a regular parm, look at the nutritional information, and you find plant-based ingredients that give it that same texture.”
You can order care packages by messaging Nateure’s Plate on social media or by phone. Nateure’s Plate will also be releasing new takeout breakfasts next week.
To order and for updates, visit Nateure’s Plate on Facebook and Instagram.
Revelstoke Café in Peterborough offers take-home dinners to brighten your lockdown
Revelstoke Café’s new take-home Friday dinners serve four to six people, with the menu rotating each week. Pictured are their take-home tacos. (Photo: Revelstoke Cafe)
Revelstoke Café (641 George St. N., Peterborough, 705-808-2893) is offering weekly Friday take-home dinners throughout the latest lockdown.
The plant-based kitchen is known for their creative brunches and lunches (and for their decadent cinnamon rolls and scones), but co-owner Jeff Clarkin — who owns the restaurant with his son Connor Clarkin — says that this lockdown was an opportunity to try something new.
“Last time when the dining area was closed, we did a cinnamon bun specialty contest where I made two different creative buns each week. Tis time I wanted to do something different to keep with the creativity and keep our guests engaged and fed.”
Take-home dinners are a departure from the creative and delicious brunches and lunches that Revelstoke Café is known for. (Photo: Revelstoke Cafe)
Each week, Jeff and Connor select a new take-home dinner.
“The choices are made by discussing with our employees and guests what they would like us to do, and we choose whatever the consensus decides,” Jeff says.
This week, that will be a vegan butter chicken with homemade garlic naan and basmati rice. Past specials have included lasagna with caesar salad and garlic bread, and build-your-own tacos with options including jerk jackfruit with pineapple verde and buffalo cauliflower with pickled red onion. Each dinner can feed four to six people.
You can preorder your dinner through Instagram or Facebook or by calling 705-775-5757. Revelstoke’s lockdown hours are Thursday to Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Betty White with Auggie the dog in August 2015 in a promotion for Discovery Family Channel's Pawgust. After the beloved actor and animal rights advocate passed away just weeks shy of her 100th birthday, a social media campaign encouraging people to donated to local animal rescue organizations in her name went viral. (Photo: Scott Everett White / Discovery)
The Peterborough Humane Society has received over $20,000 in donations in honour of Betty White, the late beloved actor and advocate for animal rights.
On Monday (January 17), the non-profit organization announced it had received almost $16,000 in donations. That amount increased to over $20,000 the following day.
Monday would have been White’s 100th birthday. She died on December 31 from a stroke she had six days before. Shortly after her death, the #BettyWhiteChallenge was launched on social media, encouraging people to donate $5 to their local animal rescue organization in White’s name on her birthday. The challenge quickly went viral, drawing support from celebrities including actors Mark Hamill and George Takei.
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Animal rescue organizations around the world, including across Canada, have benefited from the campaign. For example, the Ontario SPCA has received more than $50,000 in donations, the Calgary Humane Society has received $74,000, the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received over $64,000, and the Kingston Humane Society received $17,000.
White, whose career spanned seven decades, was best known for her role as in Rose Nylund in the TV sitcom Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992. During her career, she received eight Emmy awards, three American Comedy awards, three Screen Actors Guild awards, and a Grammy Award.
She was also a lifelong pet enthusiast and an animal welfare advocate, who worked with organizations including the Los Angeles Zoo Commission, The Morris Animal Foundation, African Wildlife Foundation, and Actors and Others for Animals.
Betty White with Mary Tyler Moore during an episode of “The Pet Set” in 1971. (Photo via IMDb)
In 1971, she and her husband Allen Ludden produced the syndicated TV show The Pet Set, hosted by White and featuring celebrities and their pets.
Carol Burnett, Doris Day, Mary Tyler Moore, Michael Landon, James Stewart, and Burt Reynolds were just a few of the celebrities who appeared during the series’ 39-episode run.
The show also featured discussions focusing on pet care, wildlife preservation, and ecology.
This story has been updated with the latest donation amount for the Peterborough Humane Society.
Holiday Shopping Passport grand prize draw winner Arlene Petrany of Peterborough and her grand prize of $1,500 in Boro gift cards with Peterborough DBIA executive director Terry Guiel. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)
Arlene Petrany of Peterborough has won the grand prize draw in the annual Holiday Shopping Passport program of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA).
Petrany’s winning passport was drawn last Wednesday (January 12) at the Peterborough DBIA’s offices. Her winning passport came from Things from Mom’s Basement at 192 Charlotte Street.
“I absolutely love downtown Peterborough, I always have,” said Petrany, who was presented with her grand prize of $1,500 in Boro gift cards by Peterborough DBIA executive director Terry Guiel. The gift cards are redeemable at participating downtown Peterborough businesses.
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“There are so many amazing shops and restaurants,” Petrany added. “I can’t wait until everything opens up again.”
The Holiday Shopping Passport program ran from November 8 to January 12. Throughout the program, shoppers were rewarded with a passport stamp for every $10 they spent at a participating downtown Peterborough location.
Each completed passport (20 stamps) were entered into a draw, including three early bird draws of $500 Boro gift cards. Jonah Udovc, Derek Banville, and Gabi Hintelmann were the early bird draw winners.
According to the Peterborough DBIA, the Holiday Shopping Passport program saw a 15 per cent increase in participation over the previous year, generating just over $2.6 million in local spending.
“Congratulations to Arlene Petrany on winning this year grand prize draw and a special thanks to everyone who prioritized shopping downtown this holiday season,” Guiel said. “I am incredibly proud of our community’s steadfast support for our downtown and I am hopeful that local support will continue to flourish in 2022.”
A City of Peterborough transit bus was stuck across Aylmer Street at Hunter Street in downtown Peterborough on the morning of January 17, 2022 after winter storm brought up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) of snow to the area. Transit services have been suspended until further notice. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of video by Steve Guthrie @SkunkRancher on Twitter)
Both the City of Peterborough and the Township of Selwyn have declared a “significant weather event” for Monday (January 17) after a winter storm brought up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) of snow to the area overnight on Sunday into Monday morning.
Municipalities can declare a significant weather event under a regulation of the Municipal Act, which allows them to deem municipal roadways as being in a “state of repair” with respect to snow accumulation.
The declaration of a significant weather event is not a notice of a reduced level of service, but notifies residents that it may take longer than usual to clear the snow.
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“Declaring a significant weather event is a way to advise residents, pedestrians, cyclists and motorists that conditions on roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes can be expected to be delayed compared to typical levels of service,” stated John Czerniawski, public works operations supervisor with the City of Peterborough, in a media release issued on Monday.
“Crews have been out on streets and sidewalks since 1:30 a.m. working on the roads and all snow-clearing resources will continue to be deployed 24 hours a day for this response,” Czerniawski added. “This is not an emergency situation, but the snow-clearing work will take some time to complete with the amount of snow that has fallen and continues to come down this morning.”
In Peterborough, snow-clearing operations are currently focused on main roads as well as sidewalks. Crews are expected to move into residential streets Monday night or early Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, public transit services have been suspended in both Peterborough and Lindsay until further notice. Specialty transit in Lindsay will continue to operate for essential appointments only.
Other municipal services in Peterborough closed on Monday due to the winter storm including the city’s social services office, city-operated child care centres at Pearson Day Care and Peterborough Day Care, city-operated before- and after-school child care programs at Edmison Heights Public School and Westmount Public School, and Peterborough Public Library.
Trent University has closed both its Peterborough and Durham campuses. Remote classes for both campuses are continuing as scheduled. Food and essential services continue. Fleming College campuses remain open.
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Although the COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Healthy Planet Arena in Peterborough remains open during the day, Peterborough Public Health is recommending people rebook their appointments to later in the week. The health unit has cancelled the evening clinic from 5 to 9 p.m. at Healthy Planet Arena, as well as the clinic that was to take place on Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Norwood Community Centre.
Waste and recycling curbside collection in Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland County have been cancelled for Monday. Kawartha Lakes residents are asked to put their items out for collection on Friday (January 21) and Northumberland County residents are asked to hold their items until next Monday (January 24), when collection limits for garbage will be doubled from two bags to four and additional recyclables can be placed in plastic totes or cardboard boxes.
There was also a power outage in the Peterborough in East City and central downtown locations, leaving hundreds of residents and businesses without power for around four hours on Monday morning.
Cobourg Community Centre is located at 750 D'Arcy Street in Cobourg. (Photo: Town of Cobourg)
Due to the winter storm forecast for Monday (January 17), the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is cancelling its mass vaccination clinics in Cobourg, Lindsay, and Colborne scheduled for Monday.
The clinics were to take place at the Lindsay Exhibition, the Cobourg Community Centre, and the Keeler Centre in Colborne.
Environment Canada has issued a significant snowfall warning for Kawartha Lakes, with 15 to 20 cm of snow expected on Monday, and a winter storm warning for Northumberland, with 25 to 40 cm of snow possible.
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“We apologize to everyone who has an appointment booked, but with the predicted snowfall we thought it best to cancel the clinic to ensure the safety of our residents, staff and volunteers so they didn’t have to travel in that weather,” says Dr. Natalie Bocking, the health unit’s medical officer health, in a media release on Sunday.
Anyone who had an appointment booked for Monday at one of the cancelled clinics is encouraged to rebook their appointment through the provincial booking system online at covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/ or by calling 1-833-943-3900.
“With the omicron variant circulating in the community, it is still important to get vaccinated, so I would encourage everyone who had their appointment cancelled to rebook to ensure they are protected,” ” Dr. Bocking says.
Peterborough native Matthew Finlan as Jerald Baxter in the romantic thriller "Brazen", currently the most-viewed show on Netflix in Canada. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)
Peterborough native Matthew Finlan has a key role in the Netflix romantic thriller Brazen, which debuted last Thursday (January 13) on the streaming platform and is currently the number one show on Netflix.
Based on the 1988 novel Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts, the film follows mystery writer and crime expert Grace (Alyssa Milano), who investigates the murder of her estranged sister, a teacher who led a double life as a webcam performer.
Finlan plays a key role as Jerald Baxter, one of the murdered woman’s students.
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This is not the first screen role for the 27-year-old actor, who has also appeared on Nurses, The Murdoch Mysteries, Workin’ Moms, and October Faction.
Finlan, who now divides his time between Toronto and Vancouver, began his acting career on the Peterborough stage, appearing in productions by the Peterborough Theatre Guild, St. James Players, and New Stages.
He graduated from the integrated arts program at Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School (PCVS) in 2012 — the same year the school was closed. As student council president at the time, Finlan was one of the leaders of the ultimately unsuccessful fight to have the school board’s decision reviewed.
Randy Read as The Stage Manager with Matthew Finlan as George Gibbs and Bethany Heemskerk as Emily Webb in the 2017 New Stages’ production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” at the Market Hall in Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll)
He left Peterborough in 2012 to study at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto, although he returned occasionally to Peterborough to perform on stage. After graduating from George Brown, Finlan worked with professional theatre companies including The Shaw Festival, Soul Pepper, Roseneath Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times/Theatre Rusticle, and Corpus.
In 2020, he won a Dora Award for Best New Musical for Life in a Box, a show he co-created with Landon Doak.
You can expect to see more of Finlan on the screen in 2022. He also has roles in two upcoming films: the horror film Orphan: First Kill, to be released in early 2022, and the comedy My Fake Boyfriend, currently in post-production.
Anti-vax protestors gather outside the home of Peterborough medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott on January 15, 2022. (Photo: kawarthaNOW)
A day after Peterborough’s medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott called out “threatening antivaxxers” on Twitter for protesting outside of the health unit’s offices in downtown Peterborough, a small group of them showed up in front of his East City home on Saturday afternoon (January 15).
Several of Dr. Piggott’s neighbours contacted kawarthaNOW about the protest, which initially saw 20 to 30 people gather on the sidewalk in a residential neighbourhood while carrying signs reading “Giving Experimental Drugs to Children is Child Abuse” and “Think Bio-Weapon” among others. The crowd eventually dwindled to around 15 people.
Photos posted on social media by one of the protestors show signs reading “You didn’t like our protest at PPH so … here we are!” and “Hands off our kids Piggott!” The signs appear to have been placed on the porch of Dr. Piggott’s home, but kawarthaNOW cannot confirm this is the case.
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Protest signs that appears to have been placed on Dr. Piggott’s property. (Photos from private Facebook group supplied to kawarthaNOW)
At least one resident of the usually quiet neighbourhood told kawarthaNOW they called the police. Another resident told kawarthaNOW three police cars arrived at the scene before the protestors eventually dispersed.
It is also unknown where Dr. Piggott and his family were home at the time of the protest, and if any of the protestors were ticketed, but a number of police officers remained on the scene after the protestors left.
On Saturday evening, Dr. Piggott posted on Twitter that he and his family are “fine” and apologized to his neighbours, “many of whom I haven’t even had the pleasure to meet yet,” before concluding with “Spread more love not COVID.”
Thank you everyone for the kind words & ? – we are all fine. I'm deeply sorry to my #ptbo neighbours, many of whom I haven't even had the pleasure to meet yet, who had to endure that. Spread more love not COVID.
Earlier on Saturday evening, Peterborough-Kawartha MP Michelle Ferreri also posted on Twitter about the protest:
“I have just been informed of protests being held in front of the home of Peterborough’s Medical Officer of Health,” she wrote. “I want to be clear, I condemn this behaviour. When protests turn into personal attacks on our public health workers, a line must be drawn.”
“I urge my constituents to exercise your rights peacefully; void of harassment and intimidation. Leave the home out of it. Period. We must continue to stand firm in our shared support of Peterborough’s public health care workers in order to ensure their safety at home.”
2/2 I urge my constituents to exercise your rights peacefully; void of harassment and intimidation. Leave the home out of it. Period. We must continue to stand firm in our shared support of Peterborough’s public health care workers in order to ensure their safety at home.
The protest in front of Dr. Piggott’s home appears to be a reaction to comments he made on Twitter on Friday afternoon (January 14), while a group of around 25 people were protesting in from of Peterborough Public Health on King Street.
Dr. Piggott wrote that “instead of focusing on protecting the public’s health and responding to this pandemic my [Peterborough Public Health] team and I are ensuring our staff and building is safe from the threatening antivaxxers protesting out front.”
He also wrote, “Enough already. Everyone has the right to expressing their beliefs, no matter how wrong they may be. But not at our expense. Healthcare workers and public health need protection and can’t be the site of these terrorizing demonstrations.”
Gotta love Friday's where instead of focusing on protecting the public's health and responding to this pandemic my @Ptbohealth team and I are ensuring our staff and building is safe from the threatening antivaxxers protesting out front.
This story has been updated with additional information about the number of protestors, Dr. Piggott’s reaction on Twitter to the protest, and MP Michelle Ferreri’s reaction on Twitter to the protest.
Environment Canada has issued winter storm warnings or snowfall warnings for the entire greater Kawarthas region, forecasting heavy snow on Sunday night (January 16) into Monday.
A winter storm warning is in effect for Peterborough County, northern Hastings County, and Northumberland County, with a snowfall warning in effect for Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County.
A low pressure system tracking south of the Great Lakes will bring significant snowfall to the region on Monday. Heavy snow will likely significantly impact the Monday morning commute. Local blowing snow is also possible Monday afternoon and evening with gusty northerly to northwesterly winds.
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Snowfall accumulation will vary depending on the location, with Environment Canada forecasting the following amounts:
25 to 40 cm for Northumberland County, including Cobourg and Port Hope, with peak snowfall rates of 2 to 5 cm per hour are possible Monday morning into Monday afternoon.
25 cm for Peterborough County, including Apsley, Peterborough, and Lakefield, with peak snowfall rates of 2 to 4 cm per hour possible Monday morning into Monday afternoon.
25 cm for northern Hastings County, including Bancroft, with peak snowfall rates of 2 to 4 cm per hour possible Monday morning into Monday afternoon.
15 to 20 cm southern Kawartha Lakes, including Lindsay, with peak snowfall rates of 2 to 3 cm per hour possible Monday morning into Monday afternoon.
15 cm for northern Kawartha Lakes, including Fenelon Falls, with peak snowfall rates of 2 to 4 cm per hour possible Monday morning into Monday afternoon.
15 cm for Haliburton County, with peak snowfall rates up to 2 cm per hour possible Monday morning into Monday afternoon.
Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations. Poor weather conditions may contribute to transportation delays, Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve.
Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow. Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways, and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.
Take frequent breaks and avoid strain when clearing snow.
This story has been updated with the latest forecast from Environment Canada.
Beau Dixon (right) as the Martian prime minister in the season finale of the critically acclaimed television series "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)
Peterborough’s Beau Dixon has two more notches on his acting resume, appearing in two critically acclaimed television series in the past month.
The multi-talented Dixon — who is also a musician, composer, director, and playwright as well as an actor — appears as the Martian prime minister in the series finale of The Expanse on Amazon Prime, and as “The Tuba” character in four episodes of Station Eleven on HBO Max.
In “Babylon’s Ashes”, the series finale of The Expanse (based on the books by James S. A. Corey, the collective pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck), Dixon has a speaking role as the unnamed Martian prime minister in a scene where the surviving leaders of Earth, Mars, and the Belt convene at a roundtable on Ceres.
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Dixon also appears in four episodes of Station Eleven, a limited series based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel. Mainly set two decades after a flu pandemic has killed almost everyone on the planet and resulted in the collapse of civilization, the story follows a group of survivors who make their living as travelling performers.
Dixon plays the role of an unnamed tuba-playing character in the travelling symphony and appears in episode two (“A Hawk from a Handsaw”), episode four (“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Aren’t Dead”), episode eight (“Who’s There?), and episode 10 (the series finale “Unbroken Circle”).
All six seasons of The Expanse are available on Amazon Prime, and all 10 episodes of Station Eleven are available on HBO Max.
Beau Dixon as the tuba-playing character in the HBO Max limited series “Station Eleven”. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)
Born in Detroit, Dixon lived in London, Ottawa, and Toronto before moving to Peterborough to be close to his mother and sister.
He is the co-founder and artistic director for Firebrand Theatre, a Canadian educational theatre company, and an artistic associate for 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook. More recently, Dixon became the music director for Sheridan College, Lakefield College School, and the Stratford Festival.
As an actor, Dixon received two Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Best New Play, Best Individual Performance) and two Toronto Critic’s Awards (Best Ensemble, Male Lead in a Musical). He was inducted into Peterborough’s Pathway of Fame in 2011.
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