Ontario premier Doug Ford announced on August 26, 2020 at Queen's Park that the federal government is providing $381 million to support the safe reopening of Ontario's schools. Ford also announced that Dr. Dirk Huyer, the province's chief coroner and its lead on COVID-19 testing, will also lead the province's efforts on outbreak management in schools, child care centres, agriculture, and health care settings, including long-term care facilities. (CPAC screenshot)
The federal government is providing an immediate payment of $381 million to support the reopening of schools in Ontario, in addition to the $900 million in funding already announced by the Ontario government.
Ontario premier Doug Ford made the announcement on Wednesday (August 26) during a media conference at Queen’s Park, along with education minister Stephen Lecce, chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams, and Dr. Dirk Huyer, the province’s chief coroner and its lead on COVID-19 testing.
“This is good news because, because as I told Prime Minister during our meeting last Friday, when it comes to keeping our kids safe, we’re all in this together,” Ford said. “We will target that funding where the extra supports will be most effective, for ventilation, shoring up PPE supplies, additional remote learning supports, enhancing safety measures on school buses, and hiring more teachers — and hiring 125 more public health nurses, for a total of 625 public health nurses in our schools.”
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Ford also announced the Ontario government is releasing COVID-19 management plans for school boards.
“We have robust plans for schools and school boards, so that when a case or an outbreak occurs, everyone knows what to do — so we can quickly find, isolate, and contain the virus,” Ford said. “We are providing public health units with guidance on how to assist schools in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak.”
“We’re also providing guidance documents to parents because, as parents, you deserve to see the same information I see. You deserve to know what I know and to know that when schools reopen, we will be prepared.”
The guidance documents were developed in consultation with Dr. David Williams and other health experts, Ford said.
The documents are available at ontario.ca/page/operational-guidance-covid-19-management-schools. Among other things, they outline recommended responses in various scenarios, including when a student becomes ill during the school day, if a school bus driver becomes ill during the work day or tests positive for COVID-19, if a parent tests positive for COVID-19, and if staff or a student has tested positive for COVID-19.
Ford also announced that Dr. Dirk Huyer would lead the province’s efforts on outbreak management in schools, child care centres, agriculture, and health care settings, including long-term care facilities.
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The province released further details on how the $381 million in federal funding will be spent:
Reopening Plan Implementation – $200 million
$100 million to complement the health and safety components of school reopening plans, in consultation with local public health units, including the hiring of custodians, HVAC, improvements, internet connectivity for students, and other local needs.
$30 million to support additional personal protective equipment (PPE) for schools.
$70 million for the temporary hiring of educators as required.
Student Transportation – $70 million
$44.5 million in support of the Driver Retention Program.
$25.5 million for route protection and to help reduce the number of students on buses.
Special Education and Mental Health Supports Enhancement – $12.5 million
Will allow boards to hire and train additional staff and provide more mental health supports for students.
Additional Public Health Nurses – $12.5 million
Supports up to 125 additional nursing positions in public health units across the province to help schools manage potential COVID-19 cases.
Remote Learning – $36 million
Ensures that every school board offering virtual learning has a dedicated principal and administrative support for both its secondary and elementary virtual schools.
The province is also setting aside $50 million of the federal government funding for any future needs related to learning during the pandemic.
While much of Ontario has re-opened during the COVID-19 pandemic, most performance venues continue to remain closed and performing arts organizations are unable to stage productions due to public health restrictions. The newly formed Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance, spearheaded by Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough and with participation from 13 local venues and organizations, is working collaboratively to figure out how to safely stage productions and bring audiences back. Pictured is the 647-seat Erica Cherney Theatre at Showplace. (Photo courtesy of Showplace Performance Centre)
Pat Hooper, chair of the board of directors for Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough, has spearheaded an initiative to bring local performance venues and performing arts organizations together to strategically collaborate their pandemic recovery plans.
For the first time in Peterborough’s history, Showplace hosted representatives from 13 venues and organizations on August 6th to form the Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance.
The new alliance is comprised of delegates from 4th Line Theatre, Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, New Stages Theatre, Peterborough Memorial Centre, Peterborough Musicfest, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, Peterborough Theatre Guild, St. James Players, Public Energy, Showplace Performance Centre, The Theatre on King, and The Venue, as well as Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development.
“Our board felt it was important for Showplace to provide leadership by bringing the venues and our partners together in order for all of us to work together,” says Hooper.
A not-for-profit organization, Showplace is the largest performance venue in downtown Peterborough, with the 647-seat Erica Cherney Theatre and the 100-seat Nexicom Studio.
“We felt it was necessary to form this alliance in order to recognize that venues need to be heard from,” adds Wayne Bonner, vice-chair of Showplace’s board.
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Performance venues have been particularly vulnerable to the closures COVID has necessitated. When the pandemic hit and crowd restrictions were implemented, they were the first to close and, although most other businesses have been permitted to re-open in some capacity, performance venues have been, and continue to be, among the last to re-open.
“It’s critical,” Bonner continues. “Whether it’s Showplace or any other venue, we’re all in this together and the longer this goes on, the more difficult it becomes for all of us.”
“It has been a difficult time for the team at Market Hall,” adds Chad Hogan, general manager of Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. “We miss the shows, the audiences, the artists, and our community. We are not giving up though, we are committed to coming back strong and delivering high-quality shows and events again — but we can’t do it alone.”
The 350-seat theatre at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. While many people consider performance venues to be in direct competition, they each have their own niche in the performing arts community based on their capacity and the needs of the performing artist or production they are hosting. For example, an event that is too small for Showplace’s Erica Cherney Theatre yet too large for the Nexicom Studio may be a perfect fit for the Market Hall. (Photo: Bradley Boyle)
Also a not-for-profit organization, the Market Hall can seat up to 350 people depending on layout.
“This group shows us that we are not alone in this fight, and we are honoured to be working together with so many organizations to protect live performance in Peterborough and everything that we have built together,” Hogan says.
“This is the first time a normally disparate group of organizations have come together,” remarks Kate Story, director of communications for The Theatre on King, an intimate black box theatre in downtown Peterborough.
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“We realized we all have a crucial significance in the local performing arts ecology, despite the differences in scale of each venue and organization,” Story adds.
“Even though people may think we’re competitors, we all work together in this industry — we’re partners,” says Showplace general manager Emily Martin. “We all recognize that performance venues and organizations are a huge part of our local economy that bring so much other business to our community, especially in the downtown.”
Showplace general manager Emily Martin, Market Hall general manager Chad Hogan, and The Theatre on King associate artist Kate Story represent three of the 13 performance venues and performing arts organizations that are part of the newly formed Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance, an initiative to bring together Peterborough’s performance venues and organizations to collaborate on recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photos by Heather Doughty, Chad Hogan, and Jeannine Taylor)
The alliance has begun discussions to develop cohesive re-opening guidelines for local performance venues and organizations to ensure the safety and comfort of their patrons.
“Everybody who is a part of this alliance also belongs to other agencies and advocacy groups at every level — federally, provincially — so this is a really good opportunity to bring all of that shared knowledge together and share information with each other,” Martin explains.
Sharing information is paramount for the survival of local performance venues, particularly information pertaining to funding opportunities and fundraising initiatives.
“Though the feds pledged arts recovery funds, these grants have been really hard for venues to get as much of the emphasis has been on individual artists,” Martin says.
“Already, of that $192 million, there’s only $20 million left for all of the promoters, venues, and managers across Canada. It looks great on paper that we’re providing $192 million towards arts and culture but when we can’t access it, that’s a huge problem.”
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While arts recovery funds exist, these programs are highly competitive.
“We’re not typically awarded the same federal or provincial grants as higher profile venues like Stratford, for instance,” adds Greg Mior, treasurer of the Showplace board.
With access to the limited recovery funds available at the federal and provincial levels difficult to secure and with no arts recovery funds pledged at the municipal level so far, Peterborough’s venues appreciate the overwhelming community support they have received during these unprecedented times.
Performance venues in Peterborough range in size from the intimate black box theatre The Theatre on King (pictured) to the 4,329-seat Peterborough Memorial Centre, operated by the City of Peterborough. Other performance venues and performing arts organizations that are part of the Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance include Peterborough Musicfest, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, Peterborough Theatre Guild, St. James Players, Public Energy, Showplace Performance Centre, The Theatre on King, and The Venue, as well as Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)
“We are so grateful for our donors and sponsors who are still there for us and trust that we are going to come out of this,” Hooper states.
Despite the fact that performance venues are among the hardest hit in our economy, there is much hope for the future now that the Peterborough Performing Arts Recovery Alliance has formed.
“For nearly six months, we’ve all been facing the possible collapse of our entire industry and this was the first time that we’ve all been able to get together to discuss how we’re going to get out of this,” says Martin. “There’s so much positive forward momentum happening and it’s so amazing to be a part of it.”
“It was quite emotional,” Story recalls of the first meeting. “At the end of the meeting, we all started clapping and Michael (Newham) from the PSO reminded us that it’s been a long time since we’ve been able to hear applause.”
Soon enough, the sound of thunderous applause will echo in our beloved local venues once again.
Until then, we mustn’t forget the numerous cultural workers and volunteers who have been working tirelessly to ensure that, when the time comes, Peterborough will have a vibrant and thriving arts scene to return to.
This story has been updated to include St. James Players in the list of participating performing arts organizations.
On Tuesday (August 25), the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board (PVNC) announced a staggered start to the 2020-21 school year.
For the board’s elementary schools, the return to school will be staggered based on students’ surnames.
Students whose surnames begin with the letters A through K will attend school on Thursday, September 10th and Monday, September 14th. Students with surnames beginning with the letters L through Z will attend school on Friday, September 11th and Tuesday, September 15th.
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For secondary schools, the return to school will be staggered based on students’ grade levels.
Students in Grade 9 will attend school on Thursday, September 10th and Tuesday, September 15th, students in Grade 10 will attend on Friday, September 11th and Tuesday, September 15th, and students in Grades 11 and 12 will attend on Monday, September 14th and Tuesday, September 15th.
For first-year Kindergarten students, individual schools may determine a different staggered entry schedule. The board says individual schools will communicate these dates to affected families.
All students at PVNC schools will begin full attendance on Wednesday, September 16th.
The board says elementary schools will reopen to staff on Monday, August 31st. All schools will be open to staff only on Tuesday, September 8th and Wednesday, September 9th.
“This will give our administrators and educators more time to prepare the school for enhanced safety measures, our educators much needed time to organize their classrooms, and it will allow students to re-enter the classroom gradually to get adjusted to the new school routines,” the board states on its website. “As a Board, we also require more time to reorganize transportation services and to prepare and staff the new Virtual School for remote learners.”
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The board is also planning to implement virtual learning on the same staggered schedule, with more information to be communicated to parents soon. For more details, visit the PVNC website.
“We know that for some families, a staggered start creates challenges, but we do feel a gradual start to the year will benefit our staff and students greatly,” the board states.
PVNC has 36 Catholic elementary and secondary schools in Peterborough, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Clarington.
The two public school boards in the Kawarthas — the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and the Trillium Lakelands District School Board — have also announced staggered starts for the school year.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Wednesday (August 26) for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Haliburton, forecasting possible thunderstorms with heavy rain.
A weather event will affect an area stretching from Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury southeast across Georgian Bay to Lake Simcoe and the Kawartha Lakes.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain may produce local amounts of 50 to 75 mm.
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The special weather statement is in effect from 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon and continuing until 7 a.m. on Thursday morning.
Environment Canada meteorologists are continuing to monitor this developing situation closely.
Rainfall warnings may be issued as the event approaches and details become clear.
99-year-old Guy Aiello with a $20,880 cheque for Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation. Aiello, who celebrates his 100th birthday this fall, walked the equivalent of a marathon in July 2020 to raise funds for equipment and technology at the hospital. (Photo: PRHC Foundation / Facebook)
Earlier this summer, 99-year-old Guy Aiello announced he would be walking the distance of a marathon in July to raise funds for equipment and technology at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC).
The long-time supporter of the hospital decided he wanted to do something challenging, unforgettable, and inspiring in honour of his 100th birthday this fall.
And that he did — on Tuesday (August 25), the PRHC Foundation announced on its Facebook page that Aiello had walked more than 42 kilometres while raising a total of $20,880 for the foundation.
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“He captured the hearts of our community with his spirit and determination,” the foundation writes.
An avid walker, Aiello begin his fundraising marathon on Canada Day, walking 1.8 kilometres every day except Sundays throughout July.
The money Aiello raised through his walk will be used to help fund the hospital’s most critical priorities for equipment and technology.
“Our deepest thanks to Guy and everyone who supported his fundraising challenge,” the foundation writes. “We know the very best hospitals depend on the generosity of many donors working together and we are very grateful for your support.”
Greenleaf/Cor-Plan president Sheldon Rokin (left) with Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien (second from left), Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef (second from right), and Kawartha Participation Projects CEO Patrick Cooper (right) during a recent visit to the construction site of a 25-rental-unit development at 3789 Water Street in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of office of Maryam Monsef)
The federal government has announced financing of $7.6 million to help build 25 residential units at 3789 Water Street in Peterborough.
Kawartha Participation Projects (KPP) — which provides housing services and supports to people with physical disabilities living in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland — will provide management of the building.
Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef made the announcement on Tuesday (August 25) via the Zoom video-conferencing platform, on behalf of Canada’s families, children and social development minister Ahmed Hussen, who is also the minister responsible for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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“The need for housing in our community was great before COVID, it’s only increased since,” Monsef said. “We need innovative partners and solutions to address the housing needs in our community and projects like this one do just that.”
“This partnership with KPP represents the Government of Canada’s continued commitment to investing in both accessible and affordable housing here in Peterborough-Kawartha.”
Construction on the Water Street building by developer Greenleaf/Cor-Plan began in 2019 and is expected to be largely complete by summer 2021.
Kawartha Participation Projects CEO Patrick Cooper with Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef during a recent visit to the construction site of a 25-rental-unit development at 3789 Water Street in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of office of Maryam Monsef)
The building will include 14 two-bedroom units, seven three-bedroom units, two one-bedroom units, and two studio units. While the entire building will meet all municipal accessibility requirements, five of the units are earmarked for KPP clients and will be specifically designed to meet their accessibility needs.
“Our partnership with Greenleaf will allow Kawartha Participation Projects to provide affordable and accessible housing with health care supports to our clients who would otherwise be homeless or in long term care,” said KPP CEO Patrick Cooper.
The development is receiving financing through the National Housing Strategy’s Rental Construction Financing initiative being delivered by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. The building is designed to achieve energy-efficiency savings of 18 per cent and greenhouse gas emission reductions of 23 per cent relative to the 2015 National Energy Code for Buildings.
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“It was an easy decision to work with KPP to tenant the fully accessible suites with tenants who actually need them,” said Greenleaf/Cor-Plan president Sheldon Rokin. “We will achieve the mandated reductions in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions with an insulated concrete and steel building. This type of construction offers further advantages of being highly fireproof and soundproof.”
Peterborough’s rental vacancy rate in 2019 was 2.1 per cent according to CMHC’s annual rental market report.
“Peterborough has a great need for all types of housing. Solving our housing challenges requires innovative solutions and cooperation from all levels of government, as well as private partners,” added Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien. “The funding through CMHC will add 25 residential units to our housing stock and will increase density in the north end of our city.”
The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has announced it is staggering the beginning of the school year over a two-week period, with students returning to class beginning on Monday, September 14th.
Director of education Jennifer Leclerc issued a statement on Monday afternoon (August 24) on behalf of the board, which has 87 public elementary and secondary schools in Peterborough, Northumberland, and Clarington.
The school year was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 8th, but the board will instead use that first week to give schools additional time to prepare for the return of students to the classroom.
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Students will begin returning to school on Monday, September 14th, but with student and class groups scheduled to attend school on different days throughout the week. All students will be in attendance full-time on Friday, September 18th.
“This two-week period will provide all our staff and students the additional time we believe will be crucial for everyone to prepare learning spaces, and to finalize, understand and be comfortable with, the many new routines that will be a part of the normal school day,” Leclerc states. “Finalized schedules will be shared with parents through their local school as soon as possible.”
From September 8th to 11th, schools will remain closed to students so principals and school staff can become familiar with new pandemic-related school practices, realign elementary classroom sizes and staff assignments based on changes resulting from students learning at home, confirm and adjust secondary school student timetables, and organize classrooms in safe layouts — which includes moving and storage furnishings, desks, and other equipment throughout the schools.
The board will also use this time with teaching and administrative staff to organize its “Learn At Home” online school for over 5,300 students who have opted for remote learning — representing 16 per cent of the board’s 33,300 students.
The board also announced that secondary school students will alternate their two subjects every week, instead of every day as originally planned.
From September to November, students will take their first period class every day for one week, and then take their second period class every day the following week. From November to the end of January, students will take their third period class every day for one week, and then take their fourth period class every day the following week. Final assessments will occur at the end of each course in mid-November and mid-January, respectively.
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“We realize this is an extended amount of time for students on each subject,” Leclerc states. “The safety improvements of this model, however, are significant.”
Leclerc says this change means students can remain in a defined classroom for the entire week without travelling to another classroom, limits the number of contacts and touch points for students and staff throughout the day, and allows schools to implement staggered breaks and lunches for students during the day so that they can have a break from their classroom (the previous plan called for students to remain in their first period classrooms to have lunch).
“While our intent with the original school plan was to structure the school day safely for everyone through organized timetabling and limited movement, we feel this plan is a safer and better alternative,” Leclerc states. “Any parents or students who feel that this change may affect their interest in participating in our online Learn At Home program should contact us at kpr_info@kprdsb.ca.”
The Trillium Lakelands District School Board — which has 48 public elementary and secondary schools in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and the District Municipality of Muskoka — has already released its return-to-school plan, which will see a staggered start to the school year for the first two weeks for elementary students and the first week for secondary students.
In Kindergarten to Grade 8, students attending in-school will attend one day during the week of September 8th to September 11th, and three days during the week of September 14th to September 18th. For secondary students attending in-school, only Grade 9 students will return on Tuesday, September 8th. On Wednesday, September 9th, half of Grade 9 to 12 students will attend. On Thursday, September 10th, the second half of Grade 9 to 12 students will attend, and from Friday, September 11th onwards, all secondary school students will attend.
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A similar staggered schedule will be in place for at-home remote learning. For details, visit Return to School Plan 2020 for Families on the school board’s website.
The Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board — which has 36 Catholic elementary and secondary schools in Peterborough, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Clarington — released its return-to-school plan on August 13th, and also intends to use a staggered start to the school year.
“Final details are being worked out and will be communicated to parents early in the week of August 24,” according to the school board’s website.
The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, wearing her insignia as Chancellor and Member of the Order of Ontario and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (Photo: V. Tony Hauser)
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell will be spending much of Tuesday (August 25) visiting the Peterborough area.
Hosted by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism, she will first meet with Peterborough Mayor Dianne Therrien and Peterborough County Warden J. Murray Jones.
She will then visit local tourism destinations that have safely re-opened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Her itinerary includes visits to Rolling Grape Vineyard and ZimArt’s Rice Lake Gallery in Bailieboro, The Silver Bean Café in downtown Peterborough, and Harley Farms and Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene.
Elizabeth Dowdeswell is Ontario’s 29th Lieutenant Governor. As the representative of Her Majesty The Queen, she carries out constitutional and ceremonial duties and facilitates citizen and community engagement.
She took office in later 2014. She is an officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario, and the recipient of numerous distinctions and fellowships.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 105 new COVID-19 cases today, after an increase of 115 yesterday. This is the seventh day in a row where the average number of new cases has exceeded 100. The majority of new cases reported today are in Toronto (30), Ottawa (24), Peel (21), and York (9). The remaining 30 of Ontario’s public health units are reporting five or fewer cases, with 19 reporting no new cases at all.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there is another new case to report today in Northumberland — the fifth new case in a week. However, another case in Northumberland has also been resolved, leaving only one active case. There is also another new case in Hastings and Prince Edwards counties, reported on August 21 through close contact transmission, for a total of two active cases.
There are no new cases to report in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, or Haliburton.
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Since the pandemic began, there have been 103 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (97 resolved with 2 deaths), 177 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (157 resolved with 32 deaths), 31 in Northumberland County (30 resolved with no deaths), 15 in Haliburton County (15 resolved with no deaths), and 46 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County (39 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported on May 7 by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
Province-wide, there have been 41,507 confirmed cases, an increase of 105 from yesterday’s report, with 37,673 (90.8% of all cases) resolved, an increase of 78 from yesterday. There have been 2,798 deaths, an increase of 1 from yesterday, with 1,804 deaths reported in long-term care homes (no change from yesterday). A total of 2,781,748 tests have been completed, an increase of 18,790 from yesterday, with 9,229 tests under investigation, a decrease of 6,886.
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: 103 (no change) Active cases: 4 (no change) Deaths: 2 (no change) Resolved: 97 (no change) Total tests completed: Over 24,050 (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: 223, including 177 in Kawartha Lakes, 31 in Northumberland, 15 in Haliburton (increase of 1, in Northumberland) Probable cases: 0 (no change) Hospitalizations (total to date): 14 (no change) Deaths: 32 (no change) Resolved: 202, including 157 in Kawartha Lakes, 30 in Northumberland, 15 in Haliburton (increase of 1, in Northumberland) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides reports on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 46 (increase of 1) Active cases: 2 (increase of 1) 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: 39 (no change) Total tests completed: 21,454 (no change) Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 41,507 (increase of 105) Resolved: 37,673 (increase of 78, 90.8% of all cases) Hospitalized: 40 (decrease of 1) Hospitalized and in ICU: 12 (increase of 1) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 7 (increase of 1) Deaths: 2,798 (increase of 1) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,804 (no change) Total tests completed: 2,781,748 (increase of 18,790) Tests under investigation: 9,229 (decrease of 6,886)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from July 24 – August 23, 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 July 24 – August 23, 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 City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service in Lindsay. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lakes)
A 61 year old is facing animal cruelty charges after Kawartha Lakes police seized 27 dogs from a camping trailer in Lindsay.
Police announced details of the charges on Monday (August 24).
On Friday, August 14 at around 11:30 a.m., police — in a joint investigation with the animal welfare inspectors — located a camping trailer at a Kent Street West address in Lindsay, where they discovered 18 adult dogs and nine puppies.
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Due to the conditions the dogs were found in, police seized the animals and turned them over to the humane society for examination and care.
As a result of the investigation, 61-year-old Janie Brooke Rumm, of no fixed address, was charged with cruelty to animals and cause damage to animal – fail to provide suitable/adequate food, water, care, shelter.
Rumm appeared in court on Friday (August 21) for a bail hearing.
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