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Ontario reports 1,822 new COVID-19 cases, including 1 in Peterborough

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Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Ontario is reporting 1,822 new COVID-19 cases today, slightly less than yesterday’s record high of 1,855 cases. The average number of daily cases over the past seven days has increased by 34 to 1,523.

Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (566) and Peel (516), and York (145), with a substantial increase of cases in Waterloo (105) and Hamilton (102).

There have been double-digit increases in Halton (68), Windsor-Essex (57), Durham (48), Ottawa (46), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (25), Simcoe Muskoka (21), Niagara (21), Middlesex-London (20), Eastern Ontario Health Unit (13), Huron Perth (11), Thunder Bay (10), and Grey Bruce (10), with smaller increases in Southwestern Public Health (7) and Haldimand-Norfolk (6).

The remaining 15 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all.

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Of today’s cases, 52% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (688) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 519 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,510 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases remains unchanged at 84.8%. The Ontario government does not release the average positivity rate across Ontario on weekends.

Ontario reported 29 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 11 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have increased by 54 to 595, with 4 additional patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 2 fewer patients on ventilators. A total of 55,086 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 1,978 to 56,219.

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have increased by 63.2 per cent over the past four weeks. (Graphic: Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table)
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have increased by 63.2 per cent over the past four weeks. (Graphic: Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table)

In the greater Kawarthas region, there is one new case to report in Peterborough, with an additional 2 cases resolved.

Reports are not available on weekends for Hastings and Prince Edward counties, Northumberland, Kawartha Lakes, or Haliburton. On November 27, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit declared a workplace outbreak at Cameco Fuel Manufacturing on Dorset Street in Port Hope after a third employee tested positive for COVID-19.

There are currently 76 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 31 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 22 in Peterborough, 14 in Northumberland, 4 in Haliburton, and 5 in Kawartha Lakes.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 211 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (184 resolved with 5 deaths), 197 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (173 resolved with 32 deaths), 79 in Northumberland County (64 resolved with 1 death), 28 in Haliburton County (24 resolved with no deaths), and 128 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (92 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.

Province-wide, there have been 113,038 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,822 from yesterday, with 95,876 cases resolved (84.8% of all cases), an increase of 1,510 from yesterday. There have been 3,624 deaths, an increase of 29 from yesterday, with 2,294 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 11 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has increased by 54 to 595, with 4 additional patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 2 fewer patients on ventilators. A total of 6,181,551 tests have been completed, an increase of 55,086 from yesterday, with 56,219 tests under investigation, an increase of 1,978 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).

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Peterborough Public Health

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: 211 (increase of 1)
Active cases: 22 (decrease of 1)
Close contacts: 66 (no change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Resolved: 184 (increase of 2)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 10 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 36,600 (increase of 200)
Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)

*The health unit is no longer reporting the total number of hospitalizations.

 

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 Friday, excluding statutory holidays. These numbers are from November 27.

Confirmed positive: 304, including 197 in Kawartha Lakes, 79 in Northumberland, 28 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Active cases: 23, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton (no net change)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 88, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 71 in Northumberland, and 6 in Haliburton (increase of 22 in Northumberland)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 16, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Deaths: 33 (no change)
Resolved: 261, including 173 in Kawartha Lakes, 64 in Northumberland, 24 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, 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.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. These numbers are from November 27.

Confirmed positive: 128 (increase of 6)
Active cases: 31 (increase of 4)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 92 (increase of 2)
New swabs completed: 2,626 (decrease of 2,991)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 113,038 (increase of 1,822)
Resolved: 95,876 (increase of 1,510, 84.8% of all cases)
Hospitalized: 595 (decrease of 54)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 155 (increase of 4)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 99 (decrease of 2)
Deaths: 3,624 (increase of 29)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,294 (increase of 11)
Total tests completed: 6,181,551 (increase of 55,086)
Tests under investigation: 56,219 (increase of 1,978)

New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 28 - November 27, 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)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 28 – November 27, 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 October 28 - November 27, 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)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from October 28 – November 27, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Handgun found in truck involved in police shooting near Lindsay where infant died of gunshot wound

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A Kawartha Lakes police vehicle blocks access to Pigeon Lake Road east of Lindsay after a police shooting on November 26, 2020 that resulting in a 33-year-old suspect and an OPP officer being seriously injured. The suspect's one-year-old son was found fatally shot in the man's pickup truck. (Photo: CBC)

Investigators with Ontario’s police watchdog have found a handgun in the pickup truck where a one-year-old boy died east of Lindsay on Thursday, according to an update released on Friday (November 27).

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Police had opened fire on the driver of the truck, a 33-year-old suspect who had allegedly abducted the child, after the truck collided with an OPP cruiser and another vehicle, seriously injuring an OPP officer. The suspect was struck and airlifted to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries. No information has been released on the man’s condition.

Police later found the infant in the truck, dead of a gunshot wound. The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has not indicated whether the infant was killed by gunfire from police or from the handgun found in the truck.

A post-mortem on the child is scheduled for Saturday morning in Toronto. Along with the handgun from the truck, SIU investigators have collected three police-issued firearms. All four weapons will be examined at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto.

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“The SIU appreciates the public interest in this tragic case and is doing what it can to get answers to the public as quickly as possible while ensuring that the integrity of the investigation is not compromised,” the Friday update from the SIU reads. “We ask for the public’s continued patience.”

The tragedy unfolded early on Thursday morning, after police responded to a report of a domestic dispute involving a firearm and the alleged abduction of a child by his father at a home near Bobcaygeon in the Municipality of Trent Lakes.

Global News reports that one local resident said police chased a vehicle that sped away from the home, and another resident said three people came to his home looking for a safe haven.

According to the SIU, police located and attempted to stop the man’s pickup truck on Sturgeon Road in Kawartha Lakes but were unsuccessful. On Pigeon Lake Road, the truck collided with a police car and another vehicle.

A City of Kawartha Lakes OPP officer who was standing beside the police car was seriously injured in the collision. The officer is in a Toronto hospital in stable condition, according to the SIU.

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After the collision, there was an “interaction” between the driver and police officers, when three officers opened fire, striking the driver.

After police apprehended the injured man, his infant son was found in the pickup truck with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the Canadian Press, the infant was in the backseat of the truck.

The SIU says the truck will be taken to the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto for examination.

The SIU — a civilian agency that investigates death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault in incidents involving the police — is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. The unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU website at www.siu.on.ca.

 

This story has been updated to clarify wording about the infant’s death.

Ontario reports record 1,855 new COVID-19 cases and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health moves into ‘Yellow-Protect’

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New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 27 - November 26, 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)

Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Ontario is reporting a new record of 1,855 COVID-19 cases today, eclipsing by 267 the previous high of 1,588 reported on November 21. The average number of daily cases over the past seven days has increased by 62 to 1,489.

In the greater Kawarthas region, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health — which has reported 27 new cases in the past week with a local incidence rate of 16 cases per 100,000 people — will move into the province’s “Yellow-Protect” level effective 12:01 a.m. on Monday (November 30).

“The level of transmission in our region has increased quickly over the past week, requiring additional preventative measures,” says Dr. Piotr Oglaza, medical officer of health for Hastings Prince Edward Public Health. “To avoid further restrictions, I ask all residents to redouble their efforts at this critical time.”

With Peterborough Public Health having already moved to “Yellow-Protect”, only Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit — which has itself reported 26 cases over the past week, including 6 today — remains (for now) in the least restrictive “Green-Prevent” level.

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Most of the new cases reported today are in Peel (517), Toronto (494), York (189), and Halton (130), with double-digit increases in Hamilton (82), Waterloo (74), Durham (65), Ottawa (55), Windsor-Essex (52), Simcoe Muskoka (38), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (27), Niagara (20), Brant County (16), Huron Perth (14), Grey Bruce (11), Haldimand-Norfolk (11), Middlesex-London (10), and Southwestern Public Health (10), and smaller increases in Eastern Ontario Health Unit (9) and Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (6).

The remaining 14 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 4 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 (686) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 564 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,451 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has decreased by 0.2% to 84.8%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.2% to 3.7%, meaning that 37 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on November 26.

Ontario reported 20 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 13 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have decreased by 15 to 541, with no change in the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 4 fewer patients on ventilators. A total of 58,037 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 1,389 to 54,241.

There are 122 new cases in Ontario schools to report today, an increase of 34 from yesterday, with 99 student cases and 23 staff cases. There are 15 cases in licensed child care settings, an increase of 3 from yesterday, with 11 cases among children and 4 cases among staff.

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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 18 new cases to report, including 6 in Peterborough, 6 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 in Haliburton.

An additional 4 cases have been resolved in Peterborough, 4 in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings and Prince Edward, and 1 each in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton.

Of the new cases in Ontario schools, 1 confirmed staff case has been reported at East Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton and 1 confirmed student case has been reported at Hillcrest Public School in Trent Hills.

There are currently 77 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 31 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 23 in Peterborough, 14 in Northumberland, 4 in Haliburton, and 5 in Kawartha Lakes.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 210 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (182 resolved with 5 deaths), 197 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (173 resolved with 32 deaths), 79 in Northumberland County (64 resolved with 1 death), 28 in Haliburton County (24 resolved with no deaths), and 128 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (92 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 204 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (178 resolved with 5 deaths), 197 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (173 resolved with 32 deaths), 79 in Northumberland County (64 resolved with 1 death), 28 in Haliburton County (24 resolved with no deaths), and 128 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (92 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.

Province-wide, there have been 111,216 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,855 from yesterday, with 94,366 cases resolved (84.8% of all cases), an increase of 1,451 from yesterday. There have been 3,595 deaths, an increase of 20 from yesterday, with 2,283 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 13 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has decreased by 15 to 541, with no change in the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and 4 fewer patients on ventilators. A total of 6,126,465 tests have been completed, an increase of 58,037 from yesterday, with 54,241 tests under investigation, an increase of 1,389 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).

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Peterborough Public Health

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: 210 (increase of 6)
Active cases: 23 (increase of 2)
Close contacts: 66 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Resolved: 182 (increase of 4)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 10 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 36,400 (no change)
Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)

*The health unit is no longer reporting the total number of hospitalizations.

 

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 Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 304, including 197 in Kawartha Lakes, 79 in Northumberland, 28 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 3 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton)
Active cases: 23, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton (no net change)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 88, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 71 in Northumberland, and 6 in Haliburton (increase of 22 in Northumberland)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 16, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Deaths: 33 (no change)
Resolved: 261, including 173 in Kawartha Lakes, 64 in Northumberland, 24 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, 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.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 128 (increase of 6)
Active cases: 31 (increase of 4)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 92 (increase of 2)
New swabs completed: 2,626 (decrease of 2,991)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 111,216 (increase of 1,855)
Resolved: 94,366 (increase of 1,451, 84.8% of all cases)
Hospitalized: 541 (decrease of 15)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 151 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 101 (decrease of 4)
Deaths: 3,595 (increase of 20)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,283 (increase of 13)
Total tests completed: 6,126,465 (increase of 58,037)
Tests under investigation: 54,241 (increase of 1,389)

New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 27 - November 26, 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)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 27 – November 26, 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 October 27 - November 26, 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)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from October 27 – November 26, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Peterborough city council asked to bypass city policy in renaming Evinrude Centre to Healthy Planet Arena

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City of Peterborough staff are recommending the Evinrude Centre be renamed the Healthy Planet Arena, and are asking city council to bypass the city’s existing policy on naming rights in doing so.

Health and wellness retail chain Healthy Planet Canada is willing to pay $240,000 for a 10-year term of the naming rights for the Monaghan Road arena.

At its general committee meeting on Tuesday (December 1), city council will consider a report from staff that recommends council approve the sponsorship agreement with Healthy Planet outside of a request for proposals (RFP).

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The city’s policy on sponsorship, naming rights and advertising requires an RFP be issued either for an arrangement that is a naming right for a city building or when the value of the naming right is greater than $150,000 — both of which apply to the proposed sponsorship agreement with Healthy Planet.

“City staff are recommending approval of this naming rights opportunity outside of an RFP process,” reads the report from chief administrative officer Sandra Clancy. “Requests for Proposals are not typically done in the sponsorship sector where the selling of sponsorships is normally achieved through extensive conversations and relationship building, culminating in achieving a commitment for a long-term association with an asset when the fit is right for both the sponsor and the property owner (the City).”

The report adds that city staff are reviewing the city’s policy and will be bringing forward recommendations to update the policy’s RFP requirement.

The report says city staff had “in-depth conversations” with around 12 potential sponsors for the naming rights for the Evinrude Centre. Healthy Planet became a corporate sponsor with the city at the beginning of 2019. The company began conversations with city staff in September 2019 to “grow its existing sponsorship relationship”, according to the report.

Healthy Planet is a Canadian family-owned health and wellness retailer that began as a kiosk in a strip mall on Toronto’s Danforth Avenue in 1995 selling nutritional supplements. Since then, it has grown to operate 28 retail locations in Ontario, including a store in Brookdale Plaze in Peterborough that opened in 2018. The retailer now sells vitamins, health foods, supplements, and bath and beauty products.

“It is seeking the ability to target high-traffic facilities and engage with an active, recreation-minded community audience,” the report states, referring to Healthy Planet. “The arena naming right is a strong fit with its audience and product offering. City staff recommend this naming rights opportunity as a good fit for a sponsorship of a community recreation facility by a retail business that specializes in health and wellness products.”

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The Arenas, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee has endorsed the sponsorship opportunity with Healthy Planet, according to the report.

The city already has arena pad naming rights agreements at the twin-pad Evinrude Centre, with Leon’s Peterborough and Freedom Mobile.

The report to council notes the $240,000 in revenue from the 10-year sponsorship agreement with Healthy Planet would be allocated to “the associated program areas to support their services and facilities”.

The Evinrude Centre is named after the boat motor brand produced in Peterborough by the Outboard Marine Corporation from 1928 until 1990. The city purchased the property at at 911 Monaghan Road from Outboard Marine for $300,000 in 1995 for the construction of the arena.

The report says the city “does not have a commitment to keep the current name indefinitely” and would recognize the history of Outboard Marine on that property through a plaque in the arena. The city is also considering other opportunities to display the history of the Outboard Marine workforce in the facility.

Ontario reports 1,478 new COVID-19 cases, including 10 in greater Kawarthas region

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Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

Ontario is reporting 1,478 new COVID-19 cases today, with the average number of daily cases over the past seven days increasing by 38 to 1,427. Health units in in the greater Kawarthas region are reporting 10 new cases today, with the number of active cases rising to 71.

Most of the new cases reported today are in Peel (572), Toronto (356), and York (111), with double-digit increases in Waterloo (64), Hamilton (59), Durham (47), Windsor-Essex (42), Halton (36), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (29), Ottawa (24), Niagara (23), Simcoe Muskoka (18), Middlesex-London (14), and Huron Perth (11).

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There are smaller increases in Eastern Ontario Health Unit (9), Grey Bruce (9), Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (7), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (7), Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (7), Southwestern Public Health (7), and Brant County (6).

The remaining 13 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s cases, 51% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (542) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 434 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,365 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.1% to 85.0%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 0.8% to 3.9%, meaning that 39 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on November 25.

Ontario reported 21 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 14 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have increased by 33 to 556, with 8 fewer patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and but 1 less patient on a ventilator. A total of 47,576 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 7,902 to 52,852.

There are 88 new cases in Ontario schools to report today, a decrease of 74 from yesterday, with 70 student cases and 18 staff cases. There are 12 cases in licensed child care settings, a decrease of 10 from yesterday, with 6 cases among children and 6 cases among staff.

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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 10 new cases to report, including 4 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, and 1 in Kawartha Lakes. There are no new cases in Haliburton.

Three additional cases have been resolved in Hastings and Prince Edward counties and 1 additional case has been resolved in Peterborough. None of the reported new cases in Ontario schools and child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region.

There are currently 71 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 27 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 21 in Peterborough, 15 in Northumberland, 4 in Haliburton, and 4 in Kawartha Lakes.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 204 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (178 resolved with 5 deaths), 195 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (172 resolved with 32 deaths), 76 in Northumberland County (60 resolved with 1 death), 27 in Haliburton County (23 resolved with no deaths), and 122 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (90 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.

Province-wide, there have been 109,361 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,478 from yesterday, with 92,915 cases resolved (85.0% of all cases), an increase of 1,365 from yesterday. There have been 3,575 deaths, an increase of 21 from yesterday, with 2,270 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 14 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has increased by 33 to 556, with 8 fewer patients with COVID-19 in ICUs and but 1 less patient on a ventilator. A total of 6,068,428 tests have been completed, an increase of 47,576 from yesterday, with 52,852 tests under investigation, an increase of 7,902 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).

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Peterborough Public Health

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: 204 (increase of 4)
Active cases: 21 (increase of 3)
Close contacts: 67 (increase of 1)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Resolved: 178 (increase of 1)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 10 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 36,400 (increase of 100)
Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)

*The health unit is no longer reporting the total number of hospitalizations.

 

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 Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 298, including 195 in Kawartha Lakes, 76 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 4, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland)
Active cases: 23, including 4 in Kawartha Lakes, 15 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton (net increase of 4)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 66, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 49 in Northumberland, and 6 in Haliburton (net increase of 25)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 16, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Deaths: 33 (no change)
Resolved: 255, including 172 in Kawartha Lakes, 60 in Northumberland, 23 in Haliburton (no change)
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.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 122 (increase of 2)
Active cases: 27 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 90 (increase of 3)
New swabs completed: 5,617 (increase of 1,486)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 109,361 (increase of 1,478)
Resolved: 92,915 (increase of 1,365, 85.0% of all cases)
Hospitalized: 556 (increase of 33)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 151 (decrease of 8)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 105 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 3,575 (increase of 21)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,270 (increase of 14)
Total tests completed: 6,068,428 (increase of 47,576)
Tests under investigation: 52,852 (increase of 7,902)

New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 26 - November 25, 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)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 26 – November 25, 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 October 26 - November 25, 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)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from October 26 – November 25, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

An infant is dead and an OPP officer seriously injured after shooting near Lindsay

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Kawartha Lakes OPP Sgt. Jason Folz in a Facebook video advising of the critical incident on the morning of November 26, 2020 on Pigeon Lake Road near Lindsay. It was later revealed that a young boy died and an OPP officer was seriously injured during the incident. A suspect has been apprehended and there are no concerns for public safety. (Screenshot)

A young boy is dead and an OPP officer has been seriously injured following an incident near Lindsay on Thursday morning (November 26).

The incident, which occurred on Pigeon Lake Road (Kawartha Lakes Road 17), is now under investigation by the province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU).

“As a result of an interaction between a man and police, the man was shot and a police officer was seriously injured,” the SIU tweeted. “A young boy is deceased. More information to come later.”

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According to a tweet from OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique, a suspect was apprehended and there are no concerns for public safety. Carrique also later tweeted the injured officer is in stable condition and receiving medical care.

Both the OPP and the SIU have released media releases with further details about the incident.

According to the OPP media release, at around 8:48 a.m. on Thursday morning, Peterborough County OPP responded to a call for service in the Municipality of Trent Lakes related to a domestic dispute involving a firearm.

When officers from Kawartha Lakes OPP attempted to stop the vehicle involved in the dispute on Pigeon Lake Road, the vehicle collided with an OPP cruiser. Police say an altercation then occurred between the man driving the vehicle and officers.

The incident occurred east of Lindsay on Pigeon Lake Road between Heights Road and Settlers Road. (Google Maps)
The incident occurred east of Lindsay on Pigeon Lake Road between Heights Road and Settlers Road. (Google Maps)

“The male was apprehended, with the assistance of members of the Kawartha Lakes Police Service,” the media release states. “This male was transported to a Toronto area trauma centre with serious injuries.”

A Kawartha Lakes OPP officer was also seriously injured during the incident and is being treated in Toronto.

Police state a child died at the scene as a result of the incident. The OPP media release provides no details of the nature of the altercation between the man and officers, how the officer was injured, the relationship of the child who died to the suspect, or how the child died.

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However, a media release issued by SIU provides further details.

According to the SIU, the OPP were responding to a report that a 33-year-old man had abducted his one-year-old son from the Municipality of Trent Lakes.

A short time later, the OPP located the man’s pickup truck on Sturgeon Road in the City of Kawartha Lakes and unsuccessfully attempted to stop the truck. On Pigeon Lake Road, the truck became involved in a collision with an OPP cruiser and a civilian vehicle. At that time, an OPP officer was standing outside of the cruiser and he sustained serious injuries.

“An interaction ensued between the 33-year-old vehicle driver and officers, and three officers discharged their firearms,” the SIU states. “The man was struck and airlifted to the hospital in grave condition.”

The SIU states the one-year-old boy was inside the pickup truck and sustained a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

At a media conference on Thursday afternoon, Monica Hudon with the SIU said it is unclear if the gunshot that killed the child came from the three officers.

“It’s too early for us to know why officers fired at the vehicle,” Hudson said. “And it’s too early for us to know exactly what transpired.”

The SIU is a civilian agency that investigates death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault in incidents involving the police. Four investigators, two forensic investigators. and one collision reconstructionist from the SIU have been assigned to the case. At this time, three subject officers have been designated.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. Anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident is asked to upload that video through the SIU website at www.siu.on.ca.

 

This story has been updated with further details from media releases issued by the OPP and the SIU.

Canadian Canoe Museum wants to build new museum at Johnson Park in Peterborough

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The proposed location for the new Canadian Canoe Museum. (Photo: Google Maps)

Having abandoned its original site beside the Peterborough Lift Lock due to soil contamination, the Canadian Canoe Museum now wants to build its new facility at Johnson Park — just north of Beavermead Park and beside Parks Canada’s Trent-Severn Waterway head office.

The municipally owned property is located at 2077 Ashburnham Drive, between Maria Street and Marsdale Drive and across from Eastgate Memorial Park. The property is adjacent to the Trans Canada Trail that connects Rogers Cover with Beavermead Park.

The museum made the announcement in a media release issued on Thursday (November 26).

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“The Canadian Canoe Museum is extremely hopeful that the Johnson Park location will emerge as a viable site for the new museum build project,” says the museum’s executive director Carolyn Hyslop. “We are bolstered by the support of the City of Peterborough and the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority who are involved in the feasibility exploration.”

The museum states that, as part of the overall due diligence exploration and feasibility studies, environmental assessment and testing is scheduled to take place on the property from November 30th to December 2nd, with test results expected by the end of the year.

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Canadian Canoe Museum abandons Peterborough Lift Lock as location for new museum

On October 28th, the museum announced it had terminated its lease agreement with Parks Canada for the originally planned site of the new museum — land located alongside the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway at 353 Hunter Street East.

In May, an independent investigation by the museum determined the site, owned by Parks Canada, contains the chemical compound trichloroethylene (TCE), along with a variety of other chemicals.

Donate to the children’s garden at GreenUP’s Ecology Park and help raise a generation of impact

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For many years, the children's garden at Ecology Park has been one of the most popular learning spaces for Peterborough-area children. This year, GreenUP is asking for donations to revitalize this space and establish one of the region's first naturalized playscapes on public parkland. It's part of GreenUP's five-year capital fundraising campaign to grow Ecology Park so it can better support this generation of impact and help create the leaders of a carbon-neutral world. (Photo: Ben Hargreaves)
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Leif Einarson, GreenUP Marketing and Communications Specialist.

We already knew 2020 would be an unprecedented year even before COVID-19 happened: it is the first year in a decade of critical climate action commitments.

Although 2021 will likely bring us a vaccine for COVID-19, there is no vaccine or technical solution to ensure that in the next nine years we reduce emissions by 40 per cent below 2005 levels.

We need support at all levels to achieve that target. In particular, GreenUP needs your help. It takes a community to raise a child, and we need community support to raise a generation of impact through our youth programming at GreenUP’s Ecology Park.

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Young children — like my own — who are growing up in Peterborough right now will graduate from high school in the 2030s. Today’s childhood learning will grow into the leadership of a carbon-neutral planet in 2050.

We need to support that learning for a world and an economy that is being built right now.

At GreenUP, we are proud to have been central and eastern Ontario’s leading organization focused on issues of environmental education, sustainability, and stewardship for over 25 years.

Community donations to GreenUP in 2019 supported the completion of this low-impact barrier-free washroom at Ecology Park in Peterborough. This washroom ensures that Ecology Park can accommodate all of its school classes, community groups, and visitors in the future. (Photo: Leif Einarson)
Community donations to GreenUP in 2019 supported the completion of this low-impact barrier-free washroom at Ecology Park in Peterborough. This washroom ensures that Ecology Park can accommodate all of its school classes, community groups, and visitors in the future. (Photo: Leif Einarson)

This year has been the third of our ambitious five-year capital fundraising campaign to grow Ecology Park so it can better support this generation of impact and help create the leaders of a carbon-neutral world.

In our first year, donors generously helped us build a beautiful children’s education shelter and open-air classroom. We saw great success with more than 1,000 children and students enjoying ecological programs in that facility in 2019 alone.

In our second year, donations helped us to install a new low-water irrigation system in the Ecology Park native plant and tree nursery. This low-water irrigation system helps us conserve one of our most precious resources, while also growing local seedlings and trees for gardens across Peterborough.

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Last year, donors helped us demonstrate how we can develop accessible and inclusive spaces that are also environmentally sustainable.

While 2020 has been a difficult year, thanks to that support we completed many new accessibility features at Ecology Park, including:

  • A low-impact, barrier-free washroom that ensures we are able to accommodate 100 per cent of the school classes, community groups, and visitors that desire to participate in our programs.
  • Accessible and permeable pathways now link Ecology Park to the existing Trans Canada Trail. These pathways allow visitors and program participants to access key facilities at the Park with greater ease and independence while also ensuring that rain can permeate into the earth to maintain a healthy water cycle.
  • A foundation in our newly constructed children’s education shelter ensures that this space can be safely and easily accessed by persons of all ages and abilities, including by persons using mobility devices.
  • Solar panels on our children’s education shelter provide better light in the open-air classroom and along key access routes. These panels and lights extend our working season, support programming, and enhance safety and security while demonstrating off-grid, sustainable energy generation.
Completed in 2020 thanks to generous donations to GreenUP, the new solar panels on the Ecology Park children's education shelter demonstrate off-grid and sustainable energy generation. Providing light to the shelter's open-air classroom and along key access routes, the solar panels extend the park's working season, support programming, and enhance safety. (Photo: Leif Einarson)
Completed in 2020 thanks to generous donations to GreenUP, the new solar panels on the Ecology Park children’s education shelter demonstrate off-grid and sustainable energy generation. Providing light to the shelter’s open-air classroom and along key access routes, the solar panels extend the park’s working season, support programming, and enhance safety. (Photo: Leif Einarson)

This year, we are asking for donations to help revitalize the popular children’s garden and establish one of the region’s first naturalized playscapes on public parklands.

“One of the best ways for children to learn and practice leadership is through independent play,” observes Matthew Walmsley, education programs coordinator at Ecology Park.

“The children’s garden gives kids the chance to engage in free play. In these beautiful natural and creative spaces, kids use all of their senses, build their own relations with friends and nature, and develop their own confidence as independent thinkers and leaders.”

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“For many years the children’s garden has provided as sense of wonder and excitement,” Walmsley adds. “When students and campers arrive at Ecology Park, they most often ask if they’ll get to play in the children’s garden. It’s their favourite part of the park.”

The children’s garden has been home to many great adventures and activities. It is time to update its aging elements and expand its capacity — we need to support learning throughout this critical decade for climate action.

Participants in GreenUP's COVID-safe 2020 Girls Climate Leadership Camp meet with local women leaders in climate action at Ecology Park. The children's education shelter and open-air classroom were made possible with generous donations received in the first year of GreenUP's five-year capital fundraising campaign to grow Ecology Park so it can better support this generation of impact and help create the leaders of a carbon-neutral world. (Photo: Ben Hargreaves)
Participants in GreenUP’s COVID-safe 2020 Girls Climate Leadership Camp meet with local women leaders in climate action at Ecology Park. The children’s education shelter and open-air classroom were made possible with generous donations received in the first year of GreenUP’s five-year capital fundraising campaign to grow Ecology Park so it can better support this generation of impact and help create the leaders of a carbon-neutral world. (Photo: Ben Hargreaves)

Your donations now will make these projects a reality in 2021. By investing in an improved children’s garden and a naturalized children’s playscape, we will ensure that Ecology Park continues to serve as the green heart of Peterborough and as a vital support for this generation of impact.

“We all need places that fill us with awe,” says GreenUP executive eirector Brianna Salmon. “As the winter months approach, I’m uplifted by thoughts of this inspiring and fun project. Your support is needed by so many this year, and your gift to GreenUP — and to all of the incredible charities you give to — will have a significant impact during this difficult time.”

You can make a one-time donation or become a “Friend of GreenUP” by committing to monthly donations. GreenUP is a non-profit charity, and all donations and profits from sales at the GreenUP Store and Ecology Park support our projects.

GreenUP's Vern and Beige enjoy a fall meeting to discuss plans for 2021 at the Ecology Park children's education shelter. The new flooring in this space was completed in 2020 with the support of donations. (Photo: Leif Einarson)
GreenUP’s Vern and Beige enjoy a fall meeting to discuss plans for 2021 at the Ecology Park children’s education shelter. The new flooring in this space was completed in 2020 with the support of donations. (Photo: Leif Einarson)

On Giving Tuesday (December 1) and during the holiday season, please consider supporting GreenUP and Ecology Park. For more information and to donate, visit www.greenup.on.ca/donate-to-geenup/.

Community support is vital as we take climate action to create the future. We are excited to continue improving our facilities. This will increase GreenUP’s capacity to educate future generations and current residents.

With your support, we can build environmentally healthy and sustainable communities.

Stick to your own household when celebrating holiday season, Premier Ford urges

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford during a Queen's Park media conference on November 25, 2020, announcing the province's public health advice on safely celebrating the holiday season. (CPAC screenshot)

Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.

With Ontario reporting 1,373 new COVID-19 cases today, and the number of active cases in the Kawarthas region climbing to 65 with 13 new cases today, the provincial government has provided its public health advice on how to safely celebrate the holiday season.

“We’re asking everyone to please stick to your own household when celebrating,” Premier Doug Ford said at a Queen’s Park media conference on Wednesday (November 25), along with health minister Christine Elliott and Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams. “Avoid big holiday parties or large family dinners to help us stop the spread of this deadly virus.”

The province’s top public health officials are recommending Ontarians only celebrate the holidays in person with the people they live with, and celebrate virtually with everyone else. People who live alone are asked to consider exclusively celebrating with one additional household.

The province’s public health advice for the holiday season recommends against riskier holiday activities, including in-person holiday gathering events (particularly where where masks must be removed to eat or drink), indoor holiday activities such as having overnight guests or sleepovers with friends or people outside your household, visiting Santa Claus (or Mrs. Claus and their elves) indoors and taking photos without being two metres apart (and sitting on Santa’s lap is not permitted), visiting family and friends for non-essential reasons, travelling from higher transmission areas to lower transmission areas unless essential, or hosting or attending social gatherings or organized public events that do not adhere to provincial or local requirements.

The government says it will be launching a new “holiday web page” to provide detailed guidance on how to plan for a safe holiday season.

“The holidays are a special time of the year for many people, and while we all want to spend time with family and friends, we must celebrate safely to stop the spread of COVID-19,” Elliott said. “With the recent news about several vaccines, there’s light at the end of the tunnel. I realize that it won’t be easy, but we must continue to follow public health advice and look for new and creative ways to celebrate this year.”

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With today’s 1,373 new cases, the average number of daily cases over the past seven days has decreased by 6 to 1,389.

Most of the new cases reported today are in Toronto (445), Peel (415), and York (136), with double-digit increases in Waterloo (61), Hamilton (49), Windsor-Essex (48), Simcoe Muskoka (30), Halton (30), Durham (26), Middlesex-London (26), Ottawa (23), Niagara (17), Thunder Bay (13), and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (13), with smaller increases in Southwestern Public Health (7), Middlesex-London (6), Brant County (6), and Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (6).

The remaining 16 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 5 health units reporting no new cases at all.

Of today’s cases, 53% are among people under 40 years of age, with the highest number of cases (557) among people ages 20 to 39 followed by 392 cases among people ages 40 to 59. With 1,476 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.3% to 84.9%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has decreased by 1.1% to 4.7%, meaning that 47 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on November 24.

Ontario reported 35 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 22 in long-term care facilities. Hospitalizations have decreased by 11 to 523, with no additional patients with COVID-19 admitted to ICUs but with 15 more patients on ventilators. A total of 36,076 tests were completed yesterday, and the backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 15,634 to 44,950.

There are 162 new cases in Ontario schools to report today, a decrease of 108 from yesterday with 138 student cases and 24 staff cases. There are 22 cases in licensed child care settings, an increase of 9 from yesterday, with 17 cases among children and 5 cases among staff.

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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 13 new cases to report, including 4 in Hastings and Prince Edwards counties, 3 in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton.

Two additional cases have been resolved in Northumberland, with 1 additional case resolved in Peterborough and 1 additional case resolved in Hastings and Prince Edwards counties.

None of the reported new cases in Ontario schools and child care settings are in the greater Kawarthas region.

There are currently 65 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, including 28 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, 18 in Peterborough, 12 in Northumberland, 4 in Haliburton, and 3 in Kawartha Lakes.

Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 200 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (177 resolved with 5 deaths), 194 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (172 resolved with 32 deaths), 73 in Northumberland County (60 resolved with 1 death), 27 in Haliburton County (23 resolved with no deaths), and 120 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (87 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Peterborough on November 23.

Province-wide, there have been 107,883 confirmed cases, an increase of 1,373 from yesterday, with 91,550 cases resolved (84.9% of all cases), an increase of 1,476 from yesterday. There have been 3,554 deaths, an increase of 35 from yesterday, with 2,256 deaths in long-term care homes, an increase of 22 from yesterday. The number of hospitalizations has decreased by 11 to 523, with no additional patients with COVID-19 admitted to ICUs but with 15 more patients on ventilators. A total of 6,020,852 tests have been completed, an increase of 36,076 from yesterday, with 44,950 tests under investigation, an increase of 15,634 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).

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Peterborough Public Health

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: 200 (increase of 3)
Active cases: 18 (increase of 2)
Close contacts: 66 (no change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Resolved: 177 (increase of 1)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 10 (no change)*
Total tests completed: Over 36,300 (increase of 100)
Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (no change)

*The health unit is no longer reporting the total number of hospitalizations.

 

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 Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 294, including 194 in Kawartha Lakes, 73 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (increase of 6, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton)
Active cases: 19, including 3 in Kawartha Lakes, 12 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton (net increase of 4)
Probable cases: 0 (no change)
High-risk contacts: 41, including 14 in Kawartha Lakes, 24 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton (net increase of 3)
Hospitalizations (total to date): 16, including 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 4 in Northumberland, and 1 in Haliburton (no change)
Deaths: 33 (no change)
Resolved: 255, including 172 in Kawartha Lakes, 60 in Northumberland, 23 in Haliburton (increase of 2, in Northumberland)
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.

The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Confirmed positive: 120 (increase of 4)
Active cases: 28 (increase of 3)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 1 (no change)
Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change)
Resolved: 87 (increase of 1)
New swabs completed: 4,131 (decrease of 1,562)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 107,883 (increase of 1,373)
Resolved: 91,550 (increase of 1,476, 84.9% of all cases)
Hospitalized: 523 (decrease of 11)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 159 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 106 (increase of 15)
Deaths: 3,554 (increase of 35)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 2,256 (increase of 22)
Total tests completed: 6,020,852 (increase of 36,076)
Tests under investigation: 44,950 (increase of 15,634)

New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 25 - November 24, 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)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from October 25 – November 24, 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 October 25 - November 24, 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)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from October 25 – November 24, 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)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Award-winning artist Beau Dixon joins 4th Line Theatre to help with inclusivity and diversity

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"We need to see colour on stage." Beau Dixon and Virgilia Griffith perform in Toronto's Tarragon Theatre's "Harlem Duet" in 2018. In his new role as artistic associate at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook, Dixon will assist the outdoor theatre company to establish a talent bank of racialized artists, uncover local racialized stories, and liaise with racialized community partners. (Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann)

Listing all of Beau Dixon’s artistic accolades and achievements would take pages upon pages. For the sake of brevity, it shall suffice to say the award-winning multi-disciplinary artist is a force.

The actor, musician, composer, playwright, and sound designer has worked from coast to coast, performing on high-profile stages including (but not limited to) Stratford, Shaw, Canstages, Tarragon, Soulpepper, Buddies in Bad Times, The Factory, and Neptune.

Dixon’s new role as an artistic associate at Millbrook’s outdoor theatre company 4th Line Theatre is a homecoming, insofar as the idyllic Winslow farm is where the artist cut his teeth early on in his career, working with 4th Line founder and creative director Robert Winslow as well as managing artistic director Kim Blackwell.

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“2003 was my first gig with 4th Line in Ryan Kerr’s play Attrition,” recalls Dixon, “It was an incredible experience.”

Since then, Dixon has contributed to numerous 4th Line productions in various capacities.

“I worked there nearly every summer. If I wasn’t acting, then I was a musician. I started doing sound design for them. I assisted Rob Winslow with directing Cavan Blazers.”

Award-winning playwright, actor, musician, and composer Beau Dixon has joined 4th Line Theatre in Millbook as an artistic associate. Dixon will assist 4th Line in further developing its inclusivity and diversity initiatives and strategies. (Photo supplied by 4th Line Theatre)
Award-winning playwright, actor, musician, and composer Beau Dixon has joined 4th Line Theatre in Millbook as an artistic associate. Dixon will assist 4th Line in further developing its inclusivity and diversity initiatives and strategies. (Photo supplied by 4th Line Theatre)

“That was also when my career was just starting to do really well. I had to make the decision to go to Shaw Festival as a music intern or to do The Real McCoy. Kim and Robert suggested rescheduling so that we could wait until I got back from Shaw to do The Real McCoy (in 2013). That was a real testament to our relationship.”

“The Real McCoy was the big triumph for us,” Dixon adds. “I say us because for me it was such a powerful play — it was the first majority black cast. I felt even more connected to 4th Line at that point.”

Dixon’s most recent collaboration with 4th Line Theatre was 2019’s hit Bloom: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fable, which tells the tale of the rise and fall of a small-town Ontario band. As well as writing the play, Dixon (along with Dave Tough) wrote the original songs performed in the play.

Beau Dixon with kawarthaNOW publisher Jeannine Taylor at opening night of Dixon's 2019 hit play "Bloom: A Rock 'n' Roll Fable" at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
Beau Dixon with kawarthaNOW publisher Jeannine Taylor at opening night of Dixon’s 2019 hit play “Bloom: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fable” at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Having moved away from his family’s Peterborough home, the in-demand artist has been living in Toronto’s Beaches neighbourhood with non-stop creative opportunities to keep him busy, although — as with most performance artists — those have slowed with the arrival of the pandemic.

According to a media release from 4th Line announcing Dixon’s role as artistic associate, the pandemic has allowed the theatre company access to his expertise and creative energy. 4th Line Theatre say that, with Dixon’s assistance, it’s objective is to establish a talent bank of racialized artists, uncover local racialized stories, and liaise with racialized community partners.

“This pandemic has been a real drag but I feel good being here,” says Dixon, who has recently also become the musical director for the musical theatre program at Lakefield College School. “It does feel like coming back home. Out of this weird, vulnerable, challenging time, this has been a positive process. Even though it’s not ideal, a lot of good has still come out of this pandemic,”

Part of Dixon’s new role as 4th Line’s artistic associate will see him taking the helm at researching the untold stories of the racially diverse communities in Peterborough and the surrounding area.

“I’ve always been doing it,” Dixon points out. “That’s how I started writing plays focused on historical fiction. I was so curious about my own lineage as a person of mixed race.”

That includes Dixon’s critically acclaimed 2015 play Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story, which tells the story of Maurice Ruddick, a mixed-race Nova Scotian who survived nine days trapped underground after the Springhill mining disaster in 1958. For the nine days he and his six companions were trapped underground, Ruddick helped keep up their spirits by leading them in song and prayer — despite having suffered a broken leg during the accident.

Beau Dixon in a promotional photo for his critically acclaimed 2015 play "Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story", which tells the story of a real-life African-Canadian hero. 4th Line Theatre is known for its plays based on local history and culture, and plans with Dixon's help to uncover local racialized stories for future artistic programming and play development.
Beau Dixon in a promotional photo for his critically acclaimed 2015 play “Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story”, which tells the story of a real-life African-Canadian hero. 4th Line Theatre is known for its plays based on local history and culture, and plans with Dixon’s help to uncover local racialized stories for future artistic programming and play development.

“What I’m looking forward to is finding the people that can represent their culture, their community, and involving them in the arts,” Dixon explains. “By working with them, they can share their stories and we can give them a platform, collaborate with them, and give them the freedom to tell their stories their own way.”

Though there is a tendency to see the arts as a bastion for progressive thinking, they are not immune to the same injustices that affect broader society; we saw that so clearly with the #MeToo movement. It also demonstrated that identifying problems is not enough to address social injustices — change is needed at an institutional level. For Dixon, that includes diversity in the arts.

“It’s 2020 and it’s about time that the arts stopped having this colonial view,” Dixon affirms. “We need to see colour on stage. You can’t have true art if you’re just looking at one exclusive group. It has to be all inclusive because, if we’re only seeing half of the picture, you’re robbing the art. I want to see the whole canvas.”

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“That’s the change that they’re trying to make at 4th Line,” says Dixon. “We need to integrate colour into the institution. They believe in me — this is a good fit and it’s going to work because I actually come from the 4th Line school. And it’s also going to make a statement that institutionally they’re wanting to make that change. I really commend them on that.”

To which he adds: “Now is the time of re-inventing and re-learning, asking ‘What are the levels of entertainment and how can we, on a multi-disciplinary level, tell these stories?'”

These days, there exist so many corporate messages pledging commitment to social justice, which amount to nothing more than lip service. 4th Line Theatre has made an actionable step in the right direction by beginning a dialogue at an institutional level.

VIDEO: Beau Dixon and Vanessa Sears in “Porchside Songs”

Beau Dixon and Vanessa Sears perform in “Porchside Songs”, part of Toronto’s Musical Stage Company’s new remote theatre initiative, in July 2020

“To have the acknowledgement and support — and I can’t stress enough the support from Kim and Rob at 4th Line — is so exciting,” Dixon says.

The Peterborough area is lucky to have the creative force that is Beau Dixon back (for now) and we have 4th Line Theatre to thank for ensuring his work will continue to enrich our community.

For more information about 4th Line Theatre, to sign up for a newsletter, and to donate, visit www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca.

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