In the Globus Theatre production of Norm Foster's "Screwball Comedy," Katherine Cappellacci plays a plucky woman trying to break into the male-dominated world of newspaper journalism in the 1930s in competition with Jack Copland as an arrogant ace reporter. The play runs for 11 performances from August 17 to 20 at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon. (Photo: Rebecca Anne Bloom / Globus Theatre)
For the final play of its 19th summer season, Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon is presenting acclaimed Canadian playwright Norm Foster’s homage to the zany comedies of the 1930s, appropriately entitled Screwball Comedy.
Globus Theatre presents Screwball Comedy
When: August 17-20 and 23-27, 2022 at 8 p.m.; August 20 and 25, 2022 at 2 p.m. Where: Lakeview Arts Barn (2300 Pigeon Lake Rd., Bobcaygeon) How much: $42.50 theatre only; $85 dinner theatre
Written by Norm Foster, directed by James Barrett with Mark Whelan, and starring Katherine Cappellacci, Sarah Quick, James Barrett, and Jack Copland. For tickets, call the box office at 705-738-2037 or order online at www.globustheatre.com.
The play opens on Wednesday (August 17) and runs for 11 performances until August 27 at the Lakeview Arts Barn at 2300 Pigeon Lake Road in Bobcaygeon.
Set in 1938, the play follows newly laid-off perfumier Mary Hayes as she tries to break into the male-dominated world of newspaper journalism.
Fed up with the lacklustre results from his star reporter Jeff Kincaid, editor-in-Chief Bosco Godfrey sets up a competition between the egotistical Jeff and the plucky Mary. He assigns both of them to cover the society wedding of Chauncey Diddle. If Jeff writes the better story, he gets to keep his job. If Mary wins, she will replace the ace newshound.
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Screwball Comedy stars returning Globus actors Katherine Cappellacci (That’s Amore) as the budding reporter hoping to make a name for herself, Sarah Quick (Real Estate, Buying the Moose, Knickers! A Brief Comedy, Funny Farmers, Shirley Valentine) and James Barrett who perform a cast of secondary characters, and Jack Copland, a newcomer to the Globus stage, as the star reporter.
The play is directed by Barrett, who is also Globus’s artistic producer and has directed and performed in a long list of Globus productions including Meet My Sister, The Three Musketeers, Do You Take This Man?, Fanny Hill, Educating Rita, Kitchen Witches, Talking Heads, Knickers! A Brief Comedy, The Woman in Black, Glorious, The 39 Steps, Harvest, ‘Till it Hurts, The Men Commandments, Shirley Valentine, and Stones in His Pockets.
Globus veteran Mark Whelan, who is the play’s assistant director, says the play is full of snappy period dialogue and outrageous characters and humour.
Globus Theatre founders Sarah Quick and James Barrett in a scene from Norm Foster's "Screwball Comedy." Quick and Barrett, who also directs the play assisted by Mark Whelan, perform a cast of secondary characters. (Photo: Rebecca Anne Bloom / Globus Theatre)
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“I love this play because of the language of the period,” Whelan explains. “We’re revisiting the era of big band, fedoras, Babe Ruth, radio dramas, and high-stakes newspaper competition. Audiences can expect laughter and frivolity on this nostalgic journey through time to the style, wit, and optimism of the 1930s.”
Screwball Comedy will be performed at 8 p.m. from Wednesday, August 17 to Saturday, August 20 and again from Tuesday, August 23 to Saturday, August 27, with additional matinee performances at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 20 and Thursday, August 25.
A optional three-course table d’hôte menu is available at 6 p.m. prior to every evening performance (reservations required). All dinners are now sold out, although a waiting list is available and theatre-only tickets are still available for all dates.
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Tickets are $42.50 for the show only, or $85 for dinner and the show (all dinners are now sold out). To get your tickets, call the box office at 705-738-2037 or order online at www.globustheatre.com.
Globus Theatre is a registered not-for-profit charitable organization mandated to provide professional theatre to residents and visitors in the Kawartha Lakes, making top quality Canadian theatre accessible to all.
For the first time since the pandemic began, an in-person awards ceremony will be held for the 2022 Peterborough Business Excellence Awards. The awards ceremony will return to Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, October 19. (Photo: Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce)
The Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the 19th annual Peterborough Business Excellence Awards and the recipients of the Businesswoman of the Year awards, with an in-person awards ceremony to be held this fall for the first time since the pandemic began.
Once again, the chamber is partnering with the Women’s Business Network of Peterborough to present the Businesswomen of the Year Awards and with the Peterborough County Federation of Agriculture to recognize the Peterborough County Farm Family of the Year.
The 2022 awards event will take place in person on the evening of Wednesday, October 19th at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough, with a pre-show party at The Venue. Tickets for the in-person event, which will also be livestreamed for free on YouTube, are available for $50 (plus HST) until September 19, and $60 (plus HST) thereafter. Tickets are available at pkexcellence.ca/tickets.
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Awards will be presented in move than 20 categories, including the prestigious Business Citizen of the Year award.
Along with the finalists for the Peterborough Business Excellence Awards, the recipients of the Women’s Business Network of Peterborough Businesswomen of the Year Awards have been announced: Brenda Ibey of Avant-Garden Shop for entrepreneur and Alicia Dafoe of Village Dental Centre for organization.
The chamber also announced the recipients of its annual 4-Under-40 Profiles (Dr. Nicole Edgar of the Peterborough Centre of Naturopathic Medicine, Michael Gallant of Lett Architects Inc., Chad Hogan of Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, and Caitlin Smith of ReCreate Space), the recipient of this year’s New Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Faheem and Fardos Mohammadzada, owners of Brothers Pizza), and the recipients of the Business Student Leadership Prizes (Jehan Mahboob of Trent University and Aiden Rice of Fleming College).
Here is the complete list of award finalists, in alphabetical order, and the already announced awards:
It's never too early to set your retirement goals and begin planning for them. Adam McInroy and his team at McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management in Bobcaygeon can review a client's retirement income options and formulate investment, risk mitigation, tax planning strategies that will sustain that income for the years ahead. (Stock photo)
Dipping one’s toe into the retirement planning waters for the first time can be equal parts overwhelming, intimidating, and stressful.
As Executive Financial Consultant with Bobcaygeon-based McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management, Adam McInroy CFP, CLU is very well aware of that.
Together with his team, he has made it his business to smooth the waters for clients, first by compiling an inventory of what retirement income options are available to them — the “puzzle pieces” as he calls them — and formulating investment, risk mitigation and, most importantly, tax planning strategies that will sustain and likely enhance that income for the years ahead.
Like a puzzle with many pieces, retirement income options can include employer pension plans, deferred profit-sharing plans, individual investments including personal savings and real estate, and government benefits such as Old Age Security and the Canada Pension Plan. Adam McInroy and his team at McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management in Bobcaygeon helps clients put all the pieces together to create a viable and sustainable retirement income plan. (Stock photo)
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“Our first step is to understand what pieces of that retirement income stream clients have in place or available to tap into, and there can be a lot of them — employer pension plans, deferred profit-sharing plans, government sources such as OAS, CPP, and GIS, and their own individual investments,” Adam explains.
“It’s not as streamlined as it once was. It used to be when you retired from a job, your employer replaced your paycheque with a pension. For many people these days, that isn’t what happens.”
“It’s not uncommon to see a lot of clients walk in who have a pension plan, but that company got sold. You kept working the same job for the new employer and, with that employer change, the retirement planning options also changed. It’s no longer a defined benefits plan — now it’s a defined contributions plan, a deferred profit sharing plan, or a number of alternatives. You still have that slice of guaranteed income, but now it’s up to us to manage this other slice to replace the paycheque you give up when you retire. Once you start trying to coordinate all that, it can become very confusing, time consuming, and overwhelming.”
In putting together a viable and sustainable retirement income plan for clients, Adam poses one crucial question as a starting point: What kind of lifestyle moving forward does the client desire and expect?
“More often than not, the strategy that we look at is more of a homogenized approach where we’re taking a little bit from this bucket and a little bit from that bucket,” he explains.
Adam McInroy and his team at McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management in Bobcaygeon can help clients create a retirement plan with a foundation of stable income while managing ever-changing tax liability, including strategies to reduce or even eliminate Old Age Security claw-back. (Stock photo)
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“Ideally we want to create a foundation of income that’s stable and maybe creates some tax liability, but never to the point where clients are paying more taxes than they have to,” Adam adds. “It’s a real fine art to manage income tax year after year because every year tax brackets change, tax credits change, tax planning strategies change, and your age changes.”
A major goal, Adam adds, is eliminating — or at least reducing — Old Age Security claw-back. He explains that’s done by “strategizing what bucket we’re pulling out of, how much we’re pulling out of that bucket, and when we’re doing it.”
Meanwhile, for those clients who aren’t where they need to be to realize their retirement goals, Adam says the biggest thing is to present them with “some simple steps they can implement in the next 90 days to start to put themselves on a better trajectory — to create a clear action plan so they’re not leaving the office thinking ‘I’m not where I need to be, but I’m not really sure what I need to do to get there.'”
He likens the process to that of a baseball batting coach who “watches your swing time and time and time again to finesse that stroke.”
Adam McInroy at work in his office at McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management in Bobcaygeon. As a CFP professional, Adam is held to a standard of ethics and duty to do what’s in the best interests of his clients when it comes to financial planning, including retirement planning. (Photo: McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management)
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“That’s our goal with clients. They’re going to step into the batter’s box and we’re going to see what they want to do, and then we’re going to start finessing and coaching them to where they need to be. Our team focuses on improving our clients’ financial outcomes. When it comes to retirement, we’ve been doing this for decades and have seen over that time what is required to not only successfully retire, but also enjoy retirement and pursue the lifestyle that the client has envisioned.”
Adam breaks retirement planning down into four steps that help clients get a firm grip on their retirement income and ensure they can live their retirement years on their terms:
Understanding that Canada’s retirement income system consists of three tiers: government benefits, employer retirement plans and options, and personal investing through accounts, real estate holdings, and private corporations. These components are vital in understanding how to ensure a financially secure retirement.
Understanding what your income needs really are, not just in year one of retirement but also what they are likely to be in year 15 of your retirement income plan.
Optimizing taxable sources of income, while being mindful of tax credits and social benefits along with health and marital status.
Making things simple. Consolidating invested assets and streamlining withdrawals make strategies such as tax planning, de-registration, and income splitting that much easier.
Adam says clients should always be asking questions of their financial advisor, including what his or her qualifications are — with the most important being the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (CFP) designation.
“The first big question should be ‘Are you a CFP?'” he notes. “A CFP professional doesn’t receive that designation from his or her investment dealer. It’s from a third party, FP Canada, and it holds us to is a standard of ethics and duty to do what’s in the best interests of our clients.”
Another important question is to ask how the financial advisor is compensated.
“It’s really important as a client or prospective client to understand how you’re paying the professionals you work with,” Adam explains. “Are they getting a flat salary, where maybe they’re not as engaged or involved in the day-to-day actions of your portfolio because they go home at the end of the day after collecting their paycheque? Or are they collecting an advisory fee that is based on their advice and guidance, which is directly aligned with the long-term value of your financial well-being?”
Adam notes a financial advisor should also be keeping their door open to clients, both for regularly scheduled meetings and impromptu check-ins.
McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management is located at 21 King Street West in Bobcaygeon. For more information, visit www.mcinroypwm.com. (Photo: McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management)
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“The planner should be checking in with you, but it’s also important to know that you can and should be reaching out to your CFP professional when something happens in your life. Life events don’t happen on a pre-set schedule. Things like divorce, birth of a child, purchasing a vacation property, an employer laying you off, or a critical illness, are a few times when you may not think it’s important to talk to your CFP professional but, in fact, it is critical to do so. Having them involved can result in a significant reduction in stress, as your financial plan could and should be adjusted to the new realities.”
Adam points out that communication is a two-way street, so it’s also important for clients to keep their advisor apprised of financial developments.
“It’s not about how much you make, it’s about how much you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for,” he says.
McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management is located at 21 King Street West in Bobcaygeon. You can email Adam at adam.mcinroy@igpwm.ca or call 705-738-2422. For more information about McInroy & Associates Private Wealth Management, visit www.mcinroypwm.com.
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A thunderstorm over Bobcaygeon in Kawartha Lakes in May 2022. (Photo: Jay Callaghan / CalTek Design)
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southern Peterborough County and southern Kawartha Lakes for Tuesday night (August 16).
Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rain. This quasi-stationary cluster of severe thunderstorms is located from Lake Scugog to Fairmount.
Impacted locations include Lake Scugog, Nestleton, Scugog Point, Bethany, Tapley, and Millbrook. Locally heavy rainfall amounts of 50 mm within one hour are possible.
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Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm warnings when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce or are producing one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, or torrential rainfall.
Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Police have recovered the body of a boater who went missing Saturday afternoon (August 13) on Peter Lake, located around three kilometres east of Coe Hill in Wollaston Township in Hastings County.
Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, members of the Bancroft Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Wollaston Fire Department responded to a report that a canoe had capsized on Peter Lake, with one person missing.
A local resident had unsuccessfully attempted to rescue the boater before the arrival of police and fire, who continued to search the area but were unable to locate the boater.
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The OPP’s underwater search and recover unit joined the search and, just before 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, found the body of the missing boater.
Police have identified the victim as 39-year-old Sovann Chhay of Ottawa.
Police are continuing their investigation and a post-mortem examination is being conducted.
Hunter Jones's pregnant girlfriend took a video of a confrontation with an unidentified man (left) who threatened Jones and his girlfriend after they pulled into a parking spot for expecting mothers or parents with young children at Loblaw's Real Canadian Superstore in Peterborough on August 13, 2022. The man's minivan, which contained a gun in the glove box the man displayed to Jones. is pictured in the background. (Screenshot courtesy of Hunter Jones)
Peterborough police are investigating after a Bowmanville man and his pregnant girlfriend were threatened by another man, who showed them a gun during a dispute in the parking lot of Loblaw’s Real Canadian Superstore at Lansdowne and High streets in Peterborough.
The incident happened at around 1 p.m. on Saturday (August 13), after Hunter Jones and his girlfriend — who is nine months pregnant — pulled into a parking spot designated for expecting mothers or parents with young children.
“This man started yelling out of his van’s window at me, ‘I don’t see no kids, come closer to my van’,” Jones wrote on social media. “He approached me saying ‘You don’t know where I’m from, I’ll fuck you up’.”
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After Jones’ girlfriend also got out of the car, the man continued to threaten the couple, displaying his “prison tattoo” according to Jones.
“He than continued to open the glove box to show me his concealed weapon,” writes Jones, who reported the incident to Peterborough police.
Jones’ girlfriend captured part of the incident on video, when the man can be heard telling Jones “I know what your licence plate is … I’ll find out where the fuck you live,” as he walks to his minivan, which had plate number BVMY794 according to Jones.
Here is the video of the man with the weapon. Who got in my face with threats and intimidation. Plate number and all. He cowered back when my pregnant girlfriend began filming. pic.twitter.com/kvHOV1zm7D
Anyone with information is asked to call the Peterborough Police Crime Line at 705-876-1122 x555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.stopcrimehere.ca.
A determined Team RBC pulls a fire truck during a previous Pulling for Dementia Fire Truck Pull event. In this annual fundraiser for Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton, teams of 10 to 12 people compete to pull a 44,000-pound fire truck the greatest distance in the least amount of time. The 2022 event takes place on Wednesday, September 21 at the Peterborough Airport. (Photo: Alzheimer Society of PKLNH)
Alzheimer Society of PKLNH presents Pulling for Dementia Fire Truck Pull 2022
When: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.* Where: Peterborough Airport (925 Airport Rd., Peterborough)
Create or join a team at firetruckpull.ca. Teams are comprised of 10 participants (12 if all women or a mix of men and women). Each team must raise at least $1,000 before the event to participate in the fire truck pull. Individuals can register for a $100 donation.
*Due to the forecast for rain on Wednesday afternoon, the event will now conclude at noon rather than 2:30 p.m.
Do you and your co-workers or friends have what it takes to pull a 44,000-pound fire truck further and faster than anyone else?
That’s the challenge of the local Alzheimer Society’s “Pulling for Dementia” Fire Truck Pull, which is returning for the first time since the pandemic began.
Excitement is building for the sixth annual fundraiser, which takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21st at the Peterborough Airport. All proceeds from the event will support the programs and services of the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton. (Update: due to the forecast for rain on Wednesday afternoon, the event will now conclude at noon rather than 2:30 p.m.)
VIDEO: Alzheimer Society Fire Truck Pull
“The fifth annual event was very successful,” notes the organization’s donor relations coordinator Ryan Arnold, referring to the 2019 fundraiser which raised around $40,000. “It was an amazing day, full of fun with great energy. I sent an email letting our past teams know that it’s coming back, and got a bunch of responses back saying ‘We’re in!’ and ‘Can’t wait!’, so there’s already a lot of excitement.”
While the challenge of the event is to see which team can pull an 44,000-pound fire truck the furthest distance in the least amount of time, that’s not the only bragging right a team can earn.
At the 2019 event, the Minds in Motion Cobourg team — comprised of people living with dementia and their family members — wasn’t the physically strongest team but raised, they were the team that raised the most funds for the event, pulling in $16,000.
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Teams are comprised of either 10 men, 12 women, or 12 men and women. Each team must raise at least $1,000 before the event to participate in the fire truck pull. For the first time, individuals can also register for the event this year for a minimum donation of $100. But don’t worry — you won’t be expected to pull the fire truck by yourself.
“Some people might be interested but don’t have the 10 or 12 people to form a team,” Arnold explains. “As we get closer to the event, we’ll build out a team of registered individuals. If we still don’t have enough for a full team, we’ll place some of our staff on the team so they will get a chance to pull.”
Dementia Defenders, a team comprised of staff of Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton, pose in front of the fire truck during a previous Pulling for Dementia Fire Truck Pull event. (Photo: Alzheimer Society of PKLNH)
Also new this year is the location of the event at the Peterborough Airport, a switch from the Memorial Centre parking lot that will be unavailable in the fall due to the start of construction of the new twin-pad arena in neighbouring Morrow Park.
“We have a big space there — it’s going to work out really well,” says Arnold, noting both the City of Peterborough and The Loomex Group (which manages the airport) answered “Of course” when asked if they could accommodate the event.
What isn’t new this year but is welcomed wholeheartedly is the return participation of Rev. Ken Fast, a Cobourg-based Lutheran minister who is again serving as honorary chair for the event.
Dubbed “the world’s strongest priest,” Rev. Fast holds several Guinness World Records for feats of strength, including his pulling of a 188.83-ton Globemaster III airplane, several fire trucks and, if that’s not enough, a house.
Cobourg-based Lutheran minister Kevin Fast (left) is billed as the world's strongest priest and holds several Guinness World Records for feats of strength. Pictured at the 2016 Pulling for Dementia Fire Truck Pull, Fast is once again the honorary chair for the 2022 event, which takes place Wednesday, September 21 at the Peterborough Airport. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)
“A lot of people have claimed, especially my competitors, that I cheat — that I have divine intervention,” noted Fast in a 2016 interview with kawarthaNOW prior to that year’s fire truck pull event. “But I work hard at it and I was gifted with some ability.”
As has been the case for past pulls, the majority of the teams will be comprised of office workers and corporate staff taking advantage of what Arnold terms “a great team-building exercise.” Up for grabs, besides some serious bragging rights, is a trophy for fastest pull time.
Of note, says Arnold, every cent brought in stays in with the local Alzheimer Society, going directly into programs and services. To date, close to $150,000 has been raised through the event since its inception. However, there’s another benefit, notes Arnold.
LLF Lawyers LLP’s “Slaves of Justice” team during a previous Pulling for Dementia Fire Truck Pull event. Teams can use either a front-pull or back-pull strategy. Before pulling, teams are taught the proper technique during a practice round to get the best result and avoid any injury. (Photo: Alzheimer Society of PKLNH)
“We find, with all our events, we get an uptick in awareness,” he says. “We see an increase in referrals. We see more people reaching out. The money raised is great, but the media attention is huge. It’s all about letting people know we’re here.”
With close to 11,000 people in the society’s catchment area who are living with Alzheimer’s and forms of dementia, heightened awareness is vital.
“Everyone has a story, a connection to Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia, especially in our community where we have an older population,” notes Arnold. “Our rate of dementia is one of the highest in Ontario and it’s continuing to grow.”
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“It’s really important that we continue to fundraise and raise awareness, and that we need to be able to provide the supports and services required deal with that rapid growth. Every day there’s new research, new developments, and new supports. A lot of people look at a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s as the end, but there’s a whole life to live.”
The Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton provides services supportive services at no charge to families and individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, throughout all four counties including the communities of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Lindsay, Haliburton, Minden, Cobourg, Port Hope, Campbellford, Havelock, and Millbrook. The society also provides a range of public education services within the communities its serves, as well as educational opportunities to those living with dementia and those supporting persons with dementia including family members, caregivers and professionals.
For more information on the society and the services it provides locally, visit alzheimer.ca/en/pklnh or call 705-748-5131.
How far and quickly can you and your co-workers or friends pull a 44,000-pound fire truck? Find out by entering your team for the 2022 Pulling for Dementia Fire Truck Pull on Wednesday, September 21 at the Peterborough Airport. (Photo: Alzheimer Society of PKLNH)
This branded editorial was created in partnership with the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton. If your business or organization is interested in a branded editorial, contact us.
Both of the health units in the Kawarthas region have issued opioid alerts on Monday (August 15). Peterborough Public Health has issued a drug poisoning alert and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit has issued an opioid overdose alert.
On Friday and Saturday, Peterborough Public Health detected a higher-than-usual number of opioid-related paramedic calls for service, with a total of nine drug poisonings treated by paramedics and the emergency department at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
“This is presumed to be the result of a product that may contain benzodiazepines,” Peterborough Public Health states in a media release. “A benzo-related overdose may last for hours and make it hard to wake up an individual. This high number of paramedic calls for service has prompted Peterborough Public Health to issue a public warning in the hopes of preventing further harms to the community.”
Peterborough Public Health is reminding the public that street drugs may be cut or mixed with toxic substances, and that using even a small amount of drug can be fatal.
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The HKPR District Health Unit has issued an opioid overdose alert for the City of Kawartha Lakes and Northumberland County due to a “disturbing” rise in the number of overdoses being recorded.
“With the significant spike in overdoses in recent days, this alert is meant to inform the community to take precautions,” says Kate Hall, a health promoter with the health unit, in a media release. “Contributing factors for these local overdoses may include people using alone or a potentially contaminated or poisoned drug supply that is leading to more severe overdose reactions.”
Both health units are encouraging people who use drugs to do the following:
Don’t use drugs alone. In Peterborough, drug users can visit the Consumption Treatment Services site at 220 Simcoe Street, which is open from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
If you do use drugs alone, ask someone to check on you or call the National Overdose Response Service at 1-888-688-6677.
If using with a friend, do not use at the exact same time.
Test your drug by using a small amount first.
Avoid mixing drugs.
Carry a naloxone kit. Keep it visible and close by. You can get a naloxone kit at most pharmacies and needle exchange sites.
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Signs of an opioid overdose include cold and clammy skin, blue or purple fingernails or lips, a limp body, an inability to wake the person up, deep snoring or gurgling sounds, slow or erratic or stopped breathing, and very small pupils.
If you witness an overdose, call 9-1-1 and administer naloxone if available. Continue to check for breathing and stay with the person until help arrives.
Under Canada’s Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, anyone who seeks medical help for themselves or for someone else who has overdosed will not be charged for possessing or using drugs for personal use.
Residents of Peterborough and Peterborough County can anonymously report drug poisonings and other bad drug reactions using the Peterborough Public Health’s drug reporting tool. Residents of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton can anonymously report drug-related incidents using a similar online submission form.
Kawartha Lakes police have released a photo from video surveillance of a suspect in a robbery of a Queen Street convenience store in Lindsay on August 12, 2022. (Police-supplied photo)
Kawartha Lakes police are seeking a suspect in connection with a robbery in Lindsay on Friday (August 12).
At around 9:15 p.m., police responded to a report of a robbery at a convenience store on Queen Street in Lindsay.
A male suspect approached the counter and brandished a weapon, demanding money from the clerk before leaving the store. No physical injuries were reported.
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The suspect was last seen exiting the store before running westbound on Queen Street.
The suspect is described as a white male with a medium build. He entered the store wearing a dark-coloured button-up collared shirt and dark-coloured jeans.
Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to contact the Kawartha Lakes Police Service at 705-324-5252. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at khcrimestoppers.com.
A few of the many performers at the 2022 Peterborough Folk Festival's free weekend on August 20 and 21 in Nicholls Oval Park include (left to right, top to bottom): Bahamas, The Trews Acoustic, Odario, AHI, Kelly McMichael, and Julian Taylor. (kawarthaNOW collage of promotional photos)
The Peterborough Folk Festival has released a detailed performance schedule for the free festival on the weekend of August 20 and 21, which returns to Nicholls Oval Park for the first time since the pandemic began.
Performers include headliners Bahamas and The Trews Acoustic, along with Odario, AHI, Kelly McMichael, Julian Taylor, Kellie Loder, Georgia Harmer, My Son The Hurrican, Joyful Joyful, Andrea Kain, Murder Murder, I, The Mountain, Michael C Duguay, Sharon, Lois & Bram Singalong with Sharon and Randi Hampson and friends, Lauryn Macfarlane, Nathan Truax, Kayla Mohammed, The Colton Sisters, Lydia Persaud, Ken Yates, The Backwoodsmen, Benj Rowland, and Melissa Payne.
Prior to the free festival weekend, the Peterborough Folk Festival will be premiering its documentary film We Can Do This, based on the festival’s summer 2021 concert series at the Rolling Grape Vineyard, on Thursday (August 18) at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough.
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There will be two screenings of the film — which features performances by Terra Lightfoot, William Prince, Whitehorse, Hawksley Workman, Donovan Woods, Greg Keelor, and more — at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Admission is by donation to the festival, with tax receipts provided for donations $20 and over. A limited-edition We Can Do This vinyl record album (only 400 copies) will also be available at the screening for $25 each.
On Friday (August 19), headliner Kathleen Edwards will be performing at a ticketed concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Market Hall. Two of the musicians who will also be performing at the free festival on the weekend will be opening the show: Lauryn Macfarlane, the Peterborough Folk Festival’s 2021 Emerging Artist of the Year, followed by Ken Yates. Tickets are $50 (fees and HST included) and are available at markethall.org/kathleen-edwards/.
Following these two events, the free festival weekend takes place on Saturday (August 20) and Sunday (August 21) at Nicholls Oval Park at 725 Armour Road in Peterborough. The festival is accessible on foot and bike from the Rotary Trail, with valet bike parking available courtesy of B!KE – Peterborough’s Community Bike Shop.
The festival gets underway both days at 11 a.m. with the opening of the Children’s Village, Artisan Vllage, Cameron’s Pavilion, and food vendors. On Saturday, live music begins at noon on the Solar Stage and Cameron’s Pavilion Stage with live music on the Main Stage at 5 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. On Sunday, live music gets underway at noon on the Main Stage and continues until 7:30 p.m.
Here’s a detailed schedule of performers, dates, times, and locations:
1:30 p.m. Sharon Lois & Bram sing-along with Sharon & Randi and Friends
2:25 p.m. Kellie Loder
3:30 p.m. My Son The Hurricane
4:30 p.m. Lauryn Macfarlane
4:50 p.m. AHI
6:00 p.m. The Trews Acoustic
Note: The schedule and line-up is subject to change.
For more information about the Peterborough Folk Festival, or to become a volunteer, donate, or sponsor the festival or become an artisan vendor, visit peterboroughfolkfest.com.
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