Shopper Deanna Henry displays a Downtown Dollars Gift Card now available for shopping in-store and on-line at participating businesses in downtown Peterborough. The card is available in $25, $50, $100, and $200 denominations. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)
The Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) has just launched a new gift card that can be used at more than 65 shops, restaurants, and services in downtown Peterborough.
The Downtown Dollars Gift Card is available in $25, $50, $100, and $200 denominations. It works like a prepaid credit card and, unlike the original paper Downtown Dollars, can be used for shopping online as well as in-store.
“Our Downtown Dollars have long been a popular gift route,” says DBIA executive director Terry Guiel. “Being able to load them onto a card really takes this program to the next level and will make for a better customer experience, which will work out to more local spending.”
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The gift card program is expected to help increase spending at local downtown businesses, with consumers spending an average of 65 per cent more than the value of a gift card when making a purchase.
The Downtown Dollars Gift Card is available for purchase at theboro.ca/product/downtown-dollars-gift-card/, where you can also find a list of all the participating businesses where you can use the card.
You can also get Downtown Dollars at the DBIA office at 313 Water Street. For inquiries, call 705-748-4774 or email theboro@downtownptbo.ca.
The card used for the Downtown Dollars program is made of 50 per cent recycled material. When your card is depleted, drop it off at a participating retailer or at the DBIA office at 313 Water Street to be sent away for recycling.
The Crepes of Wrath is a take-out restaurant in the former location of Hunter Street Books in downtown Peterborough that offers both sweet and savoury crepes. (Photo: Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area)
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This week, we’re featuring The Crepes of Wrath, a new crepe restaurant now open in downtown Peterborough.
There’s also the seven Peterborough-area businesses that are receiving Starter Company Plus grants, the Publican House in downtown Peterborough creating an open-air heated patio for the winter, and Peterborough illustrator Jason Wilkins’s social media campaign to get Tim Hortons to adopt his coffee cup design.
Local artist Nick Leniuk has opened a new studio in Peterborough, Peterborough native Robert Brunsch is opening two new cannabis stores in Peterborough, and Fleetwood Hills Farm in Kawartha Lakes scored four wins at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. We also provide some highlights of other business and organization news from across the Kawarthas.
New business events added this week include the Innovation Cluster’s virtual breakfast webinar on clean technology on December 10th, the Innovation Cluster’s virtual “Women Breaking Barriers” panel discussion featuring kawarthaNOW’s Jeannine Taylor on December 15th, Camp Kawartha’s virtual annual general meeting on December 15th, the Bobcaygeon Chamber’s virtual networking event on December 16th, and the Peterborough Chamber’s student work placement webinar for employers on December 18th.
The Crepes of Wrath crepe restaurant now open in downtown Peterborough
The Crepes of Wrath is located at 170 Hunter Street West in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area)
The Crepes of Wrath is now open in downtown Peterborough.
Located at 170 Hunter Street West (the former location of Hunter Street Books), the take-out restaurant offers crepes — very thin pancakes — with both sweet and savoury fillings.
Owner Brian Goeckel was inspired to name the restaurant after the eleventh episode of the animated series The Simpsons, which has been called its greatest episode and which is itself a take on the name of the famous John Steinbeck novel.
The Crepes of Wrath owner Brian Goeckel (middle) with staff at The Crepes of Wrath in the Hunter Street cafe district in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area)
The menu includes sweet crepes such as “The Classic”(banansas and nutella) and “The Burning Man” (marshmallows, nutella, graham crackers, caramel and cinnamon) and savoury crepes such as “Full Metal Jackfruit” (shredded jackfruit, green apples, red onion, greens, and bourbon BBQ sauce) and “Roast Beast” (roast beef, feta, white cheese mix, avocado, tomato, red onion, greens, chimmi churri sauce, and garlic aioli).
The Crepes of Wrath is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 1 to 7 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, inclduing the full menu, visit facebook.com/crepesofwrathptbo/.
Seven Peterborough-area businesses receive Starter Company Plus grants
The seven entrepreneurs receiving micro-grants from the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre’s Starter Company Plus program. Top row: Debra Ragbar, Lyle Saunders, Christopher Nayler, and Dean and Amy Howley. Bottom row: Jocelynn Vieira, Susan Dunkley, and Alicia Doris.
Seven local entrepreneurs will receive $36,000 in micro-grants from the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre as part of the fall intake of the Starter Company Plus program.
Offered through the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre with funding from the Government of Ontario, the business development program provides training for aspiring to experienced entrepreneurs 18 years and over in the City and County of Peterborough who are launching a business or expanding an existing one that’s been operating for five years or less).
The 12 entrepreneurs who participated in the eight-week program submitted their final business plans and a video pitch to the judges for review during the week of November 16th. The following seven of the 12 participants were selected to receive micro-grants to support the growth of their businesses:
Debra Ragbar of the Kawartha Spice Company in Peterborough
Lyle Saunders of the Saunders Tax Service (c/o Peterborough Disability Tax Services) in Peterborough
Jocelynn Vieira of The Kawartha Craft Company in Trent Lakes
Alicia Doris of Living Local Box in Selwyn Township
Susan Dunkley of Suzi Home Maker in Peterborough
Dean and Amy Howley of King & Tupper in Cavan-Monaghan Township
Christopher Nayler of Douglas Works in Peterborough
Publican House in downtown Peterborough creates an open-air heated patio for the winter
The Publican House Brew Pub at 300 Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough recently completed a “secret winter project” — creating an open air patio to serve customers throughout the year.
The heated patio is surrounded by high walls to block the wind, and is decorated for the season.
Open Air and Heated Patio! Check out our Downtown Peterborough patio with heaters, walls to protect you from the wind and a festive feel! Book your spot today!
“Make sure you dress appropriately,” owner Brad Watt says in a Facebook video. “This is Canada.”
Publican House Brew Pub, which continues to offer indoor seating as well, is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday.
Peterborough illustrator Jason Wilkins wants Tim Hortons to adopt his coffee cup design
Jason Wilkins with his design concept for a Tim Hortons coffee cup. (Photo: Jason Wilkins)
Peterborough illustrator Jason Wilkins has designed an inspiring Tim Hortons coffee cup and has launched a social media campaign to get the company’s attention.
“I’m looking to get as many people as possible to share and tag Tim Hortons,” he says.
Illustrated in Wilkins’ unique style, the cup features the Toronto cityscape along with positive messages such as “Donut give up”, “Strength in Community”, and “We’ve got this”.
He has got Tim Hortons’ attention, having recently received a delivery of free Tim Hortons products, along with a note “We love your artistic take on our new cups! Enjoy! – Your friends at Tim Hortons”, but no word on whether they’ll use his design.
Local artist Nick Leniuk opens a new studio in Peterborough
Sculptor Nick Leniuk with some of his artwork in Riverbend Studio. (Supplied photo)
Local sculptor Nick Leniuk recently opened Riverbend Studio in Peterborough.
The name of his studio pays homage to Kapuskasing — the northern Ontario town where Leniuk grew up — which is the Cree word for ‘bend in the river’.
Leniuk carves both tree silhouettes and imagined creations from stone. As an avid paddler and hiker, his designs are inspired by the lakes and forests of Ontario.
He also creates unique designs from images he sees in random patterns, which he calls his ‘pareidolia’ pieces — pareidolia being the tendency to perceive a specific and often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.
Riverbend Studio is located at 831 Crowley Crescent in Peterborough. The studio will be open on Saturdays prior to Christmas from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment.
Peterborough native Robert Brunsch opening two new cannabis stores in Peterborough
Robert Brunsch is scheduled to open his first Sparq Retail cannabis store t 340 Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough in January 2021. (Photo: Sparq Retail)
Peterborough native Robert Brunsch is opening two new retail cannabis stores in Peterborough under the brand Sparq Retail.
The first location at 340 Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough is scheduled to open in January 2021, with a second location at 861 Lansdowne Street (Unit 4) to follow.
Born in Peterborough, Brunsch grew up in the city with his parents and sister. He and his wife, who both attended St. Peter’s Secondary School and are graduates of Trent University, recently purchased their first home in Peterborough’s north end.
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“It was an exciting opportunity for me to continue to work in the community that has given so much to me over the years, and provide employment in an economic time that is filled with so much uncertainty,” Brunsch says of Sparq Retail. “We are proud to boast that we live in Peterborough, work in Peterborough, and most importantly, want to support our community any way that we are able.”
Brunsch says Sparq Retail will offer an educational experience geared toward consumers who may have never consumed any cannabis products, while also being able assist those customer who may have extensive previous knowledge.
“We want to ensure our clients leave our stores feeling empowered, educated, and are comfortable with any purchases they do decide to make,” he says.
For more information about Sparq Retail, visit sparqretail.ca.
Fleetwood Hills Farm in Kawartha Lakes scores four wins at Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Award-winning honey from Fleetwood Hills Farm in Janetville. (Supplied photo)
Fleetwood Hills Farm, located south of Lindsay in Janetville, recently scored four wins at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.
Stephen Moore decided to enter his liquid white honey in the competition for the first time, along with some of the farm’s maple products.
The farm’s honey won the Lorna Robinson Trophy and was crowned Champion-White Liquid Honey and Grand Champion Liquid Honey-Reserve.
The family-owned farm — well known as the home of Moore’s Maple Syrup — was also recognized as having the best maple butter in the maple competition.
Stephen’s parents, Jim and Carolyn Moore, moved to the farm in 1983 and started producing maple syrup soon afterwards. Stephen has been beekeeping for over 10 years and helping with the maple syrup production in recent years. He moved back to the farm with his family in the fall of 2019 when his parents moved into Peterborough. This year’s maple syrup season was a bit of a role reversal, with Stephen’s parents now helping him with the maple syrup production.
For more information about Fleetwood Hills Farm, including where to purchase the farm’s products, visit mooresmaplesyrup.com.
Highlights of other business and organization news from across the Kawarthas
The Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha presents a cheque for $1,600 to Community Care Peterborough. (Supplied photo)
The Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha has donated $1,600 to Community Care Peterborough to assist with the non-profit organization’s Meals on Wheels and Grocery Delivery programs.
Community Futures Peterborough has launched the Advanced Services & Advisory Project to connect struggling entrepreneurs with local professionals for advice, training, and counselling critical to navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information and to apply, visit subscribepage.com/community-futures-advanced-services-project.
The Ontario government is investing more than $2 million to support province’s 47 Small Business Enterprise Centres to create a new Small Business COVID-19 Recovery Network. This includes the Kawartha Lakes Small Business & Entrepreneurship Centre (180 Kent St. W., Lindsay), Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (700-600 William St., Cobourg) and the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre (102-270 George St. N., Peterborough). For more information, visit ontariobusinesscentre.ca.
Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation has launched the Storefront to Online (S2O) Program, a new training program to assist traditional brick-and-mortar,home-based business owners and not-for-profit agencies in extending their businesses online as an additional revenue stream. The free program will provide educational webinars, business tools, and digital resources directly to the business owner. The program also includes one-on-one coaching to help business owners keep on track to reach their online goals with results in 90 days. Registration closes on December 31st. For more information, visit storefrontto.online/kawarthalakes.
The Kawartha Lakes Small Business and Entrepreneurship Centre recently presented Starter Company Plus grants to six businesses in the Kawartha Lakes: Hobbies and Beyond in Lindsay, Maverick Kennels Dog Training in Woodville, Ping’s Homemade Chinese Food in Lindsay, Lindsay Axe Club, Bobcaygeon Bakery, and Kawartha 411 News.
The federal government recently provided $1.1 million in additional funding through the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund to Community Futures Peterborough and $560,000 to Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) To date, Community Futures Peterborough has provided almost $987,000 in liquidity support to help 42 local businesses impacted by the pandemic to cover fixed operating costs and maintain 85 jobs, and Kawartha Lakes CFDC has provided over $880,000 in liquidity support to help 24 local businesses impacted by the pandemic to cover fixed operating costs and maintain 131 jobs.
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Innovation Cluster hosts virtual breakfast discussion on clean technology on December 10
Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas is hosting “Power Breakfast: Advancing Canada’s Clean Technology Landscape” from 8 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, December 10th.
The virtual session is intended to provide business leaders, thought leaders, and startups with a perspective on the evolving situation and its implications. This discussion on the future of clean technology in Canada, with a focus on the advancements taking place in Peterborough and the Kawarthas, features Martin Yuill, executive director of the Cleantech Commons, and Innovation Cluster client Brandon Robinson of Horizon Aircraft.
The first 50 registrants will receive a complimentary gift of two fruitful smoothies from Chimp Treats to enjoy the morning of the breakfast. This free event takes place on the Zoom video-conferencing platform.
Innovation Cluster hosts virtual “Women Breaking Barriers” panel discussion featuring kawarthaNOW’s Jeannine Taylor on December 15
Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas is hosting “Women Breaking Barriers: A Panel Discussion” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15th.
The discussion features four female founders who have successfully pursued and highlighted a path for women in the Peterborough business community: Jeannine Taylor (founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of kawarthaNOW.com), Rhonda Barnet (president and chief operating officer of AVIT Manufacturing), Shelby Leonard-Watt (owner of Save our Soles), and Sofie Andreou (founder of 123DigitalPower digital marketing services and training).
This panel discussion is not just for a female audience; all are encouraged to attend. This free event takes place on the Zoom video-conferencing platform.
Bobcaygeon Chamber hosts virtual networking event on December 16
The Bobcaygeon and Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a virtual “Cocktail Connection” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16th.
Everyone from the community is invited to join in this networking event and discuss how their year has been shaping up so far. This free event takes place on the Zoom video-conferencing platform.
Peterborough Chamber hosts student work placement webinar for employers on December 18
The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce is hosting “Speaker Series: Incentive to Hire a Student” from 12 to 1 p.m. on Friday, December 18th.
The Magnet team will be explaining to employers their student work placement program, how businesses can earn a $7,500 wage subsidy, and the benefits of program. The Magnet team will also cover the eligibility sections and give some examples of businesses that could benefit from the funding.
This free event takes place on the Zoom video-conferencing platform.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 1,676 new COVID-19 cases today, around 250 fewer cases than have been reported over each of the past two days. The average number of daily cases over the past seven days has decreased by 4 to 1,816.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 22 new cases to report, with 12 resolved cases and 1 new hospitalization. There are currently 99 active cases across the entire region.
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Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (588), Peel (349), and York (141).
There are double-digit increases in Windsor-Essex (84), Durham (76), Halton (66), Simcoe Muskoka (62), Waterloo (61), Middlesex-London (55), Hamilton (51), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (28), Ottawa (21), Niagara (15), and Renfrew (10), with smaller increases in Huron Perth (9), Southwestern Public Health (9), Lambton (6), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (6), and Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (6).
The remaining 15 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 3 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s cases, 52% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (599) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 499 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,549 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 84.8%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 1.0% to 5.0%, meaning that 50 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on December 7.
Ontario is reporting 10 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 5 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have increased by 69 to 794, with 6 more patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 11 more patients on ventilators.
A total of 39,198 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 9,494 to 40,732.
There are 333 new cases in Ontario schools today, an increase of 195 from yesterday, with 278 student cases and 55 staff cases (this total includes cases reported on December 4 and December 7). There are 51 new cases in licensed child care settings, an increase of 28 from yesterday, with 21 cases among children and 30 cases among staff (this total includes cases reported on December 4 and December 7).
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 22 new cases to report, including 9 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (mainly from workplace outbreaks in Belleville and Trenton), 6 in Peterborough, 6 in Northumberland, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Haliburton.
There has been 1 additional hospitalization in Northumberland. An additional 6 cases have been resolved in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 3 in Northumberland, 1 in Peterborough, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes.
Of today’s reported new cases in Ontario schools, 1 case is in St. Peter Catholic Secondary School in Peterborough. None of the reported cases in licensed child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region.
There are currently 99 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 38 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 32 in Northumberland, 22 in Peterborough, and 7 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 234 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (207 resolved with 5 deaths), 206 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (180 resolved with 32 deaths), 124 in Northumberland County (91 resolved with 1 death), 27 in Haliburton County (27 resolved with no deaths), and 183 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (140 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.
Province-wide, there have been 130,910 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,676 from yesterday, with 110,951 resolved cases (84.8% of all cases), an increase of 1,549 from yesterday. There have been 3,808 deaths, an increase of 10 from yesterday, with 2,396 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 5 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has increased by 69 to 794, with 6 more patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 11 more patients on ventilators. A total of 6,665,787 tests have been completed, an increase of 39,198 from yesterday, with 40,732 tests under investigation, an increase of 9,494 from yesterday.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends.
Confirmed positive: 234 (increase of 6) Active cases: 22 (decrease of 5) Close contacts: 50 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Resolved: 207 (increase of 1) Hospitalizations (total to date): 12* Total tests completed: Over 37,350 (no change) Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)
*Peterborough Regional Health Centre reports that, as of December 8, there is 1 patient with COVID-19 on an inpatient unit and 1 patient with COVID-19 in ICU (transferred from a partner hospital).
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 357, including 206 in Kawartha Lakes, 124 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 7, including 6 in Northumberland and 1 in Kawartha Lakes)* Active cases: 39, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes and 32 in Northumberland (increase of 4 in Northumberland) Probable cases: 0 (no change) High-risk contacts: 195, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes, 174 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (net increase of 10) Hospitalizations (total to date): 17, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (increase of 1, in Northumberland) Deaths: 33 (no change) Resolved: 298, including 180 in Kawartha Lakes, 91 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 3 in Northumberland and 1 in Kawartha Lakes) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
*The new cases in Northumberland exclude one previously reported case that has been transferred from another health unit. The transferred case is not considered a new case but is reflected in the total case count for Northumberland.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 183 (increase of 9) Active cases: 38 (decrease of 3) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 140 (increase of 6) Swabs completed: 10,607 Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 130,910 (increase of 1,676) Resolved: 110,951 (increase of 1,549, 84.8% of all cases) Hospitalized: 794 (increase of 69) Hospitalized and in ICU: 219 (increase of 6) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 132 (increase of 11) Deaths: 3,808 (increase of 10) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,396 (increase of 5) Total tests completed: 6,665,787 (increase of 39,198) Tests under investigation: 40,732 (increase of 9,494)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from November 7 – December 7, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from November 7 – December 7, 2020. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
Two of the four members of the new Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TACMEDS) unit, who have been specially trained to provide on-the-spot care to police, victims, or others affected by a high-risk event. The unit will not be armed, but will be equipped with all the same protective equipment that tactical law enforcement officers have. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Police Service)
The Peterborough Police Service and the Peterborough County/City Paramedics have created a new unit that will enable paramedics to better care for those involved in high-risk emergency situations.
Called the Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TACMED) unit, the specially trained four-member paramedic team will be able to provide on-the-spot care to police, victims, or others affected by a high-risk event.
The unit will not be armed, but will be equipped with all the same protective equipment that tactical law enforcement officers have. To avoid confusion with police, all TACMED unit members will be clearly identified with a “Paramedic” marker on their protective equipment.
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“This program builds on the tremendous relationship between the Peterborough County/City Paramedics and the Peterborough Police Service,” says police chief Scott Gilbert. “In these dangerous situations, every moment makes a difference.”
“Having a specially trained and equipped team of medics standing alongside police officers will help ensure fast and appropriate medical care for first responders and everyone else at the scene.”
Members of the new TACMED unit have been selected from within the Peterborough County/City Paramedics based on a variety of factors, including written, practical, physical, and psychological testing.
“Peterborough County/City Paramedics is committed to ensuring the best possible outcome in emergency situations,” says Chris Barry, deputy chief of Peterborough County/City Paramedics. “The TACMED unit is an excellent way to provide our paramedics with the training they need to work together with law enforcement and provide immediate care in high-risk emergencies.”
Jon Lockyer with his dog Pepper. After six years as director and curator of Artspace in Peterborough, Lockyer is leaving to pursue other interests. (Photo courtesy of Artspace Peterborough)
John Lockyer, director and curator of Artspace, is leaving after six years with the non-profit artist-run centre in downtown Peterborough.
The organization’s board of directors made the announcement on Tuesday (December 8).
“On behalf of the board of directors, I extend heartfelt thanks to Jon Lockyer for six years of service and dedication, and offer congratulations as he embarks upon a new professional adventure,” says Artspace board chair Cyd Hosker.
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“His welcoming manner, along with his expertise, knowledge, awareness, and genuine love for the arts have enabled Artspace to continue to flourish as one of the region’s vital arts organizations,” Hosker adds.
Lockyer joined the centre in September 2014 at the age of 29, replacing Fynn Leitch who was hired as curator at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Since then, Lockyer has become a fixture in the Peterborough’s arts and cultural landscape.
Originally from Toronto, Lockyer earned his bachelor of arts in Canadian studies from Trent University in 2008. He began a masters degree at Trent University but returned to Toronto in 2010, finishing a master’s degree at the Ontario College of Art and Design in fine art criticism and curatorial practice before returning to Peterborough.
“I’ve been very grateful for the opportunity to contribute to Artspace’s ongoing history, and have cherished the relationships I have formed with the countless individuals I’ve met and worked with over the last six years,” Lockyer says. “It has always been my aim to improve the centre’s standing in our community, while putting the needs of artists and their practices at the forefront of the work we’ve done here.”
“While I may be departing from the centre, I will always hold a deep love and appreciation for the centre, and all that I’ve learned during my time there.”
Artspace will begin the process of hiring process a new director and curator in conjunction with Lockyer’s departure, with a public job posting expected in early January 2021.
This photo by Kirk Hillsley of a late fall sunset on a Millbrook pond with evergreens dusted by snow was our top post on Instagram in November 2020, with almost 40,000 impressions and more than 1,300 likes. (Photo: Kirk Hillsley @kirkhillsley / Instagram)
It’s no surprise that the month of November in a pandemic year would be full of surprises.
For three weekends in a row, November delivered warm weather — as warm as summer on some days. But we had our share of snow too.
The seasonal mix of our top photos tell the story: it was a month where the images could have been picked from any other time from high summer to deep winter.
Do you want to get on our top photographers list? All you need is an Insta account and to tag us using our hashtag #kawarthanow when posting your photo.
We share photos from across our readership area, which is the five-county area surrounding Peterborough which includes Peterborough, Northumberland, City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Hastings (we sneak in the occasional Algonquin Park picture as well, particularly if it’s by a Kawartha photographer).
To see our daily shares of photos, follow us on Instagram @kawarthanow and check out our feed’s highlight reels for recaps of every month in 2020.
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#1. Sunset on Millbrook pond by Kirk Hillsley @kirkhillsley
Posted November 28, 2020. 37.9K impressions, 1,336 likes
The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra's Brass Quintet will perform "Comfort and Joy", an online holiday concert from the stage at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on December 19, 2020. The PSO Brass Quintet will feature Michael Newnham on trombone, Paul Otway on trumpet, Doug Sutherland on trumpet, Jane Mackay on horn, and Al Carter on tuba.
If you’ve been missing the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra (PSO), you’ll be thrilled to learn the PSO’s Brass Quintet will be returning to the stage at Showplace Performance Centre to perform “Confort and Joy”, an online concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 19th.
Adding a unique twist to this holiday performance is the fact that Maestro Michael Newnham, PSO’s music director, will be stepping away from the conductor’s podium to perform on trombone. He will become the Brass Quintet’s fifth member, joining Paul Otway and Doug Sutherland on trumpet, Jane Mackay on horn, and Al Carter on tuba.
There’s nothing quite like the sound of the brass section. At once soft, romantic and warm, it is also capable of a vivid, metallic brilliance that can pervade the entire orchestra unlike any other instrument grouping.
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“Brass instruments really lend themselves well to this time of year,” Newnham explains. “You can play Christmas carols and Baroque music sounds fantastic. Bach and Handel sound just amazing on brass instruments. The other thing is that we have lots of arrangements that are jazzy or upbeat, which that kind of group lends itself well to.”
This is the first concert by PSO musicians since “Winter Passion”, the orchestra’s final pre-pandemic show at Showplace in February, and prompted Newnham to return to instrumental performance.
“The PSO has done nothing since the beginning of the lockdown back in March,” Newnham says. “So this is really one of our first forays into doing any kind of performance, even as a small group, and I really wanted to take part.”
VIDEO: Comfort and Joy – Christmas with the PSO Brass
Newnham studied trombone with the Canadian Youth Orchestra, the Canadian Brass, and at the University of Toronto and the Indiana University of Music before taking up the conducting baton. As a conductor he has excelled, receiving numerous prestigious awards including the Order of Merit from the Republic of Poland and the Best Conductor Award from the East Slovakian State Opera.
“It’s a little bit of a return to my roots,” says Newnham of his upcoming performance on trombone. “I love it — it’s part of my own musical identity. It brings back all kinds of memories for me personally.”
“I grew up in Hamilton, which is where the Canadian Brass began. I had private lessons with the trombone player [and founder of Canadian Brass] Gene Watts. Later, as a student, I went out to the Banff Centre as part of the Brass Quintet program one summer and that was fantastic too. There are a lot of memories packed into that whole experience of playing in a brass quintet and I love them all.”
Well before he became PSO music director, Michael Newnham had private lessons on trombone with Gene Watts (right), founder of Canadian Brass, pictured here with Canadian Brass member Jeff Nelsen on French horn performing “Swing that Music” by Louis Armstrong at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Indiana in 2010. (Photo: Allison Tyra)
The PSO Brass Quintet will perform a variety of arrangements spanning multiple time periods and genres for the online holiday concert.
“We’d like to begin by going way back because brass music was really an important part of music back around the 1500s and 1600s,” Newnham explains. “These instruments were used publicly or in church settings, so there’s lots of music that was originally written for brass from way back then.”
“From there, there’s so many wonderful arrangements that have been done that take Christmas carols and turn them around a little bit, to bring out the pop side or jazzy side of them.”
“Our first trumpet player for the PSO, Paul Otway, is an arranger in his own right. He’s written some funny arrangements — one of them is this jazz arrangement of Frosty the Snowman. It’s quite hilarious.”
“The idea is that there’s a mixture of serious music-making — we’ll be playing some Bach, some Handel, some older music — and also just having fun.”
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After nine months of living in a global pandemic, we could all use a little more fun in our lives.
“We know that people want to see some live music-making,” says Newnham of the decision to go online. “Although they can’t join us in person, we wanted this to be something that was going to be a fun thing for people to watch and to make them feel good, especially after all these months of being in this pandemic.”
“Music can do all kinds of things and one of them is just to feel like you’re part of a community. This is our first step to coming back — to start to do some music-making again.”
Newnham and the PSO’s board of directors have been hard at work since the pandemic began, ensuring that Peterborough would not lose that sense of community that music brings.
Through their initiative, PSO @ Home, plenty of online content is available on the PSO website at thepso.org — everything from learning resources to intimate at-home performances and interviews with PSO musicians, and even digital versions of the popular “Meet the Maestro” pre-concert talks.
“We’ve tried to create a lot of content and put it out regularly so that our supporters can watch it and be with us — and to let them know that we’re still with them,” Newnham says.
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This holiday season, we can still be with the PSO Brass Quintet, albeit virtually, and we can still come together to rejoice in the magic of music-making.
And, thanks to the online format, for the first time ever audiences will be able to see the PSO’s music-making up close, when they want, as many times as they want, and from anywhere in the world. Until we are able to again attend a live concert performance, we’re very fortunate the PSO Brass Quintet has found a way to bring us “Comfort and Joy”.
“We work with what we have and, since this is what there is, we make the most of it,” Newnham says. “If this quintet concert goes well and if there’s a good audience response, we want to be able to continue to offer some concerts in the springtime. We’ll announce those in the New Year — we have some very exciting things planned.”
The PSO understands that this has been a challenging year economically, which is why they’ve made their tickets available through flex pricing. Tickets, which give entire households access to the concert as many times as they want between December 19th and January 2nd, start at $15. That said, if you have the means, the PSO would like to invite you to chose another price point ($25, $40, $65, $100) to help ensure there will still be music-making when we are through this pandemic.
You can purchase tickets online at tickets.showplace.org or by calling the Showplace box office between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesdays at 705-742-7469 or 705-760-6437.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting another record increase of COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row, with today’s 1,925 cases exceeding by one case yesterday’s record of 1,924. The average number of daily cases over the past seven days has increased by 25 to 1,820.
There are 13 new cases to report today in the greater Kawarthas region, including 8 in Northumberland, 3 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 1 in Peterborough, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes, with the total number of active cases across the region decreasing by 6 to 87. Effective Monday (December 7), the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit region has joined Peterborough Public Health and Hastings Prince Edward Health in Ontario’s ‘Yellow-Protect‘ level.
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Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (601), Peel (512), York (167), and Durham (133).
There are double-digit increases in Hamilton (76), Waterloo (61), Simcoe Muskoka (60), Halton (54), Ottawa (48), Windsor-Essex (46), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (30), Niagara (27), Middlesex-London (23), Eastern Ontario Health Unit (22), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (11), and Huron Perth (10), with smaller increases in Thunder Bay (9), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (7), Southwestern Public Health (6), and Brant County (6).
The remaining 14 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s cases, 50% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (674) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 571 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,412 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.1% to 84.7%. Since the last update on December 4, the average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.4% to 4.0%, meaning that 40 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on December 6.
Ontario is reporting 26 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 13 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have increased by 24 to 725, although this number excludes reports from around 40 hospitals. There are 9 more patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 12 more patients on ventilators.
A total of 45,283 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has decreased by 16,612 to 31,238.
There are 138 new cases in Ontario schools today, an increase of 9 from December 4, with 109 student cases and 29 staff cases. There are 23 new cases in licensed child care settings, an increase of 3 from December 4, with 9 cases among children and 14 cases among staff.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 13 new cases to report, including 8 in Northumberland, 3 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 1 in Peterborough, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Haliburton.
An additional 8 cases have been resolved in Northumberland, 7 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 2 in Peterborough, and 2 in Kawartha Lakes.
While the Ontario data indicates that none of today’s reported new cases in Ontario schools and child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region, St. Peter Catholic Secondary School in Peterborough reported on December 7 that there has been a second confirmed case of COVID-19 in the school community; the school reports the individual has been isolating at home, did not attend school while they were infectious, and that the health unit says there is no risk to students or staff.
There are currently 87 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 35 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 28 in Northumberland, 17 in Peterborough, and 7 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 228 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (206 resolved with 5 deaths), 205 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (179 resolved with 32 deaths), 117 in Northumberland County (88 resolved with 1 death), 27 in Haliburton County (27 resolved with no deaths), and 171 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (134 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.
Province-wide, there have been 129,234 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,925 from yesterday, with 109,402 resolved cases (84.7% of all cases), an increase of 1,412 from yesterday. There have been 3,798 deaths, an increase of 26 from yesterday, with 2,391 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 13 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has increased by 24 to 725, although this number excludes reports from around 40 hospitals. There are 9 more patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 12 more patients on ventilators. A total of 6,626,589 tests have been completed, an increase of 45,283 from yesterday, with 31,238 tests under investigation, a decrease of 16,612 from yesterday.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends.
Confirmed positive: 228 (increase of 1) Active cases: 17 (decrease of 1) Close contacts: 50 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Resolved: 206 (increase of 2) Hospitalizations (total to date): 12* Total tests completed: Over 37,350 (increase of 50) Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)
*Peterborough Regional Health Centre reports that, as of December 4, there are 2 patients with COVID-19 on inpatient units and 1 patient with COVID-19 in ICU (transferred from a partner hospital).
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 349, including 205 in Kawartha Lakes, 117 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 9, including 8 in Northumberland and 1 in Kawartha Lakes) Active cases: 35, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes and 28 in Northumberland (net decrease of 1) Probable cases: 0 (no change) High-risk contacts: 195, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes, 174 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (net increase of 10) Hospitalizations (total to date): 16, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Deaths: 33 (no change) Resolved: 294, including 179 in Kawartha Lakes, 88 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 8 in Northumberland and 2 in Kawartha Lakes) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
Effective December 5, the health unit is providing daily reports, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 174 (increase of 3) Active cases: 35 (decrease of 4) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 134 (increase of 7) Swabs completed: 7,731 Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 129,234 (increase of 1,925) Resolved: 109,402 (increase of 1,412, 84.7% of all cases) Hospitalized: 725 (increase of 24)* Hospitalized and in ICU: 213 (increase of 9) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 121 (increase of 12) Deaths: 3,798 (increase of 26) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,391 (increase of 13) Total tests completed: 6,626,589 (increase of 45,283) Tests under investigation: 31,238 (decrease of 16,612)
*Around 40 hospitals did not submit data to the Daily Bed Census for December 5. The number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases.
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from November 6 – December 6, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from November 6 – December 6, 2020. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
Sayers Foods in Apsley has been demolished after a fire devastated the family-owned grocery store on December 5, 2020, leaving many residents of the village and North Kawartha Township without access to a local grocery store. (Photo: North Kawartha Mayor Carolyn Amyotte / Facebook)
Community Care is stepping up to help North Kawartha Township residents, and is asking others to do the same.
After a fire destroyed Sayers Foods in Apsley on Saturday morning (December 5), many local residents who lack transportation have no access to food or regular groceries,.
The non-profit charitable organization, which serves the city and county of Peterborough, already offers Meals on Wheels, grocery delivery, and transportation support throughout North Kawartha.
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Community Care is now offering to further subsidize these programs to ensure all residents can get the food supplies they need, according to the organization’s executive director Danielle Belair.
“Our program office in Apsley will assist residents who are unable to drive, those who do not own a vehicle, or will struggle to pay to travel to Buckhorn, Bancroft, or Lakefield to buy groceries by coordinating volunteer drivers to take residents shopping or delivering groceries to them,” Belair says.
With the loss of Sayers Foods, the closest full-service grocery stores are 40 kilometres southwest in Buckhorn, 45 kilometres north in Bancroft, or 50 kilometres south in Lakefield. The cost to travel to these locations ranges between $30 to $50 per trip.
“We will also provide meals through our Meals on Wheels to help bridge the need,” Belair adds. “Community Care is here as a lifeline and I would encourage those who can to join us as we support this community.”
Community Care is looking for volunteers who can take residents to buy groceries in nearby communities, deliver purchased grocery orders to residents, or deliver Meals on Wheels to residents. Those interested in volunteering can call the Apsley office at 705-656-4589.
The organization is also encouraging donations to help provide subsidized Meals on Wheels to Apsley and North Kawartha residents who need food support, and to pay transportation costs for volunteers who will be travelling out of the community to pick up groceries. To donate, visit www.commcareptbo.org/BeALifeline.
Since the fire, Community Care’s client services team has been working to come up with solutions to aid residents.
Hamilton Bus Lines is donating the gas and driver to provide free bus transportation on Tuesdays and Fridays to Bancroft for residents to purchase their groceries. Beginning on Friday (December 11), pick-up spots will be outside the Community Care office in Apsley (126 Burleigh St.) and North Kawartha Community Centre (340 McFadden Rd.).
“This bus transport is available for all residents at no charge,” says Sarah McCall, Community Care’s community development coordinator in Apsley. “Community Care will coordinate all the scheduling for these drives.”
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Community Care’s Caremobile will also be providing transportation every Wednesday at the same pick-up locations for residents who require accessible transportation options.
“We will be able to transport people to either Bancroft or Lakefield with the Caremobile, depending on the need,” McCall adds.
Volunteer drivers will also be available to accommodate any special requests.
“We will do our best to accommodate any special needs or requests with our volunteer drivers,” McCall says. “For people who live outside Apsley and need help to get to one of the scheduled bus pick-up locations, our volunteer drivers will assist by getting people to town.”
McCall says, if residents need someone to help them shop, volunteers are also available to act as “shopping buddies”.
Frozen Meals on Wheels options will be made available for anyone with an immediate need.
“We have frozen meals in our freezer and we can make them available to anyone who needs immediate support,” McCall says.
Community Care will act as the hub to coordinate and schedule these free transportation services and access to meals.
Residents with immediate food needs should call the North Kawartha Food Bank at 705-656-1748.
Nurse Simone Jackson wearing personal protective equipment in March 2020 as she prepares to open a swab to test a patient for COVID-19 in Peterborough Public Health's clinic. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Health)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting a record increase of COVID-19 cases for the second straight day, with today’s 1,924 cases exceeding by 65 yesterday’s record of 1,859. The average number of daily cases over the past seven days has increased by 31 to 1,795.
There are 2 new cases to report today in the greater Kawarthas region, in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (from a workplace outbreak at Walmart Supercentre in Trenton). The total number of active cases across the region has decreased by 7 to 93. Effective Monday (December 7), the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit region will join Peterborough Public Health and Hastings Prince Edward Health in Ontario’s ‘Yellow-Protect‘ level.
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Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (568), Peel (477), York (249), and Durham (104).
There are double-digit increases in Hamilton (87), Ottawa (61), Halton (51), Waterloo (47), Simcoe Muskoka (44), Niagara (35), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (32), Windsor-Essex (31), Middlesex-London (22), Eastern Ontario Health Unit (17), Southwestern Public Health (15), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (13), Huron Perth (10), and Brant County (10), with smaller increases in Thunder Bay (7), Haldimand-Norfolk (7), and Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (7).
The remaining 13 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 3 health units (all in northern Ontario) reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s cases, 54% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (715) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 527 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,574 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.1% to 84.8%. The average positivity rate across Ontario is unavailable on weekends.
Ontario is reporting 15 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 7 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have decreased by 8 to 701, although this number excludes data from around 45 hospitals. There are 2 more patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 7 fewer patients on ventilators.
A total of 59,251 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has decreased by 15,343 to 47,850.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 2 new cases to report in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (from a workplace outbreak at Walmart Supercentre in Trenton).
There are no new cases in Peterborough. Reports for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are not available on Sundays.
An additional 6 cases have been resolved in Peterborough and 3 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties.
There are currently 93 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 39 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 28 in Northumberland, 18 in Peterborough, and 8 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 227 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (204 resolved with 5 deaths), 204 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (177 resolved with 32 deaths), 109 in Northumberland County (80 resolved with 1 death), 27 in Haliburton County (27 resolved with no deaths), and 171 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (127 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.
Province-wide, there have been 127,309 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,924 from yesterday, with 107,990 resolved cases (84.8% of all cases), an increase of 1,574 from yesterday. There have been 3,772 deaths, an increase of 15 from yesterday, with 2,378 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 8 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has decreased by 8 to 701, although this number excludes data from around 45 hospitals. There are 2 more patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 7 fewer patients on ventilators. A total of 6,581,306 tests have been completed, an increase of 59,251 from yesterday, with 47,850 tests under investigation, a decrease of 15,343 from yesterday.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends.
Confirmed positive: 227 (no change) Active cases: 18 (decrease of 6) Close contacts: 51 (no change) Deaths: 5 (no change) Resolved: 204 (increase of 6) Hospitalizations (total to date): 12* Total tests completed: Over 37,300 (increase of 150) Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)
*Peterborough Regional Health Centre reports that, as of December 4, there are 2 patients with COVID-19 on inpatient units and 1 patient with COVID-19 in ICU (transferred from a partner hospital).
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays. These numbers are from December 5.
Confirmed positive: 340, including 204 in Kawartha Lakes, 109 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 7, including 5 in Northumberland and 2 in Kawartha Lakes) Active cases: 36, including 8 in Kawartha Lakes and 28 in Northumberland (net increase of 5) Probable cases: 0 (no change) High-risk contacts: 185, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 160 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (net increase of 7) Hospitalizations (total to date): 16, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change) Deaths: 33 (no change) Resolved: 284, including 177 in Kawartha Lakes, 80 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Haliburton) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
Effective December 5, the health unit is providing daily reports, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 171 (increase of 2) Active cases: 39 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 127 (increase of 3) New swabs completed: 70 Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 127,309 (increase of 1,924) Resolved: 107,990 (increase of 1,574, 84.8% of all cases) Hospitalized: 701 (decrease of 8)* Hospitalized and in ICU: 204 (increase of 2) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 109 (decrease of 7) Deaths: 3,772 (increase of 15) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,378 (increase of 8) Total tests completed: 6,581,306 (increase of 59,251) Tests under investigation: 47,850 (decrease of 15,343)
*Around 45 hospitals did not submit data to the Daily Bed Census for December 4. The number of hospitalized patients may increase when reporting compliance increases.
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from November 5 – December 5, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from November 5 – December 5, 2020. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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