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Franzie Roessl continues to honour his mother’s legacy with annual golf tournament supporting the Peterborough Regional Health Centre

Franzie Roessl (left) and staff at One Eighty Sports Pub in Peterborough presented a cheque to Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation Community Giving and Engagement Manager Jane Lovett (right) on behalf of the One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament in September 2024. This year's annual event raised its largest amount ever, donating $30,500 to the PRHC Foundation's Campaign for PRHC to reimagine healthcare in the region. The PRHC Foundation encourages community members to consider hosting their own third-party event fundraisers to support the regional hospital. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

For the past 25 years, the Roessl family has organized an annual golf tournament to honour Heather Roessl, raising almost $300,000 for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation — a shining example of how the community can rally around the hospital in the memory of a loved one.

Franz (“Franzie”) Roessl was just three years old when his mother Heather was first diagnosed with melanoma in her leg. In 1988, at what was then the Peterborough Civic Hospital, she underwent surgery to remove the cancer, leaving her with a huge scar.

During eight years in remission, Heather had to regularly drive to the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto for follow-up care and check-ups.

“Whenever my mom was sick or wasn’t feeling well, she’d be driving to Toronto and it was just an absolute nightmare,” Franzie recalls.

Three months after his wife Heather passed away from cancer in 2000, Franz Roessl Sr. organized the very first golf tournament in her honour. He continued organizing the golf tournament for the next 10 years, before passing the torch to his sons Franzie and Hans. Now known as the One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament, the annual fundraiser for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation has raised almost $300,000 for healthcare at the regional hospital. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)
Three months after his wife Heather passed away from cancer in 2000, Franz Roessl Sr. organized the very first golf tournament in her honour. He continued organizing the golf tournament for the next 10 years, before passing the torch to his sons Franzie and Hans. Now known as the One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament, the annual fundraiser for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation has raised almost $300,000 for healthcare at the regional hospital. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)

On Father’s Day in 1996, the family learned Heather’s cancer had returned and she immediately underwent another surgery to have her cancerous lymph nodes removed and began care again. However, by Christmas of 1999, the cancer had metastasized.

Franzie was 15 years old when his mother passed away on March 20, 2000.

“I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone,” Franzie says. “I learned a lot from it. What my dad was taught growing up was that life goes on, so he wanted to celebrate her life rather than sit there and mourn.”

So it was then, three months after his wife’s passing, that Franz Roessl Sr. organized the very first golf tournament in her honour at Pine Crest Golf Club in Peterborough with the help of Heather’s best friend.

“My mom golfed all the time,” Franzie recalls. “She wasn’t afraid to have some fun and it was an excuse to go have a couple of beers with the girls. My mom got my dad his first set of clubs, so they really grew together playing golf.”

Heather Roessl (right) was an avid golfer who loved to have fun. That's why, following her passing from cancer in March 2000, her husband Franz and her best friend decided to organize a fundraising golf tournament in her honour. Nearly 25 years later, now run by her son Franzie, the annual event has raised almost $300,000 for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)
Heather Roessl (right) was an avid golfer who loved to have fun. That’s why, following her passing from cancer in March 2000, her husband Franz and her best friend decided to organize a fundraising golf tournament in her honour. Nearly 25 years later, now run by her son Franzie, the annual event has raised almost $300,000 for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)

Franzie’s father continued organizing the golf tournament for the next 10 years, before passing the torch to Franzie and his brother Hans. When Franzie opened One Eighty Hunter sports pub in Peterborough, the event officially became the One Eighty Heather & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament and, eventually, the annual tournament was moved to the Quarry Golf Club in Ennismore.

Every year proceeds from the tournament have been donated to the PRHC Foundation to invest in priority cancer care advancements at PRHC. This year, the record-breaking $30,500 that was raised was added to the PRHC Foundation’s $60 million Campaign for PRHC to reimagine healthcare at the regional hospital.

For Franzie, the memory of how his mother had to drive to Toronto during her many years fighting cancer is one of the reasons why it’s so important to support the PRHC Foundation.

“Rather than driving two hours in traffic to Toronto and two hours back when you’re not feeling well, the hospital provides lifesaving treatment at home,” Franzie says. “The most important thing is getting the help we need here in the comfort of Peterborough, so we always want to be keeping the money in town.”

Ten years after Franz Roessl Sr. organized the first golf tournament fundraiser to honour his wife Heather, who passed away from cancer in 2000, their sons Franzie and Hans Roessl took over hosting the annual fundraiser for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation. The event continues to be loved by generations of the Roessl family, with Hans' young daughter Elsie now the event's emcee, always inspiring extra 50/50 ticket sales. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)
Ten years after Franz Roessl Sr. organized the first golf tournament fundraiser to honour his wife Heather, who passed away from cancer in 2000, their sons Franzie and Hans Roessl took over hosting the annual fundraiser for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation. The event continues to be loved by generations of the Roessl family, with Hans’ young daughter Elsie now the event’s emcee, always inspiring extra 50/50 ticket sales. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)

The PRHC Foundation encourages community members inspired by their own PRHC experience, a loved one’s care or who want to memorialize a friend or family member as the Roessl family has done to host a fundraising event that will support the Campaign for PRHC and bring world-class healthcare closer to home.

“Donors that take the time to organize something for a cause that means a lot to them, or honours the memory of someone they love, are going above and beyond to advocate for the hospital,” says PRHC Foundation President and CEO Lesley Heighway. “Third-party events are a great way to see the community rally around the hospital, bringing out new donors to hear the stories that might inspire them to host their own event.”

With organizational support from the PRHC Foundation, community fundraising events can be very personalized. Many are focused on physical activity, like the One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament and the annual HunTer Fondo cycling event organized by the Peterborough Cycling Club.

Other fundraisers are focused on arts and music like the annual Cancer Takedown variety show, while some donors have built and sold bird houses, organized walks or other personal challenges, hosted meals, created online fundraising pages to share their stories, and sponsored fundraisers through their businesses.

Third-party events like the One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament not only raise funds for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation, but inspire other community members to make donations to the regional hospital and to host their own fundraisers. The PRHC Foundation can work directly with event organizers to offer support on promotion, marketing, tax receipts, and speakers. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)
Third-party events like the One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament not only raise funds for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation, but inspire other community members to make donations to the regional hospital and to host their own fundraisers. The PRHC Foundation can work directly with event organizers to offer support on promotion, marketing, tax receipts, and speakers. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)

“Anyone from ages five to 100 can do an event and, whether it’s a lemonade stand or a concert, every single dollar raised counts,” Heighway notes. “It’s a really wide range, but we want donors to find something that they are personally interested in and see the value in, and then bring like-minded people along for the ride.”

The PRHC Foundation makes it easy for individuals to organize their event by offering a number of supports including providing a customizable online fundraising page, promoting the event, providing donation receipts, and offering grateful patients the chance to tell their story and share the PRHC Foundation’s vision for healthcare at the hospital.

“It makes it hit home for people,” Franzie points out. “It means a lot to me to hear from a speaker before the golfers go out to golf, so they actually understand why this is happening and where the money goes.”

After two and a half decades, the One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament often sells out before Franzie can even advertise the date. He can already see the future of the tournament, having already been passed down a generation from father to sons, as his nephew is just beginning to learn to golf and will likely be on the greens soon. His four-year-old niece is actively involved in the tournament, having become an engaging emcee and 50/50 ticket seller.

Member of the Roessl family (from left to right): Benny Bleecker, Samantha Bleeker, Franzie Roessl with Elsie Roessl, Franz Roessl, Kim Roessl, and Hans Roessl with Heath Roessl. The One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament is not only a way to inspire the community to raise funds for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation, but it gets the family together every year to honour late family matriach Heather Roessl with an activity she loved. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)
Member of the Roessl family (from left to right): Benny Bleecker, Samantha Bleeker, Franzie Roessl with Elsie Roessl, Franz Roessl, Kim Roessl, and Hans Roessl with Heath Roessl. The One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament is not only a way to inspire the community to raise funds for the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation, but it gets the family together every year to honour late family matriach Heather Roessl with an activity she loved. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)

“There are a number of factors that make this such a wonderful fundraiser, one being that the tournament has moved between generations, and that PRHC is still so important to the family 25 years later,” says Heighway. “Like for so many families in our region, the hospital becomes essential to each generation.”

Franzie notes that the One Eighty Heather Roessl & Friends Memorial Golf Tournament would not be as successful without the help of the golf club, the sponsors who donate prizes, and the golfers who give to the cause.

“It comes down to people giving back to us and we uphold that by keeping it a fun tournament,” he says. “People are always happy to come out for a fun time, knowing their donations are going into the community.”

Franz Roessl (right) with a $6,000 cheque to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation in 2002 after the third annual golf tournament in honour of his late wife Heather Roessl. Over more than two decades, the annual tournament has raised almost $300,000 for the regional hospital. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)
Franz Roessl (right) with a $6,000 cheque to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation in 2002 after the third annual golf tournament in honour of his late wife Heather Roessl. Over more than two decades, the annual tournament has raised almost $300,000 for the regional hospital. (Photo courtesy of Franzie Roessl)

While Franzie suspects his father wouldn’t have expected the family to still be running the tournament more than two decades later, he knows his mother would have been very pleased.

“This is keeping her legacy going,” he says. “She’d probably be winning this tournament every year if she was playing in it. She’d be the one having the most fun.”

For more information on organizing third-party events to support the Campaign for PRHC or to make a donation, visit prhcfoundation.ca. You can also find out more about events or volunteering as a campaign ambassador by emailing foundationeventsonline@prhc.on.ca or calling 705-876-5000.

 

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Family connection to Lang Pioneer Village inspires Hailey Doughty to find passion in blacksmithing

After more than 20 years as a volunteer and employee at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene, museum operations coordinator Hailey Doughty discovered she is a descendent of Daniel Kidd, the blacksmith who worked in and built the blacksmith shop currently at the living history museum. The discovery inspired Doughty to take a blacksmith workshop alongside her father, which has ignited a new passion for the trade among the family's current generation. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)

As the museum operations coordinator at Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Hailey Doughty inspires visitors to find their connection to the land and the history of the region.

But after more than 20 years of involvement with Keene’s living history museum, only recently has Doughty discovered her own direct family tie to the museum’s blacksmith shop.

“One thing I love about Lang is no matter what walk of life you’re in, there’s something here that will connect you,” Doughty says. “Especially for my job, it’s all about making sure that Lang is here not only as an education source and tourism attraction, but it’s connecting people to their past and to Peterborough County.”

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Even before she was born, Lang played an important role in Doughty’s life as it was where her parents were married and where her maternal grandmother worked until her retirement.

Doughty, herself, began “living the pioneer life” as a volunteer at just five years old before moving into various positions as a youth volunteer, seasonal worker, part-time worker, and into her current full-time role.

Over more than 20 years, the novelty of working at the living history museum has never faded for Doughty.

"The Welcome Light", a painting by internationally renowned Buckhorn-based artist Michael Dumas, features Hailey Doughty when she was a young volunteer at Lang Pioneer Village. Michael and his wife Ellen were visiting Lang during one of the lighted evening events and, after Michael asked Hailey if she knew how to light the lamp, she proceeded to tell them how. Michael told Hailey that, when he was growing up in rural northern Ontario, farmers would light a lamp in their window if they were home and were open to having company visit, and this was called a "welcome light." (Photo courtesy of Michael Dumas)
“The Welcome Light”, a painting by internationally renowned Buckhorn-based artist Michael Dumas, features Hailey Doughty when she was a young volunteer at Lang Pioneer Village. Michael and his wife Ellen were visiting Lang during one of the lighted evening events and, after Michael asked Hailey if she knew how to light the lamp, she proceeded to tell them how. Michael told Hailey that, when he was growing up in rural northern Ontario, farmers would light a lamp in their window if they were home and were open to having company visit, and this was called a “welcome light.” (Photo courtesy of Michael Dumas)

“Now we’re always glued to our phones and what’s happening on the news, so it’s definitely a brush of fresh air when I go out and step back in time,” Doughty says. “As a kid, I loved the idea that there was someone who built this house or someone who worked in the shop and I got to talk about it in their perspective.”

“I really liked that idea of keeping their memory alive, even as a kid, and I thought it was so neat to talk about people who I’d never known, but I felt a weird connection to.”

Despite her decades of involvement in the museum and her family’s interest in genealogy, it was only earlier this year when Doughty began researching her paternal ancestry.

Lang Pioneer Village Museum's blacksmith shop in 1969, two years after the living history museum opened. The shop was moved from Warsaw where it was originally built in 1859 by blacksmith Daniel Kidd, who is Hailey Doughty's four-times great uncle. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)
Lang Pioneer Village Museum’s blacksmith shop in 1969, two years after the living history museum opened. The shop was moved from Warsaw where it was originally built in 1859 by blacksmith Daniel Kidd, who is Hailey Doughty’s four-times great uncle. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)

When she came across the name Rosella Kidd, it rang a bell in her head, but she didn’t immediately recognize the significance. It was only when she was walking past the museum village’s blacksmith shop one day and heard the interpreter refer to Daniel Kidd that she realized she was connected to Lang.

Upon digging deeper, Doughty learned Daniel Kidd, who not only worked in the shop but built it in Warsaw in 1859, is her four-times great uncle. Kidd had begun his apprenticeship at the age of 15 in Keene, but eventually gave the shop to his son who turned it into a mechanic shop.

“It’s funny because I never had given it another look,” says Doughty in reference to the blacksmith shop. “I was always in the buildings with the hearth or the stoves, or I was weaving and printing, but I never really thought about the blacksmith shop until I made that connection.”

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When she realized the seasonal blacksmith interpreter was moving on from Lang, Doughty considered it a good opportunity to learn more about the trade herself so she could train the new staff who would come in next season.

After telling her father James Doughty that she was taking a three-day intensive course in Warkworth to learn the trade, he decided to join her on the journey to connect to their lineage.

“I thought it would be such a cool thing to have three generations (of the same family) working in the same blacksmith shop,” she says. “It was almost inspirational to think I’m doing this for my four-times great uncle. If he could do it, then it’s in my blood and that gave me the confidence to try and go for it.”

Even before she discovered she is a descendent of the blacksmith who built the shop that now stands in the village at Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Hailey Doughty had a strong connection to the living history museum. Not only did her parents get married on the property and her grandmother work there, but she became a volunteer at just five years old. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)
Even before she discovered she is a descendent of the blacksmith who built the shop that now stands in the village at Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Hailey Doughty had a strong connection to the living history museum. Not only did her parents get married on the property and her grandmother work there, but she became a volunteer at just five years old. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)

She admits that getting the hang of the trade wasn’t always easy and says it “made me feel muscles I had never worked before.”

“It was such a good thing to do with my dad because I had those moments where I’m pounding on this metal, but then I look over and there’s my dad having a grand old time,” she says.

“This is not only so cool for him and I to share as father and daughter, but we’re reconnecting with our heritage together.”

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According to Doughty, the course also “ignited a passion” in her father.

“He’s always understood Lang is something that was in our family connection but now he’s getting to spark that joy that has always been there for me and my grandma,” she says.

“It’s cool to see your dad be like a little kid. I can’t wait until the spring to get back in the shop and working away. He’s ecstatic, so we’ve got the countdown to when we can be back in the blacksmith shop and do some more creative things.”

James Doughty decided to take a blacksmith course along with his daughter Hailey, the museum operations coordinator at Lang Pioneer Village Museum, after she discovered her four-times great uncle was a blacksmith who built the shop located at the museum. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)
James Doughty decided to take a blacksmith course along with his daughter Hailey, the museum operations coordinator at Lang Pioneer Village Museum, after she discovered her four-times great uncle was a blacksmith who built the shop located at the museum. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)

Beyond her personal journey in connecting to her ancestry, Doughty explains there’s a lot that can be learned from engaging in a 19th century trade skill.

“We’re so used to a world of instant where you can check your banking right away, and everything is go, go, go,” she says. “So going from that to then going into something that’s from the eighteen and nineteenth century, it takes you a while to learn that you can’t be perfect right off the start.”

Doughty hopes that the discovery of her family connection and the new passion it ignited in her might support museum visitors in finding their own connections to history.

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“One thing about Lang is that you’re continually learning,” Doughty says. “Knowing that now I have this family connection and I can speak to that, it’s probably going to inspire a seasonal worker, a volunteer, or a visitor to then go and look into their own family history.”

Lang Pioneer Village Museum was established by Peterborough County in 1967 to commemorate the centennial of Canada’s Confederation and to celebrate and preserve the rural history of the area. The 25-acre site features over 30 restored and furnished historic buildings constructed between 1825 and 1910, as well as several replica buildings.

For more information, visit www.langpioneervillage.ca.

Hailey Doughty is the museum operations coordinator at the Lang Pioneer Village Museum, where she not only educate visitors but helps them find a connection to the land and history of Peterborough County. The discovery that she is a descendent of Daniel Kidd, the blacksmith who worked in and built the blacksmith shop currently at the living history museum, has prompted her to learn the trade of blacksmithing. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)
Hailey Doughty is the museum operations coordinator at the Lang Pioneer Village Museum, where she not only educate visitors but helps them find a connection to the land and history of Peterborough County. The discovery that she is a descendent of Daniel Kidd, the blacksmith who worked in and built the blacksmith shop currently at the living history museum, has prompted her to learn the trade of blacksmithing. (Photo courtesy of Hailey Doughty)

‘Flower Power’ gift initiative delivers holiday joy to seniors at Kawartha Lakes long-term care home

Lindsay Garden Club volunteers recently delivered more than 700 brightly coloured Kalanchoe plants, along with Christmas cards created by area schoolchildren, to residents of Kawartha Lakes long-term care homes. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Garden Club)

Joelle Persram watched with delight as seniors with advanced dementia got a twinkle in their eyes as they opened brown gift bags containing unique cards, messages, and a flowering plant, curated especially for them.

Persram, an activation aide at Extendicare Kawartha Lakes, said residents of the Kawartha Lakes long-term care home truly appreciated a recent holiday gesture by the Lindsay Garden Club.

The Lindsay Garden Club delivered its second annual “Flower Power” holiday initiative, which is an endeavour that brings hundreds of flowering plants and handmade Christmas cards to seniors living in long-term care homes in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

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The project celebrates the spirit of giving and aims to bring warmth and joy to residents who may not be able to spend the season with loved ones, said garden club member Jen Lopinski.

Extendicare Kawartha Lakes and Lakeland Village residents received more than 110 gift bags.

“It was fabulous,” Persram told kawarthaNOW. “They loved the plants, but they especially loved all of the homemade cards from the kids. The elderly love physical letters because that was a huge part of their life, (as was) gardening and taking care of plants.”

According to Lindsay Garden Club volunteers, the residents of long-term care homes in Kawartha Lakes who received gift backs especially loved the homemade cards made by area schoolchildren. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Garden Club)
According to Lindsay Garden Club volunteers, the residents of long-term care homes in Kawartha Lakes who received gift backs especially loved the homemade cards made by area schoolchildren. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Garden Club)

Persram said last year, when the home received its inaugural delivery, one of the residents nurtured the plant for several months and entered it into the Lindsay fair.

The packaging was “delightful” as well, she noted. The gift bags with tissue allowed residents to open the presents and take out their plants.

“What I loved … especially for the (residents) who have more advanced dementia, was their eyes would just light up because they were so excited to open a gift.”

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Persram added the residents particularly enjoyed seeing the red, white, and pink blooms on the Kalanchoe plants.

“They love to garden, and they love having plants on their windowsills. I think it just makes them feel like they’re more at home — because it is their home.”

Earlier in December, Lindsay Garden Club volunteers packed and delivered more than 700 brightly coloured Kalanchoe plants, along with the Christmas cards created by area schoolchildren.

The Lindsay Garden Club's "Flower Power" holiday initiative delivered hundreds of flowering plants and handmade Christmas cards to seniors living in long-term care homes in the City of Kawartha Lakes. The project celebrates the spirit of giving and aims to bring warmth and joy to residents who may not be able to spend the season with loved ones. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Garden Club)
The Lindsay Garden Club’s “Flower Power” holiday initiative delivered hundreds of flowering plants and handmade Christmas cards to seniors living in long-term care homes in the City of Kawartha Lakes. The project celebrates the spirit of giving and aims to bring warmth and joy to residents who may not be able to spend the season with loved ones. (Photo courtesy of Lindsay Garden Club)

“We know that the holiday season can be a difficult time for many in long-term care, especially those who may not receive frequent visits,” said Lindsay Garden Club member Kim McGee in a media release.

“The Flower Power Christmas initiative is our way of letting these residents know they are not alone and that they’re remembered and cherished by their community.”

Students at area schools prepared the specially crafted cards to accompany each flowering plant.

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Participating schools included Alexandra Public School, St. John Paul II Elementary School, St. Mary’s Catholic Elementary, School, Parkview Public School, King Albert Public School, Queen Victoria Public School, St. Dominic School Catholic Elementary School, and Heritage Christian School.

Kawartha Classic Flowers, sponsors, and volunteers helped make the initiative flourish, the garden club noted.

For more information about the Lindsay Garden Club, visit lindsaygardenclub.com.

The generosity of the Peterborough community has powered Good Neighbours Care Centre since 1984

Robin Adair is a passionate volunteer and treasurer for the Good Neighbours Care Centre in Peterborough. Operating out of 164 Sherbrooke Street for 40 years, the registered charitable organization always been volunteer-run, and provides clients with food, clothing, homeware, and personal hygiene products entirely free of cost. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)

For 40 years, the Good Neighbours Care Centre in Peterborough has been run by exactly that — good neighbours. From the volunteers who commit countless hours stocking the shelves to the local businesses that donate what they can, the charity is a long-standing community effort and the demand for its services is only increasing.

“Over all these years, it’s been a whole variety of volunteers that just continue to make it what it is,” says Robin Adair, volunteer treasurer of the Good Neighbours Care Centre. “We just spent all those years keeping it going and serving our community and we will do that for as long as we get community support.”

Though Adair has been volunteering for the registered charitable organization since his retirement in 2019, the Good Neighbours Care Centre was established in 1984 and has run out of the same building at 164 Sherbrooke Street ever since.

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Four times per week, volunteers of the charity go to three grocery stores in Peterborough to pick up food items like breads, premade salads, and produce. As a member agency, Good Neighbours Care Centre also received items from Kawartha Food Share up to three times per week, on top of receiving a major shipment with up to 10 skids full of packaged food once per month.

Then, clients can drop into the Good Neighbours Care Centre on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to pick up, at no cost, the fruits, vegetables, and bread, as well as visit the “sweet corner” full of cakes, cookies, crackers, and other pastries. Editor’s note: the centre is closed for the holidays and will reopen on Friday, January 3.

There are additional opportunities for clients to pick up household goods like gently used clothing, shoes, tableware, toasters, and personal hygiene products — all of which have all been donated by businesses and individuals in the community. If the charity has extra cash, they will purchase additional food to even out the offerings, if necessary.

In addition to collecting food from grocery stores and Kawartha Food Share, the Good Neighbours Care Centre accepts community donations of clothing, shoes, appliance, and personal hygiene products. Clients can stop by the centre Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to browse the shelves of donated items. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)
In addition to collecting food from grocery stores and Kawartha Food Share, the Good Neighbours Care Centre accepts community donations of clothing, shoes, appliance, and personal hygiene products. Clients can stop by the centre Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to browse the shelves of donated items. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)

“We run a pretty high-quality operation,” says Adair. “Those who come in to use our services can walk out knowing they have a zipper that works, the clothing is clean, and the food is good.”

Additionally, once per month, clients can get a larger haul of staple goods from the kitchen, including milk, eggs, frozen meals, proteins, coffee, tea, canned goods, pastas, and more. The clients will be able to get enough for the whole family and all it requires is showing a piece of government ID.

“Sometimes we get pork chops or salmon and its $40 worth that can be part of their big shop for the month,” says Adair. “Food banks aren’t there to supply every meal for our clients, but they are here to help them get through the month.”

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Thanks to the suppliers and donors, beginning two years ago, the Good Neighbours Care Centre was able to undergo transformations to better improve client service. The charity repainted the interior of the 100-year-old building, installed central air conditioning, and received a brand-new laminated floor that was entirely donated.

“Our clients are our focus obviously and we want to do the best that we can for them in providing food, providing facilities, and just getting to know them a little bit and build a bit of a relationship with them,” Adair says.

He adds that the pantries are intentionally designed so clients can walk through and select their own vegetables, produce, and products as if they’re shopping at a grocery story.

Clients of the Good Neighbours Care Centre can access the shelves three times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They can also visit the kitchen once per month to collect a larger haul of fresh grocery items for the whole family. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)
Clients of the Good Neighbours Care Centre can access the shelves three times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They can also visit the kitchen once per month to collect a larger haul of fresh grocery items for the whole family. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)

“We try to present a place of high dignity all the way through the system,” Adair says. “That’s our goal with what we do. Treat them on a human basis, because we see all kinds of different economic status of people and how they have to live life.”

Though the centre never closed during the pandemic, Adair says he has since noticed an increase from roughly 50 to 60 people coming in daily before the pandemic to up to 80 or 85 now coming through daily. Some of the increased demand came earlier this year due to higher food prices.

“We found when inflation started going bad on food, around March this past year, all of a sudden we’re getting people we hadn’t seen before,” he says. “Making $36,000 a year on minimum wage doesn’t go very far anymore, so we’re just there to support and give a hand to those who need it. That’s always our aim.”

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This year, the charity has served between 11,000 and 12,000 clients.

“We have clients that are there at 7:30 or 7:45 in the morning for a 10 a.m. start, so it would not be unusual for someone to stand in line for an hour or an hour and a half to get in because it’s first come, first served,” Adair says, adding that occasionally they’ve had to turn people away. “That doesn’t happen real often, but it’s heartbreaking to go out and tell somebody that we’re out of food.”

Increased living costs not only exacerbate the demand for Good Neighbours Care Centre, but also create a barrier for individuals in having the disposable income to donate to the charity.

“Even for a middle-class family, their grocery bill went up, and now they’re just trying to stay alive themselves, so they don’t have more to give to anybody else,” he says. “It’s hard on everybody.”

The Good Neighbours Care Centre is run entirely through the dedication of more than 30 volunteers. Volunteer positions can include doing grocery store pick-ups, sorting donations, and running the centre during opening hours. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)
The Good Neighbours Care Centre is run entirely through the dedication of more than 30 volunteers. Volunteer positions can include doing grocery store pick-ups, sorting donations, and running the centre during opening hours. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)

Those who are unable to financially support the charity might be interested in a volunteer position. Such work can range from driving the trucks for pickups, sorting donations, and running the shop during opening. Currently, the centre is made up of more than 30 volunteers, many of who are retirees.

“A person should volunteer long before they retire — you don’t have to wait until you’re 65 to volunteer,” Adair says. “Maybe it’s only a couple hours a week somewhere, but the whole concept of volunteering should be just a part of everybody’s life. Whether you’re a hockey coach or whatnot, you’re taking some of your time and giving it to somebody else.”

Those interested in volunteering can email hello@goodneighboursptbo.com.

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“There’s fulfillment in helping somebody else,” Adair says. “I’m in a position that I can do that, and I enjoy doing that. Look at all the people we served this year — 11,000 is not a small number and there’s a lot of households involved in this, so we are thankful for it and for all who support us.”

He notes that while Good Neighbours Care Centre is entirely volunteer-run, there are always ongoing costs like operating the trucks and paying rent, and every bit of support can make a difference.

“Often you get somebody who says ‘I only have 50 bucks’, but we’re grateful for whatever you have,” Adair points out. “We appreciate it even if all you have (to give) is some clothes. Somebody else will be using those clothes. As an organization, we’re just grateful for whatever help somebody can give us, and we’ll just keep it going.”

For more information about the Good Neighbours Care Centre or to make a monetary donation, visit www.goodneighboursptbo.com.

Jacquelyn Craft (left), owner of Peterborough's The Neighbourhood Vintage, donates bags of clothing to the Good Neighbours Care Centre. Operating since 1984, the charity relies on community donations to meet the demand for services, which has been growing since the pandemic and even more in early 2024 with inflation. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)
Jacquelyn Craft (left), owner of Peterborough’s The Neighbourhood Vintage, donates bags of clothing to the Good Neighbours Care Centre. Operating since 1984, the charity relies on community donations to meet the demand for services, which has been growing since the pandemic and even more in early 2024 with inflation. (Photo courtesy of Good Neighbours Care Centre)

A Place Called Home in Lindsay expands number of homeless shelter beds from 19 to 30

Located at 64 Lindsay Street South in Lindsay, A Place Called Home (APCH) offers emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness and a daily drop-in service for people at risk of homelessness in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County. (Photo: APCH)

After receiving approval to expand its number of homeless shelter beds from 19 to 30, A Place Called Home (APCH) in the Kawartha Lakes had a full house that night.

APCH recently announced that in partnership with the City of Kawartha Lakes, it was able to increase its shelter capacity to address the growing need for housing support in the community.

The expansion is geared at ensuring more people who are experiencing homelessness have access to safe and secure accommodations while they work towards their housing goals, APCH noted in a media release.

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“While it doesn’t solve the problem of homelessness or offer long-term solutions, it does create some ease on the system and gets folks inside, ensuring that everyone is in a safe space while they work on permanent housing solutions,” APCH’s shelter manager Nicole Bryant told kawarthaNOW.

“We are lucky to have a great partnership with the City of Kawartha Lakes where we can be flexible and work together to create a cohesive safety net for individuals and families who find themselves without a home.”

When the shelter was rebuilt during the pandemic, its square footage was larger. It was built as a “pandemic proof” shelter, meaning that the square footage would allow for all 19 residents to remain in shelter, based on maintaining a six-foot distance from each other and meeting other public health requirements.

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“We for sure had some space to spare and made the decision to up our capacity,” Bryant noted.

“APCH is always looking for further ways to help meet the needs of the community. The new shelter build came with an increased square footage allowing for a higher occupancy rate, which has never been something that was required until recently.”

According to Bryant, when the number of people needing space began to outweigh the number of beds available, APCH and the City of Kawartha Lakes began looking at ways to increase capacity.

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“In pre-COVID times it was common to have one or two of our couches being used for overflow purposes, but post-COVID is an entirely different story,” Bryant explained. “We were literally bursting at the seams. The cost of rent and the absence of housing options brought us all to the table to discuss further solutions and possibilities.”

Additionally, APCH is working with the City of Kawartha Lakes to administer the “Out of the Cold” program.

“This life-saving initiative ensures that individuals and families have a safe place to stay when temperatures drop to dangerous levels or during extreme weather conditions,” APCH noted in the release.

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According to APCH, since December 1 it has successfully moved 15 additional people into the safety of the shelter and made alternate arrangements to provide shelter for another nine people. As a result, there are 34 people who have shelter during cold and extreme weather conditions.

APCH is asking community members who may know someone in need of shelter to have them call 705-328-0905.

For more information about APCH, visit www.apch.ca.

What’s open and closed over Christmas and New Year’s 2024

As Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day are all statutory holidays in Ontario, all government offices and services and liquor and beer stores are closed, except for a selected few beer stores that will be open on Boxing Day. Most retail businesses — included malls, big box stores, and grocery stores — are closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day but are open on Boxing Day. Many pharmacies remain open on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

For your convenience, we provide this list of holiday hours for 289 selected businesses, services, and organizations across the Kawarthas. This information comes from their websites and social media accounts, which may or may not be up to date, so please always call them first to confirm their hours (we’ve included phone numbers), especially where you see “call” or “call to confirm” (which means we couldn’t find or confirm holiday hours) or if you are travelling any distance.

If your business or organization is listed and the hours are incorrect, please let us know by using our content feedback form. We do not have the hours for restaurants in this list as there are far too many to include.

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Beer & Liquor Stores

TUE DEC 24 WED DEC 25 THU DEC 26 TUE DEC 31 WED JAN 1
Bobcaygeon Brewing Company
4-649 The Parkway, Peterborough
705-243-7077
12:00pm - 4:00pm CLOSED 12:00pm - 5:00pm 12:00pm - 6:00pm CLOSED
Haven Brewing Company - Brewery & Taproom
687 Rye St, Unit 6, Peterborough
705-743-4747
12:00pm - 5:00pm CLOSED 12:00pm - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED
Kawartha Country Wines
2275 County Rd. 36, Buckhorn
705-657-9916
10:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Apsley
3 Burleigh St., Apsley
705-656-4492
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Bancroft
315 Hastings St. N, Bancroft
613-332-2660
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Bewdley
5087 Rice Lake Dr. N., Bewdley
905-797-2077
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Bobcaygeon
37 King St. E., Bobcaygeon
705-738-2591
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Bridgenorth
861 Ward St., Bridgenorth
705-292-9801
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Brighton
11 Park St., Brighton
613-475-2712
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Buckhorn
1976 Lakehurst Rd., Buckhorn
705-657-3211
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Campbellford
37 Front St. St., Campbellford
705-653-3000
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Coboconk
13 Albert St., Coboconk
705-454-3992
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Cobourg (3rd & Albert)
63 Albert St., Cobourg
905-372-7932
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Cobourg (Elgin & Rogers)
1111 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
905-372-5283
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Coe Hill
8 Centre St., Coe Hill
613-337-1100
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Colborne
9 Toronto Rd., Colborne
905-355-2842
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Fenelon Falls
27 Francis St. W., Fenelon Falls
705-887-3220
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Gooderham
1007 Gooderham St., Gooderham
705-447-2557
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Haliburton
230 Highland St., Haliburton
705-457-2631
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Hastings
18 Front St. W., Hastings
705-696-2291
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Havelock
30 Ottawa St., Havelock
705-778-2141
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Kinmount
4094 County Rd 121, Kinmount
705-488-2341
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Kirkfield
1002 Portage Rd., Kirkfield
705-438-3422
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Lakefield
2 Nichols St., Lakefield
705-652-7031
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Lindsay
449 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-324-5511
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Maynooth
33004 Hwy 62 N., Maynooth
613-338-2243
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Millbrook
4 Centre St., Millbrook
705-652-7400
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Minden
18 Water St., Minden
705-286-1311
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Norwood
426 Hwy. #7, Norwood
705-639-5251
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Omemee
4 King St., Omemee
705-799-5212
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Peterborough (Lansdowne East)
400 Lansdowne St. E., Peterborough
705-745-0372
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Peterborough (Lansdowne West)
879 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-743-3582
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Peterborough (Portage Place)
1154 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-745-3302
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Peterborough (Sherbrooke)
196 Sherbrooke St., Peterborough
705-745-1333
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Pontypool
646 Drum Rd., Pontypool
705-277-3131
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Port Hope
15 Ontario St., Port Hope
905-885-5668
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Warkworth
44 Church St., Warkworth
705-924-2161
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Warsaw
Water St., Warsaw
705-652-7400
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO - Wilberforce
2763 Essonville Rd., Wilberforce
705-448-2721
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
LCBO (Sullivan's General Store)
472 Ennis Rd,, Ennismore
705-292-8671
Closes at 5pm CLOSED CLOSED Closes at 5pm CLOSED
LCBO/The Beer Store (Keene General Store)
1111 Heritage Line, Keene
705-295-4418
8:30am - 7:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED 8:30am - 7:00pm (call to confirm) 8:30am - 7:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED
LCBO/The Beer Store (Young's Point General Store)
2095 Nathaway Dr., Young's Point
705-652-3731
9:00am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) 9:00am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED
Publican House Brewery Retail Beer Store
B-300 Charlotte St., Peterborough
705-874-5743
12:00pm - 6:00pm CLOSED 12:00pm - 6:00pm 12:00pm - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Bancroft
1 Madawaska St., Bancroft
613-332-1785
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Bobcaygeon
25 King St. E., Bobcaygeon
705-738-3596
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Bridgenorth
882 Ward St., Bridgenorth
705-292-7126
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Campbellford
80 Centre St., Campbellford
705-653-1220
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Coboconk
6716 Hwy 35, Coboconk
705-454-8983
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Cobourg
476 Division St., Cobourg
905-372-3142
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Fenelon Falls
125 Lindsay St., Fenelon Falls
705-887-3222
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Haliburton
15 Hops Dr., Haliburton
705-457-2023
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Hastings
23 Front St. E., Hastings
705-696-2871
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Havelock
Ottawa St., Havelock
705-778-3078
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Lakefield
102 Queen St., Lakefield
705-652-3031
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Lindsay
370 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-324-3541
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 11:00am - 5:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Minden
20 Water St., Minden
705-286-1480
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Peterborough (Lansdowne West)
1900 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-745-0366
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 11:00am - 5:00pm (drive - thru only) 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Peterborough (Lansdowne/Monaghan)
570 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-742-0458
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Peterborough (Market Plaza)
139 George St. N., Peterborough
705-742-8171
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Peterborough (Portage Place)
1154 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-743-5462
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
The Beer Store - Port Hope
55 Peter St., Port Hope
905-885-4641
10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
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Drug Stores, Pharmacies & Health Services

TUE DEC 24 WED DEC 25 THU DEC 26 TUE DEC 31 WED JAN 1
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
200 Rose Glen Rd., Port Hope
905-885-9100
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Medical Centre Clinic (Holiday After Hours Clinic)
707 Charlotte St., Peterborough
705-743-6280
CLOSED 11:00am - 1:00pm 8:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 1:00pm
Millbrook IDA
8 King St., Millbrook
705-932-3131
10:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Clinic
26 Hospital Dr., Peterborough
705-743-2040
7:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 7:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Clinic Pharmacy (Pharmasave)
26 Hospital Dr., Peterborough
705-743-2040
7:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 7:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Public Health
185 King St., Peterborough
705-743-1000
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Rexall - Brighton
1 Main St., Brighton
613-475-3294
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm
Rexall - Haliburton
224 Highland St., Haliburton
705-457-1112
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm
Rexall - Lindsay Medical
86 Angeline St. S., Lindsay
705-878-4700
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Rexall - Lindsay Square
401 Kent St. W. Unit 57, Lindsay
705-324-6904
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm
Rexall - Peterborough (George St.)
85 George St. N., Peterborough
705-748-9733
8:00am - 6:00pm 12:00pm - 3:00pm 9:00am - 3:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 3:00pm
Rexall - Peterborough (Portage Place)
1154 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-742-7616
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Bancroft
118 Hastings St. N., Bancroft
613-332-4846
8:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 10:00pm 8:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Bobcaygeon
85 Bolton St., Bobcaygeon
705-738-4433
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Shoppers Drug Mart - Cobourg
270 Spring St., Cobourg
905-372-3333
8:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 10:00pm 8:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Haliburton
186 Highland St., Haliburton
705-457-5020
8:00am - 9:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 9:00pm 8:00am - 9:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Lindsay (Downtown)
74 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-324-7400
8:00am - 6:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Lindsay (Kent Street)
341-343 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-878-8981
8:00am - 12:00am 10:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 12:00am 8:00am - 12:00am 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Peterborough (Charlotte)
250 Charlotte St., Peterborough
705-743-3541
8:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 10:00pm 8:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Peterborough (Chemong)
971 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-745-2401
8:00am - 12:00am 10:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 12:00am 8:00am - 12:00am 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Peterborough (Dobbin)
1875 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-749-6547
8:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 10:00pm 8:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Drug Mart - Peterborough (High)
741 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-748-6141
8:00am - 12:00am 10:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 12:00am 8:00am - 12:00am 10:00am - 6:00pm
Shoppers Wellwise - Peterborough
745 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-743-5100
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Sullivan's Pharmacy
71 Hunter St. E., Peterborough
705-742-3469
9:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED
Westmount Pharmacy
1293 Clonsilla Ave., Peterborough
705-741-5008
7:00am - 10:00pm 7:00am - 10:00pm 7:00am - 10:00pm 7:00am - 10:00pm 7:00am - 10:00pm
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Government Services

TUE DEC 24 WED DEC 25 THU DEC 26 TUE DEC 31 WED JAN 1
Anstruther Lake Transfer Station - North Kawartha
400 Anstruther Lake Rd., Apsley
705-656-4361
1:00pm - 4:00pm CLOSED 1:00pm - 4:00pm 1:00pm - 4:00pm CLOSED
Bensfort Road Peterborough City/County Landfill Site
1260 Bensfort Rd., Peterborough
705-742-7777 x2150
8:00am - 11:45am CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 4:45pm CLOSED
Bewdley Community Recycling Centre
7650 County Rd. 9, Hamilton
905-342-2514
8:30am - 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:30am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Brighton Community Recycling Centre
1112 County Rd. 26, Brighton
613-475-1946
8:30am - 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:30am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Canada Post Mail Delivery / Offices (Note: post offices operated by the private sector will be open according to the hours of service of the host business No change No collection / delivery No collection / delivery No change No collection / delivery
City of Kawartha Lakes City Hall, Municipal Service Centres, and Administration Offices
26 Francis St., Lindsay
705-324-9411
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
City of Kawartha Lakes Parks, Recreation and Culture facilities, arenas, and pools
Various locations, City of Kawartha Lakes
705-324-9411
Closes at 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED Closes at 12:00pm CLOSED
City of Kawartha Lakes Public Library Branches
Various locations, City of Kawartha Lakes
705-324-9411 x1291
10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
City of Kawartha Lakes Waste and Recycling Collection
26 Francis St., Lindsay
1-888-822-2225
No change Moves to Thu Dec 26, Dec 26 moves to Dec 27 No change No change Moves to Thu Jan 2, Jan 3 moves to Jan 4
City of Peterborough Day Cares
Peterborough
705-748-8830
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
City of Peterborough Garbage Pickup
Peterborough
705-745-1386
No change Moves to Sat Dec 28 Moves to Mon Dec 30 No change Moves to Sat Jan 4
City of Peterborough Green Bin Pickup
Peterborough
705-745-1386
No change Moves to Sat Dec 28 Moves to Mon Dec 30 No change Moves to Sat Jan 4
City of Peterborough Recycling Pickup
Peterborough
1-888-597-1541
No change Moves to Sat Dec 28 Moves to Mon Dec 30 No change Moves to Sat Jan 4
City of Peterborough Social Services (for emergency shelter services call 705-926-0096)
Closed, Peterborough
705-748-8830
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Cobourg Public Library
200 Ontario St., Cobourg
905-372-9271
Closes at 1:00pm CLOSED CLOSED Closes at 1:00pm CLOSED
Cobourg Transit / WHEELS Transit
740 Division St., Cobourg
905-372-4555
6:15am - 5:00pm NO SERVICE 6:15pm - 9:00pm 6:15am - 5:00pm NO SERVICE
Downtown Youth Space
201 McDonnel St., Peterborough
705-927-7046
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Eldon Landfill
311 Rockview Rd., Kirkfield
1-888-822-2225
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Fenelon Landfill
314 Mark Rd., Fenelon Falls
1-888-822-2225
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
GO Transit (Peterborough Bus Terminal)
190 Simcoe St., Peterborough
1-888-438-6646
Regular schedule Saturday schedule Saturday schedule Regular schedule Saturday schedule
Haliburton County Administration Offices
11 Newcastle St., Minden
705-286-4085
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
200 Rose Glen Rd., Port Hope
905-885-9100
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Haultain Transfer Station - North Kawartha
6879 Highway 28, Woodview
705-656-4361
9:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 12:00pm 9:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Hope Transfer Station
4775 5th Line, Port Hope
905-753-2030
9:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Laxton Digby Longford Landfill
3225 Monck Rd., Norland
1-888-822-2225
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Lindsay Human Services
322 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-324-9870
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Lindsay Library
90 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-324-9411 x1291
10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
Lindsay Ops Landfill
51 Wilson Rd., Lindsay
1-888-822-2225
8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Lindsay Transit / LIMO Specialized Transit
180 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-324-9411
Service ends at 7:00pm NO SERVICE Regular service Service ends at 7:00pm NO SERVICE
Municipality of Port Hope Municipal Offices
56 Queen St., Port Hope
905-885-4544
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
North Kawartha Municipal Office
280 Burleigh St., Apsley
705- 656-4445
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
North Kawartha Township Recycling Collection
340 McFadden Rd., Apsley
705-656-3619
No change No change No change No change No change (Jan 2 collection moves to Jan 3)
North Kawartha Township Waste Collection
340 McFadden Rd., Apsley
705-656-3619
No change No change No change No change No change
Northumberland County Administration Offices
555 Courthouse Rd., Cobourg
905-372-3329
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Northumberland County Waste and Recycling Collection
555 Courthouse Rd., Cobourg
1-866-293-8379
No change Moves to Fri Dec 27 Moves to Sat Dec 28 No change Moves to Fri Jan 3
Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism Visitor Centre
1400 Crawford Dr., Peterborough
705-742-2201
Permanently closed Permanently closed Permanently closed Permanently closed Permanently closed
Peterborough Airport
925 Airport Rd., Peterborough
705-743-6708
7:00am - 6:00pm Unstaffed 7:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm
Peterborough City Hall
500 George St. N., Peterborough
705-742-7777
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Peterborough County Administration Offices
470 Water St., Peterborough
705-743-0380
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Peterborough County Court House
470 Water St., Peterborough
705-876-3815
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Peterborough County Garbage Pickup
Peterborough
705-745-1386
Check your township at ptbocounty.ca or install Recycle Coach app Check your township at ptbocounty.ca or install Recycle Coach app Check your township at ptbocounty.ca or install Recycle Coach app Check your township at ptbocounty.ca or install Recycle Coach app Check your township at ptbocounty.ca or install Recycle Coach app
Peterborough County Public Works/Environmental Services
310 Armour Rd., Peterborough
705-775-2737
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Peterborough County Recycling Pickup
Peterborough
705-775-2737
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Peterborough Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Depot
400 Pido Rd., Peterborough
705-876-0461
8:00am - 1:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 29 & 30) 8:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Public Health
185 King St., Peterborough
705-743-1000
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Public Library
345 Aylmer St. N., Peterborough
705-745-5382
10:00am - 1:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 1:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Public Works Office (when closed, contact staff on duty 24/7)
500 George St. N., Peterborough
705-745-1386
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Peterborough Recycling Drop-Off Depot
390 Pido Rd., Peterborough
705-742-7777
Open 24 / 7 Open 24 / 7 Open 24 / 7 Open 24 / 7 Open 24 / 7
Peterborough Transit Services (bus and handi-van)
190 Simcoe St., Peterborough
705-742-7777 x2895
No late night service NO SERVICE Sunday / holiday schedule No late night service NO SERVICE
Port Hope Public Library (Mary J. Benson Branch)
31 Queen St., Port Hope
905-885-4712
10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
Port Hope Transit
56 Queen St., Port Hope
905-885-9891
9:00am - 1:00pm NO SERVICE NO SERVICE 9:00am - 1:00pm NO SERVICE
Provincial Offences Office - Lindsay
440 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-324-3962
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Provincial Offences Office - Peterborough
99 Simcoe St., Peterborough
705-742-7777 x2099
8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Bancroft
50 Monck St., Bancroft
1-800-267-8097
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Bobcaygeon
21 Canal St. E., Bobcaygeon
705-738-2202
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Brighton
140 Prince Edward St., Brighton
613-475-2641
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Campbellford
51 Grand Rd., Campbellford
705-653-1579
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Cobourg
Unit 105, 1005 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
1-800-267-8097
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Fenelon Falls
41 Lindsay St., Fenelon Falls
705-887-3030
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Haliburton
Unit 3, 50 York St., Haliburton
705-457-2911
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Lakefield
133 Water St., Lakefield
705-652-3141
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Lindsay
322 Kent St. W., Lindsay
1-800-267-8097
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Millbrook
8 King St. E., Millbrook
705-932-2323
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Minden
12698 Hwy 35, Minden
1-800-267-8097
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Norwood
2373B County Rd 45, Norwood
705-639-2007
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Peterborough
Main Floor, 300 Water St., Peterborough
1-800-267-8097
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
ServiceOntario - Port Hope
58 Queen St., Port Hope
905-885-7400
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
Seymour Community Recycling Centre
344 5th Line W., Campbellford
705-653-4757
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Somerville Landfill
381 Ledge Hill Rd., Burnt River
1-888-822-2225
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Town of Cobourg Municipal Offices
55 King St. W., Cobourg
905-372-4301
Open CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Venture13 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre
739 D'Arcy St., Cobourg
289-677-5490
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
Victoria Hall
5 King St. W., Cobourg
905-372-4301
Regular hours CLOSED CLOSED Regular hours CLOSED
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Grocery Stores

TUE DEC 24 WED DEC 25 THU DEC 26 TUE DEC 31 WED JAN 1
Chris & Angela's No Frills
155 Elizabeth St., Brighton
1-866-987-6453
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Chub & Nikki’s No Frills
1866 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
1-866-987-6453
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
David's No Frills
500 Division St., Cobourg
1-866-987-6453
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Davis Your Independent Grocer (YIG)
20 Jocelyn Rd., Port Hope
905-885-1867
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Easton's Valu-mart
South Water St. & Hwy #35, Minden
705-286-3388
8:00am - 4:30pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 4:30pm (call to confirm) CLOSED
Farmboy Market
754 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-745-2811
8:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED
Fisher's No Frills
15 Canrobert St., Campbellford
1-866-987-6453
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Food Basics & Pharmacy Lindsay
363 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-878-3300
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Food Basics Port Hope
125 Hope St. S., Port Hope
905-885-8194
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 10:00am - 5:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Bancroft
337 Hastings St. N., Bancroft
613-332-6664
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 7:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Bobcaygeon
62 Bolton St., Bobcaygeon
705-738-2282
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 7:00am - 8:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Buckhorn
3329 Buckhorn Rd., Buckhorn
705-657-3311
8:00am - 7:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Cobourg
990 Division St. , Cobourg
905-373-1511
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Ennismore
470 Robinson Rd., Ennismore
705-292-6719
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Haliburton
188 Highland St., Haliburton
705-457-2242
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 7:00am - 9:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Havelock
4 County Road #40, Havelock
705-778-3881
6:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 6:00am - 11:30pm 6:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Lakefield
1 Queen St., Lakefield
705-652-3202
12:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 12:00am - 7:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Millbrook (Calhoun's)
6 Centre St., Millbrook
705-932-2139
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Minden
12325 Highway 35, Minden
705-286-1121
8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Omemee
31 King St. E., Omemee
705-799-5211
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Peterborough - Liftlock East City
142 Hunter St. E, Peterborough
705-743-8253
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Peterborough - Sherbrooke
760 Sherbrooke St., Peterborough
705-742-3321
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Foodland Wilberforce
2763 Essonville Line, Wilberforce
705-448-2811
7:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
FreshCo Peterborough - Brock
167 Brock St., Peterborough
705-745-1113
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 10:00am - 7:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
FreshCo Peterborough - Lansdowne
950 Lansdowne St W., Peterborough
705-742-3836
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 10:00am - 7:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Greg's No Frills
230 George St. N., Peterborough
1-866-987-6453
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
John's Your Independent Grocer (YIG)
871 Ward St., Bridgenorth
705-292-7093
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Loblaws - Lindsay
400 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-878-4605
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 7:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Loblaws Real Canadian Superstore - Peterborough
769 Borden Av., Peterborough
705-749-6962
6:00am - 7:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 8:00pm 6:00am - 7:00pm CLOSED
M&M Food Market - Bancroft
2 Snow Rd., Bancroft
613-332-8251
Call for hours CLOSED Call for hours Call for hours CLOSED
M&M Food Market - Cobourg
975 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
905-372-3116
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 10:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
M&M Food Market - Lakefield
140 Queen St., Lakefield
705-652-3221
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 10:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
M&M Food Market - Lindsay
370 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-328-3656
8:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED
M&M Food Market - Peterborough (Chemong)
1091 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-748-2944
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 11:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
M&M Food Market - Peterborough (Lansdowne)
1080 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-740-9684
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 11:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
M&M Food Market - Port Hope
121 Toronto Rd., Port Hope
905-885-9445
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 10:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Metro - Cobourg
1111 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
905-372-9799
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Metro - Peterborough
1154 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-745-3381
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Morello's Your Independent Grocer (YIG)
400 Lansdowne St. E., Peterborough
705-740-9365
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Reid's Valu-Mart
42 Russell St. W., Lindsay
705-328-0622
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 7:00am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED
Sayers Foods
132 Burleigh St., Apsley
705-656-4531
8:30am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED CLOSED  (CALL TO CONFIRM) 8:30am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED
Sobeys - Brighton
14 Main St., Brighton
613-475-0200
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Sobeys - Fenelon Falls
15 Lindsay St., Fenelon Falls
705-887-3611
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Sobeys - Peterborough (Lansdowne)
1200 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-748-5655
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 7:00am - 10:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Sobeys - Peterborough (Towerhill)
501 Towerhill Rd., Peterborough
705-740-9026
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 6:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Strang's Your Independent Grocer (YIG)
101 East St. S., Bobcaygeon
705-738-6651
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Todd's Your Independent Grocer (YIG) - Haliburton
5121 Country Road #21, Haliburton
705-455-9775
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Todd's Your Independent Grocer (YIG) - Hastings
52 Bridge St., Hastings
705-696-3504
8:00am - 4:30pm (call to confirm) CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) 8:00am - 4:30pm (call to confirm) CLOSED
Tony & Jill's No Frills
127 Hastings St. N., Bancroft
1-866-987-6453
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Wholesale Club - Lindsay
55 Angeline St., Lindsay
705-324-7198
7:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 7:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED

 

Malls & Box Stores

TUE DEC 24 WED DEC 25 THU DEC 26 TUE DEC 31 WED JAN 1
Best Buy
1101 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-741-2081
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 9:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Canadian Tire - Bancroft
41 Hastings St. N., Bancroft
613-332-1074
8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Canadian Tire - Campbellford
130 Grand Rd, Campbellford
705-653-3250
8:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 4:00pm CLOSED
Canadian Tire - Cobourg
1125 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
905-372-8781
8:00am - 9:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Canadian Tire - Fenelon Falls
160 Lindsay St., Fenelon Falls
705-887-3310
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Canadian Tire - Lindsay
377 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-324-2176
8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Canadian Tire - Minden
92 Water St., Minden
705-286-4400
8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Canadian Tire - Peterborough (Chemong)
1050 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-745-1388
8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Canadian Tire - Peterborough (Lansdowne)
1200 Lansdowne St. W.., Peterborough
705-742-0406
8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Costco - Peterborough
485 The Parkway, Peterborough
705-750-2600
8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 8:30pm 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Giant Tiger - Campbellford
547 Grand Rd., Campbellford
705-632-1377
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Giant Tiger - Cobourg
1111 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
905-377-1092
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Giant Tiger - Lakefield
2657 Lakefield Rd., Lakefield
705-876-7715
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Giant Tiger - Lindsay
55 Angeline St. N., Lindsay
705-328-9572
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Giant Tiger - Peterborough
1875 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-749-2629
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Giant Tiger - Port Hope
145 Peter St., Port Hope
905-885-6923
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 8:45am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Home Depot - Cobourg
1050 De Palma Dr., Cobourg
905-377-7600
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Home Depot - Peterborough
500 Lansdowne St W., Peterborough
705-876-4560
7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 7:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Lansdowne Place Mall
645 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-748-2961
8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 6:00pm 10:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Lindsay Square Mall
401 Kent St. W., Lindsay
705-878-1524
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:30am - 8:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Northumberland Mall
1111 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
906-373-4567
Open (call for hours) CLOSED Open (call for hours) Open (call for hours) CLOSED
Peavey Mart Lindsay
44 Greenfield Rd., Lindsay
705-328-3311
8:00am - 9:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 9:00pm 8:00am - 9:00pm CLOSED
Peavey Mart Peterborough
147 Lansdowne St. E., Peterborough
705-745-8681
8:00am - 9:00pm CLOSED 8:00am - 9:00pm 8:00am - 9:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Square
340 George Street N., Peterborough
705-742-0493
Open (call for hours) CLOSED Open (call for hours) Open (call for hours) CLOSED
PetSmart
898 Monaghan Rd. Unit 2, Peterborough
705-740-9852
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 7:00pm 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Portage Place
1154 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-749-0212
Open (call for hours) CLOSED Open (call for hours) Open (call for hours) CLOSED
Staples - Cobourg
1025 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
905-377-0458
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Staples - Lindsay
363 Kent St. W. Unit 600, Lindsay
705-328-3427
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Staples - Peterborough
109 Park St. S., Peterborough
705-741-1130
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Walmart - Cobourg
73 Strathy Rd., Cobourg
905-373-1239
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 7:00am - 10:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Walmart - Peterborough (Chemong)
1002 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-742-5090
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 7:00am - 10:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Walmart - Peterborough (Lansdowne)
950 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough
705-876-9617
7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 7:00am - 10:00pm 7:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED

 

Other Stores

TUE DEC 24 WED DEC 25 THU DEC 26 TUE DEC 31 WED JAN 1
Brant Basics
292 George St. N., Peterborough
705-748-2291
Closing at 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED Closing at 3:00pm CLOSED
Enniskillen General Store
2695 Marsdale Dr., Peterborough
705-874-5408
8:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED 10:00am - 10:00pm 8:00am - 9:00pm 10:00am - 10:00pm
Kawartha Dairy Bancroft
29572 Highway 28, Bancroft
613-332-3110
9:30am - 5:30pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:30am - 5:30pm CLOSED
Kawartha Dairy Bobcaygeon
89 Prince St., Bobcaygeon
705-738-5123
9:00am - 4:30pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Kawartha Dairy Minden
12750 Highway 35, Minden
705-286-1080
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Kawartha Dairy Peterborough
815 High St., Peterborough
705-745-6437
9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 6:00pm CLOSED
Kawartha TV & Stereo
188 Park St. S., Peterborough
705-740-0000
Open (call for hours) CLOSED Open (call for hours) Open (call for hours) CLOSED
Keene General Store (includes LCBO/The Beer Store)
1111 Heritage Line, Keene
705-295-4418
8:30am - 7:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED 8:30am - 7:00pm (call to confirm) 8:30am - 7:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED
Lockside Trading Company (Haliburton)
183 Highland St., Haliburton
705-457-5280
10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
Lockside Trading Company (Young's Point)
2805 River Av., Young's Point
705-652-3940
10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
Silver Bean Café (Canadian Canoe Museum)
2077 Ashburnham Dr., Peterborough
705-749-0535
9:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED
Sullivan's General Store (includes LCBO)
472 Ennis Rd., Ennismore
705-292-8671
Closes at 5pm CLOSED CLOSED Closes at 5pm CLOSED
Young's Point General Store (includes LCBO/The Beer Store)
2095 Nathaway Dr., Young's Point
705-652-3731
9:00am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) 9:00am - 5:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED

 

Recreation & Leisure

TUE DEC 24 WED DEC 25 THU DEC 26 TUE DEC 31 WED JAN 1
Art Gallery of Northumberland
55 King St. W., Cobourg
905-372-0333
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Art Gallery of Peterborough
2 Crescent St., Peterborough
705-743-9179
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 30) CLOSED
Canadian Canoe Museum
2077 Ashburnham Dr., Peterborough
705-748-9153
10:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 10:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED
Cobourg & Area Museum
141 Orr St., Cobourg
905-373-7222
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Cobourg Community Centre
750 D'Arcy St., Cobourg
905-372-7371
Closes at 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED Closes at 3:00pm CLOSED
Fenelon Falls Community Centre
27 Veterans Way, Fenelon Falls
705-887-3727
Closes at 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED Closes at 12:00pm CLOSED
Forbert Memorial Pool and Workout Centre
6 River Park Rd., Bobcaygeon
705-738-5858
6:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 6:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Galaxy Cinemas
320 Water St., Peterborough
705-749-2000
Open (first film at 11:30am) Open (first film at 3:00pm) Open (first film at 11:30am) Open Open
Hutchison House
270 Brock St., Peterborough
705-743-9710
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED Open for Hogmanay at 1:00pm
Jack Burger Sports Complex
60 Highland Dr., Port Hope
905-885-2474
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Lindsay Recreation Complex
133 Adelaide St. S., Lindsay
705-324-9112
6:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 6:30am - 12:00pm CLOSED
North Kawartha Fitness Centre (North Kawartha Community Centre)
340 McFadden Rd., Apsley
705-656-4445
6:00am - 1:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 6:00am - 1:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Arenas - Healthy Planet Arena
911 Monaghan Rd., Peterborough
705-876-8121
8:30am - 11:00am CLOSED CLOSED 6:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Arenas - Kinsmen Civic Centre
1 Kinsmen Way, Peterborough
705-742-5454
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED  (ALSO CLOSED DEC 27 - 30) CLOSED CLOSED
Peterborough Arenas - Memorial Centre (ticket sales available online 24/7)
151 Lansdowne St W., Peterborough
705-743-3561
9:30am - 1:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:30am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Museum & Archives
300 Hunter St. E., Peterborough
705-743-5180
9:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough Sports & Wellness Centre
775 Brealey Dr., Peterborough
705-742-0050
6:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 6:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
Quaker Foods City Square Outdoor Rink
215 Charlotte St., Peterborough
705-742-7777
10:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED 10:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 10:00pm 10:00am - 10:00pm
Rainbow Cinema Cobourg
1111 Elgin St. W. (Northumberland Mall), Cobourg
905-372-2444
Open CLOSED Open Open CLOSED
Town Park Recreation Centre
62 McCaul St., Port Hope
905-885-7908
9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED
Trent Athletics Centre
1600 West Bank Dr., Peterborough
705-748-1257
CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
YMCA Northumberland - Brighton
170 Main St., Brighton
613-475-2887
6:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED 9:00am - 5:00pm 9:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
YMCA Northumberland - Campbellford
50 Seymour Quarry Rd., Campbellford
905-372-0161
6:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED 7:00am - 5:00pm 6:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
YMCA Northumberland - Cobourg
339 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
905-372-0161
5:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED 7:00am - 5:00pm 5:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED
YMCA Peterborough - Balsillie Family Branch
123 Aylmer St. S., Peterborough
705-748-9622
6:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 6:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED

 

Veterinary Clinics

TUE DEC 24 WED DEC 25 THU DEC 26 TUE DEC 31 WED JAN 1
Apsley Veterinary Services
9779 Highway 28, Apsley
705-656-2838
8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED
Burnham Mansion Veterinary Services
2235 Keene Rd., Peterborough
705-749-6767
8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Cavan Hills Veterinary Services
303 Hwy 7A, Cavan
705-270-0800
7:00am - 12:00am 7:00am - 12:00am 7:00am - 12:00am 7:00am - 12:00am 7:00am - 12:00am
Champlain Animal Hospital
2673 Lakefield Rd., Peterborough
705-742-4243
8:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED
Jackson Creek Veterinary Services
1140 Parkhill Rd. W., Peterborough
705-741-5588
8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Kawartha Veterinary Emergency Clinic
1840 Lansdowne St. W. Unit 1B, Peterborough
705-741-5832
Open 24 / 7 Open 24 / 7 Open 24 / 7 Open 24 / 7 Open 24 / 7
Otonabee Animal Hospital
3881 Wallace Point Rd., Otonabee
705-743-4936
8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Parkhill Animal Hospital
1535 Chemong Rd., Peterborough
705-745-4605
8:00am - 12:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 12:00pm (call to confirm) CLOSED
Peterborough Pet Hospital
379 Lansdowne St. E, Peterborough
705-742-8837
8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Peterborough West Animal Hospital
2605 Stewart Line, Cavan
705-745-4800
9:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 9:00am - 12:00pm CLOSED
Sherbrooke Heights Animal Hospital
1625 Sherbrooke St. Unit 3, Peterborough
705-745-5550
8:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED CLOSED 8:00am - 3:00pm CLOSED

Addressing housing crisis requires action by all levels of government and community partners: United Way Peterborough & District

The United Way Peterborough & District's 19th edition of its "Housing is Fundamental" report provides an analysis of Peterborough's worsening rental market and "underscores the ongoing challenges posed by housing affordability and accessibility." (Stock photo)

“Relentless demand, inadequate supply, surging rents, and growing concerns around affordability make this the most challenging rental environment in Peterborough’s history.”

That is just one finding of a housing report released in early December by the United Way Peterborough & District that explores the challenges with securing a place to call home in Peterborough and area.

Year-over-year Peterborough’s rental market continues to be tighter and more expensive, notes author Paul Armstrong in the 19th edition of the “Housing is Fundamental” report.

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The report provides an analysis of Peterborough’s worsening rental market and “underscores the ongoing challenges posed by housing affordability and accessibility,” stated a media release about the document.

“Affordability” is defined as spending no more than 30 per cent of total before-tax income on housing. But with the average market rent in the Peterborough area now $1,325, that means a household has to make $53,000 for a rental unit to be “affordable.”

The report states this means there’s little, if any, affordable housing for people who have low incomes.

A significant portion of renter households are in “core housing need,” with some spending well in excess of 50 per cent of their household incomes on rent, the report found.

“Meagre” additions to the Peterborough CMA rental stock in 2023 mean hundreds of units are still required, with the demand for rental units far exceeding supply.

Average Market Rents and Required Minimum Income for "Affordability" in the Peterborough Census Metropolitan Area. (Graphic: United Way Peterborough & District)
Average Market Rents and Required Minimum Income for “Affordability” in the Peterborough Census Metropolitan Area. (Graphic: United Way Peterborough & District)

Meanwhile, Trent University and Fleming College place a substantial demand on the city’s rental market, the report notes. New immigrants and foreign students to the area require housing. Housing suitable to transition people out of homelessness is also needed.

According to the report, the housing and homelessness crisis has been mainly caused by governments withdrawing from providing public housing, leaving it to the for-profit market to provide housing.

“Governments will need to return to direct provision of social housing and render additional support for non-profit housing,” the report states. “We need to build more, much more. We need to make it more affordable. And greater density will likely result. All of this calls upon governments to assert a leading role.”

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The document also points out that the maximum benefit for people receiving Ontario Works is $733 per month, but the average rent in Peterborough in 2023 for the smallest unit — a bachelor — was $877 per month. A single bedroom unit went for $1,173 while a two-bedroom apartment was $1,411, and a three-bedroom unit cost, on average, $1,640.

On a broader scale, the Canada-wide vacancy rate was 1.5 per cent as of October 2023, which was a new low, with Peterborough’s vacancy rate standing at one per cent. Recent renter households (43.2 per cent) were also more likely to live in unaffordable housing than existing renter households (30.5 per cent), with unaffordable housing meaning more than 30 per cent of pre-tax household income is spent on shelter costs.

“When inadequate supply of rental units produces a one per cent vacancy rate in Peterborough, something has to change,” Amstrong notes. “When housing costs are now the primary driver of inflation and 20 per cent of Canadian rental stock is owned by large capital enterprises, something’s inequitable. When homelessness grows, but social housing builds don’t materialize, something’s unjust. The housing crisis deepens with little indication of relief.”

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On the other end of the scale, high ownership prices have prevented renter households from making the move to jp,eownership.

And, finally, 2023 saw an unprecedented period of multiple converging crises, which included homelessness, housing precarity, food insecurity, income precarity, mental health challenges, and addictions.

“Flawed government policy has resulted in profound crises in an otherwise prosperous country,” Armstrong states. “Clearly, the government’s chosen, market-driven model for housing provision and personal security has failed.”

To read the report and learn more about the call to action, visit uwpeterborough.ca/our-research/.

Peterborough teen facing multiple charges after abandoning partially submerged vehicle in Otonabee River

A Peterborough teen is facing multiple charges after abandoning the vehicle he was driving after it left the roadway and went into the Otonabee River on Sunday night (December 22).

At around 10:15 p.m. on Sunday, Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency crews responded to a call about a vehicle that had entered the Otonabee River from County Road 32 in Douro-Dummer Township.

The caller advised police they had come across debris from a collision and saw a vehicle partially submerged in the water of the river. They called out to the vehicle but did not get any response, and advised police they could see footprints coming up from the shoreline.

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After officers and emergency crews arrived at the scene, they found an abandoned passenger vehicle in the water with the side windows open and airbags deployed. Officers conducted patrols of the area and were eventually able to contact the driver by phone.

The driver told police his vehicle had struck black ice, causing it to hit a tree and then enter the river. He advised police he was fine and had received a ride from the scene of the collision. He was reluctant to provide police with his location.

Officers determined the driver’s location and went to an address in Lakefield, where they spoke with the driver.

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During the conversation, they detected the odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from the driver and administered an alcohol screening test, which registered an “alert”. The driver was issued a three-day licence suspension.

In Ontario, if a roadside breath test shows a result of 0.05 to 0.079 blood alcohol concentration, the driver can be given a warning and an immediate temporary licence suspension. The penalty for a first offence is a three-day licence suspension and a $250 fine.

In addition to the three-day licence suspension, the 17-year-old male driver from Peterborough was charged with four offences under the Highway Traffic Act: careless driving, a novice driver with a blood alcohol concentration above zero, failure to report an accident, and failure to remain at the scene of an accident.

Winter weather travel advisory in effect for Kawarthas region Monday

Environment Canada has issued a winter weather travel advisory for the entire Kawarthas region beginning Monday (December 23).

The weather advisory is in effect for Peterborough County, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, Haliburton County, and Hastings Highlands.

Snow will advance into portions of southern Ontario Monday morning or early afternoon. The evening commute will likely be affected in more populated areas. The snow will taper off to flurries Monday night with a risk of freezing drizzle.

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Snowfall accumulations of 10 to 15 cm are expected, with up to 20 cm expected in some areas of the region. There will be low visibility in areas of heavier snow, and difficult travel conditions due to snow covered and icy roads.

Confidence in exact snowfall totals is low at this point. Environment Canada may issue snowfall warnings for some areas as necessary.

Motorists should expect hazardous winter driving conditions and adjust travel plans accordingly. Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.

Take extra care when walking or driving in affected areas. If visibility is reduced while driving, slow down, watch for tail lights ahead and be prepared to stop.

‘We made significant progress in 2024’ in Northumberland County: Warden

Northumberland County council (left to right, front to back): Cramahe Township mayor Mandy Martin, warden and Brighton mayor Brian Ostrander, deputy warden and Port Hope mayor Olena Hankivsky, Trent Hills mayor Bob Crate, Hamilton Township mayor Scott Gibb, Cobourg mayor Lucas Cleveland, and Alnwick/Haldimand mayor John Logel. (Photo: Northumberland County)

From unveiling a modernized homeless shelter to re-opening a walk-in clinic to enhancing 100-plus kilometres of roadway, Northumberland County has made strides this year in housing, health care and infrastructure, the county’s warden says.

Northumberland County Warden Brian Ostrander reflected on the accomplishments of 2024 during the regular meeting of Northumberland County council on Wednesday (December 18). County staff also showed a video that highlighted some of the county’s successes over the past 12 months.

“As this year’s session of Northumberland County council comes to a close, I want to express my deep gratitude to both staff and council for their dedication and contributions to our community,” Ostrander said during the meeting. “Together through all of the various challenges, we made meaningful progress as a team.”

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Ostrander mentioned how council and the county worked collectively to maintain “the delicate balance” between servicing unique municipal priorities while delivering on key county-wide services.

Examples include paramedic care, social service programs, waste management, and infrastructure investments.

“We found solutions to complex problems, ensuring the continued delivery of our strategic priorities,” Ostrander said. That collaboration with county staff, along with partnerships with Alderville First Nation, community organizations, the provincial and federal governments, and others were critical in helping Northumberland achieve its milestones, he noted.

VIDEO: 2024 Year In Review – Northumberland County

“Our achievements in 2024 spanned a wide range of successes,” Ostrander said. “In health care, the launch of the Port Hope walk-in clinic addressed critical gaps in access to doctors.”

“For families, we’ve made strides in addressing the need for expanded daycare spaces and child and family-centred programming. “On infrastructure, we delivered well over 100 kilometres of essential road maintenance, rehabilitating bridges and culverts, and launched the multi-year County Road 64 reconstruction project.”

In terms of environmental efforts, Northumberland introduced a greenhouse gas reduction plan as part of a broader climate action strategy, he noted.

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In the realm of affordable housing, the second phase of the Elgin Park development in Cobourg is nearly complete, which will increase the number of rent-geared-to-income and market rate units by 20.

Northumberland also took “additional steps forward” in pre-construction activity on an affordable housing development on Ontario Street in Cobourg, the warden said.

The county also secured land in Cobourg for future construction. In the village of Colborne, Northumberland announced additional units for the affordable housing development on King Street.

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“This year has not been without financial pressures,” Ostrander said.

“Rising costs have made it more challenging to deliver programs and services. But despite these pressures, we’ve remained fiscally responsible, finding efficiencies while funding essential priorities, and managing community needs with care.”

Looking to 2025, Ostrander further emphasized in a media release issued by the county the importance of advocacy and partnership to address systemic challenges facing municipalities, including reliance on property taxes and the increasing complexity of local government responsibilities.

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“We will continue advocating for a modernized funding framework that equips municipalities to meet today’s realities,” Ostrander said. “By strengthening partnerships with our Indigenous neighbours, local municipalities, community organizations, and other levels of government, we can create more sustainable solutions to support our residents over the long term.”

The warden identified four priorities for the new year, including approving a county budget “reflective of current economic conditions,” expanding access to affordable housing and childcare, ehancing paramedic and social services, and maintaining and improving critical infrastructure.

“We have many reasons to be optimistic,” Ostrander said. “Together, with the leadership of this council and the strength of our community, we will continue to deliver on our commitments, meeting today’s needs while laying the groundwork for a bright future for Northumberland.”

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