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Auto Connect Sales To Host Furry Friends For Adoption From Four Lucky Paws Animal Rescue On Saturday
/Auto Connect Sales will be hosting Four Lucky Paws Animal Rescue on Saturday, in hopes to find some furry friends homes in Peterborough.
Four Lucky Paws with Banner the Dane, and Cheryl Watson at Auto Connect Sales. Photo courtesy of Auto Connect Sales.
From 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Auto Connect Sales will be filled with dogs and puppies available for adoption.
The public is welcome to drop in, visit some dogs and participate in their silent auction, face painting and barbeque, with proceeds going towards animal care.
Cheryl Watson, from Auto Connect, says prior to opening their Lansdowne location she worked with Katelyn Hubbert, the founder of Four Lucky Paws.
“We always try to do as many charitable thing as we can,” said Watson. “Now, here we are, we have the opportunity to help even more than before and we’re just hoping to bring more awareness to her rescue, and help find some puppies a home.”
Hubbert started this rescue on her own in 2014.
“That’s not an easy thing to do, start something from scratch,” said Watson. “I’m so proud of what she’s accomplished so far.”
Four Lucky Paws is a foster-based rescue, meaning they do not have a physical shelter for animals in their care.
Individuals sign up to temporarily house dogs until someone reaches out to adopt.
Four Lucky Paws relies on donations and volunteers to fund medical care, food, supplies, and training. All dogs in their care are spayed or neutered before adoption.
Watson hopes that even if they aren’t ready to adopt, those that come on Saturday may consider fostering a dog, or donating to allow Four Lucky Paws to continue the work they do.
“Even if you can’t adopt a dog right now, who doesn’t want to come snuggle a puppy for a day?”
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Peterborough Musicfest To Announce Summer Concert Lineup Next Week
/Peterborough MusicFest will be announcing their long awaited concert lineup for Summer 2022, their 35th season, on Tuesday, next week.
File Photo.
The public is welcome to attend the announcement at 10:30 a.m. at Silver Bean Café.
There will be 16 shows on the Fred Anderson Stage at Del Crary Park every Wednesday and Saturday, 8 p.m. start time.
The first show of the season will be on Canada Day, Friday, and the last on August 20.
In the past, the Peterborough Musicfest stage has hosted the likes of Dallas Green of City & Colour, Crash Test Dummies, Carly Rae Jepsen, Big Wreck, Tegan and Sara, Our Lady Peace, Tom Cochrane, The Reklaws, Kiefer Sutherland, Walk Off the Earth, Terri Clarke, Serena Ryder, Randy Bachman, Chad Brownlee, and many more.
Peterborough Musicfest is funded by corporate sponsorships (most of whom are small locally owned businesses), through multilevel government support, fundraising initiatives, and private donations and we remain steadfastly, and uniquely, free of charge for our audience.
MPP Dave Smith Elected For Second Term In Provincial Election
/It’s four more years for Conservative candidate and MPP Dave Smith as he won the 2022 Peterborough-Kawartha Riding for the provincial election held on Thursday night.
Dave Smith earns back-to-back terms for the Conservative Party. Gary Stewart was the last Conservative MPP for the Peterborough-Kawartha riding to get elected for consecutive terms from 1995-2003. Photo by Luke Best.
Smith won the riding with 20,188 votes, getting a 38.5 per cent share of the ballots. This win marks the start of his second term as MPP.
"Anytime you're an elected official, the whole goal is to help the people that have put you there," said Smith. "For this many people to step forward once again and say, 'we like what you've done, we believe in you, please represent us again,' it's a very humbling experience."
Smith held his election party at the Peterborough Golf & Country Club that had a small and quiet crowd in the final hour before ballots closed at 9 p.m. EST.
The crowd picked up to roughly 80 people once ballots were being counted. It only took 38 minutes since the polls closed before Smith was declared the winner. There were chants of ‘four more years’ and a loud cheer once the result was in.
"When we went out there with Covid, I tried listening to what the challenges were," said Smith. "People recognized that I was there in their corner in a tough time and I was trying to do things that were going to make life better for them."
Smith’s victory was a stepping stone for the Conservative Party as Premier Doug Ford was re-elected to a second term 11 minutes after polls closed. They earned a majority government seven minutes later.
"I think people were happy with what we did over the last four years," said Smith. "They recognized that Premier Ford has a heart of gold and his whole intent is for the people of Ontario.”
Smith says ‘the work is not done yet’ as he has several issues he wants to tackle after being re-elected. He says he has a start on addressing the healthcare challenges in the province by rebuilding the economy and getting people jobs first.
"When the economy is moving well, we have more money as government to do all of the extra things we need to support people," he said.
Smith notes that more work needs to be done in healthcare, long-term care, education skills trades, natural resources, forestry and Indigenous affairs.
The following were the results of the Peterborough-Kawartha Riding:
Dave Smith (Conservative) - 20,188 votes (38.5 per cent)
Greg Dempsey (Liberal) - 16,021 votes (30.6 per cent)
Jen Deck (New Democratic) - 11,210 votes (21.4 per cent)
Tom Morazzo (Ontario Party) - 1,973 votes (3.8 per cent)
Robert Gibson (Green) - 1,914 votes (3.7 per cent)
Rebecca Quinnell (New Blue) - 1,078 votes (2.1 per cent)
Dempsey made a brief visit congratulating Smith’s win while Deck and Gibson spent a longer amount of time with the Conservative candidate after his win.
Ontario Liberal Steven Del Duca lost his hometown riding of Vaughan-Woodbridge and stepped down as leader. He lost to Michael Tibollo who defeated him back in 2018.
NDP’s Andrea Horwath resigned as leader however the party remains as the official opposition. She won her riding of Hamilton Centre in a landslide by nearly 12,000 votes (57.3 per cent share).
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Peterborough Public Library is Yarn Bombed For National Deafblind Awareness Month
/Roughly 130 squares crocheted together is the newest art piece for Peterborough Public Library as they were ‘yarn bombed’ for National Deafblind Awareness Month on Thursday.
Sarah Grimbly, Deafblind communications coordinator (left) with Mayor Diane Therrien (right) with the roughly 130 crocheted squares hanging on the left side of the Peterborough Public Library upon walking in the main entrance. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Yarn bombing (also known as knitfiti) is a form of street art where yarn is knit, crocheted or wrapped and is displayed in a public space.
The yarn squares were made by people serviced by Deaf Blind Ontario Services (a company that provides services to deaf and/or blind), knitting groups and volunteers. The company’s campaign is in its second year to celebrate those who are blind and/or deaf.
“The individuals we support have both hearing and vision loss and heavily rely on their tactile senses,” said Sarah Grimbly, DeafBlind communications coordinator. “Knitting, crocheting, the feeling of the yarn, that's all very tactile and so it was a great way to get them participating in the initiative as well.”
Mayor Diane Therrien says it is an initiative that Peterborough is happy to get behind and will be effective in helping create dialogue and awareness for deaf and blind people.
“The Peterborough Library is a community hub, there's a lot of people that come through here so the more awareness we can bring to it, the better,” she said. “It's a great conversation piece that people will talk about and spread the word to friends and family.”
Several crocheted projects have yarn-bombed cities all over the province. They exist in parks, downtown spaces, public buildings and more. Participating cities include London, Innisfil and Ottawa alongside Peterborough.
The knitted project remains on the library wall for the month of June.
National Deafblind Awareness Month happens every June since it is the birth month of famed author Helen Keller, known for having vision and hearing loss.
Hometown PTBO: Former Teacher Michael Stewart Getting Paralyzed, His Rehabilitation Process and Getting a Hole-In-One
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This week on Hometown PTBO, Pete Dalliday talks with former phys ed teacher Michael Stewart about his near-death experience of being paralyzed, his rehabilitation process and getting a hole in one at the Peterborough Golf and Country Club.
Ontario Law Allowing Employees To Disconnect After Hours Begins Today
/Ontario’s ‘Right To Disconnect’ policy, allowing employees the right to ignore any and all work-related communication after scheduled hours, came into effect on Thursday.
Photo by Luke Best.
This policy was inspired by a 2016 law giving workers in France the right to turn off electronic work devices outside of business hours.
Bill 27: Working for Workers Act, 2021, requires employers with 25 or more people on staff as of Jan. 1, 2022 to have a policy as of Thursday that outlines how they will ensure workers are able to disconnect from the workplace after hours.
Employers are now required to provide their staff with a written copy of the policy, which applies to all employees.
According to The Working for Workers Act, disconnecting means “not engaging in work-related communications, including emails, telephone calls, video calls or sending or reviewing other messages, to be free from the performance of work.”.
Electric City FC Women Defeat Hamilton United Wednesday Night
/The Electric City FC Women’s side got back in the win column on Wednesday night, defeating Hamilton United 1-0 in League 1 Ontario Women’s action at Fleming College.
Photo by David Pickering.
