Peterborough Beaches And Wading Pools To Be Monitored As Of June 25
/The City of Peterborough will be conducting staff training for this summer’s lifeguard program from June 21 to 24 at Beavermead and Rogers Cove beaches.
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Peterborough Lakers Get Off to 2-0 Start After Long-Awaited Home Opener
/It was a night that was 1,117 days in the making.
The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers defeated the Cobourg Kodiaks 11-9 after raising their 2019 Mann Cup championship banner at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.
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The Lakers give a 2-0 record in the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) league since they defeated the Kodiaks on Sunday.
Thomas Hoggarth led the team with four goals while Peterborough’s Shawn Evans had five points with two goals and three assists.
“It was a great feeling, having our fans there supporting us, especially for the banner raising,” he said, “Being back in this arena, after being a child here and growing up… in this building for so many years, it was something special tonight and it was good that we got the win for the fans and for ourselves.”
In a game where the Lakers never forfeited the lead, the Kodiaks nipped at their heels, ringing off four straight goals to cut the 9-4 lead into a one-goal deficit in the third period.
Austin Hasen and Turner Evans scored for the Peterborough in the last 2:15 of the game to put the game out of reach for Cobourg.
Goaltender Mike Poulin stopped 45 out of 54 shots on goal to get his first home win on the season.
The Lakers’ next game is unknown as MSL is finalizing the league schedule. The league has been unable to play for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Special Weather Statement In Effect As Strong Wind Expected To Blow Through Peterborough
/Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Peterborough area as high winds are expected to blow through the area on Friday afternoon.
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Strong wind gusts of up to 70 km/h are expected to start around noon and last until Friday evening.
Environment Canada warns that loose objects may be tossed by the wind and cause injury or damage.
Gusty winds can damage soft shelters, tents and awnings at outdoor events.
Isolated power outages possible.
Peterborough Police Create Online Form To Report Hate Bias Incidents
/The Peterborough Police Service has created an online form for residents to report hate bias incidents. The online option is a means to reduce barriers in reporting.
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“Any form of hate is intolerable. The hope is that reducing barriers to report such incidents will lead to more accurate reporting and a better understanding of the incidents in our community so resources can be directed accordingly,” said Acting Chief Tim Farquharson, Peterborough Police Service.
You can find the form through the Peterborough Police Service Online Reporting Portal or directly Hate Bias Incident Form.
Peterborough Police define a hate/bias incident as behaviour that, although motivated by bias against an individual or group based on racial, religious, ethnic, sexual orientation or disability etc, is not a criminal act. Hostile comments or other disrespectful/discriminatory behaviour may be motivated by bias but is not necessarily criminal in nature.
These actions become crimes only when they directly incite others to commit violence against ascribed status individuals or groups based on racial, religious, ethnic, sexual orientation or disability etc, or if they place a potential victim/group in fear of their safety.
Police can help to defuse potentially dangerous situations and prevent hate-motivated criminal behaviour by responding to, and accurately documenting hate-motivated speech or behavior even if it does not rise to the level of a criminal offence.
Lakefield Literary Festival's Young Writers Contest Names Record Number Of Winners
/Seven winners for the Lakefield Literary Festival’s Young Writers Contest have been announced including, for the first time ever, a three way tie for the senior fiction category.
Winners in front of St Peter Secondary. Photo by Angela O’Grady
This year saw 92 entries to the contest from local schools throughout the Peterborough region.
2022 Young Writers Winners:
Junior Fiction: Kellan MacKenzie, Grade 10, SPSS
Junior Non-fiction: Madeleine Hill, Grade 10, SPSS
Junior Poetry: Kellan MacKenzie, Grade 10, SPSS
Senior Fiction: Clementine MacLeod, Grade 11, Adam Scott. Justin Ehlert, Grade 12, PACE. Hailey Cavanagh, Grade 11, SPSS.
Senior Non-fiction: Toula Pappas, Grade 11, SPSS
Senior Poetry: Abigail Auger, Grade 12, SPSS
Each of the winners will receive $200.00, a commemorative plaque, and publication in the Festival’s ebook.
Justin Ehlert, who attends PACE, was one of three winners in the Senior Fiction category.
Ehlert calls his piece ‘meta-fiction’.
“There was two layers,” he said. “One was me talking about my thought process as I was writing the story and then the story itself was about a man who recently lost his father.”
He says his story started with the setting, a lake, then he built a character around that and went from there.
“Truthfully I’m more of a reader than a writer,” he said. “I started this piece as an assignment and my teacher encouraged me to finish it and to submit it.”
Elhert says winning this contest may encourage him to write more in the future, though he doesn’t plan on making a career out of it.
Keeping writing as a hobby was a common theme among winners.
Abigail Auger, a grade 12 student at St Peter says she worries if she made a career of writing she would begin to see it as a chore.
Her poem which was inspired by the television series Gossip Girl won her first place in the Senior Poetry category.
She plans to attend Trent University to study Forensics.
Contest Co-Organizer and retired teacher Andrew Milner says he looks forward to reading entries every year.
“They’re such mature writers, it’s fascinating to see what they come up with every year,” he said.
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Peterborough Minor Lakers U9-1 Bring Home Silver Medal From Chuck Miller Tournament In Guelph
/The Peterborough Minor Lakers U9-1 brough home a silver medal from the Chuck Miller Tournament in Guelph this past weekend.
The team won 4 games and tied 1 in the round robin part of the tournament to secure a spot in the Gold Medal game.
The team finished the game against the Oakville Hawks 7-13.
So far in the 2022 season the team sits with a 5-1-2 (W, L, T) record.
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Hometown PTBO: Country Music Ty Wilson Releasing His Newest Single "Catch You In My Next Life" On the Radio And His Solo Career
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This week on Hometown PTBO, Pete Dalliday talks with country singer Ty Wilson about his new single "Catch You In My Next Life," filming his next music video, playing in the Bob Segar tribute band "Against the Wind" and his solo career.
Dr. Patricia And David Morton Donate 133 Acres Of Land To Kawartha Land Trust
/Local philanthropists Dr. Patricia and David Morton have donated 133 acres of land to the Kawartha Land Trust (KLT).
Kawartha Land Trust's 133-acre Morton Nature Sanctuary features 1.5 km of natural, undeveloped lakefront shoreline. Photo courtesy of Thomas Unrau/KLT
The densely forested land includes 1.5 kilometres of undeveloped, natural lakefront shoreline and at least two at-risk species including the Eastern Ribbonsnake and Eastern Wood Pewee.
“Our major goal and great wish [was] to protect, conserve and preserve this land, forest and habitat now and for the foreseeable future as, in effect, our legacy and gift to our Mother Nature,” said Dr. Morton.
The Morton Nature Sanctuary is part of the “The Land Between” transitional landscape zone and almost 60% of the property falls within the Kawarthas Naturally Connected (KNC) natural heritage system.
“I had the pleasure of visiting the property for a habitat inventory prior to the donation,” said Thomas Unrau, KLT’s Director of Community Conservation. “During a lunch break, we paused in a majestic stand of Red Pines overlooking the lake, birds calling all around us. Sitting in that forest, I experienced a great moment of peace, knowing the land would be protected through our collaboration with the Mortons.”
The dedication of Kawartha Land Trust’s donors, volunteers, and supporters has resulted in the acquisition of 10 new properties in the past two years, which has expanded KLT’s protected lands to 4,800 acres, providing additional safe havens for wildlife in the Kawarthas and securing important ecological landscapes help combat climate change.
Trent-Severn Waterway Partially Closed Due to High Water Levels and Flows This Friday
/Parks Canada is partially closing navigation of the Trent-Severn Waterway due to high water levels and flows starting Friday until further notice.
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Over the past 15 days, Trent-Severn’s watersheds have received significant amounts of precipitation, equal to no more than double the normal amount expected. Parks Canada advises anyone to exercise extreme caution near the water.
The list of stations that are open and closed during the partial closure occurring on Friday. Updates are provided regularly. Photo courtesy of Parks Canada.
