Pterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway (left) and PRHC Foundation board chair Gord McFarland (right) accept a cheque for $241,738.54 from incoming Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival chair Gina Lee, festival dragon Bill Thornton (in costume), and outgoing festival chair Michelle Thornton on September 18, 2019 at PRHC. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough's Dragon Boat Festival)
On Wednesday (September 18) at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), volunteers from the Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival organizing committee and Survivors Abreast dragon boat racing team presented a cheque for $241,738.54 to representatives of the hospital and the PRHC Foundation.
The funds were raised during this year’s Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival, which took place on June 8th at Del Crary Park in downtown Peterborough. The annual festival has now raised more than $3.6 million raised for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment at PRHC.
“It feels good to give back to your community and sharing that feeling with as many people and organizations that make the festival possible is important,” said outgoing festival chair Michelle Thornton.
“It is truly a pleasure to work with the talented, generous and enthusiastic members on the planning committee, as well as all of the participants and members of the community who donate their time and energy to the event as captains, paddlers, volunteers, and donors.”
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Thornton, who recently celebrated her five-year milestone as a breast cancer survivor, was also festival chair in 2018 and co-chair in 2017. In October, she is passing the leadership role to fellow Survivors Abreast member Gina Lee.
“Peterborough is a phenomenally giving community and I am grateful to have this opportunity to give back,” Lee said. “I have some big shoes to fill and very much look forward to the challenge.”
PRHC Foundation president and CEO Lesley Heighway said the proceeds of the 2019 Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival will be used in PRHC’s laboratory to support fast and accurate diagnosis of both breast cancer and other cancers.
Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival team captains, paddlers, sponsors, volunteers, and others participated in an interactive presentation where the 2019 donation amount was gradually revealed as photos of the festival were removed from the donation cheque. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival)
“Breast is just one of the cancers that this vital piece of technology will be used for,” Heighway said, noting that there would be no cancer care at the hospital without the laboratory. “PRHC’s lab processes more than 20,000 cancer-related cases annually. That number represents thousands of additional people who will benefit from the festival and its donors’ investment every single year.”
“We’re so grateful for the support of our partners Survivors Abreast and Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival, and to every one of the paddlers, donors, volunteers and sponsors who helped make this amazing event such a success.”
Breast cancer now affects one in eight women in her lifetime and experts predict that one of every two Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetimes. Heighway said waiting for and uncertainty about a diagnosis are two of the hardest things that cancer patients and their loved ones have to deal with, so technological innovation that provides fast and accurate diagnosis is a huge benefit.
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“Doctors rely on lab results to determine and confirm cancer diagnoses and treatment decisions,” she explained. “So we’re investing in new laboratory automation technology known as Cellavision, a laboratory system that performs automated digital cell mapping of bloodwork, allowing doctors to determine and confirm 100 per cent of cancer diagnoses and make treatment recommendations with less waiting time and uncertainty for patients and their loved ones.”
For the 18th year in a row, Kawartha Credit Union has been the festival’s platinum sponsor. Crystal Dayman, vice president of marketing and corporate communications, said that caring for others is one of the financial institution’s core values, which it demonstrates through donations and volunteering in the community.
“Being the platinum sponsor of Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival allows us to provide financial support while also participating in a fun event that unites Peterborough and surrounding areas in a common goal to improve local health care resources,” Dayman said.
Planning is already underway for the next Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival, marking the festival’s 20th anniversary. The 2020 event is scheduled for Saturday, June 13th at Del Crary Park.
The new Pedalboro party bike tours that allow participants to visit downtown Peterborough establishments via a 15-passenger bike is one example of cycle tourism. Downtown Peterborough, one of only five bike-friendly business areas in Ontario according to Ontario By Bike,is a natural location for bike-themed experiences. (Photo courtesy of Pedalboro)
“Tally-ho!”
It’s a call you may have heard on the streets of downtown Peterborough this summer, shortly before a light green 15-passenger bike rolled past full of people smiling, laughing, and pedalling to their next destination.
Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Lindsay Stroud, GreenUP Transportation & Urban Design Manager.
That is PedalBoro, a local company that started this summer, offering group cycling tours of Peterborough’s vibrant food and beverage scene.
The PedalBoro “Tally-ho!” is the most recent call in an ongoing effort to build cycle tourism in Peterborough and the Kawarthas.
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Benefits of cycle tourism
A key benefit of cycle tourism is that it can boost spending in downtown business areas. Cycling downtown encourages you to slow down and pay attention to your surroundings. In this way, cycle tourism shows off the amazing downtown businesses that residents and tourists might not otherwise appreciate.
“PedalBoro is creating a chance for groups of people to rediscover downtown Peterborough in a whole new way,” says Hillary Flood, co-owner of PedalBoro, Peterborough’s 15-passenger party bike.
“We find that many of our pedallers leave our tour feeling more connected to our city’s core. They are always commenting on how vibrant the downtown is and how they plan to come back to explore. Even after a tour, 89 per cent of our guests spend additional time in the downtown supporting local restaurants and pubs.”
According to PedalBoro co-owner Hillary Flood, 89 per cent of guests spend additional time in the downtown supporting local restaurants and pubs. (Photo courtesy of Pedalboro)
It’s not just local residents who are jumping on board the new party bike: 60 per cent of PedalBoro’s tours host guests from out of town, and 48 per cent of those are overnight tourists.
The typical cycle tourist stays longer (3.4 nights versus 3.1) and spends more on average per trip than other visitors ($255 per trip versus $171 per trip).
Each year in Ontario, there are almost two million bike visitors, and they are collectively responsible for $428 million in spending.
Cycling and tourism are a win-win combination. Visitors enjoy a healthy trip, while our local economy benefits from increased spending without the adverse impacts of increased traffic from cars.
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Building cycle tourism
Have you ever wondered how Peterborough and the Kawarthas have become known as a prime cycling destination in Ontario? The answer might surprise you.
It all starts with how we — local residents and business owners — embrace bike-friendly culture as part of our daily lives. Only after that can our communities effectively attract cycle tourists.
In 2011, Ontario By Bike (www.ontariobybike.ca) began bike-friendly certification for businesses that offer cycling information, secure lock-up areas, access to washrooms, water and healthy local food.
There are now over 1,500 certified bicycle-friendly business across Ontario, and the bike-friendly businesses in Peterborough are leading the way. In 2018, Ontario By Bike recognized Peterborough’s downtown area as one of only five “Bicycle-Friendly Business Areas” in the province.
VIDEO: Experience Cycling in Peterborough & the Kawarthas
As our bike infrastructure improves, cycle tourism grows. Bike rentals have doubled at Wild Rock Outfitters in downtown Peterborough this year, and visitors often comment on how easy and fun it is to explore the area by bike, starting with the new bike lanes on George Street.
Tourists are also attracted to our city because it is a hub of cycling routes. Trails within Peterborough offer scenic routes connected to the Great Trail (also known as the Trans Canada Trail) that give access to destinations further afield, like Lakefield, Lindsay, Campbellford, and even Ottawa.
Many cyclists, however, prefer to take their trips on scenic country roads instead of trails. With this in mind, in 2015 Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism partnered with Shimano Canada and worked with local cyclists to develop three double-loop, signed cycling routes known as the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Classics. In 2019 alone, approximately 600 visitors reached out to the visitor centre about these routes.
Another way to build cycle tourism is by hosting events. For example, the Peterborough Cycling Club and partners successfully bid to host the 2018 Shimano Canadian Cyclocross Championships. Over 700 participants registered from seven provinces and three states, resulting in approximately $225,000 in spending in our city. Peterborough is once again hosting this event on November 2 and 3, 2019. Organizers expect even larger crowds this year.
The road forward
Peterborough’s quiet rural roads–with picturesque countryside, waterfront vistas, and nature around every corner–are a special attraction for road cyclists. (Photo: Kris Sieber / Peterborough Cycling Club)
When it comes to cycling tourism, there is still plenty of room for improvement.
For example, Ontario residents account for the majority of cycling visits in our province (84 per cent). That means we are not attracting many tourists from outside Ontario. Remember that Ontario gets just shy of two million cycle tourists and $428 million in spending per year. Compare that to Quebec, which gets over $700 million in cycling tourism spending and 1.6 million guest nights exclusively from visitors outside of Quebec.
“Why do I go to Quebec every summer to ride my bike?” asks Marilyn Freeman, avid cycle tourist and vice-chair of the Peterborough Bicycle Advisory Committee. “A variety of terrain, bike-friendly infrastructure, and a culture that welcomes people on bikes.”
“Just look at the economic success of Le P’tit Train du Nord. When the rail trail was built, formerly almost-dead ski villages and towns became alive again with the money and energy that bike tourism brought in. Bikes can do that! Just think of what can happen if we paved the shoulders on Highway 7 from Lindsay to Ottawa.”
The County of Peterborough has recently committed through their Active Transportation Master Plan to paving shoulders on many of our roads to make them more welcoming for cyclists.
Ongoing efforts like this to build bike-friendly culture and infrastructure will continue to make our communities healthier and also more welcoming for bicycle tourists.
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In 2018 the provincial voice for cycling, Share the Road, released an infographic titled Bikes Can Do That! It details seven benefits that can be achieved when bikes become the daily vehicle of choice for more people in your community.
If you’d like to contribute ideas to the #BikesCanDoThat series, please contact Lindsay Stroud, Manager of Transportation and Urban Design Programs at GreenUP, at 705-745-3238 or lindsay.stroud@greenup.on.ca.
A scene from "The Midnight Sun", a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone written by Rod Serling, in which two women try to cope with increasingly oppressive heat in a nearly abandoned city after Earth has been knocked out of its orbit and is slowly falling into the sun. It is one of two episodes that will be recreated for the stage at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough on September 20, 2019. (Photo: CBS Productions)
Submitted for your approval: a secret place in a familiar town, where theatrics of the past mingle with concepts of tomorrow. Located 45 minutes from nowhere, but as close as your back yard, up the alley and through the door, The Theatre on King is entering … The Twilight Zone.
Continuing an annual tradition of popular serials, this year the folks at The Theatre on King (TTOK) are recreating scripts from the classic television series The Twilight Zone. Under the banner “The Semi-Darkness Place”, the first two episodes will be presented on Friday, September 20th, with Derek Weatherdon presenting “The Midnight Sun” and Kelsey Gordon Powell directing the fan favourite “It’s a Good Life”.
Serials at TTOK has become an important part of the theatre’s culture, with the TTOK’s genesis deriving out of their serialized presentation of Pennies From Heaven. Later serials have included Young Frankenstein, The X-Files, and The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T.
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Organized this year by actor Kelsey Gordon-Powell, bringing The Twilight Zone to the stage was an original, although obvious, idea.
“I’ve wanted to be part of the serials for a while now, and with The Twilight Zone there are so many great ideas,” says Kelsey. “There are so many great scripts that would work well on stage and it’s a good way to get other artists involved.”
Created by award-winning writer and TV pioneer Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone pushed the boundaries of conventional television when it made its debut in 1959. Weaving together elements of science fiction, fantasy, and the macabre, The Twilight Zone presented a fantasy world centred solidly in reality, but with bizarre happenings and twist endings.
Rod Serling not only appeared as the narrator of “The Twilight Zone” but wrote more than half of scripts for the episodes of the original black-and-white series, which ran from 1959 to 1964. (Photo: CBS Productions)
Overseen by Serling, who not only appeared as narrator of the series but wrote more than half of the episodes, a team of celebrated writers including Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, and Jerry Sohl created fantasy stories that dealt with some heavy topics rarely or never been explored on television before.
Instantly popular with viewers, The Twilight Zone also became a showcase for new actors who would later become household names, as well as aging Hollywood actors finding new careers on television. The show would be revived multiple times on television and in film, but the original series which ran until 1964 remains to be the best remembered and most loved.
“The Twilight Zone is one of the most important shows in TV history,” Kelsey points out. “It came at the right time. On TV at that point, there was absolutely nothing thought provoking.”
“The people who love The Twilight Zone are people with inquisitive minds, people who are willing to push themselves into their own imagination, and people who could look at what things could be instead of what they aware — or on the other hand look at things as what they are instead of what they could be. It spoke to that.”
“On every episode of The Twilight Zone, they were commenting on issues that never went away. Every episode deals with something we can apply to our contemporary life. The more you direct and perform in it, the more you realize it’s true.”
Two episodes of The Twilight Zone will be staged at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough on Friday, September 20th, with another two staged on Friday, October 25th, with performances at 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door or pay what you can. (Graphic: The Theatre on King)
For the first episode on Friday night, Planet 12’s Derek Weatherdon presents Rod Serling’s classic chiller “The Midnight Sun”, featuring Robyn Smith and Kelsey Gordon Powell alongside Dani Breau, Mark Hiscox, and Sorsie McQuarrie in their TTOK stage debuts.
“The Midnight Sun is about an ecological catastrophe where Earth is knocked off its orbit and it’s moving towards the sun,” Kelsey states. “It sounds a little bit familiar to what we are facing today.”
For the second episode, Kelsey is directing Serling’s “It’s a Good Life”, based on a 1953 short story by Jerome Bixby. Deemed one of the all-time classic episodes of The Twilight Zone, Kelsey directs Caoimhe McQuarrie as a terrifying child with unlimited powers, alongside Matt Gilbert, Robyn Smith, Shannon McKenzie, Den Smith, Luke Foster, and Ashley McQuarrie.
In describing his vision of the classic tale, Kelsey alludes to the political crisis currently going on in the United States.
“It’s a Good Life is about a child who nobody can tell ‘no’ too, and has absolute power over everyone around him,” Kelsey says with a grin. “That might sound familiar too. Both episodes go well together, because they are issues we are dealing with: absolute fascism and ecological catastrophe. But they are done with the tongue-and-cheek style of Rod Serling that I love.”
A scene from “It’s a Good Life”, a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone written by Rod Serling based on a short story by Jerome Bixby, about a six-year-old boy with godlike mental powers. It is one of two episodes that will be recreated for the stage at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough on September 20, 2019. (Photo: CBS Productions)
Of course The Twilight Zone wouldn’t be complete without the stoic and mysterious presence of Rod Serling, who will be played in all the episodes by TTOK artistic director Ryan Kerr.
The Twilight Zone returns on Friday, October 25th when Shannon McKenzie directs Serling’s “Five Characters in Search of an Exit”. A haunting and strange tale with a classic twist ending, her cast includes Dan Smith as the clown, Luke Foster as the hobo, Robyn Smith as the ballerina, Naomi DuVall as the bagpiper, and Kelsey as the major.
“I never saw an episode of The Twilight Zone when I was asked to direct,” Shannon admits. “I’ve seen about eight episodes now. I figured out the twist ending before it ended, but we are making a few changes.”
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The October 25th performance will be paired with a yet-to-be-announced episode. Kelsey says, if the performances prove popular, the series could continue through the winter.
“If people have an appetite for this, there is a chance that we could keep doing it. It’s a niche, but it’s a strong niche. People who love The Twilight Zone really love it.”
“The Twilight Zone was a thinking show,” he adds. “It was always about being challenging to the audience, and the people who liked being challenged responded to that.”
Come take a walk into The Twilight Zone on Friday, September 20th, and again on Friday, October 25th. Both episodes are performed at 8 p.m., and again at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door or pay what you can.
The Netflix original film "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie" follows fugitive Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), pictured here in the final episode of the AMC television series "Breaking Bad", as he runs from his captors, the law, and his past. Written and directed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, the so-called "Netflix television event" is coming to Netflix Canada on October 11th. (Photo: Ursula Coyote/AMC)
Every month, kawarthaNOW is the only local media source to bring you a list of what’s coming to Netflix Canada.
Likely because of upcoming competition from new streaming services, including Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus, Netflix is ramping up its content in October, releasing something on almost every day of the week.
One of the big draws on Netflix this month is being heralded as a “Netflix television event”: the October 11th release of the Netflix original El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Written and directed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, the movie follows fugitive Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) as he runs from his captors, the law, and his past.
VIDEO: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Other arrivals of note include the next episode of My Next Guest with David Letterman featuring Shah Rukh Khan (no date specified), season four of the Netflix original series Riverdale (Oct. 10), the biographical comedy-drama The Laundromat starring Merly Streep and directed by Steven Soderbergh (Oct. 18), the Netflix original comedy series Living With Yourself starring Paul Rudd (Oct. 18), and season two of the Netflix original comedy series The Kominksy Method with Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin (Oct. 25).
New Netflix original series include the immigrant documentary Living Undocumented (Oct. 2); the superhero thriller Raising Dion (Oct. 4); the post-apocalyptic teen comedy Daybreak (Oct. 24); and the realty prank show Prank Encounters hosted by Gaten Matarazzo of Stranger Things (Oct. 25).
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Returning Netflix series include season two of Carmen Sandiego (Oct. 1); season two of Rotten (Oct. 2); season three of Big Mouth (Oct. 4); season five of Peaky Blinders (Oct. 4); and season two of Insatiable (Oct. 11).
Other returning series include season four of Outlander (Oct. 4), season eight of Suits (Oct. 18), season 12 of Heartland (Oct. 7), season seven of Wentworth (Oct. 31), season three of Kim’s Convenience (Oct. 20), season five of Schitt’s Creek (Oct. 9), and season three of Workin’ Moms (Oct. 25).
Most of the horror films coming to Netflix for Hallowe’en month are Netflix original films, including In The Tall Grass (Oct. 4), Eli (Oct. 18), and Rattlesnake (Oct. 25).
Theatrically released films this month include: I Spit on Your Grave 1 and 2, Contagion, Girls Trip, Seven (Oct. 1); Batteries Not Included, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Fried Green Tomatoes (Oct 2.); District 9 (Oct. 4); Despicable Me 3 (Oct. 5); Dennis the Menace, Citizen Kane (Oct. 15); Only the Brave (Oct. 21); and Ant-Man (Oct. 23).
VIDEO: New to Netflix Canada in October
Here’s the complete list of everything coming to Netflix Canada in October, along with what’s leaving.
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Coming in October (no release date specified)
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan (Netflix original) – The late-night king interviews the king of Bollywood, celebrated Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan.
Tuesday, October 1st
Carmen Sandiego: Season 2 (Netflix family) – The stakes are higher than ever for Carmen, Ivy and Zack as V.I.L.E. unleashes a host of dastardly new villains while A.C.M.E. closes in.
Nikki Glaser: Bangin’ (Netflix original) – Following her popular set on Season 1 of Netflix’s The Standups, Nikki Glaser is back with her first hour long Netflix original comedy special, Bangin’. Launching globally on October 1, Nikki keeps the audience at the edge of their seat as she delves into taboo topics like sex and … sex. The gloves are off as she pushes back at the unreal sexual expectations women face with her hilarious, no-holds-barred style.
A.M.I.
Agent: Season 1
Amityville: The Awakening
Contagion
Find Yourself: Season 1
Girls Trip
I Spit on Your Grave
I Spit on Your Grave 2
Seven
Sinister Circle
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
The Rolling Stones: Olé Olé Olé! A Trip Across Latin America
The Swan Princess
Wednesday, October 2nd
Living Undocumented (Netflix original) – From executive producer Selena Gomez, Living Undocumented follows eight undocumented immigrant families who volunteered to tell their stories at great personal risk, revealing the high cost many must pay to try and live the American dream.
Ready to Mingle (Solteras) (Netflix original) – After the man she thought she’d marry breaks up with her, Ana joins a class for single women who are in search of a husband.
Rotten: Season 2 (Netflix original) – Explore the secrets behind sugar and chocolate, the true cost of avocados and bottled water, and the changing world of wine and marijuana edibles.
Batteries Not Included
The Best Man Holiday
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Elizabeth
Fried Green Tomatoes
Kim’s Convenience: Season 3
Liar Liar
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Thursday, October 3rd
Seis Manos (Netflix anime) – Set in Mexico in the 1970’s era, Seis Manos centers on three orphaned martial arts warriors who join forces with a DEA agent and a Mexican Federal to battle for justice after their beloved mentor is murdered on the streets of their tiny border town.
Friday, October 4th
Big Mouth: Season 3 (Netflix original) – In Season 3, Big Mouth focuses on what’s like to be going through puberty now. The show continues exploring human sexuality and everything around it, tackling issues such as cell phone addiction, female anger, the vast spectrum of sexuality, Adderall abuse, dick pics, toxic masculinity, and of course “how to have an orgasm.” As the end of seventh grade rapidly approaches, Thandie Newton shakes things up as Missy’s new Hormone Monstress, and Ali Wong joins the cast as a new student who makes everyone at Bridgeton Middle question their sexuality. The season culminates with a superhero showdown that brings long simmering tensions to a head and tests even the strongest friendships.
District 9
El Dragón: Return of a Warrior (Netflix original) – To replace his grandfather as head of a cartel, a Tokyo financier returns to his home country of Mexico, where he must battle two rivals for control.
In the Tall Grass (Netflix original) – When siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young boy lost within a field of tall grass, they venture in to rescue him, only to become ensnared themselves by a sinister force that quickly disorients and separates them. Cut off from the world and unable to escape the field’s tightening grip, they soon discover that the only thing worse than getting lost is being found. Based on the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill.
Outlander: Season 4
Peaky Blinders: Season 5 (Netflix original) – As the Shelbys grapple with the 1929 stock market crash, Tommy confronts new threats to his power from younger family members and fascist rivals.
Raising Dion (Netflix original) – Raising Dion follows the story of a woman named Nicole (Alisha Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (newcomer Ja’Siah Young) after the death of her husband, Mark (Michael B. Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Jason Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.
Super Monsters: Season 3 (Netflix family) – The fun-loving Super Monsters learn new lessons — and make new friends — while exploring the world around them in Pitchfork Pines.
Super Monsters: Vida’s First Halloween (Netflix family) – The Super Monsters share their Halloween traditions with Vida, then get invited to a Día de los Muertos party in the Howlers’ backyard.
Saturday, October 5th
Despicable Me 3
Legend Quest: Masters of Myth (Netflix family) – When mythical creatures come to life, it’s up to Leo, Teodora, Don Andrés and Alebrije — super-secret monster hunters — to save the day.
Monday, October 7th
Heartland: Season 12
Justice League
Match! Tennis Juniors (Netflix original) – A tennis prodigy battles the odds to excel on the court while balancing schoolwork and inspiring fellow players on his team.
Tuesday, October 8th
Deon Cole: Cole Hearted (Netflix original) – Chicago’s own Deon Cole is relentlessly hilarious in his first hour-long Netflix original comedy special, Deon Cole: Cole Hearted. Doubling down on his unrestrained and engaging set from the Netflix stand-up comedy series, The Standups, Cole beta tests bottomless jokes about offering mints to strangers, dining while Black, post-sex salutations and the preservation of comedy as the last raw form of expression.
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween (Netflix family) – When Halloween is declared illegal, best friends Harold and George search for a clever way to fight back against the outrageous new law.
Wednesday, October 9th
Rhythm + Flow (Netflix original) – Judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and Tip T.I. Harris search for the next breakout hip-hop star in this music competition series. Starting October 9, new episodes of Rhythm + Flow will roll out each Wednesday, with different phases of the competition featured across 10 episodes.
Schitt’s Creek: Season 5
Thursday, October 10th
Riverdale: Season 4 (Netflix original, weekly episodes) – Dark teen series Riverdale returns for its fourth season, now with its teenagers getting ready for senior year.
Ultramarine Magmell (Netflix anime) – Decades after the sudden birth of a new continent, a young rescuer-for-hire provides aid to adventurers exploring this dangerous, uncharted world.
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Friday, October 11th
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Netflix television event) – Written and directed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, El Camino follows fugitive Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) as he runs from his captors, the law, and his past.
The Forest of Love (Netflix original) – Auteur Sion Sono helms the fictionalized retelling of how one charismatic leader led his followers down a bizarre, gruesome, deadly and depraved path.
Fractured (Netflix original) – Driving home after a tense holiday weekend with his in-laws, Ray Monroe (Sam Worthington), a well-meaning but overwhelmed family man, pulls into a rest area with his wife Joanne (Lily Rabe) and daughter Peri (Lucy Capri). The trip takes a turn for the worse when Peri is hurt in an accident and the family rushes to a nearby emergency room run by a staff with dubious intentions. After being sent away for further testing Peri and Joanne vanish and all records of their visit disappear. Ray’s concern turns into a desperate race to find his family and discover the truth of what happened to them.
Haunted: Season 2 (Netflix original) – In an all-new season of true-life terror, real people recount unsettling run-ins with demons, ghosts and more, as told via dramatic reenactments.
Insatiable: Season 2 (Netflix original) – In season two of Insatiable we find Patty dealing with, well, a lot. Her past is haunting her, and her struggle to be “good” is becoming harder and harder each day as she battles her inner demons. And Bob – well – he’s helping her cover up Christian’s murder, but just how far will his loyalties go? Will he continue to allow his romantic relationships, his career ambitions, and his integrity to take a beating, just to help Patty pursue her pageant dreams? And when beauty queens start going missing, who’s to blame? Patty’s rage? Or is there more at play?
La influencia (Netflix original) – Back in her childhood home to care for her comatose mother, Alicia is forced to face a past she thought she’d buried and a body that refuses to die.
Plan Coeur: Season 2 (Netflix original) – Four months after bidding farewell to her BFFs, Elsa stages her return to Paris. But guilty secrets take a toll on her love life and her friendships.
The Awakenings of Motti Wolenbruch (Netflix original) – Pressured to marry a nice Orthodox Jewish woman, Motti is thrown for a loop when he falls for classmate Laura, who his mother will never approve of.
YooHoo to the Rescue: Season 2 (Netflix family) – In a series of magical missions, quick-witted YooHoo and his can-do crew travel the globe to help animals in need.
Saturday, October 12th
Banlieusards (Netflix original) – Noumouké, 15, must decide which of his brothers’ footsteps he’ll follow: law student Soulaymaan or mobster Demba. Directed by Kery James and Leïla Sy.
Tuesday, October 15th
Citizen Kane
Dennis the Menace
Wednesday, October 16th
Ghosts of Sugar Land (Netflix original) – A group of suburban Muslim friends trace the disappearance of their friend “Mark”, who is suspected of joining ISIS.
Thursday, October 17th
THE UNLISTED (Netflix family) – Identical twin brothers Dru and Kal uncover a secret government plot to control and track Australia’s students.
Friday, October 18th
The Yard (Avlu) (Netflix original) – After a fateful domestic clash, a devoted mother finds herself in prison and fighting to survive in hopes of reuniting with her daughter.
Baby: Season 2 (Netflix original) – Chiara and Ludovica find their lives spinning out of control as they navigate relationships, high school dramas and new corners of Rome’s underworld.
Eli (Netflix original) – Eli is the story of a young boy (Charlie Shotwell) plagued with an unknown, debilitating illness that requires him to live completely sealed off from the outside world. After exhausting every option, his parents (Kelly Reilly and Max Martini) put their trust – and his life – in the hands of a doctor (Lili Taylor) whose experimental, cutting edge treatments at her clean house facility may hold Eli’s last hope. As Eli undergoes the tremendously intense process that could potentially cure him, he begins to be haunted by experiences that make him question who he can trust and what is lurking inside the house. Co-starring Sadie Sink.
Interior Design Masters (Netflix original) – Aspiring interior designers transform a variety of spaces from dowdy to delightful as they vie for a life-changing contract with a top London hotel.
The House of Flowers: Season 2 (Netflix original) – The de la Mora family grieves a loss while trying to recover sold businesses, plotting revenge and entangling themselves in romantic disasters.
The Laundromat (Netflix original) – A widow (Meryl Streep) investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas) exploiting the world’s financial system. Steven Soderbergh directs.
Living with Yourself (Netflix original) – An inventive existential comedy that asks: do we really want to be better? Miles (Paul Rudd) is a man struggling in life. When he undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, he finds he’s been replaced by a new and improved version of himself. As he deals with the unintended consequences of his actions, Miles finds he must fight for his wife (Aisling Bea), his career, and his very identity. Told from multiple perspectives, the eight-episode series was created and written by Emmy Award winner Timothy Greenberg (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (The Battle of the Sexes, Little Miss Sunshine) and stars Paul Rudd and… Paul Rudd.
MeatEater: Season 8 (Netflix original) – Steve’s journeys in search of such delicious game meat as venison and mutton take him as far afield as Mexico and Alaska.
Mighty Little Bheem: Diwali (Netflix family) – From decorating his home to devouring sweets, join Bheem as he makes merry — and a bit of mischief — while the festival of lights is in full swing.
Seventeen (Netflix original) – To find his therapy dog, a 17-year-old escapes from juvie and embarks on a journey of reconnection with his brother and grandmother through Cantabria.
Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales Collection 2 (Netflix family) – The fun continues for Lucky and her friends with more adventure than ever before. Wherever they go, it’s quite a ride — and you get to come along!
Suits: Season 8 New Episodes
Tell Me Who I Am (Netflix original) – After losing his memory at age 18, Alex Lewis relies on his twin brother Marcus to teach him who he is. But the idyllic childhood Alex paints is hiding a traumatic family secret that the twins must finally face together decades later.
Toon: Seasons 1-2 (Netflix original) – Reclusive, socially awkward jingle composer Toon must navigate the nightmarish world of show biz after a viral video skyrockets him to fame.
Unnatural Selection (Netflix original) – Pioneers in gene-editing techniques and artificial intelligence confront ethical and technological challenges unlike any humanity has faced before.
Upstarts (Netflix original) – Upstarts, is a bromance about three college graduates from small-town India, captivated by the startup mania sweeping the country. As they enter the rollercoaster startup ecosystem of big dreams, big money and bigger sharks, they are faced with a big choice – their dreams, or their friendship. Directed by Udai Singh Pawar, Upstarts is produced by Raja Menon, Janani Ravichandran and Jawahar Sharma of Bandra West Productions. This film is supported by real-life heroes from the startup world in Bengaluru.
Monday, October 21st
Echo in the Canyon
Only the Brave
Tuesday, October 22nd
Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (Netflix original) – Comedian and actress Jenny Slate’s first Netflix original comedy special Stage Fright gives the audience an inside look at the comedian’s world. Interspersed within her hilarious stand-up set, Jenny shares personal clips of her childhood and interviews with her family in an intimate look at her life. Launching globally on October 22, Jenny overcomes her stage fright while telling stories about her visit to a midnight Catholic Mass and the ghosts that haunted her childhood home.
Wednesday, October 23rd
Ant-Man
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Netflix original) – Each episode of Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner will feature David Chang accompanied by a different celebrity guest exploring a single city, its culture and its cuisine. As the pair travels through each city, they will also uncover new and surprising things about themselves. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner is produced by Tremolo Productions in association with Majordomo Media. Morgan Neville, Dara Horenblas, David Chang, Christopher Chen, Caryn Capotsto, and Blake Davis serve as Executive Producers.
Dancing with the Birds (Netflix original) – Some of the world’s most majestic birds display delightfully captivating mating rituals, from flashy dancing to flaunting their colorful feathers.
Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy
Thursday, October 24th
Daybreak (Netflix original) – High school isn’t the end of the world… until it is. In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding gangs of jocks, gamers, the 4-H Club, and other fearsome tribes who are kicking ass as they fight to survive in the wake of a nuclear blast (on the night of Homecoming…ugh). Following an eclectic group of survivors as they navigate this strange and treacherous world, DAYBREAK is part samurai saga, part endearing coming-of-age story, and part Battle Royale. This Generation A series (A for Apocalypse! Get it?) is rated TV MA.
Revenge of Pontianak
Friday, October 25th
Assimilate
Brigada Costa del Sol (Netflix original) – This series explores the history of drug traffic in Spain and focuses on the first law enforcement organization created to fight it in the mid 1970s.
Brotherhood (Netflix original) – An honest lawyer (Naruna Costa) reaches a moral crossroads after learning her brother (Seu Jorge) is the leader of a rising criminal faction in Brazil.
Dolemite Is My Name (Netflix original) – Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.
Greenhouse Academy: Season 3 (Netflix family) – The teen drama set in an elite boarding school in Southern California returns for Season 3, with the two rival student houses joining forces to uncover an evil plot.
The Kominsky Method: Season 2 (Netflix original) – The sun isn’t setting yet on aging actor slash acting coach, Sandy Kominsky and his longtime agent Norman Newlander in the award-winning Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method. Academy Award® Winners Michael Douglas (Kominsky) and Alan Arkin (Newlander) continue their journey as two friends tackling life’s inevitable curveballs as they navigate their later years in Los Angeles, a city that, above all else, values youth. This season, Sandy meets and bonds with his daughter’s new boyfriend (guest star Paul Reiser) who is uncomfortably close to Sandy’s age. Meanwhile, Norman reconnects with an old flame from his youth (guest star Jane Seymour) and after fifty years, they decide to start again. Nancy Travis and Sarah Baker co-star. Both comedic and emotional, The Kominsky Method is a half-hour single camera comedy created by 8-time Emmy Award Nominee Chuck Lorre. Lorre, Al Higgins and Michael Douglas executive produce the series which is produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television. The second season consists of eight episodes.
Nailed It! France (C’est du gâteau!) (Netflix original) – “Nailed it!” hits France with a splat as home bakers talented in catastrophe compete to make almost-edible wonders. French pastry may never be the same.
Nailed It! Spain (Niquelao!) (Netflix original) – “Nailed It!” cruises to Spain, where novices try to avoid a fiasco while baking stunners. La Terremoto de Alcorcón hosts alongside chef Christian Escribá.
Prank Encounters (Netflix original) – Hosted by Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things), each episode of this terrifying and hilarious prank show takes two complete strangers on the surprise ride of a lifetime. It’s business as usual until their paths collide and their one-day assignments turn into supernatural surprises. Where fear meets funny, Prank Encounters is the most elaborate hidden camera prank show ever devised.
Rattlesnake (Netflix original) – Katrina (Carmen Ejogo) is a single mother driving cross country to start a new life with her young daughter Clara (Apollina Pratt) when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. As Katrina changes the tire, Clara wanders off the desert road and is bitten by a venomous rattlesnake. Desperate to save her daughter’s life, Katrina accepts the help of a mysterious woman, but after she miraculously heals Clara, Katrina is asked to repay the good deed by killing a stranger in exchange for the life saved. Without time to lose, she must wrestle with the morality of who deserves to live and who should die, before her daughter’s life is once again put in peril at sundown. Rattlesnake is a pulse-pounding, psychological horror film directed by Zak Hilditch (1922, These Final Hours), also starring Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy, Marvel’s Luke Cage) and Emma Greenwell (Shameless, Love & Friendship, The Rock) and produced by Ross Dinerstein (1922, The Package, 6 Balloons).
It Takes a Lunatic (Netflix original) – An intimate portrait of Wynn Handman, a teacher who impacted generations of actors and directors — including Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Connie Britton, John Leguizamo, Aasif Mandvi, Alec Baldwin, Burt Reynolds, Joanne Woodward and many more.
Workin’ Moms: Season 3
Monday, October 28th
A 3 Minute Hug (Netflix original) – This documentary captures the joy and heartbreak of families separated by the U.S.-Mexico border sharing a short but bittersweet reunion in 2018.
Little Miss Sumo (Netflix original) – Banned from competing professionally, sumo wrestling champion Hiyori confronts obstacles inside and outside the ring in an attempt to change the rules of Japan’s national sport — and fight gender inequality.
Roman Israel, Esq.
Shine On with Reese: Season 1
Tuesday, October 29th
Arsenio Hall: Smart & Classy (Netflix original) – Actor, talk show host, producer, and comedy legend Arsenio Hall makes his Netflix comedy special debut with Smart & Classy. Over the course of his illustrious career entertaining audiences around the world, Arsenio reflects on stand-up in today’s political climate, Coming to America, winning “Celebrity Apprentice,” his favorite drug, and more!
Wednesday, October 30th
Flavorful Origins: Yunnan Cuisine (Netflix original) – Explore the diverse flavors of China’s Yunnan province and get to know the cooks and ingredients that shape its rich culinary tradition.
Thursday, October 31st
Creeped Out: Season 1
The Deep: Season 3
Kengan Ashura: Part ll (Netflix anime) – The Annihilation Tournament rages on: corporate leaders jockey for the Kengan chairmanship while their gladiators beat each other bloody in the ring.
Nowhere Man (Netflix original) – Two nefarious schemes taking place 10 years apart entangle a dauntless triad member who must break out of prison to rescue a loved one.
Casa De Angelae resident Katie Galloro and board chair Kim Aubin with some of the members of 100 Women Peterborough. The Peterborough home for women living with developmental disabilities will receive more than $10,000 from the group. (Photo courtesy of 100 Women Peterborough)
On Tuesday night (September 17), the 100 Women Peterborough group once again demonstrated the power of collective philanthropy, raising more than $10,000 for Casa De Angelae — a Peterborough home for women living with developmental disabilities — and they did it in under an hour.
At the group’s third event of 2019, held at The Venue in downtown Peterborough, three organizations — Casa De Angelae, Camp Kawartha, and Peterborough GreenUP — made their cases to the group on why they should receive a donation.
Well before the meeting, the three organizations were randomly drawn from a larger list of organizations nominated by members of 100 Women Peterborough, who commit to donate $100 dollars at each of the four events hosted throughout the year. All of the funds raised by the membership are donated to four non-profit organizations determined by the membership throughout the year.
At Tuesday night’s meeting, Casa De Angelae board chair Kim Aubin was joined by resident Katie Galloro to present to 100 Women Peterborough. After hearing the presentation, as well as those from the other two organizations, members held a majority vote that selected the home to receive the donation.
“We want to thank the 100 Women Peterborough group for this amazing donation,” Aubin said after the selection of Casa De Angelae. “This money will go a long way in ensuring that the Casa De Angelae home will be accessible and safe for not just the four women, but any future women that have the opportunity to call Casa De Angelae their home.”
Casa De Angelae’s mission is to provide a permanent home for women with developmental disabilities, allowing them to live in a safe and supportive family environment. The agency provide the women with a combination of supervision, family support, and independence that they need to grow as contributing members of their community. The donation from 100 Women Peterborough will be used to install chair lifts in the home.
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Four women currently reside at Casa De Angelae including Galloro, who has been living in the home since July 2011.
“We’re excited about this contribution,” she said. “I think it will help us a lot.”
The families of the four women residing at Casa De Angelae share a vision of transitioning their daughters out of their family homes, before the age or ill health of their parents prevents them from providing the necessary support. Casa De Angelae works to help the women achieve the dream to live independent and meaningful lives.
To date, 100 Women Peterborough has collectively donated around $80,000 to seven local organizations: Hospice Peterborough, Peterborough Youth Unlimited, One Roof Warming Room, New Canadians Centre, Cameron House, Five Counties Children’s Centre, and Casa De Angelae.
“We are excited to see our membership grow every meeting to contribute to deserving organizations like Casa De Angelae,” says Rosalea Terry, one of the group’s founding members. “It is important to show women that they don’t need to have millions of dollars to participate, we can work together collectively to make a huge impact.”
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100 Women Peterborough was founded in February 2018 by Terry, Catia Skinner, Wendy Hill, and Alyssa Stewart, who were inspired by similar groups in other communities.
The concept of collective philanthropy began in the United States in November 2006, when Karen Dunigan of Michigan formed the “100 Women Who Care” group. After their first meeting, the women raised over $10,000 for the purchase of 300 new baby cribs for a local organization. The movement has grown over the past 13 years to include almost 100 chapters in North America, including at least 15 in Canada.
Women who interested in joining the group should visit www.100womenptbo.ca for more information.
The Minds in Motion Cobourg team, representing people living with dementia and their families, raised $16,000 for the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton during the agency's annual Pulling for Dementia fundraiser, held on September 13, 2019 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. Minds in Motion was one of 13 teams that pulled a 44,000-pound fire truck, with the Covia Corp's Mighty Miners pulling the truck the fastest at 15.74 seconds. The fifth annual event raised a total of $34,000 for local programs and services for people living with dementia. (Photo courtesy Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton)
Of the 13 teams in the local Alzheimer Society’s “Pulling for Dementia” event, who competed in the parking lot at Peterborough Memorial Centre on Friday (September 13) to see who could pull a 44,000-pound fire truck the fastest, one team in particular stood out.
The Minds in Motion Cobourg team was comprised of people living with dementia and their family members. While they weren’t the physically strongest team, they not only pulled the fire truck but they also raised the most funds for the event: $16,000 of the total $34,000 destined for local programs delivered by the Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton.
Members of the Minds in Motion team met through their participation in the Alzheimer Society’s successful Minds in Motion program and, according to event organizer Jen Johnstone, joined the event in a symbolic show of strength and perseverance by people living with dementia.
“People living with dementia are incredibly strong and resilient,” Johnstone said. “The Minds in Motion team demonstrated that today in a beautiful way. We are so grateful to them for their exceptional participation.”
Pulling a fire truck donated for the day by Safe Lane Fire Truck Driver Training in Lindsay, Covia Corp’s Mighty Miners team came out on top once again this year, with the fastest time of 15.74 seconds. They had strong competition from the Van de Bor Paving team, which came in a close second at 15.95 seconds.
Cobourg-based Lutheran minister Kevin Fast, dubbed the world’s strongest priest (he holds 10 Guinness World Records for feats of strength), was once again the honorary chair for the event. Over the course of the day, he trained participants on the proper technique to safely pull the truck. For good measure, he and even pulled the 44,000-pound fire truck entirely on his own.
The Amazon Army, an all-women team from Pickering, was one of the 13 teams that competed to see who could pull a 44,000-pound fire truck the fastest in the Pulling for Dementia fundraiser, held on September 13, 2019 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. The fifth annual event raised a total of $34,000 for local programs and services delivered by Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton for people living with dementia. (Photo courtesy Alzheimer Society of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton)
With the $34,000 raised at the fifth annual event, almost $137,000 has been raised to date. The local Alzheimer Society uses the funds to support the delivery of programs for those dealing with dementia across the four counties the agency services.
LLF Lawyers LPP and Jack McGee Chevrolet were the main sponsors of this year’s event.
For more information on the society and the services it provides locally, visit alzheimer.ca/en/pklnh or call 705-748-5131.
Past Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation president and CEO Debbie McGarry joins former executive director Jim Coghlan and current president and CEO Lesley Heighway at the Foundation's recent 40th anniversary celebration at the PRHC Learning Centre. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)
The Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with the help of 150 donors, PRHC Foundation volunteer and staff representatives, and PRHC employees, during a public event featuring guest speakers, the unveiling of new lifesaving medical equipment, and a cake cutting.
The PRHC Foundation was established in 1979 and works with generous donors to fund the equipment and technology that form the backbone of patient care at PRHC.
From patient stretchers, pain pumps and vital signs monitors, to CT scanners, MRI machines and hi-tech mammography equipment, donor dollars have given physicians the power to diagnose, treat and heal.
In the last decade alone, the PRHC Foundation has raised nearly $50 million, which has helped support the costs of medical equipment, capital projects, patient programs, and staff education. With regional programs for cardiac, vascular and cancer care, PRHC serves up to 600,000 people from across Peterborough County and beyond.
Lesley Heighway, PRHC Foundation president and CEO, said that their biggest challenge in planning the celebration was how to capture the staggering collective impact made by thousands of donors, volunteers and organizations over the years.
“For 40 years, PRHC Foundation donors have funded the tools and technology our expert professionals use to provide the very best, most compassionate patient care,” Heighway said. “They’ve launched groundbreaking fundraising campaigns, built and equipped a new hospital, and brought lifesaving treatment options to our region for the first time.”
“Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. No matter how big or small your donation, know that you are the foundation of patient care.”
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation President & CEO Lesley Heighway thanks donors at the Foundation’s recent 40th anniversary celebration at the PRHC Learning Centre. (Photo: Bianca Nucaro / kawarthaNOW.com)
Heighway was joined by PRHC vice-president Brenda Weir, who shared that PRHC Foundation donors can be found in every positive transformation the hospital has undergone over the past four decades.
“You gave us the facility and technology we needed to provide world-class patient care to more patients closer to home, and to attract the best and brightest healthcare professionals to deliver it,” Weir said. “The scope of your impact is truly overwhelming.”
Long-time PRHC registered nurse and operating room manager Brenda Angione spoke on behalf of the hospital’s more than 2,000 nurses, allied professionals, and staff.
“As a nurse, I have a firsthand appreciation for the impact new equipment has on patient care. Because of your support, PRHC’s operating room has the equipment our physicians and specialists need to perform surgeries that are less traumatic for patients and allow them a better post-op experience.”
A case in point, Angione said, is gallbladder surgery which is now performed with minimally invasive surgery, followed by a shorter hospital stay and recovery, and reduced chance of infection.
PRHC registered nurse and operating room manager Brenda Angione thanks donors on behalf of the hospital’s more than 2,000 nurses, allied professionals, and staff. (Photo: Bianca Nucaro / kawarthaNOW.com)
“Removing the gall bladder happens through tiny incisions and the patient goes home the same day with less post-op pain,” Angione added.
During the two-hour event, guests were treated to an exhibit of some of the hospital’s newest donor-funded equipment.
Registered nurse Sarah Wood displayed a radiant warmer, used to care for vulnerable newborns in critical situations in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The infant radiant warmer is one of seven funded so far through community donations to the PRHC Foundation.
Registered nurse Sarah Wood displays an infant radiant heater warmer, used to care for vulnerable newborns in critical situations in the neonatal intensive care unit. Seven radiant heater warmer have been funded so far through community donations to the PRHC Foundation. (Photo: Bianca Nucaro / kawarthaNOW.com)
As Wood spoke on the positive impact the radiant warmers have on families, she showed its personalized and hi-tech features such as adjustable lighting and temperature, in-bed scale, rotating mattress, and easy access to the tiniest patients for staff and parents.
Jeff Dunlop, clinical practice lead at the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, offered an update on the new contrast dye injectors used in the Cath Lab.
During an angiogram, injectors are used to help diagnose coronary artery disease and treat it before it leads to a heart attack. The new injector technology helps control the dye amount going to the patient and prevents air bubbles from entering the artery. Cath Lab specialists perform more than 2,900 angiograms and angioplasties annually, Dunlop noted.
“These patients are the people you see at a Petes’ game, go to the cottage with us, and sit across from us at the dinner table,” he said.
This new contrast dye injector for the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) was funded by donors to the PRHC Foundation. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)
“But it’s not just for the community — it’s people from across our region that donors are supporting as well,” Dunlop added. “We serve a large geographical area of up to 600,000 people, from the Durham region, north to Haliburton and southwest to Belleville, so the technology that donors fund helps us to provide excellent care closer to home.”
Charge technologist Brad Plain spoke on PRHC’s new nuclear medicine SPECT/CT technology, a diagnostic imaging “combo” used to identify masses such as tumours.
This investment represents the biggest technological leap forward in nuclear medicine in more than a decade, and is the first to be installed in Canada.
Images taken using radioactive compounds that have been injected, ingested or inhaled by the patient are combined with 360-degree CT (computerized tomography) images, giving the doctor both the structural information from the CT and the functional information from the SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography) study needed to diagnose, stage, and localize lesions or disease.
This new SPECT/CT scanner at Petebrorough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), the first to be installed in Canada, was funded by donors to the PRHC Foundation. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)
Dr. Rola Shaheen, chief of radiology and medical director of diagnostic imaging, and Jill Cummings, senior technologist with the Breast Assessment Centre, were also on hand to show donors their revolutionary new breast imaging equipment. It reduces anxiety and enhances comfort, allowing technologists to focus on precise positioning making the exam easier and faster.
The equipment was the result of a three-year campaign at the PRHC Foundation that included mammography innovation and reinvestment, with a goal of $1.9 million to purchase three new, full-field digital mammography machines.
Peterborough resident and breast cancer survivor Carol Mutton was pleased to see that the mammography machines are available locally and are more inviting for women to improve the screening rates so vital to cancer prevention.
“I had my treatments at the Women’s College Hospital in Sunnybrook because I was working in that area in Toronto,” Mutton said. “Now, I’m quite enthusiastic about having my care at this hospital. I had a mammogram not that long ago using the new equipment and it was excellent.”
Current Dragon Boat chair Michelle Thornton, past chair Carol Mutton, and incoming chair Gina Lee at the PRHC Foundation’s Celebration of Giving event in October 2018. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)
Mutton is also a long-time member of the Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival team, Survivors Abreast. The team’s efforts were instrumental in helping generate the millions of dollars from past festivals that have supported the Breast Assessment Centre and cancer care at PRHC.
“Our dragon boat team is all breast cancer survivors, so for us it’s crucial to have leading-edge mammography. Many members of our team are now using that equipment. To know that I had a small part to play in helping bring in those donations is thrilling.”
In the end, the PRHC Foundation’s success in supporting great patient care closer to home comes down to the cumulative impact of generous community donors like Peterborough residents Lloyd and Angie George, who have donated to the hospital for the last 30 years.
“Healthcare is important to the community and even more important as we age,” said Lloyd, who attended the event with Angie and their daughter Patty Serota. “I’ve been admitted to the hospital five or six times for heart surgery, stomach surgery, and other things. My wife has been in the hospital for hip and knee replacement surgery as well. We’ve received great care.”
Angie George (left) and Lloyd George (right) have donated to PRHC Foundation for the last 30 years. They’ve also both been patients at the hospital and their daughter Patty Serota (centre), who works at the PRHC Gift Shop, is thankful for the great care they received, in part due to the generosity of donors like her parents. (Photo: Bianca Nucaro / kawarthaNOW.com)
Coincidentally, Serota herself works at PRHC — in the Gift Shop, where profits from sales are also used to fund equipment at the hospital.
“They have recovered very well with the supports in place after the surgeries, including follow-up appointments and physiotherapy,” Serota said. “It was comforting knowing, as a family member, they were getting great care to get them healthy again.”
For more information about the PRHC Foundation and how you can make great healthcare possible in our community, call 705-876-5000, email foundation@prhc.on.ca, or visit www.prhcfoundation.ca.
This story was created in partnership with the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation.
Monika Carmichael, dealer principal and general manager of Trent Valley Honda, was named Hall of Fame Chancellor by Junior Achievement - Peterborough, Lakeland, Muskoka (JA-PLM) during a gathering held Tuesday morning (September 17) at VentureNorth in downtown Peterborough. Carmichael, who replaces outgoing Chancellor Michael Skinner (left), will guide the 2020 Business Hall of Fame induction selection committee through its paces. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)
Is there a businessperson in your community who has gone above and beyond to provide not only great service but encouraged and mentored others to thrive in business in the process?
Well, now is not the time to stay quiet.
Junior Achievement of Peterborough, Lakeland, Muskoka (JA-PLM) will soon begin accepting nominations for 2020 induction into its Business Hall of Fame. According to JA-PLM executive assistant Cody McIntyre, nominations open on Thursday, October 17th and will remain open until the end of November.
Nomination forms will be available at the JA-PLM office at VentureNorth, 270 George Street North (at King Street) in downtown Peterborough as well as online at www.jacanada.org/plm.
A crowd gathered at VentureNorth in downtwon Peterborough on Tuesday morning (September 17) as Junior Achievement – Peterborough, Lakeland, Muskoka (JA-PLM) announced that nominations for 2020 induction into the Business Hall of Fame will be accepted starting October 17. Included among the onlookers were several current inductees. The next induction, to be held May 28, 2020 at The Venue, will be the fifth annual. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)
The fifth Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Thursday, May 28, 2020 at The Venue (286 George St. N., Peterborough). More details on that event will be available in early January when JA-PLM reveals the new inductees.
McIntyre adds that past nominees will automatically be up for consideration once again by the induction selection committee, although their nominators may be contacted to update information.
At a gathering held on Tuesday (September 17) in the VentureNorth lobby, nomination details were announced but that wasn’t the only JA-PLM business conducted, as Monika Carmichael, dealer principal and general manager of Trent Valley Honda, was named the new Hall of Fame Chancellor, replacing outgoing chancellor Michael Skinner.
In her role, Carmichael, a 2018 Business Hall of Fame inductee, will guide the selection committee through its paces.
“It’s truly an honour to be at the table with such an amazing and talented group, and to oversee the process,” said Carmichael, noting there’s no shortage of nominees awaiting the committee’s consideration.
“Look at the numbers last year with 40 nominees. That’s only going to grow with awareness.”
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As for own induction, Carmichael says it remains a point of pride for her.
“It’s such an honour. It’s so humbling. It has also been a source of inspiration. You want to prove yourself even more. You want to give more and strive to do better. Receiving isn’t natural but giving is what we aspire to, so it has been a real win-win that way. It has opened up an incredible source of information, connections and relationships which, in this community, is so important.”
Meanwhile, named to the position of Class President formerly held by Carmichael is Dana Empey of Carlson Wagonlit Stewart Travel. In that role, Empey will head up inductee engagement, participate in key JA-PLM events, and help promote next spring’s induction ceremony.
RBC Vice-President Commercial Scott Mancini (right) handed over a cheque for $61,000 to Junior Achievement – Peterborough, Lakeland, Muskoka board executive secretary John McNutt during a gathering held Tuesday (September 17) at at VentureNorth in downtown Peterborough. The money will go towards JA-PLM’s World of Choices program that exposes students to a variety of different occupations. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)
In addition, John McNutt, executive secretary of the JA-PLM board, accepted financial contributions from RBC, represented by Vice-President Commercial Scott Mancini, and then from Mortlock Construction Vice-President Craig Mortlock.
RBC’s investment of $61,000 will go towards JA-PLM’s World of Choices program that exposes students in this catchment area and across the province to a variety of different occupations to consider pursuing
“RBC has a program entitled Future Launch, a decade-long commitment to help both public and private institutions and organizations build the Canadian youths’ skills through work experience, skills development and networking,” explained Mancini, adding, “The World of Choices program couldn’t be any better a fit with that endeavor.”
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Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame Inductees
2016
Erica Cherney
Cameron Taylor
Charlotte and Robert Nicholls
Bill, Chester and Frank Fisher
Keith Brown
David Fife
James Stevenson
Ross Smith
2017
Jack McGee
Robert Young
Joseph James (JJ) Duffus
Isadore Black
Darrell Drain
Rhonda Barnett
John Bowes
Michael Skinner
2018
Alf and Jane Curtis
Paul Bennett
John A. McColl and James H. Turner
John James (Jack) Stewart
Sally Harding
Monika Carmichael
Robert Gauvreau
Paschal McCloskey
Carl Oake
2019
John Gillis
Michael Konopaski
Dr. Ramesh Makhija
Janet McLeod
Dave Smith
Scott Stewart and Dana Empey
Glenn Stuart
Mike and Shelby Watt
Robert Winslow
Scott Wood
Meanwhile, Mortlock, representing the Peterborough and District Construction Association alongside Brent Perry of Alf Curtis Home Improvements, handed over $5,000 from the association for JA-PLM initiatives aimed at increasing high school students’ interest in the skilled trades as an occupation consideration. He later noted that a serious shortage of skilled tradesmen across the province is being felt locally.
“We don’t just want the people that fall through the cracks to pursue this (skilled trades … we want all academic levels to pursue this as a career,” noted Mortlock.
“First, there’s a shortage and, second, there’s opportunity for entrepreneurship. We want to see JA expose this to as many youths as possible so the ones that are pre-programmed to be tradespeople, to work with their hands, aren’t dissuaded because of outside influences or a lack of exposure. So there’s work and there’s opportunity.”
Mortlock credited the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board with doing “an amazing job” promoting the trades. At Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School this past summer, students entering Grade 9 this fall were enrolled in a program that saw them build a Muskoka chair to earn a high school credit.
Established in 1955, Junior Achievement Canada has been inspiring and preparing youth to succeed by providing opportunities to learn financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness skills with engaging programs and the help of dedicated volunteers.
Since 2007, Junior Achievement Peterborough, Lakefield, Muskoka has served an area stretching from the Grey-Bruce Peninsula to the Ontario-Quebec border. That effort has been aided by a number of corporate and media sponsors, kawarthaNOW.com among them.
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If you want to connect with nature and help protect natural spaces, Kawartha Land Trust is looking for volunteers for several land stewardship activities this fall, including an October 5th event on the McKim-Garsonnin Property in Pontypool where volunteers
will help staff pick the seeds of an endangered ecosystem to help in the future replanting of the grasses and wildflowers of our native prairies. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)
Although summer is almost over, the work of volunteers with Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) continues into the fall — and the registered charity is looking for more volunteers as it continues to grow.
To protect important natural spaces in the Kawarthas, KLT accepts donations of land (or interests in land) to ensure they are cared for in perpetuity. The non-governmental organization is currently protecting 17 properties totalling 4,101 acres, and assists in the management of five additional properties.
Last year, more than 110 volunteers helped the organization carry out its mission to maintain protected lands in their natural state.
Listed below are some of the upcoming volunteer activities at KLT properties this fall — along with a few non-volunteer events to help you connect with nature.
If you aren’t able to volunteer, you can also help out KLT by participating in one of its upcoming public engagement sessions to help guide the future of the organization.
With new executive director John Kintare at the helm, KTL’s board of directors is developing the organization’s new strategic plan and is hosting a series of in-person consultation sessions in September.
“We have engaged an external consultant to facilitate a series of public engagement sessions over the coming weeks,” says board chair John Desbiens in a letter to supporters. “They are committed to fostering open, honest, and meaningful discussions. We especially invite you to attend the session that is closest to where you live or visit most.”
Kawartha Land Trust is hosting a series of pblic engagement sessions across the Kawarthas in September to help guide the future of the organization. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)
The upcoming public engagement sessions are:
Lakefield – Wednesday, September 18th from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Marshland Centre (64 Hague Blvd., Lakefield)
North Kawartha – Wednesday, September 18th from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Wilson Park Community Centre (66 Northeys Bay Rd., Woodview)
Lindsay – Thursday, September 19th from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Kawartha Lakes Public Library (190 Kent St. W., Lindsay)
Peterborough – Friday, September 20th from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Heritage Room at The Mount Community Centre (1545 Monaghan Rd., Peterborough)
CANCELLED – Asphodel-Norwood – Tuesday, September 24th from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Westwood Public Library (350-302 Centre Ln., Hastings)
Bobcaygeon – Wednesday, September 25th from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Bobcaygeon Municipal Service Centre (123 East St. S,, Bobcaygeon)
Coboconk – Wednesday, September 25th from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Coboconk Train Station (6699 Highway 35, Coboconk)
There are two additional sessions being planned, for Bethany & Manvers and Buckhorn. Email Shivaan Burke at sburke@kawarthalandtrust.org to receive notification of booking once confirmed.
Land stewardship activities
In 2018, more than 110 volunteers helped Kawartha Land Trust carry out its mission to protect donated lands in perpetuity. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)
Here are upcoming opportunities to volunteer with KLT. For more information and to register, visit kawarthalandtrust.org.
Restoration Site Prep & Soil Transfer – Thursday, September 19th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Help KLT staff in transferring and spreading soil onto the riparian zone of Horseshoe Pond. The event takes place beside Emily Lake between Lindsay and Bobcaygeon (email pwilson@kawarthalandtrust.org for the exact meeting location).
Prairie Seed Collecting – Saturday, October 5th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Help KLT staff pick the seeds of an endangered ecosystem to help in the future replanting of the grasses and wildflowers of our native prairies. This event takes place at the Ballyduff Trails on the McKim-Garsonnin Property (851 Ballyduff Rd., Pontypool).
Buckthorn Removal & Site Prep – Sunday, October 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Heop KLT staff remove invasive European Buckthorn from areas that KLT is working to restore and will be planting native species in later this fall. If you are a certified chainsaw operator, this will be an asset. The event takes place beside Emily Lake between Lindsay and Bobcaygeon (email pwilson@kawarthalandtrust.org for the exact meeting location).
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Riparian Zone Planting – Saturday October 12th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Help KLT staff plant native riparian zone plants, shrubs, and trees to help stabilize a constructed pond and increase biodiversity. Volunteers will also help with planting along an agricultural field to reduce run off into the newly created pond. The event takes place beside Emily Lake between Lindsay and Bobcaygeon (email pwilson@kawarthalandtrust.org for the exact meeting location).
Battle of the Buckthorn – Saturday, October 12th and Friday, October 18th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In this two-day event, volunteers will remove the invasive European Buckthorn shrub from John Earle Chase Memorial Park.
Native Tree Transplanting – Sunday, October 22nd from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Help KLT staff transplant previously planted conifers to help provide more space for them to spread out and grow. Volunteers may also get the opportunity to assist in removing some invasive species. The event takes place beside Emily Lake between Lindsay and Bobcaygeon (email pwilson@kawarthalandtrust.org for the exact meeting location).
Island Pond Planting – Sunday, October 25th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Help KLT staff plant native trees and shrubs to help stabilize the banks of a constructed pond and to mitigate erosion. Planting native trees and shrubs will help to increase the biodiversity of the are and prevent invasive species from inhabiting the disturbed areas surrounding the pond. The event takes place beside Emily Lake between Lindsay and Bobcaygeon (email pwilson@kawarthalandtrust.org for the exact meeting location).
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Nature connection events
Kawartha Land Trust offers regular events where the public can explore some of the properties the organization is protecting. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)
If you’re not interested or unavailable to volunteer with KLT but still want to connect with nature, check out these upcoming public events. For more information and to register, visit kawarthalandtrust.org.
Fleetwood Hills Hike – Sunday, September 22nd from 2 to 4 p.m.
Fleetwood Creek is one of the most natural parts of our region. Join KLT and explore the hogsback trail with an expert naturalist to learn about the wildlife corridors and ecology of this special region.
The hike takes place at Hogsback in Omemee (the exact location will be provided once you register).
Pine Ridge Open Gate – Saturday, September 28th from 2 to 4 p.m.
Join KLT for an afternoon of adventure and take advantage of this unique opportunity to tour this property not normally open to the public. Pine Ridge is protected via conservation easement agreement, protecting the giant pre-settlement white pine and beautiful rolling hills on this private property.
The event takes place at Pine Ridge (Hartley), near Emily Provincial Park (the exact location will be provided once you register).
KLT’s annual “Thanks.giving” – Thursday, October 10th from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Join KLT at South Pond Farms at 4:30 p.m. for an interpretive nature walk on the neighbouring KLT-protected Ballyduff Trails and stay for the social hour at 6 p.m., which includes light refreshments, remarks from KLT executive director John Kintare, and entertainment by musicians Mike Graham with Dennis Pendrith.
For more information about Kawartha Land Trust, including volunteering and donating, visit kawarthalandtrust.org.
This story was created in partnership with Kawartha Land Trust.
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