Lindsay man John Macdonald, along with a bystander, carry a dog out of a Melbourne Street West house that was on fire, as the fire department arrives on the scene. (Facebook video screenshot)
A Lindsay man livestreamed his dramatic rescue of a dog from a home that was on fire on Tuesday morning (February 2).
John Macdonald says he was out walking in the neighbourhood when he smelled burning plastic.
“I like to investigate things, so I ran three blocks to find I was first on scene,” Macdonald tells kawarthaNOW’s Sarah McNeilly, one of his Facebook friends.
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After calling 911 to report the fire at 8 Melbourne Street West, Macdonald heard barking inside the home and realized a dog was trapped inside the home.
“I thought there were people in there too,” he says.
He began taking a live video, and noticed a propane tank near the fire.
Lindsay man John Mcdonald was walking in the neighbourhood when he discovered a house was on fire. After calling 911, he realized a dog was trapped in the home. (Facebook video screenshot)
“Is that a propane tank in there?,” he asks on the video. “It’s gonna blow.”
He had located the owner outside the home and asked if he could get inside. The owner said the keys were locked inside the house, so he asked if he could kick in the front door.
After getting her permission, he made several unsuccessful attempts to kick in the door.
VIDEO: John Macdonald attempts to get dog out of home on fire
At this point, he stopped taking the video to figure out some other way to get inside the home.
“I smashed a window and climbed in,” he says.
After he got inside, another bystander got the door open and, with the Kawartha Lakes fire department now on the scene, they retrieved the dog from the burning home.
Macdonald says both the owner and the dog were uninjured in the fire.
Kawartha Lakes police closed Melbourne Street West between Lindsay Street South and William Street South for a fire investigation on Tuesday morning. The street has since been reopened.
Dr. David Williams, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, announced the province's first confirmed case of the COVID-19 South Africa variant at a media briefing at Queen's Park on February 1, 2021. (CPAC screenshot)
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 1,969 new cases today, with the seven-day average of daily cases across the province increasing today by 2 to 1,889. Today’s total case count includes potentially over-reported cases from Toronto Public Health as that health unit migrates to Ontario’s Case and Contact Management system.
The province is reporting 11 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant, as well as the first case in Ontario of the B.1.351 South Africa variant, which has been detected in a resident of Peel Region — although it remains a mystery how the resident contracted the new strain.
“This case has no history of travel and no known contact with a person who has travelled,” said Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, at a media briefing at Queen’s Park on Monday (February 1), adding that Peel Public Health is continuing to investigate the case.
Dr. Williams says the South Africa variant appears to have a “higher viral load”, meaning it is more transmissible, but that it’s still unknown whether the variant causes more severe illness.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 25 new cases to report — the majority of them in Kawartha Lakes — and 32 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region decreasing by 9 to 103. There has been 1 new COVID-19 death in Northumberland.
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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (886), Peel (330), and York (128).
There are double-digit increases in Durham (90), Windsor-Essex (72), Niagara (61), Waterloo (60), Halton (55), Middlesex-London (47), Hamilton (39), Simcoe Muskoka (36), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (36), Ottawa (25), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (19), Chatham-Kent (15), Southwestern (15), and Eastern Ontario (14), with smaller increases in Lambton (9) and Thunder Bay (7).
The remaining 15 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 7 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 50% are among people 40 and older, with the highest number of cases (695) among people ages 20-39, followed by 612 cases among people ages 40-59 and 280 cases among people 19 and younger.
With 2,132 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to 90.7%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 1.5% to 5.2%, meaning that 52 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 31.
Ontario is reporting 36 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 19 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 54 new daily deaths over the past week.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 1 from yesterday to 1,158, but this number may be under-reported as more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has decreased by 2 to 354, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 8 to 260.
A total of 30,359 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 3,965 to 11,651.
A total of 341,900 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 2,256 from yesterday, with 70,293 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,444 from yesterday.
There are 7 new cases in Ontario schools, an increase of 6 from January 29, including 5 student cases, 1 staff case, and 1 case among an unidentified person. There are 18 new cases in licensed child care settings in Ontario, a decrease of 7 from January 29, with 14 cases among children and 4 cases among staff.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 25 new cases to report, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, 2 in Haliburton, 1 in Peterborough, and 1 in Hastings Prince Edward.
There has been 1 new COVID-related death in Northumberland.
There is 1 new student case to report at Leslie Frost Public School in Lindsay.
New outbreaks were declared at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay on January 29, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope on January 30, and Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden on January 31.
A total of 32 cases have been resolved, including 16 in Peterborough, 13 in Kawartha Lakes, and 3 in Northumberland.
There are currently 103 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 9 from yesterday, including 53 in Kawartha Lakes, 33 in Peterborough, 11 in Northumberland, 4 in Haliburton, and 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville).
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 545 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (504 resolved with 8 deaths), 452 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (371 resolved with 41 deaths), 370 in Northumberland County (350 resolved with 9 deaths), 50 in Haliburton County (46 resolved with no deaths), and 367 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (360 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Northumberland on February 1.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays. These numbers include January 31 and February 1.
Confirmed positive: 545 (increase of 1) Active cases: 33 (decrease of 15) Close contacts: 63 (decrease of 12) Deaths: 8 (no change) Resolved: 504 (increase of 16) Hospitalizations (total to date): 23 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 41,600 (increase of 100) Outbreaks: The Regency retirement home in Lakefield, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change)
*As of February 1, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 7 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (a decrease of 6) and 12 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive (no change).
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays. These numbers include January 31 and February 1.
Confirmed positive: 872, including 452 in Kawartha Lakes, 370 in Northumberland, and 50 in Haliburton (increase of 23, including 19 in Kawartha Lakes, 2 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton)* Active cases: 68, including 53 in Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Northumberland, and 4 in Haliburton (net increase of 5) Probable cases: 3 in Kawartha Lakes (decrease of 3, including 2 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland) High-risk contacts: 124, including 68 in Kawartha Lakes, 34 in Northumberland, and 14 in Haliburton (net decrease of 6)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 33, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (no change)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 50, including 41 in Kawartha Lakes and 9 in Northumberland (increase of 1 in Northumberland) Resolved: 767, including 371 in Kawartha Lakes, 350 in Northumberland, 46 in Haliburton (increase of 16, including 13 in Kawartha Lakes and 3 in Northumberland) Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, Warkworth Place long-term care home in Warkworth, Caressant Care Mary Street retirement home in Lindsay, Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope, Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden (increase of 3)****
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**This total includes an additional 8 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of February 1, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (no change).
****Outbreaks were declared at Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay on January 29, Regency long-term care home in Port Hope on January 30, and Hyland Crest long-term care home in Minden on January 31.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 367 (increase of 1) Active cases: 2 (increase of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 360 (increase of 1) Tests completed: 46,611 (increase of 99) Vaccines administered: 1,000 (increase of 277) Institutional outbreaks: Trent Valley Lodge long-term care home in Trenton (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 270,180 (increase of 1,969)* 7-day average of new cases: 1,889 (increase of 2) Resolved: 244,939 (increase of 2,132, 90.7% of all cases) Positivity rate: 5.2% (increase of 1.5%) Hospitalized: 1,158 (decrease of 1)** Hospitalized and in ICU: 354 (decrease of 2) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 260 (increase of 8) Deaths: 6,224 (increase of 36) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,614 (increase of 19) Total tests completed: 9,703,876 (increase of 30,359) Tests under investigation: 11,651 (decrease of 3,965) Vaccination doses administered: 341,900 (increase of 2,256) People fully vaccinated (two doses): 70,293 (increase of 1,444) Total COVID-19 variant cases: 69 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 11)
*This total includes potentially over-reported cases from Toronto Public Health as that health unit migrates to Ontario’s Case and Contact Management system.
**This total may be under-reported as more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from January 1 – January 31, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from January 1 – January 31, 2021. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from January 1 – January 31, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from January 1 – January 31, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
Investigators have located human remains following a fire at a rural home near Codrington north of Brighton in Northumberland County early Friday morning (January 29).
Northumberland OPP and Brighton fire department, with the help of the Cramahe Township and Trent Hills fire departments, responded shortly after 3:30 a.m. on Friday to the report of a fire at a home on Old Wooler Road between Lord Road and Grosjean Road, located around five kilometres southeast of Codrington.
When emergency crews arrived on the scene, the blaze had already fully engulfed the home.
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After the fire was completely extinguished, investigators located human remains within the structure.
An OPP media release states the identity of the victim is “unable to be confirmed at this time”.
The scene is currently being held by the OPP as the circumstances surrounding the fire remain under investigation.
Northumberland OPP’s Major Crime Unit is investigating the incident with the assistance from the Central Region Forensic Identification Services, the Office of the Fire Marshal, and the Office of the Chief Coroner.
Further information will be released once it becomes available.
The Don Skuce Memorial Music Collective, created to honour the late guitar luthier and former owner of Ed's Music Workshop in Peterborough (pictured), has announced the three winning songs of its inaugural song-writing contest to support Peterborough-area musicians. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)
Every now and then something that seemed like a great idea at the time becomes an even better idea when it’s acted upon.
Last year, Peterborough native Greg Wells, now a Los Angeles-based Grammy award-winning producer and musician, was looking for a meaningful way to honour his friend, the late Don Skuce.
Skuce, the former longtime owner of Ed’s Music Workshop in Peterborough and highly reputed guitar luthier, died in June 2018 at age 66 after a long battle with cancer.
The end result of Wells’ efforts led to the formation of the Don Skuce Memorial Music Collective that, at its heart, offers Peterborough-area musicians the opportunity to have a submitted original song recorded locally by producer James McKenty before being sent for final mixing and mastering, free of charge, by Wells at his Rocket Carousel Studio in Los Angeles.
That service, donated by a man who has produced music by Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Elton John, and Celine Dion, to name but a few, is well beyond the reach of local musicians.
And so the word went out promoting the first round of the contest, the result being more than 60 entries submitted for adjudication by a five-member board, its members including Wells’ friend and longtime Peterborough musician John Crown who worked at Ed’s as a teen and learned how to repair guitars in the process.
The winning songs by Emily Burgess, The Colton Sisters, and The Marshas will be mixed and mastered for free by Peterborough native Greg Wells, now a Grammy award-winning record producer musician in Los Angeles. (Photo: Greg Wells / Instagram)
“Peterborough wants to write songs and wants to have them heard,” says Crown, adding the response “far exceeded our expectations but in an entirely good way.”
Through January, board members listened to each entry on their own, made notes and, by group email discussion, reached a “pretty much unanimous” decision on the winning track, which was then forwarded to Wells for a listen.
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“I sent Greg the one we agreed on but I also sent him another one (that scored high) and asked ‘Who do you want to work on here?’ and he said ‘I want to work on both of them,'” says Crown.
“The two songs sent to him were stylistically similar. Greg got back to me and asked ‘Is there something else you heard that’s completely not like what these two other artists are doing?’ That’s when I sent him a third track.”
The end result is Wells will put his talents to work on three songs — one of which is so well recorded that it will go directly to him for a remix while the other two will be recorded by McKenty before heading off to Wells.
VIDEO: “Make It” performed by The Colton Sisters
The winning entries are as follows:
“I Didn’t Mean It” by Emily Burgess (co-written with Ryan Weber).
“Make It” by The Colton Sisters (written by Martha Colton and performed by Mary and Martha Colton).
“Eye Of The Storm” by The Marshas.
Once mixed and mastered by Wells, all three songs will remain the property of the selected artists.
Speaking to the response to the call for submissions, Crown says the ongoing pandemic may have played a part.
“A lot of times when you’re creating art, it’s a response to emotional things that you’re going through,” he reflects. “Given the nature of the lockdown and how it’s affecting how people feel, that opens the tap for creativity because things aren’t normal right now.”
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And then there was the diversity of the entries, with the music genres running the gamut from punk to country to rock to folk to electronica.
“One guy, who isn’t a singer and doesn’t play an instrument, spoke his lyrics in the rhythm he wanted us to hear it in,” says Crown, admitting the adjudication process was a challenge.
“The one thing I realized early on is I had to set aside any sort of leanings I had towards stylistic preference. I’m a pretty diverse listener. I had to look at it in terms of ‘What is interesting to me about this particular song?'”
Greg Wells (second from left) won a Grammy Award in 2019 for his production work on the soundtrack to the film “The Greatest Showman”, the best-selling album globally in 2018. (Screenshot via gregwells.net)
“It could be something in the lyrics or, chord wise, there could be movement going on that piqued my interest,” Crown adds. “For me it was about finding something that’s fresh and interesting.”
“If it had been a board made up of five other people, it could have been a completely different result. This (the result) isn’t us saying ‘This is good and everything else isn’t good.'”
As for the winning submissions, Crown says Burgess’ acoustic guitar-accompanied song “could go any number of ways depending on how it’s treated”, while The Colton Sisters’ song “is just a really pretty piece of music to listen to … beautifully harmonized.”
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While those two songs, says Crown, are “stylistically similar”, The Marshas’ entry, which is headed directly to Wells, “is absolutely” not in the same vein.
“It kind of reminded me of my early musical adventures … guys that get together, turn it up really loud, and punk-rock out for three minutes. It’s pretty rowdy. The demo they sent in was really guitar forward. It had a really menacing quality, super fun to listen to.”
The next submission round for the Don Skuce Memorial Music Collective will start soon, Crown says, coinciding with the launch of a Rob Wilkes-designed website dedicated to the project.
It’s up now for viewing at www.donskuce.com, but will be populated soon with much more information including the bios of winning artists, samples of the winning songs, and contest rules.
The winner or winners of round two will be announced June 1st.
Emily Burgess and Ryan Weber, who co-wrote the winning song “I Didn’t Mean It”, performing at the Hootenanny on Hunter Street in August 2015. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW)
Moving forward, only song entries entered through the website as MP3s or M4As will be judged. That will make it easier for the judges, says Crown.
“We spent half our time trying to gather everything and put it in one place. It was pretty clumsy.”
Crown adds that those who submitted a song for the first round are welcome to re-submit, but it counts as their one allowed submission for the round — a change from the first round when entrants were allowed to submit up to three songs.
One thing that won’t be available on the new website for listening are the songs submitted to the contest.
“When you create art, it’s kind of like showing up at kindergarten and realizing you left your pants at home,” says Crown, referencing the reasoning behind that decision. “It’s pretty exposed.”
Don Skuce at the now-closed Moondance Music in February 2018. He passed away in June 2018 at the age of 66 after a long battle with an incurable cancer. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)
Like Wells, Crown is determined to ensure the project doesn’t lose sight of its intended focus: to honour Skuce by recognizing his immense contributions to, and influence on, the local live music community over so many years.
“(Ed’s Music Workshop) was like an old-style mid 20th century barber shop,” Crown recalls.
“Any time I would go there, it wasn’t just people looking at guitars and amps. Most times it was people sitting on stools playing guitars and talking, maybe not even about anything musical. It could have been politics, it could have been the weather, it could have been stupid jokes. Ed’s was a cultural hub.”
“By doing what we’re doing here, it’s similar in that anybody with a connection to Peterborough or Don can jump on board and be involved. That’s pretty great.”
For updates on the Don Skuce Memorial Music Collective, visit www.donskuce.com.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 1,848 new cases today, including 1 more case of the UK variant, with the seven-day average of daily cases across the province decreasing today by 81 to 1,887.
Today’s total includes around 300 previous cases Toronto Public Health is reporting due to a data catch-up. Excluding these cases, today’s actual case count is around 1,548.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are no new cases to report in Hastings Prince Edward. Numbers for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton are unavailable today.
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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (726), Peel (306), and York (168).
There are double-digit increases in Niagara (87), Ottawa (55), Durham (55), Windsor-Essex (53), Simcoe Muskoka (52), Hamilton (49), Waterloo (48), Halton (47), Chatham-Kent (34), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (30), Eastern Ontario (19), Huron Perth (15), Thunder Bay (13), North Bay Parry Sound (10), Porcupine (10), and Middlesex-London (10), with smaller increases in Sudbury (9), Lambton (9), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (8), and Southwestern (8).
The remaining 11 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with 3 health units reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 51% are among people 40 and older, with the highest number of cases (673) among people ages 20-39, followed by 548 cases among people ages 40-59 and 271 cases among people ages 60-79.
With 2,313 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.2% to 90.5%. The average positivity rate across Ontario has increased by 0.4% to 3.7%, meaning that 37 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 30.
Ontario is reporting 43 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 21 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 55 new daily deaths over the past 7 days.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 114 from yesterday to 1,159, but this number may be under-reported as more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report. The number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs has increased by 3 to 356, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators has increased by 36 to 252.
A total of 49,352 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 15,847 to 15,616.
A total of 339,644 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 2,816 from yesterday, with 68,849 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 1,062 from yesterday.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, only Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is providing updates today. Numbers for Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Haliburton will be available on February 1.
There are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward today, with 1 additional resolved case.
There are currently 112 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region, a decrease of 1 from yesterday, including 48 in Peterborough, 47 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, 1 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Belleville), and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 544 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (488 resolved with 8 deaths), 433 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (358 resolved with 41 deaths), 369 in Northumberland County (347 resolved with 8 deaths), 48 in Haliburton County (46 resolved with no deaths), and 366 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (360 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on January 30.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays. Numbers for Peterborough are unavailable on January 31; these numbers are for January 30.
Confirmed positive: 544 (increase of 6) Active cases: 48 (increase of 1) Close contacts: 75 (no change) Deaths: 8 (no change) Resolved: 488 (increase of 5) Hospitalizations (total to date): 23 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 41,500 (increase of 50) Outbreaks: The Regency retirement home in Lakefield, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change)
*As of January 29, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 13 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 12 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive.
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays. These numbers are for January 30.
Confirmed positive: 850, including 433 in Kawartha Lakes, 369 in Northumberland, and 48 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)* Active cases: 63, including 47 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland) Probable cases: 6, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland (decrease of 1 in Kawartha Lakes) High-risk contacts: 130, including 64 in Kawartha Lakes, 46 in Northumberland, and 13 in Haliburton (net increase of 4)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 33, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 49, including 41 in Kawartha Lakes and 8 in Northumberland (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes) Resolved: 751, including 358 in Kawartha Lakes, 347 in Northumberland, 46 in Haliburton (increase of 11, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton) Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, Warkworth Place long-term care home in Warkworth, Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay (no change)
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**This total includes an additional 7 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 29, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 366 (no change) Active cases: 1 (decrease of 1) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 360 (increase of 1) Tests completed: 46,512 (increase of 3,825) Vaccines administered: 723 (no change) Institutional outbreaks: Trent Valley Lodge long-term care home in Trenton (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 268,211 (increase of 1,848)* 7-day average of new cases:: 1,887 (decrease of 81) Resolved: 242,807 (increase of 2,313, 90.5% of all cases) Positivity rate: 3.7% (increase of 0.4%) Hospitalized: 1,159 (decrease of 114)** Hospitalized and in ICU: 356 (increase of 3) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 252 (increase of 36) Deaths: 6,188 (increase of 43) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,595 (increase of 21) Total tests completed: 9,673,517 (increase of 49,352) Tests under investigation: 15,616 (decrease of 15,847) Vaccination doses administered: 339,644 (increase of 2,816) People fully vaccinated (two doses): 68,849 (increase of 1,062) Total COVID-19 variant cases: 58 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 1)
*This total includes around 300 previous cases Toronto Public Health is reporting today due to a data catch-up. Excluding these cases, today’s actual case count is around 1,548.
**This total may be under-reported as more than 10% of hospitals did not submit data for this report.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from December 31, 2020 – January 30, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from December 31, 2020 – January 30, 2021. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from December 31, 2020 – January 30, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from December 31, 2020 – January 30, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
Effective January 31, 2021, the cost of cash fares and passes on Peterborough Transit increases, as well as the cost of parking on-street and in municipal lots. (Photo: City of Peterborough)
Fares for Peterborough Transit and fees for municipal parking increase on Sunday (January 31).
The increases were included in the City of Peterborough’s 2021 budget, which was approved by city council on December 14th.
The cash fare for transit rises by 25 cents to $2.75. The cost of a 30-day pass for adults increases by $6 to $66, with 30-day passes for students and for seniors and children each increasing by $5 to to $60 and $45 respectively.
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The cost of a 10-ride pass rises by $3 to $25, with a family day pass increasing by $2 to $10. A six-month pass for seniors increases by $25 to $150, with a seniors’ annual pass increasing by $30 to $250.
The cost of a TransCab fare rises by $1 to $4.
The hourly rate for metered on-street parking and for most municipal parking lots increases by 25 cents to $1.50.
For the Hospital Drive parking lot, the 30-minute rate increases by 25 cents to 75 cents.
For the King Street Parkade and the Simcoe Street Garage, the hourly rate increases by 25 cents to $1.75. The cost of a monthly pass for both lots increases by $10, to $100 for the King Street Parkade and $85 for the Simcoe Street Garage.
The cost for a monthly pass at the Rehill parking lot increases by $4 to $46.
Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region.
Ontario is reporting 2,063 new cases today, including 6 more cases of the more contagious UK variant, with the seven-day average of daily cases across the province decreasing today by 43 to 1,968.
This total includes 230 cases Toronto Public Health is reporting from a previous date due to technical issues. Excluding these cases, today’s actual case count is 1,833.
In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 16 new cases to report and 19 additional cases resolved, with the number of active cases across the region remaining unchanged at 113. There has been 1 new COVID-19 death in Kawartha Lakes.
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Most of today’s new cases are in Toronto (713), Peel (379), and York (178).
There are double-digit increases in Durham (89), Hamilton (88), Ottawa (82), Niagara (79), Waterloo (71), Halton (55), Simcoe Muskoka (52), Middlesex-London (41), Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (34), Windsor-Essex (32), Thunder Bay (31), Eastern Ontario (28), Sudbury (14), Porcupine (11), Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (11), and Lambton (10), with smaller increases in North Bay Parry Sound (8), Algoma (7), Southwestern (7), Brant (7), Leeds, Grenville & Lanark (6), and Grey Bruce (6).
The remaining 9 health units are reporting 5 or fewer new cases, with only 1 health unit (Hastings Prince Edward) reporting no new cases at all.
Of today’s new cases, 52% are among people 40 and older, with the highest number of cases (745) among people ages 20-39, followed by 636 cases among people ages 40-59 and 291 cases among people ages 60-79.
With 2,623 more cases resolved since yesterday, the percentage of resolved cases has increased by 0.3% to 90.3%. The average positivity rate across Ontario remains unchanged 3.3%, meaning that 33 out of every 1,000 tests performed were positive for COVID-19 on January 29.
Ontario is reporting 73 new COVID-19 deaths today, including 24 in long-term care homes. Ontario has averaged 56 new daily deaths over the past 7 days.
Hospitalizations have decreased by 18 from yesterday to 1,273, with the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs decreasing by 7 to 353, and the number of patients with COVID-19 on ventilators decreasing by 55 to 216. A total of 59,594 tests were completed yesterday, with the backlog of tests under investigation decreasing by 8,990 to 31,463.
A total of 336,828 doses of vaccine have now been administered, an increase of 9,373 from yesterday, with 67,787 people fully vaccinated with both doses of vaccine, an increase of 6,108 from yesterday.
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In the greater Kawarthas region, there are 16 new cases to report, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes, 6 in Peterborough, and 1 in Northumberland. There are no new cases in Hastings Prince Edward or Haliburton.
There has been 1 new COVID-19 death in Kawartha Lakes, and 1 new hospitalization in Kawartha Lakes.
An additional 19 cases have been resolved, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Peterborough, 3 in Haliburton, 3 in Hastings Prince Edward, and 1 in Northumberland.
There are currently 113 active cases in the greater Kawarthas region (no net change from yesterday), including 48 in Peterborough, 47 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, 2 in Hastings Prince Edward (1 in Quinte West and 1 in Belleville), and 2 in Haliburton.
Since the pandemic began in the greater Kawarthas region, there have been 544 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (488 resolved with 8 deaths), 433 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (358 resolved with 41 deaths), 369 in Northumberland County (347 resolved with 8 deaths), 48 in Haliburton County (46 resolved with no deaths), and 366 in Hastings and Prince Edward counties (359 resolved with 5 deaths). The most recent death was reported in Kawartha Lakes on January 30.
The provincial data in this report is pulled from Ontario’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) at 12 p.m. the previous day. Data from local health units is more current and is usually reflected in the provincial data the following day. There may be discrepancies between the Ontario data reported today (which is from yesterday) and the local health unit data reported today (which is from today).
Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.
The health unit provides daily reports, including on weekends, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 544 (increase of 6) Active cases: 48 (increase of 1) Close contacts: 75 (no change) Deaths: 8 (no change) Resolved: 488 (increase of 5) Hospitalizations (total to date): 23 (no change)* Total tests completed: Over 41,500 (increase of 50) Outbreaks: The Regency retirement home in Lakefield, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough Retirement Residence (no change)
*As of January 29, Peterborough Regional Health Centre is reporting 13 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 12 patients transferred from other areas as a result of a provincial directive.
Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.
The health unit provides reports from Monday to Saturday, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 850, including 433 in Kawartha Lakes, 369 in Northumberland, and 48 in Haliburton (increase of 10, including 9 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland)* Active cases: 63, including 47 in Kawartha Lakes, 14 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 2, including 1 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland) Probable cases: 6, including 5 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Northumberland (decrease of 1 in Kawartha Lakes) High-risk contacts: 130, including 64 in Kawartha Lakes, 46 in Northumberland, and 13 in Haliburton (net increase of 4)** Hospitalizations (total to date): 33, including 23 in Kawartha Lakes, 8 in Northumberland, and 2 in Haliburton (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes)*** Deaths (including among probable cases): 49, including 41 in Kawartha Lakes and 8 in Northumberland (increase of 1 in Kawartha Lakes) Resolved: 751, including 358 in Kawartha Lakes, 347 in Northumberland, 46 in Haliburton (increase of 11, including 7 in Kawartha Lakes, 1 in Northumberland, and 3 in Haliburton) Institutional outbreaks: Hope St. Terrace long-term care home in Port Hope, Caressant Care McLaughlin Road long-term care home in Lindsay, Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, Warkworth Place long-term care home in Warkworth, Caressant Care retirement home in Lindsay (no change)
*The health unit states that total counts and counts for individual counties may fluctuate from previously reported counts as cases are transferred to or from the health unit based on case investigation details and routine data cleaning.
**This total includes an additional 7 high-risk contacts directly followed up through the Public Health Ontario contact tracing process that are missing the contacts’ county.
***As of January 29, Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reports 3 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.
The health unit provides daily reports, excluding statutory holidays.
Confirmed positive: 366 (no change) Active cases: 2 (decrease of 3) Deaths: 5 (no change) Currently hospitalized: 1 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change) Currently hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator (total to date): 0 (no change) Resolved: 359 (increase of 3) Tests completed: 42,687 (no change) Vaccines administered: 723 (no change) Institutional outbreaks: Trent Valley Lodge long-term care home in Trenton (no change)
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Province of Ontario
Confirmed positive: 266,363 (increase of 2,063)* 7-day average of new cases:: 1,968 (decrease of 43) Resolved: 240,494 (increase of 2,623, 90.3% of all cases) Positivity rate: 3.3% (no change) Hospitalized: 1,273 (decrease of 18) Hospitalized and in ICU: 353 (decrease of 7) Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 216 (decrease of 55) Deaths: 6,145 (increase of 73) Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 3,574 (increase of 24) Total tests completed: 9,624,165 (increase of 59,594) Tests under investigation: 31,463 (decrease of 8,990) Vaccination doses administered: 336,828 (increase of 9,373) People fully vaccinated (two doses): 67,787 (increase of 6,108) Total COVID-19 variant cases: 57 of B.1.1.7 UK variant (increase of 6)
*This total includes 230 cases Toronto Public Health is reporting from a previous date due to technical issues. Excluding these cases, today’s actual case count is 1,833.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario from December 30, 2020 – January 29, 2021. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from December 30, 2020 – January 29, 2021. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Ontario from December 30, 2020 – January 29, 2021. The red line is the daily number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of hospitalizations, the purple line is the daily number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs, and the dotted orange line is a five-day moving average of is a five-day moving average of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)COVID-19 deaths in Ontario from December 30, 2020 – January 29, 2021. The red line is the cumulative number of daily deaths, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of daily deaths. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
Friends John Millard and Waleed Abdulhamid bring together their very different cultural and musical backgrounds in "John & Waleed", a performance featuring both traditional and original music and storytelling. Public Energy is streaming the previously recorded performance online for free on January 31, 2021, following a real-time Q&A with the two musicians. (Supplied photo)
West meets East in Public Energy’s presentation of John & Waleed from Toronto’s Theatre Passe Muraille, streaming online for one night this Sunday (January 31).
The musical and storytelling show is written and performed by two friends: John Millard, a Toronto-based composer and singer-songwriter from Kitchener in Ontario, and Waleed Abdulhamid, a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist and composer from Khartoum in Sudan, Africa.
The two men, who met in 2008 as resident artists at Soulpepper at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, couldn’t be more different culturally and musically.
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Born in Hamilton and raised in Kitchener, Millard is of Scottish heritage. His mother was a singer in Scotland and his grandmother used to play organ for both the local Presbyterian and Anglican churches. With his father an ordained minister, Millard was raised in the Christian tradition but now describes himself as a non-believer. As well as composing for the theatre, Millard is a self-taught banjo-playing folk and bluegrass musician known for his bands The Polka Dogs and John Millard & Happy Day.
Born in Sudan, Abdulhamid began performing at the age of six and, by the age of 18, was a skilled musician who now plays around 20 instruments, including rare African and Middle East instruments such as the darabukka and balimbo. A practising Muslim, Abdulhamid lived in the U.S. and Europe before settling in Canada as a musician and educator in 1992. He is known for his powerful vocals, innovative bass technique, and jaw-dropping percussion skills.
In John & Waleed, the two men bring their cultural and musical differences together in a unique and compelling performance. They blend their backgrounds and musical skills, weaving traditional Canadian and Sudanese folk songs and their own compositions in a show that explores their different traditions and journeys. Between the tunes, sung in both English and Arabic, the two men tell their individual stories and the story of their friendship.
VIDEO: Promo for original 2015 “John & Waleed” production
The performance is not only a celebration of their lasting friendship, but a demonstration of the strength found in diversity and the unifying power of music in overcoming our differences.
John & Waleed was first presented in Toronto by Cahoots Theatre in 2015 and remounted in 2017 at Theatre Passe Muraille. The Globe and Mail called it a “delightful” show, adding, “As John & Waleed affirms, it’s the stories we tell about ourselves that break down those imagined walls and reveal how much our similarities outweigh our differences.”
The performance of John & Waleed was originally planned as a livestream but, due to the pandemic lockdown, has been previously recorded. It will be streamed online at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 31st via Public Energy’s website at publicenergy.ca/performance/john-waleed/.
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Following the performance, Millard and Abdulhamid will participate in a real-time virtual question-and-answer session with viewers.
This is a free event and no prior registration is required. However, in lieu of charging admission, Public Energy is asking viewers to consider a donation to their new Music Lessons For Newcomers Subsidy Fund.
The fund will be used to subsidize music and vocal lessons with professional teachers for newcomers to Canada who are unable to afford them. For more information and to donate, visit publicenergy.ca/support/music-lessons-for-newcomers-fund/.
VIDEO: Public Energy’s Bill Kimball in converation with John and Waleed
kawarthaNOW is pleased to be a long-time media sponsor of Public Energy Performing Arts.
During the lockdown, Rare restaurant in downtown Peterborough has temporarily changed its classic steak menu to offer comfort-style food for takeout. It's one of several pivots owners Tyler and Kassy Scott have made to adjust to the pandemic. Their menu, which changes weekly, is released on their website and social media accounts every Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Rare)
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, locally owned restaurants have been forced to weather unforeseen challenges that go along with restrictions and lockdowns.
This story is one of an ongoing series by kawarthaNOW in support of locally owned eateries.
Kassy and Tyler Scott, owners of Rare restaurant in downtown Peterborough, have taken it as an opportunity to demonstrate their resiliency. Rare has made multiple pivots to adapt to a challenging climate for restaurants.
After purchasing Rare (formerly Rare Grill House) from former owners Brad and Katie Watt in September of 2019, Kassy and Tyler made significant investments in rebranding and renovating the restaurant last January.
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“We had just reopened and were having some really busy nights,” Kassy recalls. “A month and a half later, we had to close our doors.”
Kassy says they initially tried to continue by offering takeout with their classic menu. They typically serve locally sourced steak and other fine-dining entrees, but quickly realized it didn’t work for takeout.
“No one wants to order a $50 steak cooked medium rare and then have it show up to their house, cooked more in the box,” explains Kassy. “We didn’t want to tarnish the quality of our food.”
Rare owners Tyler and Kassy Scott. Before the couple purchased the business from former owners Brad and Katie Watt in 2019, Tyler worked there as sous chef for six years. (Photo courtesy of Rare)
Then came their first major change. Tyler, who is also the restaurant’s chef, came up with the idea to condense the menu and begin offering comfort food, which travels much easier.
Kassy says some long-time customers initially didn’t understand why Rare couldn’t continue to offer steak.
“We’re doing this is so we can be standing at the end of this (pandemic) to offer what you loved so much about us,” she assures those customers. “We’re staying true to who we are — even when we’re changing our menu so dramatically.”
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Rare did get back to serving steak for a while over the summer, when the restaurant was permitted to open again for restricted indoor dining and outdoor patio dining.
The outdoor patio was another one of Rare’s pandemic pivots. Before COVID-19, Rare didn’t have a patio. Creating one was another challenging project for Kassy and Tyler, given Rare’s location and the space with which they had to work.
Nevertheless, they made it work. Not only did they transform their backlot into a patio, but it became a beautiful and popular space to dine. Many customers have said it reminded them of dining on patios in Europe.
Rare owner and chef Tyler Scott packages an order for takeout. Currently Tyler and his sous chef Andrew Orde prep, cook, pack up, and cash out all orders themselves. (Photo courtesy of Rare)
Along with all other restaurants, the current provincial lockdown has forced Rare to stop in-person dining once again. According to Kassy, she and Tyler have taken notes on their experiences during the first lockdown and are back to offering a condensed menu of comfort food.
Rare is currently open for lunch and dinner takeout on Thursdays and Fridays, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturdays, and for breakfast on Sundays along with a special hot-and-ready family dinner. (Editor’s note: Rare is closed on Sunday, January 31 for a staff mental health day.)
Rare is encouraging customers to use their new online ordering system to place takeout orders. Due to the lockdown, they’re currently operating with minimal staff — just Tyler and his sous chef Andrew Orde — who are sometimes too busy in the kitchen to answer phones.
“If you want to pre-order takeout, just include your pick-up time in the notes section,” says Kassy. “If for some reason there’s a problem with that pick-up time, we will call to reschedule.”
Kassy says they’re trying to make ordering takeout an “in-and-out experience.”
Rare employee Christina picking up food at Rare’s back door. Throughout the lockdown, all Rare employees eat for free. (Photo courtesy of Rare)
Customers come to Rare’s back door, knock, and an employee will come to let them inside. Only two customers are currently allowed in the building at a time. There is hand sanitizer at every entrance, and machines are sanitized after each use.
Kassy notes the pandemic has had a silver lining for Rare. When their sous chef Kylie Lawther left for her maternity leave, their long-time friend and chef Andrew Orde was available to step in.
“When Andrew was laid off from his job at Electric City Bread Company because of the pandemic, it was like a puzzle piece fitting together,” says Kassy. “He is so unbelievably talented.”
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Nevertheless, it has been a difficult time for those working in the restaurant industry. When the second lockdown was announced, Kassy says she and Tyler felt defeated, and resolved to use their platform to start a discussion about mental health.
They decided to partner with Jess Russell, who is currently running every street in Peterborough to raise awareness and funding for the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge. On January 28th (Bell Let’s Talk Day), Rare donated 30 per cent of their sales to the association’s mobile crisis intervention team in Peterborough, raising $1,000 to support people experiencing mental health crises.
“So many people silently suffer in this industry,” Kassy says. “When we saw what Jess was doing, it aligned with what we had been feeling. Now is the time to shine a light on mental health.”
Rare also sells freezer meals, which can be ordered on the Rare website and picked up at the restaurant’s back door. (Photo courtesy of Rare)
Kassy urges the community to continue showing support for local businesses and kindness to one another.
“That is what’s going to get us through this pandemic — kindness and love,” she says. “Any essential workers need your kindness right now.”
“You don’t have to order food from us to support us,” Kassy adds. Following and engaging with their social media pages is a great way to support a small business like Rare.
In addition to running their restaurant, Rare owners Tyler and Kassy Scott are raising their two young daughters. (Photo by Erin Caitlyn, supplied by Rare)
“We’re just so thankful for the support we’ve gotten from our community,” Kassy reflects.
“We’re thankful for the relationships we have with other downtown restaurant owners. It speaks to the community we live in.”
Rare is located at 166 Brock Street in downtown Peterborough. To view the menu and make an order, visit www.rareexperience.ca.
Atria Development purchased the former Peterborough YMCA building in 2014 to convert it into a 136-suite luxury apartment building. A giant construction crane has been installed at the site since summer 2019. (Photo: Atria Development)
George Street between Murray and Brock streets in downtown Peterborough will be closed to through traffic on Monday and Tuesday (February 1 and 2).
The closure is required so the giant crane at Y Lofts — the former Peterborough YMCA building that has been converted to a luxury apartment building — can be removed now that construction is complete.
Detour routes will be posted on McDonnel Street, Aylmer Street, and Brock Street.
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Businesses on George Street between Murray and Brock streets will remain open on Monday and Tuesday.
However, you will not be able to use the sidewalk on the west side of George Street between Murray and Brock streets as it will also be closed. The sidewalk on the east side of George Street between Murray and Brock streets will remain open.
Atria Development purchased the former Peterborough YMCA building in 2014 to convert it into a 136-suite luxury apartment building. A giant construction crane has been installed at the site since summer 2019. Construction was originally expected to be completed in the summer of 2020.
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