Thor, an unneutered dog currently in the care of the Peterborough Humane Society, helps in a "ground digging" ceremony to celebrate the progress of construction of the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre at 999 Technology Drive in Peterborough. The $10-million facility will include a spay/neuter clinic, an adoption and education centre, and a provincial dog rehabilitation centre in partnership with the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Humane Society)
A small but excited group — including a special canine VIP guest — gathered on Monday (June 28) for a “ground digging” to celebrate the progress of construction of the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre and to tour the site.
Construction at the site at 1999 Technology Drive began in May, but a traditional ground-breaking ceremony was not held at the time due to pandemic restrictions.
Staff of the Peterborough Humane Society along with members of the board, along with partners from the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society and Peterborough city councillors, were joined by special guest Thor, a dog currently in the care of the Peterborough Humane Society.
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“Thor is a perfect example of how the new centre will impact the lives of animals in need,” says Shawn Morey, executive director of the Peterborough Humane Society, in a media release. “He’s unneutered and waiting to get a spot for his surgery before he can be adopted.”
“With backlogs at veterinary and spay/neuter clinics throughout the region, animals like Thor wait weeks or even months to get in for surgery,” Morey adds. “When we have our spay/neuter clinic at the new centre, we’ll be able to spay/neuter up to 25 animals a day, which means animals won’t wait as long and will be ready for adoption and to meet their forever families sooner.”
Along with a spay/neuter clinic, the new centre will include the Peterborough Humane Society adoption and education centre as well as a provincial dog rehabilitation centre in partnership with the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. The centre will include hospital-grade HVAC systems to provide the best in infection prevention and control.
An aerial view of the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre under construction at 999 Technology Drive in Peterborough. Designed by Peterborough architectural firm Lett Architects, the state-of-the-art facility is scheduled for completion by December 2022. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Humane Society)
“The provincial dog rehabilitation centre, which will be operated by the Ontario SPCA, will be custom built to help dogs who need more support and individualized care than an animal centre can provide,” says Daryl Vaillancourt, chief of humane programs and community outreach with Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. “It will fill a critical and significant gap in current services by addressing the individualized needs of dogs most difficult to adopt.”
Designed by Peterborough architectural firm Lett Architects, the new centre is being constructed by general contractor PEAK Construction Group Ltd. and is scheduled for completion by December 2022. Other local trades and professionals involved in the build include Cambium, Cremer Brothers Electric, DM Wills, Havelock Metal Co., ICI Roofing, KCM Metals, and WCS Masonry.
The new centre will support around 50 jobs throughout construction and will create 20 new full-time jobs once it is operational.
To date, over $7.6 million of the $10-million cost of the centre has been raised.
Two Project Safe Trade parking spots are available at the Bancroft OPP Detachment in Lindsay at 64 Monck Road in Bancroft, providing a public location to complete property transactions arranged on the internet. Pictured are Bancroft community safety and wellbeing committee chair Charles Mullett, staff sergeant Jeff MacKinnon, and provincial constable Susanne Cox. (Photo courtesy of Bancroft OPP)
Meeting an online buyer or seller in the Bancroft area? How about doing it in a police parking lot?
That’s the idea behind Project Safe Trade, a program from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) that creates “community safe zones” at an OPP detachment parking lot to facilitate property transactions arranged on the internet.
Online classified and auction sites are often used as tools to sell stolen property to unknowing victims, and they can also present a safety threat. Only five per cent of internet or telephone scams and frauds are reported, largely due to shame or embarrassment on the part of the victim.
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The parking spots, which are identified by signs, provide a public space for people meeting strangers to complete an online sales transaction. The hope is that internet fraud will be reduced by moving online transactions away from secluded parking lots, personal residences, or other areas and bringing them to a public place associated with the police.
Residents of the Bancroft area are invited to use the designated parking spaces at the Bancroft OPP detachment’s parking lot at 64 Monck Road, which are available at all times with no appointment necessary. However, the OPP does not monitor the spots, mediate transactions, or check serial numbers of items being exchanged.
The OPP also recommends bringing a trusted friend or family member as a witness during the meeting, to keep transactions to daylight hours, and to not erase emails, texts, or voicemails between you and the seller or buyer.
Project Safe Trade was also launched at the Kawartha Lakes OPP detachment in Lindsay in 2019.
Residents of the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County can now add their names to a standby list for possible COVID-19 vaccine doses that may be available at the end of the day at one of the immunization clinics run by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.
“We know some of our residents are still looking to receive their first or second dose of vaccine, and we are hoping this standby list will provide another option for those individuals,” says medical officer of health Dr. Natalie Bocking in a media release. “There could be leftover doses for a variety of reasons. Our goal is to ensure that vaccine gets into someone’s arm rather than be wasted.”
After completing an online form to provide their name and phone number to the health unit for a clinic location, residents may receive a call to come to the clinic at the end of the day if there are vaccine doses remaining.
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The health unit stresses that the standby list is not a booking tool. Residents who register for the standby list for a clinic location will only be called if there are extra doses available at the end of the clinic.
“As these end-of-clinic doses are not guaranteed, we still encourage our residents to continue to try to book an appointment through the provincial booking system, a local pharmacy, or through their local family health teams or community health teams,” Dr. Bocking says.
The standby list is open to any resident of Haliburton County, Northumberland County, or the City of Kawartha Lakes who wishes to receive their first or second dose of vaccine. Residents must be able to attend the specified clinic location within 25 to 30 minutes of receiving a call.
The links on the health unit’s website will be active daily between 8 a.m. and noon, but may close close before noon if the standby list is full.
Residents should register for only one clinic each day, and will need to register each day the clinics are available if the standby list is full. Lists will be cleared daily to ensure they are current.
The clinics offer one of Health Canada’s approved mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna). These vaccines are interchangeable, and the health unit not identify in advance what vaccine will be offered at a clinic.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 287 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases decreasing by 5 to 275. Most of today’s cases are in Waterloo (66), Toronto (42), Grey Bruce (38), Peel (26), and Porcupine (16).
Hospitalizations have decreased by 70 to 203, but more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for the daily bed census for this report so the actual number of hospitalizations may be higher. The number of patients in ICUs has increased by 3 to 289 and the number of patients on ventilators has increased by 8 to 191. Ontario is reporting 12 new deaths, with none in long-term care homes.
Over 14 million vaccine doses have been administered, an increase of 202,672 from yesterday, with over 81% of Ontario’s total population now having received at least one dose. More than 4.1 million people have been fully vaccinated, with 175,516 people receiving their second dose yesterday, representing over 28% of the total population.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 27 – June 26, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 27 – June 26, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 27 – June 26, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered and the green line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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Updated numbers for weekends are unavailable for the greater Kawarthas region, as the region’s three health units are no longer issuing updates on Saturdays or Sundays. Updated regional numbers for the weekend will be provided in Monday’s update.
As of Friday (June 25), there were 32 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 15 in Peterborough, 8 in Northumberland, 7 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville). There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,578 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,542 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,087 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,036 resolved with 57 deaths), 944 in Northumberland County (919 resolved with 17 deaths), 122 in Haliburton County (121 resolved with 1 death), and 1,127 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,114 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
Don’t be fooled by the appearance of the sun on Sunday morning. After a very wet start to the weekend for much of the greater Kawarthas region, more rain is in store for Sunday afternoon and evening (June 27).
For the second day in a row, Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for possible significant rainfall for northern Peterborough County and northern Kawartha Lakes, northern Hastings County, and Haliburton County.
Following a lull on Sunday morning, showers and thunderstorms are expected to redevelop again Sunday afternoon into the evening.
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Plenty of moisture in the atmosphere will allow rain to fall heavy at times, with localized rainfall amounts reaching 30 to 50 mm in the northern parts of the greater Kawarthas.
In southern Peterborough County and southern Kawartha Lakes, there will be localized rainfall amounts of 10 to 15 mm.
In Northumberland County and in southern Hastings County, there is also a chance of showers and a risk of a thunderstorm, but with less precipitation.
El Patio at 58 Bolton Street in Bobcaygeon, the largest outdoor patio in the Kawarthas, is now open for outdoor dining. In 2018, owner Kathleen Seymour-Fagan relocated her Kawartha Coffee Co. business to the building formrly known as The Doctor's Office, across the road from the restaurant's previous location at 49 Bolton Street, and created the patio. In summer 2020, she renamed and rebranded the patio as El Patio to reflect its festive decor and focus on Mexican food and drinks. (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Seymour-Fagan)
After a tough year of pandemic restrictions that significantly affected Ontario’s restaurant industry, El Patio at Kawartha Coffee Company in Bobcaygeon reopened for outdoor dining on June 11th to a hectic but hugely successful weekend.
For El Patio owner Kathleen Seymour-Fagan, her restaurant’s huge outdoor patio is its saving grace at this point in the pandemic. The patio, licensed initially for just under 300, can still seat 110 even with tables distanced two metres apart.
“We’re thrilled to be open,” Seymour-Fagan says. “It went fantastic. It has really great energy, and generally, our customers have been awesome and super supportive.”
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Seymour-Fagan says in their reopening weekend, El Patio (formerly known as the patio at Kawartha Coffee Company) was the busiest she has seen in 15 years of business.
While she celebrates the success of the reopening weekend, she notes still that it wasn’t without a few road bumps. The restaurant was so busy that first weekend they ran out of food before the weekend was done.
“We were so busy that, on Sunday, we ran out of food at about four o’clock and we closed,” Seymour-Fagan explains. “We closed until Thursday. My staff were too tired. We’re not used to it.”
El Patio specializes in margaritas and fresh Mexican food. The eatery sources ingredients from local farms and food producers. They also offer pub food such as wings and poutine. (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Seymour-Fagan)
“We’re trying to relearn — we haven’t been open since last October,” she adds. “We’re running out of food a lot because you don’t expect the volume (of people) you’re getting in.”
In addition to its size, the patio has garnered popularity for its fun and tropical aesthetic, delicious drinks, and fresh Mexican food.
El Patio has a Mexican food truck that features items like taco-sharing platters. For drinks, they specialize in margaritas and craft beers.
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The patio is decorated with tropical plants and string lights. The space also features a large mural celebrating Bobcaygeon, commissioned by Seymour-Fagan and created by Fenelon Falls artist Penni Holdham.
“It’s got a very festive vibe to it,” says Seymour-Fagan of El Patio. “It’s not like you’re just going to go to a bar — it’s an experience. That’s why we have people coming back. People are like ‘I’ve been wanting to come here for a year, and I finally got here.'”
Live music and outdoor karaoke are features of the restaurant that will be returning to El Patio this summer. Seymour-Fagan says they typically bring in live music on Sunday afternoons and Friday evenings, but to keep an eye on their Facebook and Instagram pages for live music announcements.
The Bobcaygeon Constellation mural at El Patio, by Fenelon Falls artist Penni Holdham, was commissioned by El Patio owner Kathleen Seymour-Fagan in 2018. Named after The Tragically Hip’s famous song “Bobcaygeon”, the mural depicts Bobcaygeon with constellations represented in Anishinaabe symbols and includes a silhouette of the late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie. (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Seymour-Fagan)
Step two of Ontario’s reopening plan, which takes effect on June 30, increases maximum capacity per table for outdoor dining and also allows for outdoor karoake and live music (with some restrictions). It will allow El Patio to seat six patrons per table instead of four, and resume outdoor karaoke on Saturday nights.
While step three of Ontario’s reopening plan, projected for late July, will permit indoor dining with capacity and other restrictions, Seymour-Fagan says she is not planning to offer indoor seating in the café section of her business (Kawartha Coffee), which typically has a capacity of 40.
“If I make the tables six feet apart, that reduces my capacity immensely,” Seymour-Fagan notes. “It’s more of a café vibe inside. The sales are down in that business. Right now, you just come in, order your stuff, and leave.”
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Kawartha Coffee offers items such as specialty coffees, smoothies, frappés, and bakery treats. Currently, it operates from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. daily.
Eliminating indoor seating is not the only pivot Seymour-Fagan is making as a reaction to the current pandemic restrictions. El Patio is also not currently doing takeout orders nor taking reservations during weekends.
“It’s too busy,” Seymour-Fagan explains. “It doesn’t make sense to hold tables or do a large takeout food order when we’ve got people sitting on our patio waiting for their food. Because the patio is so large, the most you’ll have to wait is 10 minutes.”
Kawartha Coffee Co., located inside at 58 Bolton Street, sells specialty coffees, frappés, smoothies, baked goods, and more. (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Seymour-Fagan)
Despite El Patio’s current popularity, Seymour-Fagan notes the pandemic has made for a challenging year for her business and staff. She asks her patrons to keep this in mind and to be kind and understanding.
“It’s the constantly changing rules — that’s the most difficult thing,” Seymour-Fagan says. “And the non-clarity from all levels of government and the health unit. And the confusion from customers.”
“Even now, you can have a table of four, and then you can have more than four as long as they’re from the same household,” she explains. “People outside looking in could be like ‘Oh, they have a table of eight there! How could they do that? I’m going to call public health.'”
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Although Seymour-Faga says she’s had a few unpleasant customers, most customers have been great and very supportive.
“Generally, people are lovely,” she says. “You only get the odd few, but the thing they don’t realize is that one (unpleasant) person can destroy the whole team’s day.”
The El Patio staff is comprised of teens and young adults ranging from age 14 to 23. According to Seymour-Fagan, her young staff has been handling the reopening difficulties in stride and are eager to learn.
In addition to a list of craft beers, coolers, and cocktails, El Patio specializes in margaritas. Throughout the summer, the patio venue will have live music, drag shows, karaoke, and DJs. (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Seymour-Fagan)
“They’re just kids, but they’ve been amazing because it hasn’t been that easy,” she says. “But they’re learning. They work together as a team. They’ve got really great energy.”
“From our patrons, we ask for a bit of patience and understanding,” Seymour-Fagan adds. “We want to serve the best product, the best drink, the best food, and the best service that we can. But we don’t always necessarily have as much staff, or sometimes we’re out of something. So we ask for a little bit of patience and understanding of the difficulties that we all are going through.”
El Patio is located at 58 Bolton Street in Bobcaygeon. To learn more about the restaurant and to view the menu, visit www.kawarthacoffee.com.
El Patio, “A 1/2 acre of paradise” according to the t-shirts worn by servers, in all its pre-pandemic glory. While the patio can seat just under 300, it currently seats 110 with tables distanced two metres apart. (Photo: Fred Thornhill)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 346 new cases today, a jump of 90 new cases from yesterday’s total and the highest increase since last Saturday when 355 cases were reported. The seven-day average of daily cases has decreased by 1 to 280.
Most of today’s cases are in Toronto (64), Waterloo (39), Peel (34), Grey Bruce (32), Porcupine (24), and Hamilton (22).
Hospitalizations have decreased by 2 to 273, with patients in ICUs increasing by 2 to 286 and patients on ventilators falling by 19 to 183. Ontario is reporting 13 new deaths, with none in long-term care homes.
Over 13.8 million vaccine doses have been administered, a record increase of 256,260 from yesterday, with over 80% of Ontario’s total population now having received at least one dose. Almost 4 million people have been fully vaccinated, with a record number of 226,884 people receiving their second dose yesterday, representing over 27% of the total population.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 26 – June 25, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 26 – June 25, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 26 – June 25, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered and the green line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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Updated numbers for weekends are unavailable for the greater Kawarthas region, as no health units in the region issue reports on Saturday or Sunday (Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit usually issues reports on Saturdays, but had not updated its dashboard as of the time of this story). Updated numbers for the weekend will be provided in Monday’s update.
There are currently 32 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 5 since yesterday, including 15 in Peterborough, 8 in Northumberland, 7 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville). There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,578 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,542 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,087 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,036 resolved with 57 deaths), 944 in Northumberland County (919 resolved with 17 deaths), 122 in Haliburton County (121 resolved with 1 death), and 1,127 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,114 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
Time 2 Hoop Basketball Academy, in partnership with Sports Camps Canada, is bringing the first-ever Nike basketball camp for kids and teens to Peterborough this summer. The day-long camps run throughout July and August at Playground East Peterborough near Fowlers Corners. (Supplied photo)
Time 2 Hoop Basketball Academy is bringing the first-ever Nike basketball camp for kids and teens to Peterborough this summer.
The Nike basketball camp will be the first one held at Playground East Peterborough, located in the former SPIplex sports dome at 7939 Highway 7 near Fowlers Corners. The basketball-only facility opened in December 2020 after renovations and has three NBA-sized hardwood courts, including a practice court and state-of-the-art shooting machines.
The Nike basketball camp is made possible by a partnership between Sports Camps Canada and Peterborough’s Time 2 Hoop Basketball Academy, which was founded by Joshua Williams with a vision of growing the sport by providing young athletes with the athletic fundamentals, basketball-specific skills, and life skills to enhance individual and team performance.
The Nike basketball camps run weekly from July 5 to August 27 at Playground East Peterborough near Fowlers Corners. (Supplied graphic)
“We’re the only Nike basketball camp in the area,” explains Williams, a certified basketball coach who’s a former college player and varsity men’s and extramural women’s basketball coach at Fleming College. “It’s a great way to do basketball.”
The camps are designed to improve basketball-specific athleticism and IQ, emphasizing fundamental development, shooting technique, offence and defence work, and team play.
“We’re going to have guest coaches, former pro players, and college players who will help participants get to know the game better and also get a look at different people’s experiences,” Williams says.
This summer’s coaches include:
Jose Garcia-Perez – Former member of the Toronto Raptors organization from 2015 to 2020.
Jesse Young – Peterborough native, former professional basketball player, and former Team Canada captain.
Emma McCamus – Cavan native and graduate of Central Connecticut State University, where she earned a scholarship and played D1 basketball.
Charles Kissi – Head coach and general manager of the Guelph Nighthawks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).
Wumi Agunbiade – Assistant coach of the Queen’s Gaels women’s basketball team and founder of Hoopers Loop.
Jeremie Kayeye – Lead assistant coach to the Ryerson Rams men’s basketball team.
Raymond D’Almeida – Certified athletic therapist, and registered kinesiologist who provides services for many sports, and owner of Rayzor Therapy & Fitness,
Special guest speakers, including former pros, college players, and more, are lined up to visit the camps over the summer. Speaker’s names and bios will be announced on Time 2 Hoop’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Time 2 Hoop Basketball Academy is offering Nike basketball camp for both boys and girls of all ages, as well as co-ed camps. (Supplied photo)
Williams points out the guest speakers are a fantastic feature of the Nike basketball camps, since the opportunity to meet and hear from those working in the industry is often hard to come by.
“Especially being in Peterborough area, you don’t get a chance to get to see people outside of the community who have made an impact in different sports,” Williams explains. “By bringing in different people who have made an impact in the sport of basketball, we get to see their perspectives and how they’ve gone along their path towards basketball.”
The first Nike basketball camp begins on Monday, July 5th, with camps running weekly for different ages and genders until Friday, August 27th.
The Nike basketball camp youth series running in July is for boys and girls from five to 12 who want to improve their basketball skills in a fun but competitive learning environment. (Supplied graphic)
Youth series camps, for ages five to 12, run from July 5th to 9th and July 19th to 23rd. A boys showcase camp, for ages 13 to 18, runs from July 26th to 30th, followed by a girls showcase camp for ages five to 18 from August 9th to 13h. The camps wrap up with a boys showcase camp for ages five to 18 from August 23rd to 27th.
The youth series is for kids who want to improve their basketball skills in a fun but competitive learning environment. This series is aimed to help children learn the fundamentals of the game of basketball.
The summer showcase series (boys and girls camps) is a program that focuses participants on their basketball-specific skills, learning about higher performance, and looking to advance their skillsets for the future.
Participants in the boys and girls camps will compete in physical testing, individual skills, one-on-one situations, and team system scenarios. Each week is dedicated to a boys camp or a girls camp to help focus on the individual development of each athlete.
Joshua Williams, founder and owner of Time 2 Hoop Basketball Academy, is a former college player and varsity men’s and extramural women’s basketball coach at Fleming College. (Photo courtesy of Joshua Williams)
According to Williams, a typical day at the camp will reflect whatever pandemic-related public health measures are required when the camp is running. However, campers’ days are sure to include working on their fundamentals of basketball, playing some modified games, working on their strength and conditioning, and listening to guest speakers.
In addition to having developed their basketball skills, kids will leave the camps with a sense of accomplishment — and new friends, teammates, and memories.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 256 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases decreasing by 13 to 281. Most of today’s cases are in Waterloo (39), Peel (38), Toronto (36), Grey Bruce (18), and Hamilton (17).
Hospitalizations have decreased by 9 to 275, with patients in ICUs falling by 16 to 284 and patients on ventilators rising by 13 to 202. Ontario is reporting 2 new deaths, with none in long-term care homes.
Almost 13.6 million vaccine doses have been administered, a record increase of 246,393 from yesterday, with over 79% of Ontario’s total population now having received at least one dose. Almost 3.8 million people have been fully vaccinated, with a record number of 218,782 people receiving their second dose yesterday, representing over 25% of the total population.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 25 – June 24, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from May 25 – June 24, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day rolling average of hospitalizations, and the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario from May 25 – June 24, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily doses administered and the green line is the cumulative number of people fully vaccinated with two doses of vaccine. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 3 new cases to report, including 1 in Peterborough, 1 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Haliburton or Hastings Prince Edward.
An additional 8 cases have been resolved, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Peterborough, 1 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton.
Active cases have decreased by 4 in Kawarthas Lakes and by 1 in Haliburton, and remain the same in Peterborough, Northumberland, and Hastings Prince Edward.
There are currently 32 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 5 since yesterday, including 15 in Peterborough, 8 in Northumberland, 7 in Kawartha Lakes, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville). There are no active cases in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 1,578 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (1,542 resolved with 21 deaths), 1,087 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (1,036 resolved with 57 deaths), 944 in Northumberland County (919 resolved with 17 deaths), 122 in Haliburton County (121 resolved with 1 death), and 1,127 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (1,114 resolved with 11 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on June 5.
Peterborough police are investigating a fatal fire on Thursday night (June 24) at a residential building at College and McDonnell streets in Peterborough.
Just before 11 p.m., police received several calls — including one from an officer on general patrol — about the fire.
The fire has claimed the life of a 68-year-old woman and several pets.
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Police are asking anyone with information about the fire — including information about anyone seen in the area at the time with fireworks — to contact Detective Constable Stephens at 705-876-1122 x303 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.stopcrimehere.ca.
Police are also investigating as suspicious a second fire, at an abandoned home on Cumberland Avenue, that happened around midnight on Thursday night.
There are currently no known links between the two fires, police say in a media release.
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