Police Investigating Theft Of Truck Carrying Over 2,000 Firearms
/Peterborough police are investigating the theft of a truck carrying firearms early Sunday morning.
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Ontario To Ease COVID Restrictions Starting Thursday Eliminate Vaccine Passport As Of March
/During Monday mornings announcement Doug Ford stated that the Ontario Government plans to lift capacity limits in indoor settings beginning this week and will scrap the province’s proof-of-vaccination system on March 1.
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Starting Feb. 17, capacity limits will be lifted in all settings where proof of vaccination is required, including restaurants, gyms, and cinemas.
Seating capacity at sports arenas, concert venues, and theatres will be increased to 50 per cent on Thursday and the province will also begin allowing larger social gatherings of 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors.
Capacity limits in other indoor public settings, including grocery stores, pharmacies, retail stores, and malls, will be maintained or increased to the number of people who can stay two metres apart.
On March 1, the province said remaining capacity limits will be removed in all indoor settings and the government will no longer require people to show proof of vaccination to enter non-essential businesses. Businesses may still choose to require proof of vaccination.
Masking rules will remain in effect but the province said a specific timeline for lifting masking mandates will be released at a later date.
The province also confirmed that it will be expanding booster dose eligibility to you aged 12 to 17 starting at 8 a.m. on Friday.
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StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Savin Groceries, Fierce Dog Logistics, Jigsaw Organizing Solutions and Wendy Vey Professional Cleaning
/PTBOCanada is delighted to be running StoosNews columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…
Savin Groceries App was recently launched. A client of the Innovation Cluster, Savin’s sophisticated technology accesses coupons, flyers, and cashback offers so you can quickly find the best price on groceries every week.
Founder and CEO Jenn Andersen says the app personalizes the user experience by recommending deals based on their App activity and effortlessly searches for weekly deals specific to your local region. Visit savin.app for details.
Fierce Dog Logistics started out of a need owner Jamie Bradstreet saw in our community.
It is a full-service, non-asset-based logistics provider based here in Peterborough with access to some of the most respected logistics providers in Ontario and Canada.
It does not matter if you have a small shipment or a full truckload, Fierce Dog has the solution at a reasonable cost. You can call Jamie Bradstreet at 647-456-6728 or email fdoglogistics@gmail.com.
Adeilah Dahlke recently relocated her business to Peterborough. Jigsaw Organizing Solutions can help you with moving, decluttering, reorganizing your pantry, reclaiming your garage or basement, curating your closet so that it only has items that you'll actually wear and more.
Adeilah is a member of the Professional Organizers of Canada and is passionate about sustainability, using what clients already have to keep them organized, recycling, selling, donating and generally sending as little as possible to landfill. jigsaworgsolutions.com or on Instagram or Facebook.
Wendy Vey relocated her cleaning business to Peterborough. Her team specializes in homes for sale, homebuyers and rental properties changing hands.
Wendy works with Real Estate agents to make transitions easier and to help you get the best price possible for your home or rental property. For a free quote call Wendy Vey at Professional Cleaning at 905-441-7378 or search for Wendy Vey on Facebook.
Extreme Cold Weather Warning In Effect For Peterborough Area
/Wind chill values are expected to drop to -30°C for Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes Saturday and Sunday.
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for most the greater Kawarthas region for Saturday night into Sunday morning, and again for Sunday night into early Monday morning.
The extreme cold warning is in effect for Peterborough County, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and Hastings County.
Minimum low temperatures near -25°C with wind chill values near -30°C are expected Saturday night into Sunday morning for Peterborough County and Kawartha Lakes, with minimum low temperatures near -30°C and wind chill values near -35°C for Haliburton and Hastings counties.
Environment Canada suggest rescheduling outdoor events if possible.
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Local Teacher Sleeping Outside For A Week To Raise Money For Youth Emergency Shelter
/Local teacher Aaron McFadden will be sleeping outside, for the second year in a row, to raise money for the Youth Emergency Shelter (YES).
Aaron McFadden and Brooke Erickson (YES). Photo courtesy of Aaron McFadden.
Last year after COVID cancelled McFadden’s travel plans he thought he would put the money he had saved for his trip to good use. He donated it to YES, and decided he would sleep outside, during the coldest week of the year, to raise awareness and money for youth homelessness and YES.
“I have three kids and I’m a teacher,” said McFadden. “Just recognizing that the Youth Emergency Shelter has always been an important charity. I’ve gone there, as a teacher, there’s a lot of good work and learning that happens there It’s such an important resource in our community, it was easy to pick them to donate to.”
This year McFadden’s fundraiser will look a bit different. He will be spending his nights outside beginning on Sunday until Feb. 21.
Because he is back to full time teaching he will only be sleeping outside for 12 hours at a time, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily.
“I realized, just because I’m working doesn’t mean I can’t do this,” he said. “As a teacher we do things together, we don’t do things on our own.”
McFadden hopes that his campaign will encourage people to participate in the virtual sleep out being hosted on March 25.
The virtual sleep out encourages participants to educate themselves on homelessness and share their learnings with other participants, friends and family.
McFadden’s fundraiser page can be found here. Updates throughout the week will be posted to the event Facebook page. His goal for this year it $1,500.
McFadden also hopes that his week long sleepout will bring attention to other initiatives happening around the city.
The Coldest Night of The Year walk is a family-friendly walk to raise money for local charities serving people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness.
The Meaning of Home contest invites children in grades 4-6 to enter a piece of writing sharing what home means to them. Each entry will result in a $10 donation to Peterborough’s local Habitat for Humanity organization. This contest ends on Friday.
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Ontario Government Expands Access For Free Home Rapid Tests In Grocery Stores and Pharmacies
/The Ontario government is expanding access to free rapid antigen testing kits to the public for home use at grocery stores and pharmacies.
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The expanded access began on Wednesday. Roughly 44 million test kits over the next two months to over 2,300 pharmacies and grocery stores with over five million tests will be distributed weekly throughout the province.
MPP Dave Smith warns that the rapid test measures if you have Covid at that particular point in time and not a certainty for the same result in the next few days.
“The rapid test may come back negative today and that just means you don’t have Covid right now,” said MPP Dave Smith. “Doesn’t mean you’re Covid-free two or three days from now. Don’t use it as that safety guard that you can go visit someone else, use it as a diagnostic tool when you have symptoms.
Box sets of five rapid tests will be given to each household per visit while supplies last. There is no purchase necessary to obtain the free tests.
Some stores may include rapid tests as part of their regular delivery service with a purchase from their respective businesses.
The following are a list of locations for free rapid tests:
City of Peterborough
Charlotte Care Remedy’s Rx Pharmacy, 100-270 Charlotte St.
Costco Pharmacy, 485 The Parkway
Morello’s Your Independent Grocer Peterborough, 400 Lansdowne St. E.
Lansdowne Pharmacy, 196 Lansdowne St. E.
Metro, 1154 Chemong Rd.
Real Canadian Superstore, 769 Borden Ave.
Rexall, 85 George St. N.
Rexall, 1154 Chemong Rd.
Sherbrooke Heights Pharmacy, 1625 Sherbrooke St. W.
Shoppers Drug Mart, 1875 Lansdowne St. W.
Shoppers Drug Mart, 741 Lansdowne St. W.
Shoppers Drug Mart, 250 Charlotte St.
Shoppers Drug Mart, 971 Chemong Rd.
Sobeys, 1200 Lansdowne St. W.
Sobeys, 501 Towerhill Rd.
The Clinic Pharmacy Rx, 26 Hospital Dr.
Walmart, 1002 Chemong Rd.
Walmart, 950 Lansdowne Street W.
County of Peterborough
Village Pharmacy, 135 Queen St., Lakefield
Keene Drug Mart, 1105 Heritage Line, Keene
Centennial Family Pharmacy, 2375 County Rd. 45, Norwood
City of Kawartha Lakes
Village Gate Pharm-Rx, 101 East St. S., Bobcaygeon
Fenelon Falls Pharmacy, 53 Colborne St., Fenelon Falls
MacArthur Drugs, 21 Colborne St., Fenelon Falls
Sobeys, 15 Lindsay St., Fenelon Falls
Food Basics, 363 Kent St. W., Lindsay
Kawartha Lakes Pharmasave, 4A-55 Angeline St. N., Lindsay
Loblaws, 400 Kent St. W., Lindsay
Pharmasave Integrated Care Pharmacy, 10 Moose Rd., Lindsay
Remedy’s Rx On Kent, 108 Kent St. W., Lindsay
Rexall Pharma Plus, 401 Kent St. W., Lindsay
RX Drug Mart Lindsay, 51 Kent St. W., Lindsay
Shoppers Drug Mart, 343 Kent St. W., Lindsay
Shoppers Drug Mart, 74 Kent St. W., Lindsay
Little Britain Pharm, 415 Eldon Rd., Little Britain
Kinmount Pharmacy, 503-31 County Rd., Kinmount
Northumberland County
Brighton Clinic Pharmacy, 4 5-46 Prince Edward St., Brighton
Pharma Plus, 1 Main St., Brighton
Sobeys, 14 Main St., Brighton
Maclaren Pharmacy, 79 Bridge St. E., Campbellford
Rx Drug Mart Campbellford, 16 Grand Rd., Campbellford
Cobourg Care Pharmacy, 5A-609 William St., Cobourg
Cobourg Pharmacy, 6A-9 Elgin St. E., Cobourg
Metro, 1111 Elgin St. W., Cobourg
Shoppers Drug Mart, 270 Spring St., Cobourg
Walmart, 73 Strathy Rd., Cobourg
York Super Pharmacy, 500 Division St., Cobourg
Davis’ Your Independent Grocer, 20 Jocelyn Rd., Port Hope
Food Basics, 125 Hope St. S., Port Hope
Health Centre Pharmacy, 5-15 Henderson St., Port Hope
Warkworth Pharmacy, 26 Main St., Warkworth
Haliburton County
Todd’s Your Independent Grocer Haliburton, 5121 Country Rd. 21, Haliburton
Rexall, 224 Highland St., Haliburton
Shoppers Drug Mart, 186 Highland St., Haliburton
Highland Remedy Rx, 33 Bobcaygeon Rd., Minden
Minden Pharmacy, 110 Bobcaygeon Rd., Minden
Hastings County
North Hastings Family Pharmacy, 217 Hastings St. N., Bancroft
Shoppers Drug Mart, 118 Hastings St. N., Bancroft
Johnston’s Pharmacy, 6 Front St. E., Hastings
Johnston’s Pharmacy, 57 St. Lawrence St. E., Madoc
Marmora Pharmacy, 38 Forsyth St., Marmora
Nickle’s Pharmacy, 26 Forsyth St., Marmora
Ontario Government Declares Provincial State of Emergency Over Protests and Blockades
/The Ontario Government has declared a state of emergency regarding the protesters and ending the blockade at key border crossings in the province announced on Friday.
Truckers from all over the country began rolling into Ottawa to protest on Jan. 28. Screenshot.
Increased fines and penalties on protesters including a maximum penalty of $100,000 and up to a year of imprisonment are placed for any non-compliers.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls the gathering a “siege” rather than a protest. He is urging anyone remaining to go back home in order to minimize harm as the government got the message sent by the protest.
“With a protest, you peacefully make your point and you go back home and I know the vast majority of the people did that,” he said. “You’ve been heard loud and clear. Canada has heard you. I urge you, it’s time to leave and it’s time to do so peacefully.”
Ontario and Alberta have had several blockades with the "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa protesting against vaccine mandates for truckers beginning two weeks ago.
Ontario will provide additional authority to revoke personal and commercial licences to anyone who fails to comply as temporary measures according to Ford. He stated the government "has every intention" to make them permanent into new legislation in the future.
"We are taking the steps necessary to support our police as they do what it takes to restore law and order," said Ford.
The state of emergency declaration will last for 42 hours as the cabinet will meet on Saturday to amend it if necessary.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said the RCMP will send more resources to end the blockades in Ottawa, Windsor, Ont., and Coutts, Alta.
Mendicino claims to be in "consistent contact" with Ontario Solicitor General Sylvia Jones to coordinate their response in Ottawa for police backup.
Ottawa had previously requested 1,800 more officers from the Ontario and federal governments with 250 RCMP officers deployed.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau give remarks in Ottawa on Friday afternoon regarding the protests and blockades across Canada.
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Average Monthy Home Price In Peterborough Hits A Record $814,495 In January
/The average monthly home price in the City of Peterborough surpassed $800,000 in January, for the first time ever.
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The average price of homes sold in January $814,495 which is up 21.9 per cent from January 2021.
The Peterborough and the Kawarthas Association of Realtors reported that 80 homes were sold in January 2022, down 20 per cent from January 2021.
There were 120 new residential listings in January which is the lowest number of new listings added in the month of January in more than 35 years, the association reported.
The association also reported that the 78 active listings left at the end of the month were down 22.8 per cent from a year ago and the lowest in more than two decades.
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Over $200,000 in Funding Goes to YWCA Peterborough-Haliburton and Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre
/YWCA Peterborough Haliburton and the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre will receive a combined total of over $200,000 in funding from the Ontario Government announced on Thursday.
Kim Dolan (pictured) YWCA Peterborough Haliburton executive director has held her position since Feb. 2020, one month before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Screenshot.
Tee YWCA is receiving $142,949 to support the Haliburton Emergency SafeSpace (HERS) program along with an additional $8,272 for training initiatives.
The Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre will be given $55,088 to deliver crucial services and supports to survivors of human trafficking and women who experienced violence.
“The YWCA Peterborough Haliburton and Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre provide services to the most vulnerable members of our community,” said Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. “This funding will help ensure they can continue to deliver supports and operate local shelters during the pandemic, especially for those who are in rural and remote areas and face transportation barriers.”
The additional investment will provide agencies with more resources, strengthen culturally responsive supports for Indigenous women and reduce geographic and transportation barriers which will significantly improve access to quality care and services to victims in rural and remote communities.
Kim Dolan, YWCA Peterborough Haliburton executive director believes the pandemic has played a huge role in the growing need for women’s services in the past few years.
“I think that the uncertainty that people have been living with, are they going to be able to keep their jobs, it’s exacerbating in rural and geographical services and connecting with the community is minimized,” she said. “So all of the factors have magnified the reality of gender-based violence.”
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Peterborough Girl Selected As One Of 100 Ambassadors For JDRF's 'Lets Make History Again' Campaign
/Tilly Stimpson, a grade 9 student at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School, will join the 'Let’s Make History Again' campaign, hosted by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), as one of the 100 Ambassadors of History.
When Stimpson was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes at two-years-old her father Matt says it was devastating.
“I had been living with it for a number of years, and Shay - our nurse at PRHC - said ‘you’re already on page 50 of a 100 page book’ because of what I had been going through,” said Matt. “We knew how to manage the disease, but kids are a whole different can of worms.”
“Living with diabetes is definitely difficult,” said Stimpson. “It’s a 24/7 disease, you always have to be on it, checking your blood sugars and making sure you’re ok. I don’t think you’re ever not thinking about diabetes, your mind is always set on it.”
Both Matt and Tilly hope that through fundraising researchers will find a cure for diabetes, and they wont have to rely on insulin daily.
Tilly hopes that anyone that wants to join her in her climb does so. Photo by Angela O’Grady.
