Undermanned Electric City Football Club Men's Team Lose 2-1 In Inaugural Trent Severn Cup; First Home Defeat

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The undermanned Electric City Football Club (ECFC) coughed up two goals in the last ten minutes for a 2-1 loss against the Simcoe County Rovers in the inaugural Trent Severn Cup on Saturday.

The match would be decided by penalty kicks if it was a draw after regulation. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

ECFC head coach Randy Riberio was suspended for two games for accumulative yellow cards. Striker and team-leading scorer Jordan Brown was suspended for three games for a ‘league incident’ according to Riberio.

"Jordan's a leader on the field for us,” said Ribierio. “He's our leading goal-scorer and so we definitely missed his presence today but we have full trust in all the players we have on the squad to the jobs we needed to do and I thought overall today, we were the better team but unfortunately we fell asleep for the last ten minutes."

The cup was created in mid-June to help spark both clubs in their first year with League1 Ontario.

“Both franchises have shown a great desire to compete at the highest standards and strive to participate at the highest level in the Canadian Soccer landscape,” said John Copp, HDSA president. “The Districts want to help kick off these franchises' inaugural season and provide the groundwork for what we expect will be a long (friendly) rivalry between two top League 1 Ontario Clubs.”

The cup winner is determined by the combined score of both men’s and women’s teams. The women drew to a 1-1 on June 15.

Electric City got on the board first with a goal from Mohammad Reza Nafar in the eighth minute off a soft corner kick pass. Reza Nafar juked through two Rovers and had his shot sail by several defenders and the keeper on the left-side bottom corner.

Simcoe keeper Richard Gomes protested the corner-kick call to no avail as he made a save on a ball going wide of the net. The official claimed the ball went out of bounds and was last touched by a Rover for the corner kick.

“I didn't expect the ball to come to me,” said Reza Nafar. “I was kind of in shock when I saw the ball and it was just instinctive what I did and I saw an opportunity to shoot and I did.”

Simcoe had an uncontested shot in the box after forcing an ECFC turnover in the 32nd minute. Electric City keeper Quillan Roberts made a diving save to keep it 1-0 into the half.

Simcoe got a free kick in the 58th minute but had their shot sail wide of the net as the first quality scoring chance of the second half.

ECFC had their own free kick in the 65th minute but Reza Nefar had his shot go high and wide as the team’s first quality chance of the half.

The lone goal-scorer tried to make amends forcing a turnover shortly after the missed free kick. He forced a turnover and made a centring pass to freshly substituted Benjamin Vyfshaft but just went out of reach for a one-timer goal.

Simcoe stormed back late in the 86th minute with a goal from Jacob Grant to tie it 1-1. He zipped it past a diving Roberts from a cross pass in front of the net.

Vyfshaft received a centring pass during extra time but could not beat a diving Gomes and kept the game tied.

Justin Yarde clinched it for Simcoe County as he beat Roberts over the to after a midfield turnover by ECFC.

This was the second consecutive men’s home game where they allowed a goal in extra time in the second half to lose their lead.

“Lack of concentration in the last ten minutes,” said Rob Clarke, ECFC interim head coach. "Two mistakes cost us goals and we can't let that happen against a good Simcoe team. We'll remember this one. Hopefully, we can learn from this moving forward."

The men’s next game is against Darby FC on Friday as their second-last road game of the season.

Sunday’s women’s game against Vaughan Azzurri was postponed due to weather conditions 23 minutes into their match. Their final regular-season game will be concluded at a later date.

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Country Music Star Sacha Will Play A Hometown Show At Musicfest On Saturday

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Peterborough Musicfest will host Sacha, Canadian country music star who was born in Warkworth, on Saturday.

Photo courtesy of Richelle Umali.

Saturday will be the singer-songwriters first ‘hometown’ show since her rise to stardom in 2020.

“Growing up I remember school trips to the Lift Lock,” said Sacha. “Peterborough would be one of the closest ‘big cities’ to me growing up.”

Sacha released her EP The Best Thing and the single Standards, which, to date, has been streamed 10 million times and counting, in July 2020.

“I’ve been in the music realm for a long time but 2020, for some reason, presented an opportunity for mem to be seen and heard. I guess the world shutting down gave people the opportunity to look around.”

After the success of her EP, her collaboration with The Reklaws on their smash What The Truck gave Sacha her first gold-certified hit.

A Country Music Association of Ontario Rising Star nominee in 2021, Sacha was named an iHeartRadio Future Star, and three of her videos – for the songs Cheers, Standards and What The Truck – have received regular play on CMT.

She says that growing up in Warkworth has influenced the type of music she writes and plays.

“My parents were musicians,” she said. “I grew up small town, country living. We grew our own veggies, stuff like that. My mom played every kind of music around the house. Music was an influence from day one.”

She says that concert goers can expect songs that they can sing to, new songs and songs that take people back.

“I’ll share my story and hopefully people can leave inspired, knowing that anyone out there have a dream and all dreams can come true if you just work hard and stay authentic to yourself.”

After her show in Peterborough Sacha will head to the Boots and Hearts music festival in August, and will tour with popular country duo Maddie & Tae in the fall.

This event is completely free, with first come first served seating. It is suggested that concert goers bring a lawn chair, chairs will be available to rent at the venue.

If a storm occurs during a concert a cancellation announcement will be made from the stage. Peterborough Musicfest will not issue a cancellation call until 7:45 p.m. a fifteen minutes before the scheduled start of 8 p.m. Rescheduling of cancelled concerts is not guaranteed.

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Former MPP Jeff Leal Enters Peterborough Mayoral Race After Four-Year Absence

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After a four-year hiatus from politics, former Liberal MPP Jeff Leal is running to be the next mayor of Peterborough in a campaign launch at the Peterborough Lions Club on Thursday night.

Leal (right) greeting supporters at the door to a room of over 100 people in his campaign launch at the Lions Club. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Over 100 supporters came out to cheer on Leal as short speeches were made by several dignitaries, highlighting the former MPP’s accomplishments.

Laurie Carr, Hiawatha Chief; Adrian Foster, Clarington Mayor; Durham Coun. Granville Anderson; Lou Rinaldi, former Northumberland MPP and Ashburnham Ward Councillor Gary Baldwin were some notable figures present at the event. Carr and Baldwin spoke at Leal’s campaign while J. Murray Jones, Douro-Dummer mayor, sent a video endorsement but was not present at the event.

Leal served four consecutive terms as the MPP for the Peterborough - Kawartha riding from 2003 to 2018 until current Conservative MPP Dave Smith won the seat. The former MPP says he’s spent his time off politics volunteering in the community.

"I'm currently the chair of the board of Employment Planning and Counselling Peterborough, I'm vice-chair of the board of St. Joseph's at Fleming long-term care home, I'm on the strategic planning committee, I have a passion for golf at the Kawartha Golf & Country Club and I've also been doing consulting work in the field of agriculture,” said Leal.

The new mayoral candidate said had no intention of returning to politics, let alone running for mayor until he received overwhelming encouragement from peers and citizens.

"After 2018, I didn't aspire to run for political office again but certainly over the last four years, I've been an observer of things in the City of Peterborough and it's the unprecedented encouragement that I got,” explained Leal. “People coming up to me and said, 'We really think with the skills that you demonstrated in the past would be helpful to build a better Peterborough down the road.’”

Leal served under former Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne. He worked in several ministries as an MPP such as the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Environment and the Minister of Agriculture and Food and Rural Affairs. He says that experience will help in accomplishing his top priority if elected as mayor.

“One of the things that I'm going to identify is '100 Days of Action,' and part of that will be over the next six months to enter into positive, respectful, sensitive negotiations with Cavan-Monaghan to annex the City of Peterborough by 4,000 acres so we actually have the platform we need to encourage growth for future prosperity both for the City of Peterborough and the county of Peterborough,” explained Leal.

Leal joins councillors Stephen Wright and Henry Clarke for the mayoral race. Mayor Diane Therrien stated that she will not seek re-election in the fall last year. Voting day is Oct. 24 beginning at 10 a.m. with polls closing at 8 p.m.

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Peterborough Police Recover Stolen Vehicle

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Peterborough Police have recovered a vehicle that was reported stolen on Tuesday, announced on Friday.

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On Tuesday Peterborough Police took a report from a Cavan Monaghan resident regarding the theft of a 2004 Ford motor home from a garage on the property.

At 4 p.m., police responded to the Chemong Road Walmart parking lot regarding the stolen 2004 Ford motor home. The vehicle was located with a male in the driver’s seat and a female in the passenger seat.

With the assistance of K-9 Gryphon both occupants were arrested for possession of stolen property. When being lodged into the police cells the female accused spat on officers. She is facing an additional charge of assault police.

  • A 42-year-old Peterborough man has been charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 X2 and break and enter to a residence

  • A 49-year-old Peterborough woman has been charged with assaulting a Peace Officer and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000

Both persons were held in custody for a bail hearing on Friday.

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Peterborough Lakers Get Revenge On Six Nations Chiefs With Overtime Win

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The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers got redemption against the Six Nations Chiefs from Tuesday’s road loss with a 13-11 overtime win at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

It was the first win the Lakers got over the Chiefs this season though the latter has a 3-1 record over Peterborough this year. The Lakers had a season-record attendance of 2,842 cheering fans.

Taite Cattoni and Shawn Evans scored in the 10-minute overtime period to seal the Lakers’ victory and bump them to 12 points in the standings.

Evans was named the player of the game with a goal and seven assists.

Doug Buchan was named the defensive player of the game, making 49 saves for the Lakers and allowed only two goals in the last 34 minutes of the game.  

“Guys are back and getting some chemistry,“ said Buchan. “It was a good win here. The crowd was rocking and hopefully we can carry some momentum into Brooklin next week.”

Vaughn Harris led Six Nations with four goals and one assist while Austin Staats scored three times and added four assists. Goaltender Warren Hill made 45 saves for Six Nations. 

The Lakers head to Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby on Wednesday to begin a home-and-home series with the Brooklin Lacrosse Club. Brooklin comes to town this Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Memorial Centre to finish the back-to-back games.

Lakers game leaders:

  • Holden Cattoni (3-2) 

  • Cory Vitarelli (2-3) 

  • Austin Hasen (2-0) 

  • Shawn Evans (1-7) 

  • Mark Matthews (1-5) 

  • Keaton Zavitz (1-4) 

  • Kiel Matisz (1-2) 

  • Taite Cattoni (1-1) 

  • Matt Gilray (1-0) 

  • Bryce Sweeting (0-1) 

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City of Peterborough Reminding Residents To Ensure They Are Registered To Vote Ahead Of October Election

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The City of Peterborough asks residents to confirm that they are registered to vote in the upcoming municipal and school board elections on October 24 Residents can visit peterborough.ca/voters check to make sure they are on the voters list.

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Residents, owners, and tenants of property in the City of Peterborough who are Canadian citizens and at least 18 years old on Election Day are eligible to vote in the municipal election in Peterborough.

Registering in advance helps ensure a seamless voting experience and is necessary for those who plan to vote online.

“We’re planning for convenient online voting and voting locations in neighbourhoods throughout the community to make it simple for people to cast their votes in the municipal election on October 24. By making sure you’re on the voters list, you will be ready to cast your vote on Election Day,” said Vicki King, Elections Coordinator with the City of Peterborough.

Both online and in-person voting will be available for the 2022 municipal election. Online voting starts Oct. 1 and ends Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. In-person voting will be available at advance voting locations on Oct. 8, Oct. 15, and Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on election day on Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Voter Notification Cards will be sent to registered voters by mail in late September or early October. The notification card will specify the assigned voting location for the registered voter. Voters who choose to vote in person must vote in their designated ward. All voting locations are barrier-free for people with disabilities. Online voting is a convenient option that will allow registered voters to vote from anywhere using a smartphone, tablet, or computer with internet access.

Details on voting options are posted on the municipal election website at peterborough.ca/vote. An advance voting location that provides enhanced accessibility features will be provided at City Hall, 500 George St. N., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from Oct. 17 to Oct. 21.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics For Children Aged 6 Months To 5 Years Will Be Available By July 28

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Starting July 28, the provincial booking system will have appointments available for children aged 6 months to 5 years, enabling parents and caregivers to book a local appointment for their children’s first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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On July 21 the province announced that administration of the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Ontario for all children aged 6 months to 5 years.

Residents are encouraged to review the PPH immunization schedule and clinic calendar for updates on eligibility and appointment availability at peterboroughpublichealth.ca/vaccineclinics. Residents can book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment:

• Online at covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/ OR

• Over the phone by calling the provincial vaccine booking call centre at 1-833-943-3900

Dedicated “family-friendly” vaccination clinics for children aged 6 months to 5 years will be offered at Peterborough Square (340 George St. N. in Units 36 and 37). Free two-hour underground parking is available for residents attending the clinic.

Residents over the age of 5 will not be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine during designated paediatric clinics. Two doses separated by 8 weeks for each dose is recommended, unless children have immunocompromising conditions in which case three doses is recommended.

PPH recommends this group begin their vaccination series as soon as possible to have higher protection heading into the fall. At this time for 6 month to 5 years it is recommended that no other vaccine, unless urgently required should be given within 14 days of receiving a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

For more information about the youth COVID-19 vaccine, please visit the Peterborough Public Health youth and COVID19 vaccine webpage.

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Vietnamese Restaurant Hanoi House Is Closing Its Downtown Location; Consolidates to One Storefront

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Vietnamese restaurant Hanoi House is closing its Hunter Street location was announced on its Facebook page on Tuesday.

Tung and her newborn daughter Hunter outside the Hunter Street location that soft opened on Valentine’s Day in 2020. Tung’s family formerly owned the Golden Wheel Chinese restaurant located near Springville. Photo courtesy of Susan Tung.

The closure is due to decreasing overhead expenses incurred from running two restaurants (of the same brand) compared to one. Susan Tung, Hanoi House owner said she can operate and deliver the same level of service with one restaurant.

“I started thinking about it a few weeks ago and considered making the change in the slower months (in Jan. and Feb.) but then really considered the pros and cons of continuing operating the way we are,” she said.

All exclusive amenities and services at the Hunter Street location such as the oyster bar is being incorporated into their Lansdowne Street restaurant according to Tung. Staff are allowed to work at the other restaurant or are welcome to pursue other endeavours due to the Hunter Street closure.

According to their Facebook post, the restaurant plans to put a new concept into the Hunter Street location but would not disclose the information when asked.

Hanoi House soft opened on Hunter Street as its first location on Valentine’s Day of 2020. They opened in early December of the same year.

“Nothing lasts forever so it’s important to know when is the right time to keep moving on,” said Tung. “The business is still going, the location it mainly operates out of now is bigger which is a testament to what we’ve been able to achieve after starting off in this little space.”

Hanoi House specializes in Vietnamese cuisine including the country’s national dish, phở (pronounced fuh), vermicelli (rice noodles) and bánh mì (Vietnamese submarine).

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Is Your Urgency An Emergency? Peterborough Paramedics Remind Public That Arriving In Ambulance Will Not Speed Up Emerge Wait Time

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Peterborough County City Paramedics is reminding the public of the importance of assessing their own needs before calling 911.

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“It’s important for people to consider all of the different avenues if it isn’t a dire emergency,” said Craig Jones, Commander with Peterborough County City Paramedics.

Jones notes that, if the situation at hand is not dire, people should consider calling their physician if they have one, phoning Telehealth 1-866-797-0000, or visiting a pharmacy for recommended treatment.

“Given the staffing crisis in the healthcare world, PRHC staff is constantly juggling how to best respond to emerge patients.”

On Tuesday, Peterborough Scanner Feed reported that a man entered the Emergency Room at PRHC, thought the triage line was too long, so stepped outside and called an ambulance.

“There is no express lane to emerge,” said Jones. “People often feel that if they call 911, and arrive on a stretcher they will be treated quicker, that’s just not true.”

Jones explained that when an ambulance arrives at PRHC with a patient, a triage nurse assesses the situation, speaks with the patient and the paramedic and they are treated based on the severity of their condition.

Patients arriving by ambulance may still have to wait hours to be seen, which means the paramedics that brought them have to wait with them. This means there are less paramedics available to respond to emergencies.

“It’s important for us to do some self reflection before we call 911,” said Jones. “Of course, when we’re struggling it feels like our personal emergency, but think ‘do I have a friend that might be able to get me there?’”

Jones emphasized that each situation is different and phoning 911 in the event of an emergency is important, but if other options are feasible they should be utilized.

On any given night shift Peterborough Paramedics have 7 units on the roads, and 10 units during the day shift. Each unit is staffed by two paramedics.

Jones notes they just hired a group of new paramedics that are now in the field, and they are ready to hire more.

Recently, Peterborough Paramedics enhanced their Community Paramedic Program.

Community Paramedics do not respond to 911 calls. Clients are referred to the program through various agencies in the city. Clients usually consist of people that live at home but may need extra support.

By organizing regular home visits or providing clients with monitoring systems that automatically alert Peterborough Paramedics of their state, 911 calls are drastically cut.

Currently, there are 11 members of the Community Paramedic Program. They do not utilize ambulances.

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Hometown PTBO: Humboldt Broncos Head Coach Scott Barney On Being a Peterborough Pete and Coaching After the Infamous Incident

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This week on Hometown PTBO, Pete Dalliday talks with Scott Barney, head coach and general manager of the Humboldt Broncos Jr 'A' Hockey Club about being a Peterborough Petes draftee, hosting the Memorial Cup and joining the team after the Broncos after the 2018 infamous accident.

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