Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health, prepares for a media conference about COVID-19 testing at Queen's Park on September 24, 2020. She was joined by Dr. Vanessa Allen, chief of medical microbiology at the Public Health Ontario Laboratory, Ontario Health president and CEO Matthew Anderso, and Ontario's chief coroner and COVID-19 testing lead Dr. Dirk Huyer. (CPAC screenshot)
With long waiting times for COVID-19 tests and a backlog at laboratories processing tests, the Ontario government has shifted the focus of its COVID-19 testing approach away from asymptomatic people.
Effective immediately, only Ontario residents who are showing symptoms of COVID-19 or who are at high risk to get the disease should be tested, according to changes to the Ontario government’s COVID-19 testing guidelines announced on Thursday (September 24).
“As the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed, the province must also adapt its approach to testing,” states Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health. “With the upcoming flu and cold season approaching, we need to ensure Ontario’s publicly funded testing resources are available for those who need them the most, such as school children and others with symptoms of COVID-19.”
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“That’s why, in consultation with health experts and Ontario’s Testing Strategy Expert Panel, Dr. David Williams and I have recommended Ontario update testing guidelines to prioritize those who are at the greatest risk, while shifting away from untargeted asymptomatic testing,” Yaffe added.
Yaffe states testing will continue to be available on a targeted basis for specific asymptomatic individuals who are at greater risk due to their health condition or employment, at the direction of the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Long-Term Care.
The Ontario government now says you should only seek COVID-19 testing at any of Ontario’s 150 assessment centres if:
you are showing COVID-19 symptoms
you have been exposed to a confirmed case of the virus, as informed by your public health unit or exposure notification through the COVID Alert app
you are a resident or a worker a setting that has had a COVID-19 outbreak, as identified and informed by your local public health unit
you are eligible for testing as part of a targeted testing initiative directed by the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Long-Term Care.
For residents of the greater Kawarthas region, these means you should not be seeking testing at any of the region’s assessment centres unless you meet one or more of the above criteria. These include the assessment centres at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre and Eastgate Memorial Park in Peterborough, at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, at Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, at the Trent Hills COVID19 Assessment Centre in Campbellford, at Haliburton Highlands Health Services in Haliburton, and at Quinte Healthcare Corporation in Bancroft.
Ontarians who are not showing symptoms can still seek tests at selected pharmacies in Toronto, North York, Markham, East York, Scarborough, Weston, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Brampton, Ottawa, Kanata, Nepean, and Huntsville. There are no pharmacies offering COVID-19 testing in the greater Kawarthas region at this time, although the government says it plans to expand the testing to other locations.
Ecology Park's 2020 autumn sale takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 3rd at 1899 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough (at Beavermead Park). This year, in addition to trees, Ecology Park has native shrubs and wildflowers available for purchase. Remember to bring a mask with you to Ecology Park to help keep staff and visitors safe. (Photo: Benjamin Hargreaves)
Happy autumn from the Ecology Park Nursery!
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Vern Bastable, Manager of GreenUP Ecology Park.
If you are considering welcoming a green neighbour to your yard or garden, keep in mind that spring and fall are the best times to introduce new plants, trees, and shrubs. In the spring and fall, the weather is cooler, the soils are moist, and plants are a bit dormant. Think about it like trying to move a child to bed: while they are sleepy, the disruption is reduced … sometimes.
Ecology Park’s annual one-day Autumn Sale takes place on Saturday, October 3rd from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please be sure to follow social distancing guidelines and don’t forget to wear a mask. There will be signage posted at the entrance of the park displaying our COVID-19 procedures.
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The sale will look a little different this year. In years past we’ve focused mostly on moving our inventory of trees, but this year we also have a lot of lovely native shrubs and wildflowers that would be beneficial and beautiful additions to your yard and garden. Follow @PtboGreenUP on social media to learn more about favourite species from some of our team at GreenUP.
We are unfortunately unable to offer any compost, wood chips, or cedar mulch this season due to the pandemic. However, we are still happy to offer advice on choosing the right tree or shrub, planting, and general plant care.
Ecology Park is located at 1899 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough. Our nursery is open Thursdays from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. and Fridays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Friday, October 9th.
There are many native shrubs available to purchase at the Ecology Park Nursery, including potentilla, a drought-tolerant shrub that thrives in hot dry summers. (Photo: Leif Einarson)
An ode to urban trees
They’re quiet, they’re helpful, and they mind their own business. Does this neighbour sound too good to be true? For all they do for us, being a tree in Peterborough is a darn tough job. Let’s take a quick look at the issues facing trees in our city and why exactly our leafy friends make for some of the best neighbours out there.
Urban life puts a lot of stress on trees. This makes it much harder to become long-lived giants like their forest cousins.
City trees are commonly planted in areas that restrict their root growth. Most folks think of a tree’s root system as an upside-down mirrored image of the tree, with many large deep roots shooting straight down, deep into the earth — but wait! While trees do have some deep roots, the majority of a root system is found within the top foot of soil.
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You read correctly: almost all of a tree’s roots grow right below the surface. Excessive foot traffic, cars, and heavy equipment can compact the soil. This removes the air pockets in the soil that allow trees to breath and absorb water and nutrients.
Our urban trees also have a harder time collecting water and nutrients. Our paved city surfaces rush rainwater quickly into our storm sewers and away from thirsty roots. Additionally, the water is often contaminated by road salt, air pollution, and litter.
They’re quiet, they increase property values, improve business, help prevent flooding, and they fight climate change. For all they do for us, being a tree in Peterborough is a tough job. (Photo: GreenUP)
Nutrients normally found in rich topsoil are commonly removed during the construction of our homes and businesses before trees are planted. Important nutrients found in fallen leaves and decaying organic matter are often raked up and carted far away from our leafy friends.
And if that is not enough stress, we often damage trees with lawn mowers, weed-whackers, bike locks and vehicles. These open wounds can be exploited by native and invasive pests and diseases.
So what? With so many other things to worry about in Peterborough today, why should we care about our leafy neighbours? We should care because trees provide an enormous amount of benefits to us on a daily basis.
Trees have been proven to increase property values, sometimes up to 25 per cent. Boom.
Trees are good for business. Shoppers tend to enjoy the shopping experience more — and spend more — when leafy landscaping is involved. I’m not making this up.
Dollars can be saved in heating and cooling costs just by having trees strategically placed around our buildings. Trees reduce noise and air pollution, which can reduce or eliminate the need for built sound barriers or expensive air filtration systems.
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Should I keep going?
Urban forests help prevent flooding. They slow down runoff, holding water in leafy canopies while sipping roots drink up the rainwater before it hits our already-stressed storm sewers, saving untold amounts in flood damages.
And there’s more.
Trees soak up sunlight and fight climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and transforming it into sugar and oxygen. You can breathe a bit easier with a sweet trade like that helping resolve our current climate crisis.
Planting native species from the Ecology Park Nursery is a great way to help out local pollinators like bumble bees, who in turn help our gardens flourish. (Photo: Leif Einarson)
Trees are also vital sources of food and providers of habitat for the birds, bees and other critters we share our environment with.
Finally, trees enhance our lives just by being present. The beauty of the flowering eastern redbud, the autumn colours of the maples, or the smile gained from watching two squirrels chasing each other around the trunk of a tree — these experiences make our lives more vibrant.
Trees help us reduce stress and heal faster. Trees create a sense of place, a feeling of home, and a reason for poetry and song.
When you arrive at Ecology Park at 1899 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough for the 2020 autumn sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 3rd, be sure to keep an eye out for COVID-19 signage and procedures that will be posted throughout the park. (Photo: Benjamin Hargreaves)
Despite the stressors, urban trees do a great job at overcoming the odds, and in great neighbourly fashion, they do so without complaining at all.
While dealing with a power outage is old hat for most Ontario cottagers, the bottom line associated with an ongoing power-related outrage will undoubtedly prove much more difficult to handle.
On Thursday (September 17), the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) upheld its 2015 directive and ordered Hydro One to eliminate the seasonal rate class and move those customers to a low- or medium-density billing classification.
The result, according to Hydro One, will see electricity bills rise steeply for more than half of the some 154,000 seasonal customers affected.
“I’m paraphrasing, but the OEB basically said ‘Thank you for your input, we don’t care’,” says Terry Rees, executive director of the Peterborough-based Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations (FOCA) and a cottager with property fronting Lake Kasshabog in Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township.
With the OEB having issued its order, Hydro One has been given a deadline of October 15th to report back with proposed mitigation measures aimed at lessening the new billing model’s impact on its seasonal customers.
“Hydro One is charged with coming back to the OEB to spell out, in gory detail, exactly how those rates are going to spill out to its various (seasonal) customers,” Rees explains.
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According to Hydro One, the OEB ordered the elimination of the seasonal class because of concerns that seasonal customers who are high users of electricity are paying a larger share of distribution costs than other seasonal residents.
Under the OEB order, around 84,000 seasonal customers — a large majority of whom are low-consumption customers who don’t occupy their residences year-round — will be moved into the R2 class (residential low density), with around 70,000 customers moved into the R1 class (medium residential density) and a very small number moved into the U1 class (urban high density).
Hydro One advocated to the OEB against the elimination of the seasonal rate class, which has existed for more than 40 years, to protect the majority of its seasonal customers from a steep bill increase. While around 70,000 seasonal customers would see a slight reduction ($7) on their monthly bill, and a very small group would see a $30 monthly reduction, the remaining 84,000 would see an increase of about $68 per month.
Hydro One proposed an alternative solution to the OEB that would keep the seasonal rate class intact while addressing the OEB’s concerns about rates paid by high-volume seasonal customers. OEB rejected the proposal and upheld its original decision to eliminate the seasonal rate class.
“In fairness to Hydro One, it has maintained throughout the discussion that it’s smart to keep the seasonal class because of the unique properties of the customers,” Rees says. “But that’s fallen on deaf ears. Instead, the OEB has made a technical determination that other utilities generally use density as the sole basis for determining how they proportion the costs and has ordered that Hydro One do that.”
By opting for consistency over fairness, the order, says Rees, will ultimately result in an increase of almost $1,000 annually for 54 per cent of Hydro One’s seasonal customers.
“A lot of these people (cottage owners) have pretty modest places into which they’ve invested what money they had over the years to have cost-effective place to spend time with their family and hopefully retire,” notes Rees, adding “These people aren’t going to see their pensions go up any time soon. How does this figure into their household budgets when this kind of hit comes along?”
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According to Rees, seasonal rates have been in place for several years to the benefit of those customers who don’t occupy their properties year-round and tend to use less electricity.
“It was argued at a previous rate hearing that utilities ought to be billing their customers exclusively on the basis of the density, because that’s how you can apportion the costs in some kind of a fair way. The OEB agreed to that.”
Electricity rates, adds Rees, “are something we (FOCA) have been following for many years.” He pledges the association will continue to closely monitor developments and, where the opportunity presents itself, formally comment on the ramifications of the elimination of the seasonal class and the detrimental affect that will have on more than half the cottage owners it represents.
“We’ll have another opportunity to take a kick at it (when Hydro One files its mitigation report),” Rees says.
“We want people to be aware of how this decision is going to impact them so that their eyes open and they know what could be coming. We’ll continue to talk to the utility (Hydro One). We are a big set of customers … we have an ongoing relationship with them.”
“The mitigation thing is something that the OEB has asked Hydro One to deal with specifically – how’s it going to impact customers in years one, two and beyond? They are probably going to spread it (the impact) over a number of years, which will soften the blow in some respects, but ultimately the full hit will still be coming.”
Rees says FOCA will also continue a dialogue with the OEB, although a reversal of its order to Hydro One remains unlikely.
“We’ll also be making sure our elected officials are aware of how this will impact their constituents,” says Rees.
Full details of the OEB decision are available at www.oeb.ca.
Phoenix and Felix Whiskeyjack. (Police-supplied photos)
Peterborough police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating missing 13-year-old twins Phoenix and Felix Whiskeyjack.
UPDATE – Wed Sep 23 12:40am
Police advise the twins have been located safe and sound and returned home.
The twins were last seen at 10 a.m. on Wednesday (September 23) at their residence in the north end of Peterborough.
Phoenix is 5’8″ tall and weighs 140 pounds, and Felix is 5’5″ tall and weighs 100 pounds. Both boys have brown eyes, wear glasses, and have dark brown hair that goes below their ears.
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Felix is wearing black clothing, but it is unknown what clothing Phoenix is wearing.
The destination of the twins when they left their residence is unknown.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Peterborough Police Service at 705-876-1122 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.stopcrimehere.ca.
In the "The Haunting of Bly Manor", Victoria Pedretti plays a young American nanny in the 1980s who is hired by a man to look after his orphaned niece and nephew at the family manor in the English countryside, where things get creepy. The original Netflix series premieres on Friday, October 9th. (Photo: Eike Schroter/ Netflix)
Every month, kawarthaNOW is the only local media source to bring you a list of what’s coming to Netflix Canada.
In October, Netflix is promising “Netflix & Chills” with a series of horror-related original series and films. This includes The Haunting of Bly Manor, a sequel to 2018’s The Haunting of Hill House.
Loosely based on the 1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, the series tells the story of a young American nanny (Victoria Pedretti) in the 1980s who is hired by a man (Henry Thomas) to look after his orphaned niece and nephew (Amelie Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) at the family manor in the English countryside, where things get creepy. Described as a “chilling gothic romance”, the series premieres on October 9th.
VIDEO: “The Haunting of Bly Manor” official trailer
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Other original series in the same vein include Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood (Oct. 1), To the Lake (Oct. 7), and La Révolution (Oct. 16).
For families, there’s the Netflix original comedy-horror film Hubie Halloween, arriving on Netflix on October 7th. It stars Adam Sandler as an eccentric and much-mocked resident of Salem, Massachusetts who becomes an unlikely hero when people start disappearing. Other Halloween-related Netflix films include The Binding and Vampires vs. the Bronx (both on Oct. 2), A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting (Oct. 15), Rebecca (Oct. 21), Cadaver (Oct. 21), Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight (Oct. 28), and The Day of the Lord and His House (both on Oct. 30).
Outside of the horror genre, other Netflix original series include Emily in Paris and Song Exploder (both on Oct. 2), Deaf U (Oct. 9), Social Distance (Oct. 15), Dream Home Makeover and Grand Army (both on Oct. 16), The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (Oct. 22), Barbarians and The Queen’s Gambit (both on Oct. 23). Other Netflix original films include Serious Men (Oct. 2), The Forty-Year-Old Version and Ginny Weds Sunny (both on Oct. 9), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Oct. 16), Over the Moon (Oct. 23), Holidate (Oct. 28), and Bronx (Oct. 30).
“My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman” returns to Netflix on Wednesday, October 21st, featuring interviews with Robert Downey Jr. (pictured), Dave Chappelle, Kim Kardashian, and more. (Photo: Netflix)
Returning original series include season three of Carmen Sandiego and season four of The Worst Witch (Oct. 1), season three of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Oct. 12), volume two of Unsolved Mysteries (Oct. 19), and season three of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (Oct. 21), featuring interviews with Robert Downey Jr., Dave Chappelle, Kim Kardashian, and more.
There’a also season four of Somebody Feed Phil and season three of Suburra (both on Oct. 30). Other returning series include season seven of The 100 and season four of Kim’s Convenience (both on Oct. 1), and season six of the Emmy award-winning Schitt’s Creek (Oct. 7).
New theatrically released films include Beirut, BlacKkKlansman, Boogie Nights, Christine, Easy Rider, Pacific Rim, Starship Troopers, The Silence of the Lambs, the Insidious franchise, The Wizard of Oz, and V for Vendetta (all on Oct. 1), Truth or Dare (Oct. 3), Thor: The Dark World (Oct. 5), 12 Monkeys, Billy Elliot, Happy Gilmore, Knocked Up, and Kindergarten Cop (all on Oct. 7), and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Oct. 13).
VIDEO: New to Netflix Canada in October 2020
Here’s the complete list of everything coming to Netflix Canada in October along with what’s leaving.
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Coming in October (no release date specified)
Arashi’s Diary – Voyage – Episode 13 (Netflix documentary) – Following a performance to celebrate the enthronement of the new emperor, Arashi members head to Jakarta, where they kick off their “Jet Storm” tour to meet their fans in Asia.
Arashi’s Diary – Voyage – Episode 14 (Netflix documentary) – The members express their appreciation to the fans as they prepare for the 50th and final performance of the 5×20 tour.
Brave Blue World
Start-Up (Netflix original) – Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea’s high-tech industry.
Thursday, October 1
Bom Dia, Verônica / Good Morning, Verônica (Netflix original) – While hunting for a dating-site predator, an underused police clerk discovers an abused wife with a horrific secret — and a web of conspiracy hiding it.
Carmen Sandiego: Season 3 (Netflix family) – Carmen and her crew touch down in Mexico City, New Orleans, Venice and more on their quest to stay one step ahead of V.I.L.E.
Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood (Netflix original) – 1900: A rich newcomer with a shady past arrives in Munich determined to crash the local Oktoberfest with his own brewery. But when his daughter falls in love with the heir to a rival brewery, a violent chain of events is unleashed that will threaten both families’ futures.
Pasal Kau / All Because of You (Netflix film) – After falling for a guest, an unsuspecting hotel staff becomes embroiled in a hostage scheme and discovers true love in an unlikely place.
The Worst Witch: Season 4 (Netflix family) – A series of challenges push Mildred and Ethel’s magical powers to the limit as they compete for the honor of being named Head Girl.
A.M.I.
Beirut
BlacKkKlansman
Boogie Nights
Christine
Code Lyoko: Seasons 1-4
Creeped Out: Season 2
Easy Rider
Footloose (2011)
Insidious
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Kick-Ass
Kim’s Convenience: Season 4
Never Back Down
Pacific Rim
PAW Patrol: Season 7
Riddick
Rudy
Scooby-Doo
Starship Troopers
Sword Art Online: Alicization
The 100: Season 7
The Silence of the Lambs
The Switch
The To Do List
The Wizard of Oz
Unfriended: Dark Web
V for Vendetta
Valkyrie
Friday, October 2
A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween (Netflix family) – Cory, Chrissy and Freddie are on the hunt for king-sized candy bars this Halloween! But are all the treats worth the trek to the spooky side of town?
Ahí te encargo / You’ve Got This (Netflix film) – An ad creative and a successful executive have a great marriage — until he wants to be a dad just as her star is rising. Then he brings someone new home.
The Binding (Netflix film) – While visiting her fiancé’s mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.
Dick Johnson Is Dead (Netflix documentary) – While a lifetime of making documentaries has convinced her of the power of true stories, Kirsten Johnson is ready to use every escapist movie-making trick in the book if it will help her 86-year-old psychiatrist father elude death.
Emily In Paris (Netflix original) – Emily, an ambitious twenty-something marketing executive from Chicago, unexpectedly lands her dream job in Paris. Her new life is filled with intoxicating adventures and surprising challenges as she juggles work, friendships, and romance.
Òlòturé (Netflix film) – A young, naive female journalist goes undercover to expose the shady business of human trafficking in Nigeria and encounters a brutal underworld.
Serious Men (Netflix film) – When a slum dweller spins a web of lies in pursuit of the upward mobility he has long craved, his ruse could be especially dangerous for his young son.
Song Exploder (Netflix original) – Based on the acclaimed podcast of the same name, and from host Hrishikesh Hirway and Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, each episode of Song Exploder features some of the world’s greatest musicians as they reveal how they brought one of their songs to life. The series weaves together in-depth interviews, archival footage, and raw recordings as each artist breaks down their song, layer by layer, sharing intimate insight into the personal inspiration behind the music and lyrics. Featured artists include 15-time Grammy Award-winning artist, songwriter, and producer Alicia Keys, who breaks down “3 Hour Drive” from her 2020 album Alicia; Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, who delves into the creation of “Wait for It” from the musical phenomenon Hamilton; Rock & Roll Hall of Famers R.E.M. who open up about the influences behind the life-changing track “Losing My Religion”; and Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and producer Ty Dolla $ign who discusses the inspiration behind “LA,” the deeply personal opening track from his gold-certified major label debut album Free TC.
Vampires vs. the Bronx (Netflix film) – A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from a band of vampires.
Saturday, October 3
Truth or Dare
Sunday, October 4
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (Netflix documentary) – A broadcaster recounts his life, and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, to grieve the loss of wild places and offer a vision for the future.
Monday, October 5
Thor: The Dark World
Tuesday, October 6
StarBeam: Halloween Hero (Netflix family) – Greedy Captain Fishbeard is stealing everybody’s Halloween treats for himself, but StarBeam and Boost have some tricks up their sleeves to save the day!
Wednesday, October 7
Hubie Halloween (Netflix film) – Hubie Dubois (Adam Sandler) thanklessly spends every Halloween making sure the residents of his hometown, Salem, celebrate safely and play by the rules. But this year, an escaped criminal and a mysterious new neighbor have Hubie on high alert. When people start disappearing, it’s up to Hubie to convince the police (Kevin James, Kenan Thompson) and townsfolk that the monsters are real, and only he can stop them. Hubie Halloween is a hilarious family film about an unlikely hero with an all-star cast including Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Noah Schnapp, Steve Buscemi and Maya Rudolph, produced by Happy Madison.
To the Lake (Netflix original) – Facing the end of civilization when a terrifying plague strikes, a group risks their lives, loves — and humanity — in a brutal struggle to survive.
12 Monkeys
Billy Elliot
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Funny People
Happy Gilmore
The Jackal
Kick-Ass 2
Kindergarten Cop
Knocked Up
Les Misérables
Schitt’s Creek: Season 6
Friday, October 9
Deaf U (Netflix original) – In this docuseries, a tight-knit group of deaf students share their stories and explore the perks and pitfalls of life at Gallaudet University.
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 2: Rio (Netflix family) – When one of their own goes missing, the Spy Racers must leave LA and head to Brazil to take down a crime organization in Rio.
The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix film) – Desperate for a breakthrough as she turns 40, down-on-her-luck New York playwright Radha reinvents herself as a rapper and searches for her true voice.
Ginny Weds Sunny (Netflix film) – Eager to marry but constantly rejected by women, a bachelor hopes to win over a former crush by accepting help from an unlikely source: his mother.
The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix original) – From The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy comes the next highly anticipated chapter of The Haunting anthology series, set in 1980s England. After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave (Henry Thomas) hires a young American nanny (Victoria Pedretti) to care for his orphaned niece and nephew (Amelie Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen (Rahul Kohli), groundskeeper Jamie (Amelia Eve) and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose (T’Nia Miller). But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn’t mean gone.
Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters (Netflix family) – Super Monsters visit Vida’s home town for a Dia De Los Muertos parade where they meet some new Super Monsters.
Monday, October 12
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Season 3 (Netflix family) – Against all odds, Kipo and the gang ended an old enemy’s reign of terror. Now they’re on a mission to fight a fierce anti-Mute evildoer: Dr. Emilia.
Tuesday, October 13
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer (Netflix comedy special) – After years on the grind, Bert Kreischer sets out on a purifying retreat to a remote cabin to cleanse his “mind, body and soul.” In The Cabin with Bert Kreischer, a new 5-episode docu-series, the comedian is joined by his celebrity friends as he attempts bizarre therapy techniques, intense physical challenges, and ridiculously improvised encounters with nature. Special guests include Anthony Anderson, Big Jay Oakerson, Bobby Lee, Caitlyn Jenner, Deon Cole, Donnell Rawlings, Fortune Feimster, Gabriel Iglesias, Joel McHale, Joey Diaz, Kaley Cuoco, Nikki Glaser, and Tom Segura.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Octonauts & the Great Barrier Reef (Netflix family) – The Octonauts must find a way to hold back hungry swarms of coral-eating starfish to save a new friend’s fragile home on the world’s biggest reef.
Wednesday, October 14
Blackpink: Light Up the Sky (Netflix documentary) – Record-shattering Korean girl band Blackpink tell their story — and detail the hard-fought journey of the dreams and trials behind their meteoric rise.
Thursday, October 15
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting (Netflix film) – When high school freshman Kelly Ferguson (Tamara Smart) reluctantly agrees to babysit Jacob Zellman (Ian Ho) on Halloween, the last thing she expects is to be recruited into an international secret society of babysitters who protect kids with special powers from monsters. In order to keep Jacob safe from harm, Kelly teams with no-nonsense chapter Vice President Liz Lerue (Oona Laurence), tech genius Berna Vincent (Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson), creature expert Cassie Zhen (Lynn Masako Cheng) and potions master Curtis Critter (Ty Consiglio) to defeat a Boogeyman known as “The Grand Guignol” (Tom Felton), a glamorous witch named “Peggy Drood” (Indya Moore) and their legion of mysterious monsters. Based on the first installment of Joe Ballarini’s popular scary book series of the same name, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting is directed by Rachel Talalay, produced by Ivan Reitman and Amie Karp, with Naia Cucukov, Tom Pollock, and Ilona Herzberg executive producing. Alessio Scalzotto, Tamsen McDonough, Ashton Arbab, Crystal Balint, and Ricky He also co-star in this action-packed adventure about working together to overcome your fears.
Love Like the Falling Rain (Netflix film) – Fearing rejection, a young man struggles to declare his feelings for his best friend, who soon falls for another man — until a fateful incident.
Rooting for Roona (Netflix documentary) – In rural India, a child with hydrocephalus gets a chance at life-changing surgery after her photos go viral. This documentary charts her journey.
Social Distance (Netflix original) – Shot in isolation, this tragicomic anthology series features both dark and funny takes on how people strive to stay connected while staying apart.
Friday, October 16
Alguien tiene que morir / Someone Has to Die (Netflix original) – In 1950s’ Spain, a couple summon their son home from Mexico to introduce him to his fiancée, but are shocked when he returns with a ballerino.
Dream Home Makeover (Netflix original) – Shea and Syd McGee of Studio McGee help dreams come true for real families looking to update their home tailored to their own unique style.
Grand Army (Netflix original) – Five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.
La Révolution (Netflix original) – 1787, France. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, Joseph Guillotin — the future inventor of the infamous guillotine — uncovers an unknown virus: the Blue Blood. The disease, quickly spreads amongst the French aristocracy, driving them to murder ordinary people and soon leads to a rebellion. What if the French Revolution didn’t happen the way we were told?
The Last Kids on Earth: Book 3 (Netflix family) – As the four pals continue to live it up with their monster allies, Jack worries a newly discovered radio transmitter may put an end to the fun.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix film) – What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, and Bobby Seale — were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.
Monday, October 19
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2 (Netflix documentary) – In six new episodes, Unsolved Mysteries profiles more unexplained disappearances, tragic events, and bizarre occurrences. Perhaps one viewer holds the key to solving these cases. Detectives, journalists, and family members offer intriguing theories in this gripping series, from the creators of the original docuseries, Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, and 21 Laps Entertainment, the producers of Stranger Things.
Tuesday, October 20
The Magic School Bus Rides Again The Frizz Connection (Netflix family) – Lightning splits the Magic School Bus into three pieces, scattering the class across the globe with different versions of Ms. Frizzle aboard each bus!
Wednesday, October 21
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Season 3 (Netflix original) – TV legend David Letterman teams up with Dave Chappelle, Robert Downey Jr., and more for another season of in-depth interviews and curiosity-fueled excursions.
Rebecca (Netflix film) – After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), a newly married young woman (Lily James) arrives at Manderley, her new husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast. Naive and inexperienced, she begins to settle into the trappings of her new life, but finds herself battling the shadow of Maxim’s first wife, the elegant and urbane Rebecca, whose haunting legacy is kept alive by Manderley’s sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas). Directed by Ben Wheatley (High Rise, Free Fire) and produced by Working Title Films (Emma, Darkest Hour), Rebecca is a mesmerising and gorgeously rendered psychological thriller based on Daphne du Maurier’s beloved 1938 gothic novel.
Thursday, October 22
The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (Netflix original) – Sara Howard calls on her friends Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and journalist John Moore for assistance when she’s hired to find the Spanish ambassador’s kidnapped baby, leading to the discovery of a disturbing series of murders.
Cadaver (Netflix film) – A Norwegian psychological horror film that takes us on a journey where humanity is being put to a test and stars among others Gitte Witt, Thorbjørn Harr, Thomas Gullestad) and Kingsford Siayor. In the starving aftermath of a nuclear disaster, Leonora (Gitte Witt), Jacob (Thomas Gullestad) and their daughter Alice (Tuva Olivia Remman) are on the edge of survival. One day, the local hotel invites survivors to attend a theatre play, with a meal included, as a charitable effort to help those in need. Left with no choice, the family of three decide to go to the hotel, where the director, Mathias (Thorbjørn Harr), introduces the entire hotel as the stage. Attendees are given masks to help separate them from actors, but the play takes an eerie turn when audience members start to disappear. The line between reality and theatre quickly gets blurred, until Alice disappears in front of Leo and Jacob, and there’s no longer room for doubt: Something is very wrong with Mathias’ hotel.
Friday, October 23
Barbarians (Netflix original) – Three people’s fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.
Move (Netflix original) – Discover the brilliant dancers and choreographers who are shaping the art of movement around the world in this documentary series.
Over the Moon (Netflix film) – Fueled with determination and a passion for science, a bright young girl builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess. Directed by Oscar-Winning Filmmaker & Animator, Glen Keane, and produced by Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou. Starring Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, Robert G. Chiu, Ken Jeong, John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles, Margaret Cho, Kimiko Glenn, Artt Butler and Sandra Oh.
Perdida (Netflix original) – Antonio sets himself up to be arrested so he’ll be sent to Colombia’s worst prison, La Brecha. He’s after the man who kidnapped his daughter years ago.
The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix original) – Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, this Netflix limited series drama is a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. Haunted by her personal demons and fueled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess. The series is directed and written by two-time Academy Award nominee Scott Frank and executive produced by Frank, William Horberg and Allan Scott, who also co-created the series. the series stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Moses Ingram, Harry Melling, and Bill Camp.
Tuesday, October 27
Blood of Zeus (Netflix anime) – A commoner living in ancient Greece, Heron discovers his true heritage as a son of Zeus, and his purpose: To save the world from a demonic army.
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt: Season 4 (Netflix family) – There’s no problem that Chico Bon Bon and his “Fix-it Force” can’t solve. From building a new skate park to stopping a vehicle from falling off a cliff, this crew takes care of any engineering troubles headed their way.
Vilas: Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada / Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score (Netflix documentary) – A journalist spent a decade crusading against one of the largest sports corporations on the planet to prove that Guillermo Vilas was the world’s best tennis player of his time.
Wednesday, October 28
Holidate (Netflix film) – Sloane (Emma Roberts) and Jackson (Luke Bracey) hate the holidays. They constantly find themselves single, sitting at the kids table, or stuck with awkward dates. But when these two strangers meet one particularly bad Christmas, they make a pact to be each other’s “holidate” for every festive occasion throughout the next year. With a mutual disdain for the holidays, and assuring themselves that they have no romantic interest in the other, they make the perfect team. However, as a year of absurd celebrations come to an end, Sloane and Jackson find that sharing everything they hate may just prove to be something they unexpectedly love.
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight (Netflix film) – Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever. From Akson Studio.
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (Netflix documentary) – A team of local archaeologists excavate never before explored passageways, shafts and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years.
Friday, October 30
Bronx (Netflix film) – A team of cops investigating the seedy underbelly of Marseille, France, find themselves in over their heads as they realize that some of their fellow officers may be deep in the pockets of the city’s gangs, and they risk losing their jobs — or worse — unless they can set things right.
The Day of the Lord (Netflix film) – Menéndez is a retired priest who lives in his dark and ruinous apartment turning his back on the world. He suffers from a crisis of faith and is haunted by horrible nightmares and acts of his past that torture him. One day, he receives the visit from Sebastián, an old friend who knows Menéndez’s past business. He claims his daughter is possessed by the devil and begs for Menéndez’s help to exorcize her, although he’s well aware of the aggressive methods the priest uses. Pushed by Sebastián’s insistence and his inner conflict, Menéndez takes this case as a chance for redemption. He has a new goal in life but is she really possessed or will she suffer a senseless torture?
His House (Netflix film) – After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 4 (Netflix original) – “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of five new cities.
Suburra: Season 3 (Netflix original) – The final judgement in the battle for land in an Italian seaside town is close, and the criminals are ready to play the game for the last time.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, accompanied by health minister Christine Elliott and Shoppers Drug Mart president Jeff Leger, at a media conference on September 23, 2020 at Shoppers Drug Mart in Huntsville, where he announced COVID-19 tests for people without symptoms will be available at 60 pharmacies in Ontario. (CPAC screenshot)
As many as 60 pharmacies in Ontario will provide COVID-19 testing beginning Friday (September 25) as the province reported 335 new cases today, the lowest daily increase since September 16.
Premier Doug Ford made the announcement on Wednesday (September 23) at a media conference at Shoppers Drug Mart in Huntsville, where he was accompanied by health minister Christine Elliott, Shoppers Drug Mart president Jeff Leger, Huntsville mayor Karin Terziano, Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller, Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison, and and Natalie Bubela, chief executive officer of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare.
“We need to make it easier to get a COVID test, as it is for a flu shot,” Ford said. “Here in Huntsville, this location will take some pressure off the local assessment centre, in addition to working with our partners to increase the number of testing locations.”
The testing will be available by appointment only for people without symptoms. With the exception of Huntsville, most of the 60 pharmacies to provide testing are located in the three regions of the province with the highest number of cases. Testing will be available on Friday at selected Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall, and independent pharmacies in Toronto, North York, Markham, East York, Scarborough, Weston, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Brampton, Ottawa, Kanata, Nepean, and Huntsville. The province says further locations will be added in the coming weeks.
Ford also announced three hospitals in Toronto — Mount Sinai Hospital, Women’s College Hospital, and University Health Network — will begin offering the less-intrusive saliva-based COVID-19 test, while the Ontario government waits for Health Canada to approve the test for widespread use.
“Health Canada, we need your help,” Ford said. “All I’m hearing is crickets from Health Canada right now on the saliva test. These types of tests make it easier to test people, especially kids.”
Of the 335 new cases in Ontario, the majority are in Toronto (102), Peel (79), and Ottawa (65), with smaller increases in York (30), Halton (15), Waterloo (13), and Simcoe Muskoka (9). The remaining 27 public health units are reporting 5 or fewer cases, with 19 reporting no new cases. Of today’s cases, 69% are among people under the age of 40.
There have been 3 new deaths, and hospitalizations have increased by 6 to 88. The backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 8,291 to 48,079. There are 42 cases in Ontario schools, with 21 student cases, 5 staff cases, and 16 cases among people who are not identified. In licensed child care settings, there are 35 confirmed cases, with 5 child cases and 8 staff cases.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there is 1 new case to report in Peterborough and 2 new cases to report in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties. There are currently 7 active cases in Peterborough and 7 active cases in Northumberland. None of the cases reported in schools or child care settings are in the Kawarthas region.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 112 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (103 resolved with 2 deaths), 178 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (159 resolved with 32 deaths), 43 in Northumberland County (35 resolved with 1 death), 15 in Haliburton County (15 resolved with no deaths), and 52 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County (47 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Northumberland on September 8.
Province-wide, there have been 48,087 confirmed cases, an increase of 335 from yesterday, with 41,600 (86.5% of all cases) resolved, an increase of 258. There have been 2,835 deaths, an increase of 3 from yesterday, with 1,830 deaths reported in long-term care homes, an increase of 2 from yesterday. A total of 3,649,980 tests have been completed, an increase of 35,436 from yesterday, with 48,079 tests under investigation, an increase of 8,291 from yesterday.
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: 112 (increase of 1) Active cases: 7 (increase of 1) Deaths: 2 (no change) Resolved: 103 (no change) Total tests completed: Over 27,800 (increase of 150) Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (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. These numbers are from September 21 and will be updated when the health unit issues its report later this afternoon.
Confirmed positive: 236, including 178 in Kawartha Lakes, 43 in Northumberland, 15 in Haliburton (increase of 2 in Northumberland) Probable cases: 0 (no change) Hospitalizations (total to date): 15 (no change) Deaths: 33 (no change) Resolved: 209, including 159 in Kawartha Lakes, 35 in Northumberland, 15 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Northumberland) Active cases: 7 in Northumberland (increase of 1) 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 (no change) Active cases: 0 (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: 47 (no change) Total tests completed: 32,413 (increase of 1,234) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 48,087 (increase of 335) Resolved: 41,600 (increase of 258, 86.5% of all cases) Hospitalized: 88 (increase of 6) Hospitalized and in ICU: 24 (no change) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 9 (decrease of 2) Deaths: 2,835 (increase of 3) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,830 (increase of 2) Total tests completed: 3,649,980 (increase of 35,436) Tests under investigation: 48,079 (increase of 8,291)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from August 23 – September 22, 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 23 – September 22, 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)
Hydro One crews installing smart switches on lines in the Picton area in September 2020. (Photo: Hydro One)
Portions of southern Haliburton County and northern Kawartha Lakes will be without power for around eight hours on Sunday (September 27) as Hydro One installs new equipment in the area.
The power outage is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. on Sunday morning and continue until 3 p.m. in the afternoon.
Hydro One says 6,069 residential and commercial customers will be affected by the outage, in an area that includes Galway, Minden, Somerville, Minden Hills, Snowdon, Glamorgan, and Cavendish.
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The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reminds businesses they must remain closed until power is restored if they do not have adequate back-up generators to operate their refrigeration, ventilation, water treatment equipment, water and sewage system pumps, and other essential equipment during the outage.
The health unit is also encouraging people affected by the outage to follow these safety tips:
Keep fridge and freezer doors closed during the power outage to maintain the temperature inside. Without power, the refrigerator section will keep foods cool for four to six hours if the door is kept closed. If possible, add bags of ice to keep temperatures cooler should power be out for a longer period. Throw out any food that you think may have spoiled.
For those with private well water, fill up containers with water so that you have a supply of water available during the outage. Any containers used for drinking water should be properly cleaned and disinfected first before filling. Stocking up on bottled water is also an option. Once power is back on, run the water for approximately five minutes before using to flush out the water line to ensure it’s safe.
If you have a septic system that relies on a pump, limit all water use until power is restored. Waste water will continue to fill the system and, because it can’t be pumped out, may back up into the home if the tank gets too full.
If it’s cold during the power outage and you rely on electric heating, heat up your home before the power goes out. Never use camp stoves, lanterns, or barbecues inside your home, as they pose a safety risk from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The area affected by the planned power outage on September 27, 2020. (Map: Hydro One)
At a media conference at Queen's Park on September 22, 2020, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and health minister Christine Elliott announced "the largest and most comprehensive flu shot campaign in Canada's history" as the first element of the province's COVID-19 fall preparedness plan, entitled "Keeping Ontarians Safe: Preparing for Future Waves of COVID-19". (CPAC screenshot)
With Ontario reporting 478 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest daily increase since early May, as well as a jump in hospitalizations and school cases, the Ontario government released the “first pillar” of its COVID-19 fall preparedness plan — a flu shot campaign.
“The first pillar helps out hospitals maintain capacity through the use of the flu shot,” said Premier Doug Ford at a media conference at Queen’s Park on Tuesday (September 22) along with health minister Christine Elliott. “The flu shot helps reduce visits to our emergency rooms and doctors’ offices during this season, and this will help with keeping capacity in our health care system. That’s why we’re investing $70 million to deliver the largest and most comprehensive flu shot campaign in Canada’s history.”
The government has ordered 5.1 million flu vaccine doses so far for the entire province, including 1.3 million high-dose vaccine doses for Ontario seniors, especially those with pre-existing health conditions.
“I encourage everyone to get their flu shot this year, it’s absolutely critical,” Ford said. “We need your help. It’s the best way to protect you and your family, because the next few months will be critical. We know that a second wave is coming. We know that it will be more complicated than the first wave. We know it’ll be more challenging on the system. What we don’t know is how it bad it will be, how hard we will get, because that’s up to all of us. It starts with everyone getting their flu shot this year.”
Ford and Elliott said other elements of the plan, entitled Keeping Ontarians Safe: Preparing for Future Waves of COVID-19, will be released over the next several days. Along with the influenza vaccination campaign, Elliott said the plan focuses on five other key areas: maintaining strong public health measures, including continued expansion of testing and case and contact management; quickly identifying, managing, and preventing COVID-19 outbreaks; accelerating efforts to reduce health service backlogs; preparing for surges in COVID-19 cases; and recruiting, retaining, training and supporting health care workers, while also continuing to engage families and caregivers.
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Today’s 478 new COVID-19 cases is the largest daily increase since May 2, when 511 cases were reported. Most of the cases are in Toronto (153), Peel (95), and Ottawa (90), with smaller increases in York (27), Waterloo (27), Durham (14), Middlesex-London (12), Hamilton (12), Halton (12), Simcoe Muskoka (8), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (7), and Eastern Ontario (6). The remaining 22 public health units are reporting five or fewer cases. The number of health units reporting no new cases at all has decreased to 11.
The number of hospitalizations has jumped by 17 to 82, the highest number since late July, and the number of cases in Ontario schools has spiked to 51, with 26 student cases, 7 staff cases, and 18 cases among people who are not identified. In licensed child care settings, there are 15 confirmed cases, with 11 child cases and 4 staff cases.
Of today’s cases, 68% are among people under the age of 40. There have been 3 new deaths, all in long term care homes. The backlog of tests under investigation has increased by 7,299 to 39,788.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are no new cases to report in Peterborough. Reports are unavailable today for Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, or Prince Edward and Hastings counties. None of the cases reported in schools or child care settings are in the Kawarthas region.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 111 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (103 resolved with 2 deaths), 178 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (159 resolved with 32 deaths), 41 in Northumberland County (34 resolved with 1 death), 15 in Haliburton County (15 resolved with no deaths), and 52 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County (47 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Northumberland on September 8.
Province-wide, there have been 47,752 confirmed cases, an increase of 478 from yesterday, with 41,342 (86.6% of all cases) resolved, an increase of 196. There have been 2,832 deaths, an increase of 3 from yesterday, with 1,828 deaths reported in long-term care homes, an increase of 3 from yesterday. A total of 3,614,544 tests have been completed, an increase of 34,201 from yesterday, with 39,788 tests under investigation, an increase of 7,299 from yesterday.
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: 111 (no change, last case reported September 17) Active cases: 6 (no change) Deaths: 2 (no change) Resolved: 103 (no change) Total tests completed: Over 27,650 (increase of 100) Institutional outbreaks: Fairhaven (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. These numbers are from September 21.
Confirmed positive: 234, including 178 in Kawartha Lakes, 41 in Northumberland, 15 in Haliburton (no change) Probable cases: 0 (no change) Hospitalizations (total to date): 15 (no change) Deaths: 33 (no change) Resolved: 208, including 159 in Kawartha Lakes, 34 in Northumberland, 15 in Haliburton (no change) Active cases: 6 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. These numbers are from September 21.
Confirmed positive: 52 (no change) Active cases: 0 (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: 47 (no change) Total tests completed: 31,179 (increase of 2,285) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 47,752 (increase of 478) Resolved: 41,342 (increase of 196, 86.6% of all cases) Hospitalized: 82 (increase of 17) Hospitalized and in ICU: 24 (increase of 2) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 11 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 2,832 (increase of 3) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,828 (increase of 3) Total tests completed: 3,614,544 (increase of 34,201) Tests under investigation: 39,788 (increase of 7,299)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from August 22 – September 21, 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 22 – September 21, 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)
"The pandemic has decimated my art practice. I have not played my horn at all. I am teaching yoga via Zoom." - Jane MacKay, Freelance Musician and Teacher (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 freelance musician and teacher Jane MacKay.
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Freelance musician and teacher Jane MacKay
Freelance musician and teacher Jane MacKay – 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.
Around 30 residents of TVM Mansions at Hunter Street West and Park Street North in Peterborough have been displaced by an early morning fire on September 20, 2020. A 35-year-old Peterborough woman has been charged with arson and attempted murder in relation to the fire. (Photo: Steve Wilson, Assistant Deputy Fire Marshal, Ministry of the Solicitor General / Twitter)
The City of Peterborough is encouraging people who want to support the residents of TVM Mansions who were displaced as a result of the early morning fire on Sunday (September 20) to donate gift cards instead of clothing, furniture, or household items.
“The residents who are temporarily in a hotel are not able to store donated items,” states a media release from the city. “They are working with community agencies to find alternative housing.”
Community agencies are also working with the residents to provide help with immediate needs for food and clothing.
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The city says people who want to donate gift cards for the residents can drop them off at the main Peterborough Fire Services fire hall at 210 Sherbrooke Street between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
About 30 people were displaced by the fire at the 85-unit apartment complex owned by TVM Group, which has entrances at 369 Hunter Street West, 384 Park Street North, and 386 Park Street North.
A 35-year-old Peterborough woman has been charged with arson and attempted murder in relation to the fire.
“Thank you to everyone who has stepped forward to offer support to these residents who have lost their homes and their belongings,” says Jodi DeNoble, the city’s manager of emergency and risk management.
“Once the residents have plans for their housing, they’ll have a better idea of the items they may need and when they can accept any donated items. Until then, gift cards will help them get items specific to meet their needs at this time.”
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