13U Peterborough Tigers Are Off To A Great Start At National Championships
/The Chemong Home Hardware 13U Peterborough Tigers are currently representing Ontario at the Baseball Canada National Championships.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough Children Receive 73 Fully-Loaded Backpacks From Local Accounting Firm
/Getting back to school just got easier for local children of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough as accounting firm Gauvreau CPA gave them fully stocked 73 backpacks with school supplies on Friday afternoon.
Lily G., 11 (left), got her pick of the litter for backpacks as Caitlin Walker (right) of Gauvreau CPA Firm gives her one of 73 fully-loaded backpacks. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Several employees at the firm have grown up benefiting from the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and the backpacks were a way to help the next generation of children.
“We have a team dedicated to helping advance our community,” said Robert Gauvreau, Gauvreau CPA CEO. “We have a few people on our team who are connected with the Peterborough Big Brothers Big Sisters so it's got a special spot in our heart.”
Students attending high school or elementary school and part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program were eligible for the free backpacks.
Backpacks were filled with supplies such as a lunch bag, sandwich containers writing utensils, glue sticks, scissors and erasers.
Children and parents picked up the supplies throughout the afternoon and were able to select what bags they wanted on a first-come,first-serve basis.
“Everything isn't just about business all the time but the fact that our team is positively influencing the outcomes of our community to me, that is the biggest win,” said Gauvreau.
End Of Summer Block Party Aims To Support Local Businesses While Bringing Community Together
/S.O.S Save Our Soles, located on George Street, is hosting an end of the summer Block Party on Saturday to support local businesses and bring the community together.
Photo by Luke Best.
The block party will run from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. and feature vendors, music and some sweet treats.
The party will take place on George St. N between Hunter St. and Simcoe St.
Local businesses will se up shop, with local food vendors as well.
Artist Jason Wilkins will be onsite doing caricatures and a live canvas painting. This painting will be auctioned off with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to the Youth Emergency Shelter.
Local business Shop The Lake has purchased candy from Couture Candy to hand out at the event. Fittingly, they will be offering sour keys, because ‘community is key’.
Douro-Dummer Mayor and County Warden J. Murray Jones Retiring From Politics, Reflects on 24-Year Career
/After 24 years of public service as a municipal politician, Peterborough County Warden and Douro-Dummer mayor Jim Murray Jones is not seeking re-election and is retiring from politics.
Jones organizes dinner theatre for his local church, cruise nights and cites the Remembrance Day service as one of his favourite events as mayor. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Jones began his political career in 1998 as a Douro-Dummer Councillor, the first year both townships became amalgamated. He was elected as mayor in 2003 and elected as Chair of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus in 2011.
“I've been at it locally in municipal government for 24 years. I can't believe it has gone by that fast,” said Jones. “It seems like five years ago since I started, it's unbelievable.”
Jones cited his reasoning for retirement as that ‘it’s time.’
“It's really hard to explain,” said Jones. “I know it's time and I've come to peace with it. I'm just looking forward to taking it a little easier with a little less stress in my life.”
Since Jones is retiring as mayor of Douro-Dummer, he also must step down as the county warden. A role he has served for over 11 years. He says you have to be a mayor/deputy of your local township in order to work with the county.
Jones says honesty was a major reason why he has had a long tenure in local politics.
“I don't think I've promised things that can't be delivered,” he explained. “I think I've treated everyone in a respectful way and given everyone an opportunity to say what they want. I've just tried to be human, tried to be honest and tried to be fair with everyone.”
He credits his sense of humour and good-hearted nature to helping himself and others service his community best.
"There’s always time for humour. That's kind of my mainstay. The world does not have to be that serious,” he said. “We're lucky to live where we are, we're lucky to have what we've got and we're lucky that we have the ability to help those who are less fortunate so mesh all those together and stop being so damn serious and let's just do what needs to be done with a smile on your face."
The soon-retired mayor says one of his proudest works during his time was commemorating the Remembrance Day Cenotaph annually in November. Jones narrated a war memorial video for last year’s ceremony as the centennial anniversary.
“That's something that's very, very, very important to me and I never want to see that fade away,” he explained. “It's something that gives me chills up and down my back as it did years ago and it still does today.”
Prior to his political career, Jones worked in radio. He was employed by CKBT-FM and Country 105 for many years. He founded a one-man monthly news outlet called “Dummer News” for 20 years. He has covered meetings for Dummer and Douro-Dummer after the amalgamation during that stretch.
Jones is his off-time sings in a rock band called “Mike and the Mustangs,” works on audio and video projects and enjoys driving his 1957 Morris Minor.
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Fleming College Offering Additional Intake To Paramedic Program To Meet Growing Need
/Fleming College is adding another intake of students to its in-demand and highly successful Paramedic program.
File Photo.
The program begins in January and will run for four consecutive semesters. Students can apply now.
Paramedic program students learn in classrooms, laboratories, clinics, and alongside medical professionals in a real-world setting.
The program also prepares students to write the Advanced Emergency Medical Care Assistant examination (AEMCA). The AEMCA is a provincial test required for all Paramedic graduates who wish to seek employment in the field.
Last year Fleming students had a 100 per cent pass rate in the AEMCA exam with scores 4 per cent above the provincial average.
Peterborough Petes Release 2022 Training Camp Schedule
/The Peterborough Petes have released their training camp schedule for this season where players are engaging in scrimmage and practices at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.
Photo courtesy of David Pickering and Peterborough Petes.
The Petes have invited fans are invited to attend the events or view them online from their Facebook page.
The following is this year’s training camp schedule:
Tues., Aug. 30
12:45 p.m.: Fitness Testing/Assessment at Hybrid Sports
Wed., Aug. 31
8:30 a.m.: Team East Side Mario’s (White) vs Team Pat McCauley (Black) scrimmage
9:30 a.m.: Team Pat McCauley (Black) vs Team Hybrid (Maroon) scrimmage
10:30 a.m.: Team Hybrid (Maroon) vs Team East Side Mario’s (White) scrimmage
2:00 p.m.: Team East Side Mario’s (White) vs Team Pat McCauley (Black) scrimmage
3:00 p.m.: Team East Side Mario’s (White) vs Team Hybrid (Maroon) scrimmage
4:00 p.m.: Team Hybrid (Maroon) vs Team Pat McCauley (Black) scrimmage
Thu., Sep. 1
8:30 a.m.: Team Pat McCauley (Black) vs Team Hybrid (Maroon) scrimmage
9:30 a.m.: Team East Side Mario’s (White) vs Team Pat McCauley (Black) scrimmage
10:30 a.m.: Team East Side Mario’s (White) vs Team Hybrid (Maroon) scrimmage
2:00 p.m.: Team Hybrid (Maroon) vs Team Pat McCauley (Black) scrimmage
3:00 p.m.: Team Hybrid (Maroon) vs Team East Side Mario’s (White) scrimmage
4:00 p.m.: Team East Side Mario’s (White) vs Team Pat McCauley (Black) scrimmage
Fri., Sep. 2
9:00 a.m.: Team White on-ice practice
10:15 a.m.: Team Maroon on-ice practice
4:05 p.m.: Maroon & White Game
Sat., Sep. 3
10:30 a.m.: On-ice practice
Sun., Sep. 4
2:05 p.m.: Pre-Season Game vs Oshawa @ Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre
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One City Peterborough Introduces 'Community University' Offering Pay What You Can Workshops For Community Advocates
/One City Peterborough has launched their Community University, which will offer pay what you can workshops to any individual wanting to learn more about advocacy and community action.
Photo by Luke Best.
The fall semester will feature five different workshops.
Making Space to Hold Space: Self-regulation in the Presence of Trauma
This three part workshop will focus on learning how trauma and stress affects brains and bodies, and how regulation can help to prevent trauma, heal trauma, and work towards living a life with integrity.
This workshop focuses primarily on doing this work within ones self, and how being in a state of regulation can assist when supporting others who are experiencing distressing events. This training has been adapted from Eric Gentry’s Forward Facing Trauma Therapy Course to fit our needs as nontherapists.
This workshop is aimed at volunteers, helping professionals, and anyone interested in exploring what it can mean to live with intention and alignment to your principles.
Meaningful Flag Making: Reclaiming flags towards Community Transformation
Led by Jeff Macklin of Jackson Creek Press, participants will learn about the historical use of textiles and flags in activism, explore messaging, colour, and composition, and utilize lino printing, stamps, sewing, and painting to work on their own piece.
Nonviolent Communication Basics
This workshop builds upon the course Making Space to Hold Space, however it is not a requirement to have completed that course.
Nonviolent communication is an approach that looks to move past the defensiveness that so often divides us to a place of connection where we can share our feelings and needs and be open with each other on how we would like those needs to be met. The purpose of this workshop is to learn a way of communication that can assist in our ability to listen and share with one another. It's a form of communication that seeks to move from domination to connection. This is useful in de-escalation, support relationships and personal relationships.
This workshop is aimed at volunteers, helping professionals, and anyone looking for a different way to communicate.
Listening Rather Than Force: Techniques for De Escalating Potentially Violent Situations
This course offers techniques that can be used to de-escalate situations that could become violent, in a way that instead builds connection.
Transforming My Community: Using Kingian Nonviolence as a Framework for Social Change
This workshop studies the principles and practices of Kingian Nonviolence, and imagines how they might be used to make change in our own communities.
This workshop is aimed at advocates, activists, volunteers, helping professionals, and anyone looking to make change in their community.
More information regarding location, dates and time, or to register, visit https://www.onecityptbo.ca/communityuniversity
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Emergency Department At Campbellford Memorial Hospital Closed For The Night Due To Unexpected Nurse Shortage
/The Emergency Department at Campbellford Memorial Hospital (CMH) will be temporarily closed from 6:30 p.m. on Thursday until 7:30 a.m. on Friday due to an unexpected nursing staff shortage.
File Photo.
According to a statement by the hospital, a contingency plan has been implemented to deal with this temporary closure to ensure the impact on patient care is as minimal as possible.
EMS and other emergency services are aware of the temporary closure and during these hours’ ambulances will take patients directly to the closest area hospital that offers emergency medical services.
In reaching this decision, CMH investigated all options available, including reaching out to regional partners who, while incredibly supportive, shared their own health human resource challenges.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the implications of the shortage of health human resources throughout the Province,” said Eric Hanna, President and CEO. “CMH is continuously re-evaluating our strategies to recruit and retain members of our team during these challenging times.”
Anyone requiring emergency health care treatment during the closure should:
Call 911.
Anyone requiring urgent health care treatment should go directly to one of the following hospitals:
Northumberland Hills Hospital, 1000 DePalma Dr., Cobourg
Quinte Healthcare Corporation - Trenton Memorial Hospital, 242 King St., Trenton
Quinte Healthcare Corporation - Belleville General Hospital, 265 Dundas St. E., Belleville
Peterborough Regional Health Centre, 1 Hospital Dr., Peterborough.
Crews Working To Clean Up Fuel Oil Spill In Jackson Creek
/Crews are working to clean up a fuel oil spill at the south end of Jackson Creek in the area of Townsend and Aylmer streets that was reported on Wednesday.
crews attempt to contain the fuel spill and prevent spreading. Photo By Luke Best
According to Brendan Wedley, Manager of Communications at The City of Peterborough, the city is working with the Ministry of the Environment and has immediately put in place environmental protection measures to prevent the spill from discharging into Little Lake, and retained an environmental consultant to investigate the source of the contamination as well as an environmental remediation specialist.
At this time the contamination is not discharging into Little Lake, and the water quality in Little Lake has been maintained.
Though Little Lake has been deemed safe, that wasn’t the case in 2018. In April of 2018 broken fire suppression line at the old General Electric plant, located on Park Street, had leaked polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB’s) into Little Lake.
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Community Living And Five Counties Children's Centre Provide Youth With Complex Medical Needs A Space To Be Kids And Have Fun
/Community Living Trent Highlands ( Community and Family Services) in partnership with Five Counties Children’s Centre, hosted an accessible camp for youth in the area living with complex medical needs.
This camp was meant to provide an opportunity for youth living with complex medical needs to experience the fun of summer camp, while still having access to important medical resources they need.
“The facilities here are absolutely perfect,” said Shawna Belcourt, Outcomes Facilitator at Community Living. “The lift, the air conditioning, these are just things that are super important but wouldn’t be available anywhere else.”
Belcourt noted that the facilities at Five Counties helped participants with mobility devices and their supporters get around the building, the air conditioning was important to provide relief to campers with low blood sugar and, while much of their time was spent outside, being able to come inside to cool off or take a break was a bonus.
The two day camp welcomed four young people, who have aged out of most summer camps that accept participants up to 12 years old, and their supporters.
They had a packed schedule with visits from a music therapist from Soundspeaks Music Therapy, a performance by Peterborough Circus, participated in Art Therapy, Adapted Sports (bowling, hockey, and curling) and made lots of furry friends from Critter Visits.
