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Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – July 2, 2020

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kawarthaNOW is providing a daily report of COVID-19 cases in the greater Kawarthas region.

Here’s today summary: there are 95 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (91 resolved), 169 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (141 resolved), 21 in Northumberland County (20 resolved), 10 in Haliburton County (9 resolved), and 43 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County (37 resolved).

There are 4 new cases to report today, including 3 cases in Kawartha Lakes and 1 case in Haliburton. There are no new cases to report in Peterborough or Hastings County and Prince Edward County.

The outbreak at Fenelon Court Long Term Care Home in Fenelon Falls, declared on June 11 after one symptomatic resident tested positive for COVID-19, was declared over on July 1.

There has been a total of 39 deaths. The most recent death was reported on May 7 by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.

Province-wide, there are 35,370 confirmed cases, an increase of 153 from yesterday’s report. A total of 30,730 cases are resolved, an increase of 204 from yesterday. There have been 2,680 deaths, an increase of 4 from yesterday, with 1,712 of the deaths being residents in long-term care homes, an increase of 2. A total of 1,457,703 tests have been completed, an increase of 24,322 from yesterday, with 13,922 tests under investigation, a decrease of 9,404. Note: the government did not issue a report on July 1; however, those numbers were released on July 2 and are also available below.

This report is based on data supplied by the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), as well as any additional information supplied by health units and hospitals. This information is at least 24 hours old, so it is not real-time data.

We publish the daily report, usually by late afternoon, with the most current information released by health units. Note that each health unit reports the information in a different way.

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Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

Confirmed positive: 95 (no change, last positive case was on June 20)
Active cases: 2 (no change)
Deaths: 2 (no change)
Resolved: 91 (no change)
Total tests completed: Over 17,000 (increase of 550)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

 

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

Note: effective July 3, the health unit will no longer provide reports on the weekend.

Confirmed positive: 200, including 169 in Kawartha Lakes, 21 in Northumberland, 10 in Haliburton (increase of 4: 3 in Kawartha Lakes and 1 in Haliburton)
Probable cases: No longer reported
Hospitalizations: 13 (no change)
Deaths: 32 (no change)
Resolved: 170 (increase of 3)
Institutional outbreaks: None (decrease of 1)*

*The outbreak at Fenelon Court Long Term Care Home in Fenelon Falls, declared on June 11 after one symptomatic resident tested positive for COVID-19, was declared over on July 1.

Fenelon Court Long Term Care Home in Fenelon Falls (no change)

 

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.

Confirmed positive: 43 (no change, last positive case reported on May 18)
Probable cases: 181 (no change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Hospitalized: 0 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change)
Recovered: 37 (increase of 1)
Total tests completed: 10,000 (increase of 742)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

July 2

Confirmed positive: 35,370 (increase of 153)
Resolved: 30,730 (increase of 204)
Hospitalized: 119 (decrease of 109)*
Hospitalized and in ICU: 40 (decrease of 3)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 26 (decrease of 4)
Deaths: 2,680 (increase of 4)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,712 (increase of 2, 63.9% of all deaths)
Total tests completed 1,457,703 (increase of 24,322)
Tests under investigation: 13,922 (decrease of 9,404)

*Note: more than 30 hospitals did not report information for June 30; therefore, this is likely an underestimate and will increase in tomorrow’s counts.

July 1

Confirmed positive: 35,217 (increase of 149)
Resolved: 30,526 (increase of 182)
Hospitalized: 209 (decrease of 4)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 43 (increase of 1)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 30 (decrease of 4)
Deaths: 2,676 (increase of 4)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,710 (no change, 63.9% of all deaths)
Total tests completed 1,433,381 (increase of 26,056)
Tests under investigation: 23,326 (increase of 4,008)

New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from June 1 - July 1, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from June 1 – July 1, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from June 1 - July 1, 2020. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from June 1 – July 1, 2020. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Peterborough and Kawarthas region for Thursday

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Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region, including Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Haliburton, and Hastings Highlands.

Severe isolated thunderstorms are forecast to develop and move southeastward across the region late on Thursday afternoon and evening (July 2).

Locally damaging winds gusts may be associated with one or two of these storms, along with hail and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning.

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As the storms are expected to be isolated, many places will not be affected.

Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees, and overturn large vehicles.

Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

The Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.

Peterborough health unit issues first extended heat warning of the season

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On Thursday (July 2), Peterborough Public Health issued its first extended heat warning of the season.

On Wednesday (July 1), Environment Canada issued a heat warning for much of southern Ontario, for a long-duration heat event expected to extend from Thursday through Sunday (July 5) and potentially into early next week.

Daytime high temperatures will be in the low to mid thirties, with overnight lows in the low twenties providing little or no relief from the heat.

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Environment Canada has updated its heat warning with the following forecast for temperatures from Thursday to Sunday:

  • Maximum temperatures Thursday: 32 to 35°C (humidex 35 to 38)
  • Maximum temperatures Friday: 32 to 34°C (humidex 36 to 40)
  • Maximum temperatures Saturday: 32 to 35°C (humidex 36 to 40)
  • Maximum temperatures Sunday: 31 to 35°C (humidex 37 to 42)

To help people cope with the heat, One Roof Community Centre is distributing refillable water bottles and bottled water through its community meal program.

The City of Peterborough offers water refill stations at the Peterborough Marina (92 George St. N.), Eastgate Memorial Park (2150 Ashburnham Dr.), and Beavermead Park (2011 Ashburnham Dr.).

The Peterborough Public Library (345 Aylmer St. N.) is also providing refillable water bottles and will be able to refill water bottles during its curbside pickup hours: 1 to 3 p.m and 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday and 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

In addition to the water refill stations, municipal tap water is available in public washrooms at municipal parks, including King Edward Park and Millennium Park.

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Extreme heat events are a potentially significant health risk and can have a severe impact on the health of vulnerable populations including infants, the elderly, shut-ins, persons with chronic diseases, people taking certain medications or using illicit drugs, the morbidly obese. and the marginally housed.

Heat-related illnesses such as dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke are preventable. Drink plenty of water, even if you don’t feel thirsty. This decreases your risk of dehydration. Thirst is not a good indicator of dehydration.

The risk of heat-related illness increases with the amount of time spent in the heat, the temperature, and an individual’s sensitivity to heat. If you feel faint, find it hard to breathe, or feel confused and disoriented because of the heat, call 911 or go to the hospital’s emergency department. Remember to check in with family, friends, and neighbours, especially seniors who live on their own.

Extreme heat is often accompanied by poor air quality. Peterborough Public Health encourages you to monitor the Air Quality Health Index found at www.airqualityontario.com and plan outdoor activities accordingly.

Working from home has benefits for employees, employers, and the environment

By GreenUP -
Like those of many businesses and organizations, GreenUP employees have been working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pictured is Jenn McCallum, GreenUP's water programs coordinator, working at her home desk. The benefits of working from home include increased productivity, better work-life balance, reduced costs for employers, fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and more. (Photo courtesy of Jenn McCallum)

You and your team have been working from home for more than three months now.

Each week, GreenUP provides a story related to the environment. This week’s story is by Linsday Stroud, Manager of Transportation and Urban Design Programs at GreenUP.

You’ve worked out most communication glitches, everyone is connected with their files, and supplies for at-home office set-ups have been doled out. By now everyone’s found a little nook to create an at-home office, while things like not having to commute and spending more time with family are welcomed.

Overall, you and your colleagues are enjoying the new arrangement.

It’s of little surprise that employees are embracing this new way of working. Pre-pandemic data hinted that remote work was preferred. Surveys regularly showed that 80 per cent of employees would like to work at home at least some of the time, yet only half that many reported doing so occasionally, and just 3.6 per cent do so half-time or more, reports Global Workplace Analytics (GWA), a research firm focused on the future of work.

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This discrepancy between reality and what was desired made a lot of sense. There are many barriers in determining the feasibility of working from home. Who can and cannot work from home? How would the team stay connected? Would productivity take a nosedive? How would health, safety, and security be managed?

For many who work in office-type jobs, an abrupt and full-time shift to working from home occurred in March. In many ways, this led to an unexpected and involuntary experiment. Workplaces were all of a sudden prototyping new policies and procedures to help their teams collaborate, complete projects, and address administration while working remotely.

Through trial and error, staff have addressed and found solutions for many of those initial questions. Now, after experiencing remote working first hand, organizations and their employees are beginning to wonder if things really have to go back to the “old normal”.

GreenUP finance manager Bev Bonner's home office. As employers look to embrace remote working long-term, they are turning attention to new staff policies and ergonomic work-from-home set-ups for employees. (Photo courtesy of Bev Bonner)
GreenUP finance manager Bev Bonner’s home office. As employers look to embrace remote working long-term, they are turning attention to new staff policies and ergonomic work-from-home set-ups for employees. (Photo courtesy of Bev Bonner)

To gather insights on how the shift in work was being received, GWA completed a global work-from-home experience survey this spring. It found that on average, employees would prefer to work from home two days a week, with 77 per cent desiring at least one day per week from home. The research firm estimates that about a quarter of the global workforce will spend multiple days per week working from home by the end of 2021.

While remote working is helping many businesses in the short-term, adopting remote working policies and practices long-term can bring numerous benefits to both businesses and the community.

Employee well-being and health policies often address the need to create work-life balance. Cutting out daily commutes and adapting a more flexible schedule benefits both employee and employer. Forty-six per cent of companies surveyed report that remote working has decreased turnover rates, and one American company that implemented a telework program found it reduced unplanned absences by 63 per cent according to GWA.

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In addition to employee satisfaction, people are finding that working from home can also improve business productivity. GWA’s work-from-home experience survey found that 70 per cent of employers said work performance was the same or better since they started working from home. In fact, employees reported that there are often more interruptions and distractions at the office.

Increased productivity is just the start of employer benefits. Workplaces can also save space and travel costs by shifting to long-term remote working arrangements. The shift creates great savings for the community too.

Commuting to and from work can be gruelling, as many of us make the trip at around the same times each day. Rush-hour traffic often pushes our transportation system towards its capacity limits. Working from home can help relieve our transportation infrastructure.

City of Peterborough transportation demand manager Sue Sauve's home office space. As we move into the fourth month of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, employees are finding their groove with new home office set-ups, schedules, and furry office mates. (Photo by Sue Sauve).
City of Peterborough transportation demand manager Sue Sauve’s home office space. As we move into the fourth month of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, employees are finding their groove with new home office set-ups, schedules, and furry office mates. (Photo by Sue Sauve).

In addition to the saved costs and precious land area that can now be allocated to other important community services, the reduction in car trips helps cities and communities address both climate change and air pollution. For every kilometre we do not drive, roughly 217 grams of greenhouse gas emissions are kept out of the atmosphere.

There are a number of additional community benefits to working from home. For example, the regular morning rush of getting kids to school before heading to the office is often a common reason why children are driven to school. But if the office is at home, walking or cycling may become easier alternatives for school transportation.

As we work our way through this pandemic, your workplace is likely to experience many more little experiments that challenge the traditional way things are done. If you are looking for help in planning these new policies and procedures, explore businesses that have long been implementing things like full or partial remote working, flex hour policies, and staggered days.

You can find a list of articles and resources on related policies like these at peterboroughmoves.com.

Environment Canada issues heat warning for Peterborough and the Kawarthas through Sunday

By kawarthaNOW -

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for the southern Kawarthas, including Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland.

A long-duration heat event affecting much of southern Ontario is expected Thursday (July 2) through Sunday (July 5) and potentially into early next week.

Daytime high temperatures in the low to mid thirties with overnight lows near 20°C are expected.

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Hot and humid air can also bring deteriorating air quality and can result in the air quality health Index to approach the high risk category.

Extreme heat affects everyone. However, the risks are greater for young children, pregnant women, older adults, people with chronic illnesses and people working or exercising outdoors.

Drink plenty of water even before you feel thirsty and stay in a cool place.

Never leave people or pets inside a parked vehicle.

Watch for the symptoms of heat illness: dizziness/fainting, nausea/vomiting, rapid breathing and heartbeat, extreme thirst, and decreased urination with unusually dark urine.

Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough dims the lights until 2021

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Peterborough celebrities Linda Kash (pictured) and Megan Murphy appear in a video released by Showplace Performance Centre sharing the news that the downtown Peterborough performance venue will be keeping its doors closed until 2021. The not-for-profit organization is working to reschedule fall shows to 2021 and all already-purchased tickets will be honoured on the new dates. (Screenshot)

Due to the continued uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic, Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough has decided to keep its doors closed until the end of the year — but is working to reschedule all fall shows to 2021.

Local celebrities Linda Kash and Megan Murphy share the message in a light-hearted video released by the not-for-profit organization on Wednesday (July 1).

“We just want to give you a little update as to what is going on during these crazy times,” Kash says in the video as she’s cleaning surfaces in the Showplace lobby. “We had to make the difficult decision to close our doors until the end of the year.”

VIDEO: Showplace announcement featuring Linda Kash and Megan Murphy

“But we’re working with all sorts of theatre companies in town to make sure that, when you do return, it’ll be as wonderful and as safe as ever,” she adds.

Murphy, in the role of an employee at the Showplace box office, explains that already-purchased tickets for fall shows will be honoured in 2021.

“I know you were so looking forward to our wonderful programming this fall, but don’t worry,” she says. “We’re working hard to reschedule all those shows, so hang on to your tickets and we will keep you posted about future dates.”

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Murphy also says that, as an alternative, patrons can donate their ticket purchase to Showplace for a tax receipt.

“Showplace is a not-for-profit,” she notes. “Your donations will go a long way in helping to offset the operating costs of Showplace while our lights are dimmed.”

Shows scheduled for this fall at Showplace included the Snowed In Comedy Tour (September 9), Bruce Cockburn (October 16), Danny Bronson (October 22), The Stampeders (October 23), and Brent Butt (October 29).

For more information about tickets or donations, call the box office at 705-742-7469 or email boxoffice@showplace.org.

Treetop Trekking is open again in the Ganaraska Forest near Port Hope

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kawarthaNOW writer Paula Kehoe navigates between trees at Treetop Trekking in the Ganaraska Forest near Port Hope in 2017. The forest adventure company has opened for the season at five of its six locations in Ontario, including Ganaraska. (Screenshot)

If you’re looking for a fun outdoor adventure, Treetop Trekking is open again in the Ganaraska Forest near Port Hope.

The forest adventure company — which was forced to delay its normal spring opening due to the COVID-19 pandemic — has also opened it adventure parks in Barrie, Brampton, Hamilton, and Stouffville. The Huntsville location remains closed for now while maintenance is completed.

Treetop Trekking offers a variety of outdoor adventure activities including zipline and aerial game treks, where guests travel from tree top to tree top on a series of elements such as wooden bridges, balance logs, Tarzan swings, and ziplines.

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Because of the pandemic, Treetop Trekking guests will see some changes at the company’s parks, including fewer people in the area at one time, staff wearing personal protective equipment, hand sanitizer being readily available, and augmented cleaning procedures.

“It hasn’t been an easy spring for us,” says Treetop Trekking regional manager Jamie Hesser. “It really pained us when we had to close all of our parks and lay-off most of our staff in late March, just as we were preparing to open for the season”.

“Shortly after closing, we shifted gears to planning and getting everything in place to be able to open up safely and responsibly, if or when we were to receive the opportunity,” she adds.

kawarthaNOW writer Paula Kehoe rides the zipline at Treetop Trekking in the Ganaraska Forest near Port Hope in 2017. Guests can will see changes at Treetop Trekking parks this year due to COVID-19, including fewer people in the area at one time, staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizer being readily available, and augmented cleaning procedures. (Screenshot)
kawarthaNOW writer Paula Kehoe rides the zipline at Treetop Trekking in the Ganaraska Forest near Port Hope in 2017. Guests can will see changes at Treetop Trekking parks this year due to COVID-19, including fewer people in the area at one time, staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizer being readily available, and augmented cleaning procedures. (Screenshot)

With the province now into Stage 2 of re-opening, Treetop Trekking hopes to salvage its summer and autumn season before closing up again in November.

“The next year is really going to be a challenge for us,” says Treetop Trekking marketing director Mike Stiell. “We know we’ve lost pretty much all of our group clients such as schools, corporate groups, and summer camps for at least this season.”

“We hope that over time the group market will begin to trickle back, but for now we are focused more than ever on families and small groups of friends that are looking for a fun staycation activity close to the city.”

For more information about Treetop Trekking in Ganaraska, visit treetoptrekking.com/park/ganaraska/.

Peterborough Museum and Archives and Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene are opening July 6 and 8

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The Hastie Carpenter Shop at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene is an accurate reconstruction of a building from the 1880s that served two generations of carpenters. The museum is opening for the season on July 8, 2020 for booked guided tours only. (Photo: Lang Pioneer Village Museum)

Two museums in the City and County of Peterborough have announced their reopening plans during stage two of Ontario’s COVID-19 recovery plan, but with some changes to normal operations due to the pandemic.

Peterborough Museum and Archives (Museum Drive at 300 Hunter Street East) is reopening to the public beginning Monday, July 6th, but by appointment only.

Lang Pioneer Village Museum (104 Lang Road in Keene) is reopening to the public on Wednesday, July 8th, but only for booked guided tours.

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At Peterborough Museum and Archives, only only one visitor or group up to 10 people will be allowed into the museum at a time, with exclusive access to the exhibits, during an assigned time slot of 50 minutes. The museum is not currently offering guided tours or audio tours.

In addition to requiring appointments for visitors, Peterborough Museum and Archives has temporarily removed interactive activities from exhibits, put in place enhanced cleaning protocols, and is making hand sanitizer available for visitors as part of its new measures for the safety of visitors and staff.

Between each visit, staff will clean high-touch surfaces to prepare for the next visitor or group.

Cipher-Decipher, an exhibit about the history of encrypted communications curated by the Canadian Museum of Science & Technology, is on display at Peterborough Museum and Archives, which opens by appointment only on July 6, 2020. However, due to concerns about COVID-19, interactive activities in exhibits have been temporarily removed. (Photo: Canadian Museum of Science & Technology)
Cipher-Decipher, an exhibit about the history of encrypted communications curated by the Canadian Museum of Science & Technology, is on display at Peterborough Museum and Archives, which opens by appointment only on July 6, 2020. However, due to concerns about COVID-19, interactive activities in exhibits have been temporarily removed. (Photo: Canadian Museum of Science & Technology)

At Lang Pioneer Village Museum, guided tours will be limited to a maximum of nine people — who must be from the same family unit or social circle — per tour. Staggered tours will begin every 15 minutes and must be booked in advance.

While the museum’s snack shop will not be open, packaged snacks and drinks as well as items from the Museum Shop can be purchased at the time of booking.

Visitors will be required to self-screen prior to coming onsite, observe physical distancing with other groups, and to wear face masks when inside buildings.

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Peterborough Museum and Archives will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday and holidays (the museum is closed on Saturdays). To make an appointment to visit the museum, call 705-743-5180 during operating hours.

While there is no admission fee to visit the museum, a suggested donation is $10 per family or group (debit and credit car preferred). For more information about the museum, visit peterborough.ca/museum.

Lang Pioneer Village Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Tours must be booked in advance at lang-pioneer-village-museum.myshopify.com.

The cost for a guided tour is $40 for up to nine people. For more information about the museum, visit langpioneervillage.ca.

Darlene Buchanan and Gordon Rosborough are Peterborough’s Grandparents of the Year

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One of Peterborough's two Grandparents of the Year, Gordon Rosborough of Selwyn Township (pictured rear left with his wife Doris) and his nominator Natalie Grace Garbutt (front right) with siblings Issac and Ethan. Darlene Buchanan of Havelock (not pictured) was also named Grandparent of the Year. (Photo courtesy of Community Care Peterborough)

Peterborough’s Grandparents of the Year are Darlene Buchanan of Havelock and Gordon Rosborough of Selwyn Township.

For the past 33 years, Community Care has encouraged students from grade 2 through 6 in the City and County of Peterborough to nominate a grandparent or a special older person in their life for the Grandparent of the Year award.

This year, Community Care received 60 nominations from area children.

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“The children shared so many wonderful stories and artwork with us,” says Community Care executive director Belair. “It is always difficult for the judges to choose.”

Two awards are presented: one for primary division (grades 2 and 3) and one for junior division (grades 4 to 6). There are also two honourable mentions in each category.

The top three nominees in the primary level were Darlene Buchanan (nominated by Ali Buchanan), Jack Berry (nominated by Wynn Jack Jennings), and Donna and Harold Wall (nominated by Katelyn Wrigley).

One of Peterborough's two Grandparents of the Year, Darlene Buchanan of Havelock (fifth from right), with her nominator Ali Buchanan (third from right). Other members of the Buchanan family pictured from left to right: Steve, Marilyn, Bradley, Wayne, Cameron, Tammy, and Devin. Gordon Rosborough of Selwyn Township (not pictured) was also named Grandparent of the Year. (Photo courtesy of Community Care Peterborough)
One of Peterborough’s two Grandparents of the Year, Darlene Buchanan of Havelock (fifth from right), with her nominator Ali Buchanan (third from right). Other members of the Buchanan family pictured from left to right: Steve, Marilyn, Bradley, Wayne, Cameron, Tammy, and Devin. Gordon Rosborough of Selwyn Township (not pictured) was also named Grandparent of the Year. (Photo courtesy of Community Care Peterborough)

In the junior division, the top three nominees were Gordon Rosborough (nominated by Natalie Grace Garbutt), Paul Mooney (nominated by Mateo Mooney), and Amber Reid (nominated by Locklin Weight).

The title sponsor of the event is Nexicom and the media sponsor is YourTV Peterborough-Lindsay, which produced a video of the virtual awards ceremony (see below).

VIDEO: Grandparent of the Year award ceremony

Daily COVID-19 update for Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region – June 30, 2020

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kawarthaNOW is providing a daily report of COVID-19 cases in the greater Kawarthas region.

Here’s today summary: there are 95 confirmed positive cases in the Peterborough area (91 resolved), 166 in the City of Kawartha Lakes (140 resolved), 21 in Northumberland County (19 resolved), 9 in Haliburton County (8 resolved), and 43 in Hastings County and Prince Edward County (36 resolved).

There are no new cases to report today in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, or Haliburton. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health did not provide a report for June 30; however, the last case reported there was on May 18.

There has been a total of 39 deaths. The most recent death was reported on May 7 by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.

Province-wide, there are 35,068 confirmed cases, an increase of 157 from yesterday’s report. A total of 30,344 cases are resolved, an increase of 148 from yesterday. There have been 2,672 deaths, an increase of 7 from yesterday, with 1,710 of the deaths being residents in long-term care homes, an increase of 4. A total of 1,407,325 tests have been completed, an increase of 23,759 from yesterday, with 19,318 tests under investigation, an increase of 2,617.

This report is based on data supplied by the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS), as well as any additional information supplied by health units and hospitals. This information is at least 24 hours old, so it is not real-time data.

We publish the daily report, usually by late afternoon, with the most current information released by health units. Note that each health unit reports the information in a different way.

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Peterborough Public Health

Peterborough Public Health’s service area is the City and County of Peterborough and the Hiawatha and Curve Lake First Nations.

Confirmed positive: 95 (no change)
Active cases: 2 (no change)
Deaths: 2 (no change)
Resolved: 91 (no change)
Total tests completed: Over 16,500 (increase of 50)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

 

Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s service area is the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, and Haliburton County.

Note: effective July 3, the health unit will no longer provide reports on the weekend.

Confirmed positive: 196, including 166 in Kawartha Lakes, 21 in Northumberland, 9 in Haliburton (no change)
Probable cases: No longer reported
Hospitalizations: 13 (no change)
Deaths: 32 (no change)
Resolved: 167 (increase of 1)
Institutional outbreaks: Fenelon Court Long Term Care Home in Fenelon Falls (no change)

 

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health’s service area is Hastings County (including Bancroft) and Prince Edward County.

Note: the health unit did not provide a report for June 30. These numbers are from June 29.

Confirmed positive: 43 (no change, last positive case reported on May 18)
Probable cases: 181 (no change)
Deaths: 5 (no change)
Hospitalized: 0 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 0 (no change)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 0 (no change)
Recovered: 36 (no change)
Total tests completed: 9,258 (increase of 173)
Institutional outbreaks: None (no change)

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Province of Ontario

Confirmed positive: 35,068 (increase of 157)
Resolved: 30,344 (increase of 148)
Hospitalized: 213 (decrease of 19)
Hospitalized and in ICU: 42 (decrease of 4)
Hospitalized and in ICU on ventilator: 34 (decrease of 1)
Deaths: 2,672 (increase of 7)
Deaths of residents in long-term care homes: 1,710 (increase of 4, 64% of all deaths)
Total tests completed 1,407,325 (increase of 23,759)
Tests under investigation: 19,318 (increase of 2,617)

New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 30 - June 29, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
New COVID-19 cases in Ontario from May 30 – June 29, 2020. The red line is the number of new cases reported daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of new cases. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from May 30 - June 29, 2020. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)
COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario from May 30 – June 29, 2020. The red line is the number of tests completed daily, and the dotted green line is a five-day moving average of tests completed. (Graphic: kawarthaNOW.com)

 

For more information about COVID-19 in Ontario, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.

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