Volunteers from Survivors Abreast and the Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival organizing committee presented a cheque for $55,449.41 to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) on September 10, 2020 at Del Crary Park in Peterborough. The funds were raised despite the cancellation of the 20th anniversary festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)
Despite being cancelled this year for the first time in its 20-year history due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival has still managed to raise $55,449.41 for Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC).
Volunteers from Survivors Abreast and the festival organizing committee celebrated the achievement on Thursday afternoon (September 10) in Del Crary Park — where the festival is usually held every June — with festival chair Gina Lee presenting the cheque to the PRHC Foundation.
Although the 20th annual festival was cancelled, paddlers were encouraged to #PaddleAtHome and submit photos and videos of their creative ways to #GetintheBoat, and a “Dragon Drive-Through” car parade event was held on what would have been festival day (June 13). Festival sponsors, teams, and donors all pulled together to raise the donation to PRHC Foundation.
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The proceeds will help fund the next step forward in PRHC’s chemotherapy program: the state-of-the-art Robotic Intravenous Automation System (RIVA), which is designed to reliably and accurately prepare IV syringes and bags in hospital pharmacies.
By automating the preparation process, the system addresses issues of safety for both patients and staff as well as improved efficiency and precision.
Over the past 20 years, the festival has raised more than $3.6 million for breast cancer care at PRHC. Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival intends to officially celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2021 when the festival returns to Del Crary Park.
"I'm lucky to have a full-time job that I can do from home, but that leaves very little energy for my artistic practice." - Elisha Rubacha, Writer and Publisher / "Everything on my horizon was cancelled, including launches for my first trade book. I am
currently working on creative ways to continue to disseminate the work of local poets to the Peterborough arts community." - Justin Million, Poet (Photo: Julie Gagne)
On August 31st, the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) in Peterborough launched “Essential”, a photography project that raises awareness of the precarious situation of local artists and arts organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Part of EC3’s Peterborough Arts Alive initiative, the Essential project is a series of 17 photos by local photographer Julie Gagne that depicts 20 local artists during the pandemic. Each of the photos feature an artist or artists in their home or workplace and is accompanied by an artist statement about their experience of the pandemic.
Twice each week until the end of October, kawarthaNOW is publishing photos from the series. Today, we feature writer and publisher Elisha Rubacha and poet Justin Million.
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Elisha Rubacha, Writer and Publisher / Justin Million, Poet
Elisha Rubacha, Writer and Publisher / Justin Million, Poet – The Essential Project. (Photo by Julie Gagne, design by Rob Wilkes)
A message from EC3 about The Essential Project
The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on both individual artists and arts organizations in Peterborough. Performance venues and galleries have been closed, concerts cancelled, exhibitions postponed, entire seasons abandoned. Organizations and facilities are trying to grapple with the loss of revenue and an uncertain future. “Reopening” is not straightforward, to say the least.
Individual artists have lost their creative income and the opportunity to work together to create — something that is absolutely vital to them and to their audiences. Many have pivoted, and developed and presented some great virtual and digital projects. But nothing replaces live performance in front of a live audience and the catalytic energy that comes from being together to rehearse, discuss, and plan projects, to gather at an opening or artist talk.
Isolated at home, cut off from their communities and the lifeblood that is their artistic practice, local artists still found ways to keep our cultural life alive. Silenced and almost invisible, they kept working. But it hasn’t been easy.
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Local photographer Julie Gagne began photographing a number of Peterborough residents in their homes during the earlier stage of the pandemic and posted the photos on Facebook. The eloquent, haunting images of her “Within” portrait project included some artists, and those incredibly moving images caught the eye of EC3 executive director Su Ditta.
Julie’s photos made us think. We have all benefited from the work of artists during the pandemic: we’ve listened to music, read books, watched films, toured virtual exhibitions, tuned in to living room concerts. What has it been like for the artists? Will people remember how essential the arts were to getting through the pandemic when it comes to recovery funding and budget planning? Will arts organizations be supported in a robust recovery plan?
EC3 asked theatre artist Sarah McNeilly to curate and coordinate, and approached Julie Gagne to do a distinct series of photos that spoke to the experience of local artists and what art means to our lives, in good times and in bad. It’s essential.
This arts awareness project is both a witness to the struggles of, and a testament to the courage and contributions of this community during the COVID-19 lockdown. Our heartfelt thanks go out to Julie and everyone in the arts community who have kept us going.
The wisdom, kindness, and leadership of neighbours and our local business community are vital lifelines in times of change and crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Supporting local agriculture, such as McLeans Berry Farm (pictured), is one way to reduce carbon emissions. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development)
September roughly marks the six-month anniversary of global shutdowns and our shared behavioural changes to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Benjamin Hargreaves and Leif Einarson, Communications Team at GreenUP .
As we live through this historical moment, we can’t help but wonder if we are learning anything about that other worldwide crisis, the climate emergency.
We turned to some experts for perspective. They helped us identify four lessons the pandemic is teaching us that may help address the climate emergency.
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1. Behavioural change is key
Many have observed striking similarities between the pandemic and the climate emergency. For example, COVID-19 and climate change are both huge and complex global problems.
Another similarity is that both are caused by tiny things: the pandemic by a crown-shaped virus about 120 nanometres in diameter, and climate change by tiny molecules of greenhouse gasses that humans have been pumping into the atmosphere for centuries.
Overcoming both emergencies requires that we change our behaviours, like wearing re-usable masks, maintaining physical distancing, and making choices that reduce waste and emissions.
2. But behavioural change alone isn’t enough
“I think there’s a major distinction between COVID-19 and climate change,” observes Dr. James Murton, a professor at Nipissing University who specializes in environmental history.
“There may very well be a technical fix to the pandemic — a vaccine — and there is no technical fix for climate change. Climate change is a systemic problem.”
Behavioural changes like masks and physical distancing are the best defence against COVID-19 until we have a safe and effective vaccine. However, there is no such “until” solution for climate change.
Technology does have a role to play, but there will never be a solution like a vaccine for decarbonizing the economy. We need both behavioural and systemic change to fight climate change.
GreenUP’s Peterborough Community Climate Action Resource identifies five local initiatives that can drive the transformative action needed to become carbon neutral by 2050, including sustainable transportation. (Photo: GreenUP)
3. Leaders can and must act quickly
In the spring, our leaders quickly prepared the biggest fiscal stimulus plans in Canadian history to help flatten the curve and soften the economic strain of COVID-19.
“We’ve seen significant government spending on programs to support people and businesses and, so far, it seems to be helping avoid major damage to the economy (because of COVID-19),” Dr. Murton says. “Responses to climate change have mostly not done this.”
One of the challenges facing our leaders is that the length of time between cause and effect is much greater with climate action than it is with COVID-19.
As Guy Hanchet, a committee member of the local environmental organization For Our Grandchildren, observed in a blog post from May:
“In the case of COVID-19, the effects occur after a time delay measured in weeks … In climate change there is a similar delay but it is measured in years or decades … In both cases you are steering while looking in the rear-view mirror.”
As we respond to this pandemic, it is possible for all levels of government to prioritize action that also addresses the climate crisis. There are two resources you can use to build your understanding of where our leaders should be steering systemic changes based on these lessons.
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Last December, GreenUP developed the Peterborough Community Climate Action Resource, which is available at greenup.on.ca/climate-action-resource/. This document identifies five local initiatives that can drive the transformative action needed to become carbon neutral by 2050:
Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods
Green Economy Peterborough
Builders for Climate Action
Home and Commercial Energy Conservation Programs
Peterborough Moves
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has similarly put together a list of seven Green Strings that must be attached to provincial and federal bailouts, stimulus packages, and recovery spending programs:
Support only companies that agree to plan for net-zero emissions by 2050.
Make sure funds go towards jobs and stability, not executives and shareholders.
Support a just transition that prepares workers for green jobs.
Build up the sectors and infrastructure of tomorrow.
Strengthen and protect environmental policies during recovery.
Be transparent and accountable to Canadians.
Support must contribute to increased equity and well-being, leaving no one behind.
Transformative and accelerated systemic change is possible. We have seen our governments take action to address COVID-19, and we can and should expect this type of urgent and collective response to the climate emergency as well.
As the International Institute for Sustainable Development points out, a recent Abacus Data survey shows a majority of Canadians agree that the government’s COVID-19 response must address the climate crisis and acknowledge the connection between environmental health and human health. Picutred is Warsaw Caves Conservation Area. (Photo: Leif Einarson)
4. Increase equity
We need to emphasize that seventh point about equity from the IISD list above. Both COVID-19 and the climate emergency lay bare how racism, colonialism, and misogyny remain foundational to power, wealth, and freedom of choice.
“Relief and recovery efforts,” states the IISD in their Green Strings report, “must focus on improving well-being, particularly of those who have been historically and structurally oppressed.”
“In Canada, at least 438 civil society groups have signed the Principles for a Just Recovery, which outline how the well-being of peoples and ecosystems must be prioritized to build an equitable and resilient society.”
These requirements include addressing racial injustice, full implementation of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and striving for gender equality.
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Dr. David Tough, a professor of Canadian political history at Trent University, suggests that the unsafe and in many cases deadly realities many people face “are choices framed by a particular political economy, one in which tax revenues are determined by the wealthy’s willingness to pay, not by society’s needs.”
“We are learning through COVID-19 and the climate crisis and the crisis of inequality,” Tough emphasizes. “I do think COVID-19 will transform people’s understandings of what is possible and what is impossible, simply because so much is so clearly on the line.”
To learn about the local fight for equity, follow and support the Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre at www.nogofc.ca, Black Lives Matter Nogojiwanong on Facebook, and the Community Race Relations Committee of Peterborough at racerelationspeterborough.org.
One of the biggest lessons we have all learned from the pandemic is that society is adaptable and the status quo can change. We must bring this lesson into our fight against climate change, without waiting for disaster to prompt our actions. We are in this together.
A member of Peterborough County/City Paramedics displays the handheld device paramedics use at the drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic in Peterborough to digitially capture patient information for the laboratory requisition. According to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), the clinic is the first in Ontario to use the technology. (Photo courtesy of PRHC)
The drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic in Peterborough is now using handheld scanning technology to make the testing process faster and more accurate.
The clinic is the first in Ontario to use the technology, according to a media release from the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC).
When people arrive at the clinic for testing, staff use a handheld device to scan their health card and driver’s licence to digitally capture patient information for the laboratory requisition.
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Barcoded labels are also used for all tests done at the centre.
Benefits of the new system include more complete and higher-quality data when capturing patient information, more legible lab requisitions (making it easier for lab staff to process each test), and faster processing and easier matching of the lab requisition to the test.
First introduced at the clinic last Wednesday (September 2), the scanning technology was used for 1,523 people coming for tests.
When people arrive for a test at the drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic in Peterborough, staff use a handheld device to scan their health card and driver’s licence to digitally capture patient information for the laboratory requisition. This ensures more complete and legible information accompanies the lab requisition for the test. (Photo courtesy of PRHC)
The centre is led by Peterborough County/City Paramedics with support from Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), Peterborough Public Health (PPH), and the City of Peterborough, who worked with the Ministry of Health to introduce the new technology.
Initally located at Kinsmen Civic Centre, the clinic for people without COVID-19 symptoms is now located at Northcrest Arena (100 Marina Blvd, Peterborough). It’s open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on week days.
Edwin Binney's Community Garden in Lindsay, an initiative of United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes, Fleming College, and Crayola Canada, has already harvested and donated 5,944 pounds of produce in 2020 to 10 local food banks and 11 non-profit organizations. (Photo courtesy of United Way CKL)
Edwin Binney’s Community Garden in Lindsay has donated 5,944 pounds of produce so far this season, the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes (United Way CKL) announced on Thursday (September 10).
The community agriculture initiative, now in its second year of production, comprises 30,000 square feet of Crayola Canada’s previously unused land that United Way CKL and Fleming College staff developed into a fully operational community garden in 2019.
Last year, the community garden harvested a total 5,500 pounds of produce and the goal this year is to double that amount — a substantial achievement given the challenges posted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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All of the produce grown at Edwin Binney’s Community Garden is donated to 10 local food banks and 11 non-profit organizations.
Recently, the United Way CKL began three pilot projects to deliver the produce to clients in the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton.
Through Garden at Your Table, a collaboration between United Way CKL and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes, produce from the community garden has been delivered directly to 50 clients in Kawartha Lakes. Through Garden at Your Table, a collaboration between United Way CKL and Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes, produce from Edwin Binney’s Community Garden has been delivered directly to 50 clients in Kawartha Lakes. (Photo courtesy of United Way CKL)
Fresh Produce Fridays, a pilot project led by United Way CKL, delivers produce to three social housing units in Lindsay. An extension of the pilot project in Haliburton is also in the works.
To find out more about Edwin Binney’s Community Garden and the work of the United Way CKL, and to make a donation, visit ckl-unitedway.ca.
Some of the reasons why people are participating in this year's Ovarian Cancer Walk of Hope on September 13, 2020. Because of the pandemic, there will be no group walk but registered participants will walk around their neigbourhoods in their social circles and there will be a livestreamed event on Facebook. In Peterborough, leading up to the virtual walk on Sunday, there will also be virtual arts workshops, a cupcake sale, and a porch decorating contest. In addition, Paul Plant will be carrying his canoe through downtown Peterborough on Sunday with volunteers collecting donations. (Graphic: Ovarian Cancer Canada)
For all the many challenges and resulting adverse effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented, it has forced many to think creatively — outside the box, if you will — to attain some degree of normalcy.
Just before the general shutdown in mid-March, a local committee chaired by Marilyn Robinson met to plan the Peterborough edition of the annual Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope in the fall. There was no reason at that time to think that it wouldn’t be business as usual for the national awareness-heightening fundraiser that traces its origins back to 2002.
“Everybody thought the shutdown was going to be a couple of months, so we were planning the walk like we normally would,” recalls Robinson, a 44-year survivor of the most fatal of all cancers in women.
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“In May our national office was saying ‘Well, we haven’t made any decision yet (on a live walk event), we’re going to have to wait and see what unfolds’,” Robinson explains. “Then in June they said ‘We’re going to do it regionally. It will depend on what your area has for guidelines, what phase you’re in, and whether or not you can have an actual walk or if it’s going to be virtual.'”
“It was at the beginning of July that the national office finally said ‘We’ve made the decision (to go virtual). We don’t want to take any risks no matter where you live.'”
And so it is that the 2020 Walk of Hope set for this Sunday (September 13) — which last year raised an impressive $30,000 for ovarian cancer research — will be hosted and presented virtually.
“It (not knowing the walk’s status) was very stressful,” Robinson explains. “We’d normally be looking for sponsors and doing all kinds of things in April and May, but we couldn’t do anything. The nice thing is we quickly learned we can do it this way if need be. It opened up a lot of challenges to be more creative.”
And more creative Robinson’s committee has indeed been, with special events planned as follows:
A virtual painting techniques class presented by artist Jane Hall on Thursday (September 10) at 7 p.m., and a virtual meditation session on Saturday (September 12) at 2 p.m. Both require a $10 donation to participate, and you must register in advance by emailing occpeterboroughwalk2020@gmail.com to receive the Zoom links.
Until Saturday (September 12) at Sprinkles bakery (360 George Street North, Unit 57, Peterborough Square), $1 from the purchase of a sunflower cupcake created by owner Amy Keller will go to the cause. The sunflower is the official emblem of Ovarian Cancer Canada.
A porch decorating contest will see a prize awarded for the most creative incorporating teal, the official colour of Ovarian Cancer Canada. Participants are asked to share photos of their porch creation on their social media platforms.
As for Sunday’s main event, a national broadcast will begin at 9 a.m. on the Facebook event page featuring opening ceremonies and pre-recorded speeches. Then, starting at 10 a.m., those who have registered for the walk are asked to walk around their neighbourhood — remaining, of course, in their social bubble.
Paul Plant, who lost his wife Karen Hoffman to ovarian cancer last year, raised almost $4,000 for the 2019 Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope in Peterborough by committing to carry his canoe on his shoulders for five kilometres. For the 2020 virtual walk, Plant will be carrying his canoe from downtown Peterborough into East City and back while volunteers collect donations. (Photo courtesy of Paul Plant)
Huge to the event is the return participation of Paul Plant, whose wife Karen died in July 2019 after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. As was the case last year, Paul will walk while carrying a canoe over his head — he and Karen were avid paddlers.
Last year Plant brought in close to $4,000 of the $30,000 total raised. Recognizing the economic impact of the pandemic, Peterborough organizers revised this year’s fundraising to $13,000, but already just more than $15,000 has been pledged.
“It put new energy into the event when Paul contacted me and said he would walk,” Robinson notes. “We could actually do something live and energetic and motivating, instead of everything just being on a computer screen.”
Plant will begin his walk at No Frills on George Street in downtown Peterborough and proceed to Del Crary Park, before crossing into East City via the footbridge and then returning to downtown Peterborough via Hunter Street. He’ll be joined by volunteers with buckets collecting donations.
“Paul will be there (downtown) when the patios are full,” Robinson says. “We figure that will probably draw some attention.”
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Despite the show-must-go-on approach embraced by the organizing committee, Robinson admits keeping all involved motivated has been a challenge.
“Because we can’t get together, it’s hard to get motivated,” she says. “We usually have fun having our meetings. It’s a social thing. A Zoom meeting is much more business-like. You don’t tend to chit-chat as much.”
“The biggest thing for me isn’t so much the money raised. It’s the fact that more people realize how many women (ovarian cancer) affects and how fatal it is. Paul’s wife went through three years of fighting. One of two women (diagnosed) has less than five years to live.”
When Marilyn Robinson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1974 at the age of 11, she was the first person in Canada under the age of 21 to be diagnosed with the disease. Following the removal of a tumour from an ovary, she underwent 22 courses of radiation and two years of chemotherapy while her family travelled between Peterborough and Toronto. Here she is pictured in 1978, when she was in Grade 8, and today as chair of the Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope in Peterborough. The 2020 walk takes place on September 13th with a large virtual component due to the pandemic. (Photos courtesy of Marilyn Robinson)
Robinson herself was diagnosed at age 11 — the first person in Canada under the age of 21 to be diagnosed with the disease. Following the removal of a tumour from an ovary, she underwent 22 courses of radiation and two years of chemotherapy while her family travelled between Peterborough and Toronto. Along with her husband, she got involved with the local walk in 2014 when a search for new committee members was launched.
According to Ovarian Cancer Canada, all women are at risk of developing the disease but one is at higher risk if she is more than 50 years old, has a family history of certain types of cancer (such as ovarian, breast, endometrial, and colorectal), and is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and/or has a genetic mutation linked with ovarian cancer.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario and the greater Kawarthas region.
Today, Ontario is reporting 149 new cases, the lowest double-digit daily increase since September 4. Most of the new cases are in Toronto (50), Peel (41), Ottawa (16), York (13), Halton (7), and Waterloo (6), with the remaining 28 public health units reporting five or fewer cases and 21 reporting no new cases at all. Of today’s new cases, 70% are among people under the age of 40, with almost 20% of the cases among people under the age of 20.
In the greater Kawartha region, there are no new cases to report in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has removed 1 case, reported yesterday, from its total number of cases. Another case in Peterborough has been resolved, leaving 1 active case in Peterborough, 2 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 5 in Prince Edward and Hastings counties. There are no active cases in Haliburton.
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Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 106 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (103 resolved with 2 deaths), 179 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (158 resolved with 32 deaths), 35 in Northumberland County (32 resolved with 1 death), 15 in Haliburton County (15 resolved with no deaths), and 52 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County (42 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Northumberland on September 8.
Province-wide, there have been 43,536 confirmed cases, an increase of 185 from yesterday, with 38,958 (90% of all cases) resolved, an increase of 119. There have been 2,813 deaths (no change from yesterday) with 1,817 deaths reported in long-term care homes (no change from yesterday). A total of 3,171,062 tests have been completed, an increase of 20,929 from yesterday, with 8,357 tests under investigation, a decrease of 2,183.
This report is based on data supplied by the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), as well as any additional information supplied by health units. This information is at least 24 hours old, so it is not real-time data. Note that each health unit reports the information in a different way.
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
Confirmed positive: 106 (no change, last new case reported September 7) Active cases: 1 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 2 (no change) Resolved: 103 (increase of 1) Total tests completed: Over 25,800 (increase of 50) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 229, including 179 in Kawartha Lakes, 35 in Northumberland, 15 in Haliburton (no change) Probable cases: 0 (no change) Hospitalizations (total to date): 15 (no change) Deaths: 33 (no change) Resolved: 205, including 158 in Kawartha Lakes, 32 in Northumberland, 15 in Haliburton (no change) Active cases: 4, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 2 in Northumberland (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 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 52 (decrease of 1) Active cases: 5 (no change) Deaths: 5 (no change) Hospitalized: 0 (no change) Hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change) Recovered: 42 (decrease of 1) Total tests completed: 24,827 (no change) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 43,685 (increase of 149) Resolved: 39,332 (increase of 136, 90% of all cases) Hospitalized: 55 (no change) Hospitalized and in ICU: 15 (decrease of 3) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 8 (no change) Deaths: 2,813 (no change) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,818 (increase of 1) Total tests completed: 3,188,667 (increase of 17,605) Tests under investigation: 20,062 (increase of 11,705)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from August 9 – September 8, 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 August 9 – September 8, 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)
Ray Henderson in 2017 in Peterborough. (Photo source: Facebook)
A former Peterborough resident charged in connection with an alleged 2013 sexual assault made his first court appearance via Zoom on Wednesday (September 9).
Raymond Frederick Henderson, the former artistic director of Peterborough’s Arbor Theatre who also taught at Fleming College, will make his next court appearance on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, represented by Peterborough lawyer Trevor Burgess.
Neither Henderson nor his lawyer were present for the appearance, but the next appearance date was agreed to by the Crown.
Henderson, 49, was arrested in July and charged with sexual assault and two counts of sexual exploitation.
Those charges were laid following a Peterborough police investigation into an allegation that he assaulted and exploited a female under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged incident.
A warrant was issued for Henderson’s arrest on July 6. Now living in Brantford, he turned himself in July 9 at the city police station at which time he was formally charged and released from custody.
Henderson was well known in Peterborough’s theatre community as an actor and director.
If you live in Peterborough and play Lotto Max, check your numbers.
OLG reports that the ticket for the second prize of the Lotto Max draw on Tuesday night (September 9) — worth $208,034.90 — was sold in Peterborough.
But that pales in comparison to the single winning ticket for the $65 million jackpot, which was sold in Timiskaming/Cochrane district in northern Ontario.
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An Encore ticket worth $100,000 was sold in Brampton.
OLG reminds players that they can check their tickets from home on olg.ca, by using the OLG lottery app on their mobile device, signing up on the OLG website for winning number email alerts, or by calling 1-866-891-8946 (toll free).
The next Lotto Max jackpot is estimated at $19 million. The draw will be held on Friday (September 11).
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