Some of the hundreds of first aid kits the Waselenko family of Peterborough has assembled to send to the people of Ukraine. Local Shoppers Drug Mart locations are covering three-quarters of the cost of each kit, with customers asked to make a donation of $10 on March 12, 2022. (Photo: Nadia Waselenko / Instagram)
A teacher at Fleming College in Peterborough is leading an effort to send hundreds of first aid kits to Ukraine, and is asking members of the community to donate $10 at local Shoppers Drug Marts to help cover the cost of the kits.
Victor Waselenko, who has ties to Ukraine, enlisted the help of his family to assemble the kits, each of which contains $40 worth of bandages, gauze, and off-the-shelf painkillers.
Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Peterborough are covering three-quarters of the cost of each kit. Waselenko is asking people to visit a Shoppers Drug Mart location on Saturday (March 12) to make a donation of $10 towards the cost of a kit.
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Waselenko’s initial goal is to send at least 500 of the kits to Ukraine.
People can visit any of the five Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Peterborough on Saturday to make a $10 donation for a kit: 741 Lansdowne Street West, 250 Charlotte Street, 1875 Lansdowne Street West, and 971 Chemong Road.
For those who are unable to visit Shoppers Drug Mart on Saturday, donations can be made to the following reputable organizations to support the people of Ukraine
Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory for Northumberland County beginning late Friday afternoon (March 11).
Light snow on Friday will become heavier late in the afternoon or evening, with the snow easing early Saturday morning.
Total snowfall amounts of 7 to 12 cm are expected.
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Take extra care when walking or driving in affected areas. If visibility is reduced while driving, turn on your lights and maintain a safe following distance.
Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.
In other areas of the greater Kawarthas region, total snowfall amounts will be limited to 2 to 4 cm.
Niagara rockers Revive the Rose are performing at the Red Dog Tavern in downtown Peterborough on March 12, 2022 with Peterborough's The Mickies and Hamilton bands Dirty Rick and Ellis In Transit. (Photo: Revive the Rose website)
Every Thursday, we publish live music events at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region based on information that venues provide to us directly or post on their website or social media channels. Here are the listings for the week of Thursday, March 10 to Wednesday, March 16.
If you’re a pub or restaurant owner and want to be included in our weekly listings, please email our nightlifeNOW editor at nightlife@kawarthanow.com. For concerts and live music events at other venues, check out our Concerts & Live Music page.
Saturday, April 9 8pm - Benj Rowland Community Garden Album Release w/ J.J. Swinn And The Haymakers, Kayla Mahomed ($20 in advance at www.eventbrite.com/e/290819056627)
Sponsored by the City of Peterborough and coordinated by Active School Travel Peterborough, the Grade 8 Transit Quest provides free Peterborough Transit passes to all Grade 8 students within the City of Peterborough for the duration of March Break. (Photo: Vicky Paradisis / Peterborough Transit)
With March Break nearly here, adolescents and parents are likely thinking two rather different things. Adolescents may be excited about a week of fun and freedom with friends. Meanwhile, parents and guardians may be wondering how to juggle work with adolescents who crave independence but depend increasingly upon a part-time chauffeur to enjoy that independence.
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Jaime Akiyama, GreenUP’s Program Coordinator.
Enter the Grade 8 Transit Quest program, sponsored by the City of Peterborough and coordinated by Active School Travel Peterborough. The program provides free Peterborough Transit passes to all Grade 8 students within the City of Peterborough for the duration of March Break (from Friday, March 11th to Sunday, March 20th).
Whether you are a parent who needs to motivate your kid, or a kid who needs to make the case to your parents, here is your one-stop resource on the four key benefits of the Grade 8 Transit Quest:
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1. Seize the moment
The Grade 8 Transit Quest program increases youth familiarity with the Peterborough transit system at a time in their lives when they are beginning to appreciate the ability to travel more independently.
This increase in independent mobility is more than just a gift for parents who would otherwise be chauffeurs — it also allows youth to better access activities, employment, and other opportunities.
Introducing children and youth to public transit is a way to encourage a healthier lifestyle. Studies show that using public transit contributes to approximately a third of a child’s recommended daily physical activity. After all, transit trips often begin and end with a walk to or from a bus stop. (Photo: Vicky Paradisis / Peterborough Transit)
Studies show that adolescence is a particularly influential period to introduce public transit as a way to be independent. Encouraging youth to use public transit increases the likelihood that they will use public transit in the future and be less reliant on cars as adults.
A 2018 study of youth transit users in Kingston, Ontario, suggests public transit provides a meaningful alternative mode of transportation for youth, and influences behavioural change for a more sustainable future.
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2. Take climate action
Public transportation directly benefits youth and their community. The environmental benefits include reduced air pollution and traffic congestion from fewer vehicles on the road.
Studies show transportation currently represents 23 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Increased use of alternative transportation, including efficient public transit, is necessary in order to reduce emissions by decreasing the number of cars on the road.
3. Develop sustainable budget priorities
At one tenth the cost of car ownership, public transit is a compelling and healthy option for today’s youth to develop financial independence. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)
Even if a young person were legally able to drive a vehicle, the expense of owning and maintaining a vehicle is prohibitive for many people. Youth may not consider that the initial cost of the vehicle itself is only the beginning. Insurance, registration, maintenance, gas, and parking expenses amount to substantial ongoing costs.
Statistics Canada reports that, in 2017, Ontario households spend on average one-fifth of their income on private transportation. That is more than we spend on food. Buying a car should no longer be perceived as an adolescent right of passage, nor a symbol of independence. For many individuals and families, owning a car can be financially and environmentally unsustainable.
In 2017 Global News compared the expenses associated with vehicle ownership to adult public transit costs from the Canadian Urban Transit Association. They found that riding public transit is at least 10 times cheaper than owning a car.
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4. Create safe and healthy habits
Public transit is a safe mode of travel that encourages positive habits associated with healthier lifestyles.
Studies show that using public transit contributes to approximately a third of a child’s recommended daily physical activity. After all, transit trips often begin and end with a walk to or from your bus stop.
In 2017, the American Heart Association found public transit users are 27 per cent less likely to have high blood pressure and 34 per cent less likely to have diabetes compared to people who drive.
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This March Break, take a break from the car. The Active School Travel Peterborough Grade 8 Transit Quest program builds competences and knowledge that helps foster the independent mobility that youth crave.
Grade 8 Transit Quest passes, program information, and educational material have been delivered to schools the week before March Break. Active School Travel Peterborough thanks school administrators and Grade 8 teachers for distributing the passes before students leave for March Break.
If you have younger kids in your life, Peterborough Transit currently allows children 12 years and under to ride for free.
The environmental benefits of public transit include reduced air pollution and traffic congestion from fewer vehicles on the road. (Photo: Vicky Paradisis / Peterborough Transit)
About Active School Travel Peterborough
Active School Travel Peterborough promotes the use of active and sustainable transportation for the daily trip to school, working with local schools to implement programs that encourage students to walk, roll, or bus to school.
Active School Travel Peterborough recognizes that public transit is an important active and sustainable mobility choice, with numerous benefits for youth. Our various programs increase the knowledge and comfort levels of young transit riders, making public transportation both normal and accessible.
Using public transit may be a new experience for youth. AST Ptbo helps students prepare. Active School Travel Peterborough transit programs, like On The Bus and School Trip By Transit, introduce young students to transit experiences, often for the first time, and help build familiarity with the transit system.
In Ottawa on March 9, 2022, Canada's transportation minister Omar Alghabra announced the federal government is launching a request for expressions of interest, inviting the private sector to formally express their interest in partnering with the federal government to build the high frequency rail project. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of CPAC video)
Passenger rail service in Peterborough is a step closer to reality — although it will be another decade before the rail service in in place.
Federal transportation minister Omar Alghabra announced on Wednesday (March 9) that the federal government is launching a request for expressions of interest, inviting the private sector to formally express their interest in partnering with the federal government to build the high frequency rail project.
The project which would see electrified rail service through Québec City, Trois-Rivières, Montréal, Ottawa, Peterborough, and Toronto, with shorter travel times and faster trains.
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“High frequency rail is a transformational project that promises to fundamentally change the way Canadians travel in southern Ontario and Quebec, improving accessibility, and providing more travel flexibility,” Alghabra said. “The request for expressions of interest marks the first major step in the development and advancement of this project.”
Through the request for expressions of interest, the federal government will seek feedback from experienced private sector companies on the high frequency rail project and provide them with information on the next stages of the procurement process.
“High frequency rail is an infrastructure project with a size and scope that is unprecedented in modern Canadian history, which is why we are seeking to leverage the advice and views of private sector companies with concrete experience in designing and implementing complex infrastructure projects across the world,” said Filomena Tassi, the federal minister of public services and procurement.
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After the request for expressions of interest, the next stages in the project include a request for qualifications this fall and a request for proposals in 2023 and 2024.
The federal government expects construction on the high frequency rail service to begin in the mid-2020s, with the service fully operational in the early 2030s.
Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien. (Photo: NV Media Productions for kawarthaNOW.com)
Diane Therrien is returning to her duties as Mayor of Peterborough.
“Based on advice from my doctor, I am returning to work part time this week, and will be back full time next week,” Therrien wrote in an update posted on Twitter on Wednesday (March 9).
On February 14, she had announced she was temporarily stepping away from her duties for health reasons.
At the time, she asked councillor and deputy mayor Andrew Beamer to act on her behalf.
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“I want to thank Acting Mayor Beamer and Deputy Mayor Akapo for filling in for me the last few weeks, and all of council for their ongoing work for our community,” Therrien wrote.
Therrien also thanked everyone who sent her “well wishes and support.”
“We live in strange, trying times,” she wrote. “Take care of yourselves, and be kind — to yourself and others.”
Two days before the second anniversary of the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic, Ontario has announced the lifting of mask mandates from most indoor settings after March break.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore made the announcement at a media conference at Queen’s Park on Wednesday (March 9), in what was his final regularly scheduled pandemic media update, stating that key public health indicators are stable or continuing to improve.
“With the peak of omicron behind us, Ontario has been able to cautiously and gradually move through its reopening milestones,” Dr. Moore said. “We are now learning to live with and manage COVID-19 for the long term. This necessitates a shift to a more balanced response to the pandemic, and changes are being made with respect to the province pandemic response to reflect a longer-term approach.”
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Dr. Moore announced face masks will no longer be required for most indoor settings as of Monday, March 21st — this includes stores, restaurants, schools, and childcare settings. The only exception will be public transit, healthcare settings, long-term care homes, and high-risk congregate care settings.
“Removing the mask mandate does not mean the risk is gone — COVID-19 transmission is still occurring across the province and masks can help protect you and others from becoming infected with COVID-19,” Dr. Moore said, adding that he expects to see cases and hospitalizations increase “slightly” as Ontarians increasingly interact with one another.
“However, thanks to our high vaccination rates and natural immunity that is developing, as well as the arrival of other therapeutics and anti-virals, Ontario has the tools necessary to manage the impacts of this virus.”
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Dr. Moore strongly recommended that people most vulnerable to the virus continue to wear a mask, and asked Ontarians to respect the masking requirements that maintain in place, including federal requirements for returning international travellers.
He also appealed to Ontarians to respect those who choose to continue to wear masks after the requirement has been lifted.
“As a society, I am asking that we remain kind, considerate, and respectful towards those who continue to choose to wear a mask,” he said.
At an earlier local healthcare announcement in Brantford, Premier Doug Ford said people can choose to continue to wear a mask if they wish.
“It’s going to be up to the people of Ontario,” Ford said. “If you want to keep your mask on, keep it on. If you want to take it off, take it off. But we have to move forward from this. People are exhausted.”
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Dr. Moore noted that Ontarians should be prepared to resume mask wearing if a new variant of concern emerges, or in the winter months when COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses are likely to recirculate, especially if they being to affect the health care system again.
“If we’re seeing multiple different viruses circulating … we would make recommendations to mask at that time if we see an increasing burden on the hospital system,” Dr. Moore said. “We may move from a recommendation to a mandate for masking, but that would follow data, it would follow the surveillance, the circulation of those viruses, and the impact on the hospital before we’d ever make a recommendation to mandate (for masking).”
When asked by a reporter whether he would personally choose to continue to wear a mask after the mandate is lifted, Dr. Moore said he would not wear a mask in outdoor settings, but would continue to do so in some indoor settings.
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“If I go to a busy, busy box store, I’ll put my mask on in those settings,” Dr. Moore said. “I don’t want to give away any of my personal health information, but I’ll do my individual risk assessment and if I’m going into that type of environment, where you’re not going to have distancing, other people are not wearing masks, at an individual level I’ll continue (to wear a mask).”
When the reporter questioned why Dr. Moore would choose to continue to wear a mask, given that he is “telling 15 million Ontarians it is safe to remove your mask,” Dr. Moore replied that it is a personal choice.
“The risk is continuing to diminish, but for some individuals that may be at risk to admission to hospital, or who have a negative impact from COVID-19, that’s their decision and choice to make.”
Dr. Moore also announced changes to isolation requirements, case and contact management, and changes to COVID-19 data reporting. Details of the changes are provided in a technical media briefing slide desk from the Ministry of Health, available below.
White Cottage Cafe, run by Brandy and River Watson, opened in Fenelon Falls in February and offers a variety of hot drinks, sandwiches, and baked goods. (Photo: White Cottage Cafe)
This month, food writer Eva Fisher grabs a bite at the newly opened White Cottage Cafe in Fenelon Falls, melts for new chocolatier Melt Ptbo, tastes fresh and bold Rebel Elixir Coffee in Haliburton, and discovers the new flavours of 2022 at Central Smith Creamery in Selwyn.
Mother-daughter team opens White Cottage Cafe in Fenelon Falls
River Watson graduated from Niagara College’s Food Innovation and Technology Program, and is now bringing her culinary skills to White Cottage Cafe. (Photo: White Cottage Cafe)
Looking for a coffee or a bite to eat in Fenelon Falls? White Cottage Cafe (45 Lindsay St., Fenelon Falls, 705-887-7775) opened on February 22, and is offering a variety of hot drinks, sandwiches, and baked goods.
Located right next door to The Barn and Bunkie, the cafe is run by mother-daughter team Brandy and River Watson. Brandy is also the owner and operator of The Barn and Bunkie (41 Lindsay St, Fenelon Falls, 705-887-0304). River is an honour roll graduate of Niagara College’s Food Innovation and Technology Program.
According to Brandy, “River grew up learning and honing her craft alongside her grandmother and has always had a passion for creative culinary.”
The scones and cookies at White Cottage Cafe are made in house, with a rotating selection and new flavours being offered regularly. (Photo: White Cottage Cafe)
So what’s on the menu? The paninis are a popular menu item, particularly the It’s Popping Panini made with jalapeno or dill, candied bacon, cream cheese and cheddar. The Mac Daddy is also popular — a panini stuffed with homemade macaroni and cheese and then grilled.
Cookies and scones are made in house, with a rotating selection and new flavours being offered regularly. The syrups, sauces, and whipped flavoured cream cheeses are also made in house.
Brandy says the new cafe will provide an exciting service to the shop next door.
The White Cottage Cafe is located right next door to The Barn and Bunkie in Fenelon Falls. (Photo: White Cottage Cafe)
“The Barn and Bunkie located next door is our main store and customers wanted a place for coffee and goodies close by,” she says. “It seemed like a good fit. We host monthly markets in the summer, special events and a Christmas market, so having everything onsite is a win-win, one-stop shop.”
New chocolatier Melt Ptbo smashes hearts with pastel chocolate art
A Melt Ptbo smash heart, decorated with gold leaf, and presented with three peanut butter and marshmallow filled cakesicles. (Photo: Nick Sousa)
Melt Ptbo, a new chocolatier in Peterborough, makes chocolate with an aesthetic as sweet as their confectionery.
Their pretty pastel-coated strawberries, geometric chocolate hearts filled with treats and made to smash, and decorated chocolate-covered Oreos are a treat that is sure to please your inner mermaid princess (we all have one).
Owner Danielle Sousa started the business in early 2022. Her background in cake decorating informed some of her techniques, but she is largely self taught.
A Melt Ptbo rainbow of chocolate covered strawberries. (Photo: Nick Sousa)
“My daughter and I are always baking and crafting,” Danielle says. “But one day smash hearts caught my eye. I really wanted to try to make one, and I started to experiment with other treats too. The opportunities are really endless with chocolate.”
Aesthetic appeal is a big part of Danielle’s work.
“Before I start a project, I get inspiration from pastel colours, the seasons, the theme of the order. I really take my time with each piece and every detail. I want it to look like edible art.”
Smash bears, chocolate covered Oreos, and vanilla cakesicles from Melt Ptbo. (Photo: Nick Sousa)
Beginning in April, Melt Ptbo products will also be available at the Modern Makers Market shop (651 Chamberlain St., Peterborough, 705-742-1000).
Haliburton’s Rebel Elixir Coffee takes green beans to the next level
Oliver Zielke of Rebel Elixir Coffee brings freshly roasted coffee to Haliburton and beyond. (Photo: Rebel Elixir Coffee)
Choosing fresh, locally roasted coffee is about more than flavour. Oliver Zielke, owner and coffee roaster of Rebel Elixir Coffee (1148 Tattersall Rd., Haliburton, 705-455-2954), goes the extra mile (literally) to offer fresh, healthy, and environmentally friendly coffee to Ontario coffee lovers.
Oliver started Rebel Elixir Coffee in 2015 because he saw it as an opportunity to make positive change in his community.
“For me life starts with: how can I best act to change the world for the better?”
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This ethos permeates every aspect of his business, from farm to customer, starting with ethically sourced beans.
“My own green coffee supply comes from farms I know and support long term, including cooperatives, Indigenous led, fair trade, and organic growers.”
The beans are roasted in Haliburton, and in season Oliver makes deliveries by bike to reduce his carbon footprint. Oliver points out that making ethical choices with your coffee consumption can have a big impact.
In season, Rebel Elixir Coffee makes some deliveries by bike to reduce the carbon footprint of the roastery. (Photo: Rebel Elixir Coffee)
“Coffee is one of the few foods consumed by most people every day, and mass changes in coffee purchasing can have significant impact by the sheer scale involved.”
To ensure freshness, Rebel Elixir Coffee labels each bag with the roast date. Oliver says that this is important for flavour and health reasons.
“Besides making you alert, science now knows fresh coffee lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease, lowers the risk of diabetes, increases your metabolic rate, and lowers the risk of depression.”
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Oliver says that this is because fresh coffee contains significant amounts of polyphenol antioxidants, which start to degrade from about three weeks after roasting.
Freshly roasted Rebel Elixir Coffee is available for curbside pickup at the roastery, at Foodland Haliburton (188 Highland St., Haliburton, 605-457-2242), or through Rebel Elixir’s website at rebelelixir.ca.
Central Smith Creamery in Selwyn releases the flavours of 2022
Central Smith Creamery has reformulated their sorbets for 2022 and introduced two new flavours: blue raspberry and peach. (Photo: Central Smith Creamery)
Central Smith Creamery (739 Lindsay Rd., Selwyn, 705-742-5867) has released its new flavours for 2022 and peanut butter fans, berry lovers, and those who avoid dairy will be pleased.
Four new flavours have been announced for 2022, including two ice creams and two sorbets.
Cassidy Dawson, Central Smith’s sales and operations analyst and marketing specialist, says the theme for this year’s new flavours is ‘a flavour for everyone.’
Berry Berry Chip, a black raspberry ice cream with a blackberry ripple and chocolate chips, is one of two new ice cream flavours Central Smith Creamery has introduced for 2022. (Photo: Central Smith Creamery)
“We made sure they were really diverse,” Cassidy explains. “Our flavours last year were focused on kids, and this one was more what was missing from the flavours that we already offer, and what was missing was more non-dairy options.”
That’s why two of the new flavours are sorbets: blue raspberry and peach. Cassidy adds that all of Central Smith’s sorbets were reformulated this year to make them creamier and more scoopable.
There are also two new ice creams: Peanut Butter Pretzel and Berry Berry Chip. Peanut Butter Pretzel is a peanut butter ice cream with a chocolate ripple, white chocolate pretzel bark, and dark chocolate flakes. Berry Berry Chip is a black raspberry ice cream with a blackberry ripple and chocolate chips.
Sweet and salty lovers, rejoice! New for 2022, Peanut Butter Pretzel is a peanut butter ice cream with a chocolate ripple, white chocolate pretzel bark, and dark chocolate flakes. (Photo: Central Smith Creamery)
Cassidy says that this year’s flavour selection started last summer, when Central Smith invited customers in their parlour to suggest new flavours. They received over 100 flavour suggestions.
“Some of them were crazy. We had a Doritos one, a dill pickle sorbet — all these really weird ones.”
From there, the Central Smith team began narrowing down the options and suggesting new flavours until they settled on a shortlist of around 10 flavours for which to create test batches.
Cassidy says that, of those 10, “We couldn’t narrow it down from the top four, they were so good.”
For more information about Central Smith Creamery, visit their website at www.centralsmith.ca.
Lindsay lawyer Jason Ward will no longer be running for Kawartha Lakes mayor in the 2022 municipal election. (Photo: Jason Ward)
Lindsay lawyer Jason Ward has issued a statement that he no longer plans to run for Kawartha Lakes mayor in the 2022 municipal election, citing personal health and family reasons.
Ward, who owns Wards Lawyers PC in Lindsay, had announced his intentions to run for the mayoral position last fall. He previously ran as the Liberal candidate for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock in the 2003 provincial election, when he was defeated by Laurie Scott.
Below is Ward’s complete statement about his decision to withdraw from the race.
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Dear CKL, friends and family:
I withdraw from our mayoral race this year.
Truthfully, I struggled profoundly with my decision — it has been many pensive months in the making, even a few tears. I am upset with myself for not pursuing this opportunity.
Seeking mayorship is in my mind the best way for me to give back to a place that has given so much to me and my family.
But I know this about myself — I could not have been your mayor without giving it everything I have, leaving nothing on the table.
I am very proud of WARDS LAWYERS, to which I also gave my everything — at a personal price. As it turns out, in my own journey, I neglected one, important thing, my own mental health and wellbeing. It is time for me to take better care of myself. Actually, I have no other choice.
I also know how much I love, admire and need to be with my wife and children, who deserve their Dad’s unconditional, undistracted love and support — I must assiduously seize this opportunity, while I still can.
I love our city — a dynamic, altruistic amalgam of so many vibrant, but individualized, communities. We cannot keep only to the past; progress is at our doorstep and must be embraced and managed, but without comprising our community values and way of living. Prosperity beckons, but only if we seek it together. This is my home, alongside you. We are poised to live better, all of us. Our new leaders must embrace growth and change — it is here, like it or not.
Unity will lead us to more prosperity, together. Divisive jingoism will only make us suffer missed opportunities and live at less than our potential.
Sharing our common interests, goals and resources is the prosperity that new leadership can provide — make the right choice.
I will always be giving back in other ways. There are many ways to do so. Giving back is what many of us do everyday — we all live better consequently. Everyone must find a way to give back in their own way; only then will we truly prosper and improve our lives and those of others we know and love.
This is very difficult for me, but I know I am making the best choice for myself and my family. Please understand.
I am very hopeful and optimistic for November — I know, collectively, we will rally and inaugurate leadership who will tirelessly exemplify our values, goals and willingness to benefit from positive change. Now is the time; truly great leadership will lead and take us where we all strive to be.
Joy Lachica has announced her intention to run as Peterborough city councillor in Town Ward in the October 24, 2022 municipal election. (Photo: Joy Lachica / Facebook)
Former federal NDP candidate Joy Lachica has announced her intention to run as Peterborough city councillor in Town Ward in the October 24, 2022 municipal election.
She issued a media release announcing her candidacy on March 8 — International Women’s Day.
“On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the courage, compassion, optimism, resilience and wisdom of women everywhere,” Lachica says. “Many women, at this very moment, are carrying themselves, their loved ones and their families courageously to face a new unknown.”
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“We, in Peterborough, stand in power with women around the world and in our own communities, as we know that troubling times disproportionately impact women who hold front lines as well as their own homes, their families and their children,” she adds.
Lachica ran as the NDP candidate for Peterborough-Kawartha in the 2021 federal election, when she came in third with 18.9 per cent of the vote.
In a media release, she says “the climate emergency ought to be our greatest driver, and needs to inform strategic decision-making at every level of government.”
She also says her other priorities would be addressing the city’s ongoing operational needs while building critical infrastructure, “innovation and investment in non-profit social enterprise as a
key component to addressing disparities, enriching local commerce, and bringing hope to communities.”
Although Lachica has already announced her intention to run, the nomination period for the 2022 municipal election begins on May 2 — the earliest date she can file her candidacy papers.
From 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday (March 8), Lachica will be attending the “International Women’s Day: Advancing Gender Equality in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough”, a virtual event presented by Kawartha World Issues Centre and Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre,
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