Peterborough Petes Defenceman Carson Cameron Selected To World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Peterborough Petes rookie defenceman Carson Cameron has been named by Hockey Canada to the Canada White Roster for the upcoming 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge announced on Monday.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The tournament will take place from Nov. 2-11 in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

The Petes selected the first-year Bobcaygeon defenceman in the first round, 13th overall, in the 2023 OHL Priority Selection. Through nine games this season, the former Central Ontario Wolves captain scored one goal and added four assists for five points, putting him third in OHL rookie defenceman scoring. In the summer, Carson was among 66 under-17 players selected to participate in the Hockey Canada Program of Excellence Summer Meetings.

“We’re very excited for Carson,” said Michael Oke, Petes general manager and vice president of operations. “This is a great opportunity for him to represent Canada and feature alongside some of the top talent in the 2007 age group from around the world. We’re looking forward to watching Carson compete and can’t wait to see the experience that he brings back to the team.”

The Petes hit the ice on Friday when they travel to St. Catharines to take on the Niagara IceDogs.

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Peterborough Police Seeking Two Break-and-Enter Suspects Going Into Two Lansdowne Street Businesses

The Peterborough Police Service is seeking two suspects involved in two incidents at two businesses on Lansdowne Street West early Friday morning.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

One business reported their security system showed a man and a woman attempting to enter the store before taking off in a black sedan. Police believe the incident happened around 4 a.m.  

Upon their arrival, a second business reported that an employee noticed a safe with a significant amount of money stolen. Security system footage showed a man and a woman in the store leaving with the safe. Police believe this incident happened about 5:30 a.m. on Friday. 

The suspects are believed to be connected to both incidents and are described as:

Suspect #1:

• white male

• grey pants/sweater

• brown shoes

• average build

• black mask

Suspect #2:

• white female

• grey sweater

• black mask

• black pants

• white/black shoes

Anyone with information is asked to call Peterborough Police at 705-876-1122 x555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.

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4th Line Theatre Announces Two Productions For Its 2024 Summer Lineup

4th Line Theatre has announced its 32nd summer season and two premiere productions ‘Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes’ and ‘Jim Watts: Girl Reporter’ on Monday morning.

Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes was written by Alison Lawrence (pictured). Photo courtesy of 4th Line Theatre.

The season will begin on July 1 with Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes, written by Alison Lawrence, based on the book by Shirleyan English and Bonnie Sitter and directed by Autumn Smith, who returns after appearing in the 2023 production of The Cavan Blazers. 

Beginning on July 30, Jim Watts: Girl Reporter, written by Beverley Cooper and directed by Kim Blackwell, will take the stage. Cooper wrote The Other: A Strange Christmas Tale for 4th Line, which had a sold-out run in December 2018.

“In our 2024 season, I am proud to share these two plays with audiences,” explained Blackwell, 4th Line’s managing artistic director “These world premiere productions have been developed through our new play development program.”

Longtime Musical Director Justin Hiscox returns to write original music, compose and musically direct for the summer season. Hiscox returns in 2024 for his 24th season after surviving a life-threatening illness this past summer.

Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes is a funny and enlightening exploration of the largely unknown story of the teenage girls who stepped up and worked on farms across Canada to feed the troops and all Canadians during WWII. These ‘Farmerettes,’ all in their 90s now, tell us that the summers they worked on those farms were the best of their lives, even 70 or more years later.

Jim Watts: Girl Reporter is a fascinating exploration of the experience of trailblazing youth who illegally flocked to Spain to fight fascism, attempting to stop its march across Europe in the mid-1930s. Jean ‘Jim’ Watts was the only woman to join Canada’s regiment in Spain, the MacKenzie-Papineaus. The play takes us from Toronto to Madrid, from political rallies to the battlefields of Spain—and Peterborough’s own Jim Higgins — union organizer and hero — figures prominently in the story.

“Both of the plays focus on young people who are willing to do just about anything to do their part,” explains Blackwell. “These young people were desperate to try and make a difference in a world gone mad. They were all true heroes.”

Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes

• Directed by Autumn Smith

• July 1 – 20, 2024

• Previews: July 1, 2

• Opening Night: July 3

• Monday to Saturday at 6 p.m.

Jim Watts: Girl Reporter

• July 30 – August 24, 2024

• Previews: July 30, 31

• Opening Night: August 1

• Tuesday to Saturday at 6 p.m.

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Peterborough Museum & Archives Granted the 2023 Tourism Award By Peterborough Chamber

Peterborough Museum & Archives has been recognized with the 2023 Tourism Award by the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce, presented at the Chamber’s Excellence Awards ceremony at The Venue on Wednesday.

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“Peterborough Museum & Archives delivers exceptional programming and curates exhibits showcasing our history and culture,” said Councillor Matt Crowley. “It creates exhibits that are both local and speak to broader societal topics, like the fascinating Michi Saagiig basket exhibit that draws interest from our community and from throughout the greater region.”

He also congratulated the other finalists in the Tourism category: Kawartha Country Wines and Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, for their activities that contribute to the success of the Peterborough Region.

Award recipients and finalists for all the Excellence Awards categories are available online.

Peterborough Museum & Archives is a City of Peterborough service and facility that promotes local heritage and culture, providing various programs, special events and exhibitions. It is located at 300 Hunter St. E., next to Ashburnham Memorial Park on Armour Hill, in Peterborough.

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StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Acceptance Nurse Psychotherapy, Evolve Dental Hygiene, Lily Rain Recovery and ComPassion Project

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…

Sheena Howard recently founded Acceptance Nurse Psychotherapy, a unique clinic offering psychotherapy for Trauma, Individual, Family, LGBTQ+, Substance Use and addiction, Couples, Yoga, Sex Therapy and ADHD.

The team of ten, all experts in their fields of nursing and certified psychotherapists, are there to help everyone. Located at 459 George St N, Peterborough, visit acceptanceclinic.ca for details and to book an appointment.

Kara Parcells opened her independent dental hygiene clinic within a wellness clinic in Lindsay last year but recently relocated her practice to her very own space at 230 Kent St. West.

The new location is now fully accessible with lots of free parking. Called Evolve Dental Hygiene, Kara offers assessments, cleaning, stain removal, whitening, fluoride treatments, desensitizing, cancer screening, as well as holistic alternatives. For details visit evolvedentalhygiene.ca

The Lily Rain Recovery Center is a female gender-only center, offering effective alcohol and substance abuse treatment.

Their trauma-informed programming includes land-based teachings, SMART recovery, Acu-detox, Art-therapy, yoga, psycho-educational groups, relapse prevention, anger management, boundaries and more. They also offer family support and lifetime aftercare. They can accommodate up to 10 women maximum and their qualified staff are also living in recovery.

As Kieran Andrews has moved away from his ownership role at Wild Rock in Downtown Peterborough, he’s been spending some time reflecting on both his own position in our community as well as Wild Rock’s capacity to do good.

As a result, together with Wild Rock, Kieran recently announced the creation of the Wild Rock ComPassion Project. The initiative aims to connect Wild Rock staff and customers to organizations involved in everything from land and trail stewardship to pressing social issues like housing, addiction, and social justice.

It's classic Wild Rock and classic Kieran, good people doing good things. Check it out at Compassionptbo.ca.

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PTBOCanada's #PetLovePTBO Campaign Raises $4,000 For the Peterborough Animal Care Centre

After community support from PTBOCanada’s #PetLovePTBO campaign, $4,000 was raised and donated to the Peterborough Animal Care Centre in a cheque presentation at the facility on Friday morning.

(From left to right) Shawn Morey, PHS executive director; Si Grobler, donor relations manager, Hermione and Kirtus Evoy, PTBOCanada owner. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

“It's community helping community,” said Shawn Morey, Peterborough Humane Society (PHS) executive director. “It's all about us working with our local community to continue the spread of wellness from an animal perspective so it's greatly appreciated all the way through.”

The campaign started in November last year, where toques (men's and women’s) and dog toys were sold to raise funds. This was two months before the PHC moved into the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre (PACC).

men’s/women’s toques and dog chew toys were sold as part of the #PetLovePTBO campaign. Photo by Jordan Cooper.

To date, the PACC has received $10 million in donations. Most of them were from the community and $1,560,500 from the provincial government in April. The Centre is still seeking another three million to help fund community programs, services and enhanced animal care.

“We'll have the ability to expand outwards, doing more outreach, more community service support, provide better opportunities from a care-enhancement perspective that we want to do for animals within our care,” explain Morey. 

The PACC’s grand opening occurred in late June and they immediately felt the impact of the community’s needs since relocated to Technology Drive. The shelter has a surplus of dogs available for adoption and is a crisis for PACC as they are seeking homes for them.

“With the number of animals we're getting calls for surrenders and strays coming into our care, our demand for services has grown by over 105 per cent since the second we walked in here,” said Morey. “It's timely, we need this building to provide these services, provide the care and wellness that we were able to do so but we are in a bit of a crisis mode.”

There are 42 dogs available for adoption but the PACC has a capacity for 36. They are currently not accepting surrenders but will still take in strays. Dog adoptions are by appointment only and can call 705-745-4722 x 201 to set one up.

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Scotiabank Cycling Through Its Annual Ride-A-Thon to Raise Money For Diabetes Research

Scotiabank is biking its way to helping type-1 diabetes research get one step closer to a cure with their annual Ride-A-Thon inside their Hunter Street branch on Friday.

Youth ambassador and TASSS student Tilly Stimpson, 15, leads off on the bike as one of 16 cyclists participating in the ride-a-thon. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Sixteen cyclists hopped on an exercise bike in 30-minute intervals throughout the day during the SunLife Ride to Defeat Diabetes event. The branch collected donations to help fund the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

The goal is $2,500 and Scotiabank will match the amount raised at the end of the day. The branch has participated in this event annually for roughly the last 10 years, said John D’Altoe, Scotiabank branch manager.

“There are a lot of employees that are impacted by type-1 diabetes and we wanted to make sure that we're showing our support,” he said.

Branch teller Donna Giles was the third person to ride the bike and the first of the Scotiabank employees. She says this event means a lot since her family has been heavily affected by diabetes.

“My son was diagnosed at the age of 11 and I just became type-1 as well in April so it's close to my heart,” explained Giles.

Scotiabank is the leading organization to raise money for JDRF at $296,640, with the National Bank of Canada as the next-best with $183,050.

“Knowing the people who are impacted is an important part of it and it's one of those silent diseases that a lot of people don't know a lot about so again, if we can do our part, we will,” said D’Altoe.

Donations can be made at the branch or online. $1,100 of the $2,500 goal was raised during this article’s publication.

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Local Nurse Authors Literature About Nursing Self Help With Book Launch This Tuesday at The Vine

Local nurse of 18 years, Shawna Longford, has authored her first piece of literature, ‘Witness: Bring present for your patients, your colleagues, and yourself,’ and is holding a book launch at The Vine this Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The book’s cover. Longford graduated from Trent University in 2005. Photo courtesy of Shawna Longford.

The book was initially meant as a self-help book for nurses but could be for anyone with front-line professions, according to Longford.

“My intention was to support new people and help prolong careers,” she explained.

Longford has laid out in detail who the book is for:

• Anyone who has served in a profession that has wounded them physically, mentally or emotionally

• Those who understand the costs associated with the jobs that require duty and sacrifice

• People who have experienced PTSD, moral injury, compassion fatigue and burnout

• Someone looking for a way to sustain their career in healthcare or human services

• Leaders and educators curious about ways to teach and support resilience

• The recruitment and retention of nurses

Longford worked on the book four years ago and completed it this past summer. It was edited, written and printed locally with the help of five other contributors.

Books are available during the launch, with Longford doing signings. The Vine will have complimentary appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks during the event. Signature cocktails and other drinks are also available for purchase during the launch.

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Mayor’s Task Force Created To Address Housing Future Growth

Mayor Jeff Leal has created the Mayor’s Task Force on Housing and Future Growth to bring together developers and builders in a forum to look at ways to support the construction of housing announced on Thursday.

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Through an initiative supported by the Province of Ontario, the City of Peterborough has been streamlining development application processes to ensure the efficient processing of applications according to a press release. The work has included consultation with the development community.

“There is an opportunity to continue to build on the work that has been undertaken, to move our community forward, together,” said Mayor Jeff Leal. “We need further input from the development community on any other opportunities for municipal support and to consider barriers to accelerating housing starts that may be outside of municipal control.”

The Task Force will assist the City as it works to meet its target of adding 4,700 new housing units by 2031 – a target established by the Province as stated by the City.

The composition of the Task Force will generally represent a balanced cross-section of developers or builders with experience in different housing units such as new single-detached houses on previously undeveloped land, rental apartments, redevelopment or intensification of urban properties, and mixed-use commercial and residential development.

“The City will need a mix of housing types and densities to meet its growth targets and to meet the needs of residents,” said Leal.

The Task Force is expected to report to the Mayor on its recommendations within six months.

Many factors impact the creation of housing. As a municipal government, the City grants certain approvals often influenced by provincial or federal policies. Housing construction is also greatly influenced by the financial considerations of the day, such as the labour market, the cost of materials and interest rates.

Although the City generally does not directly build housing units, the City’s Municipal Housing Corporation is exploring opportunities to develop around 700 units over the next 10 years as stated in a press release.

The province approved the City’s Official Plan in April. The Official Plan establishes how the community will grow between now and 2051. The vision from that guiding document will provide a framework for managing how the new housing is added to the community.

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Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Funds Nearly $3 Million From Shorelines Gaming Revenue to City of Peterborough

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation provided $2,934,300 to the City of Peterborough in Fiscal Year 2023 as its share of gaming revenue from Shorelines Casino Peterborough in a tree-planting event at Bowers Park on Thursday morning.

Since the gaming site opened in October 2018, the City of Peterborough has received $10,323,782.  Photo courtesy of the City of Peterborough.

There were 70 trees planted to highlight the City’s use of $1.8 million from the host community revenue to support urban forestry activities. 

In previous years, the City has used its OLG revenue to help fund projects such as the construction of Quaker Foods City Square, building splash pads, supporting the new Canadian Canoe Museum project and expanding the City’s trails and cycling network. 

“Through investments in our urban forest to maintain the tree canopy and to plant new trees, we are enhancing the quality of life and well-being for the community,” said Councillor Joy Lachica. “Trees are incredibly important, especially in urban areas where they help filter pollutants from the air, contribute to stormwater management, and provide a cooling effect – an oasis amid the heat of the built environment.”

“OLG is proud to be a vital part of the City of Peterborough, said Kathleen Devine, OLG’s senior municipal relations manager. “Each and every year, 100 per cent of OLG profits are reinvested in Ontario to support provincial priorities. From critical infrastructure to important local programs, to community festivals, OLG’s profits are hard at work in Peterborough and all across our province to build stronger communities.”

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