Last week, North Kawartha council received an update on what the County health needs assessment is from the Healthcare Advancement Coordinator.
Lori Richey, healthcare advancement coordinator for Peterborough County presented to council an update on what she has been up to over the last several month and her findings in regards to the health needs of the County.
Richey said, “It is estimated that there were approximately 32,000 people within Peterborough, City and County without access to Primary Care. That’s gone up significantly in the last four years. It was down to about 15000 in 2020.”
She explained that there were many reasons for this including doctors retiring while not enough doctors are choosing family medicine as a practice anymore.
Isabella Aucoin tried her hand at milking a cow at the Ennismore Shamrock Festival on Saturday afternoon. Shedid such a good job she won a free Kawartha Dairy chocolate milk. More pictures from the Shamrock festival andother weekend events around the East Kawathas are inside this edition!
Local students are getting the opportunity to gain valuable skills on the job this summer through a new program called Build & Soar, funded by the provincial government.
It was announced last week that the Ontario government is investing $435,210 through the Skills Development Training Stream to train 75 workers, including students, in Peterborough & the Kawarthas for in-demand careers in aviation and construction.
This program was developed in partnership with Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development (PKED), Peterborough & the Kawarthas Home Builders Association (PKHBA), along with Peterborough Victoria Northumberland Clarington Catholic District School Board (PVNCCDSB) and the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPRDSB).
Rebecca Schillemat, executive officer for PKHBA said this project came to be after one of their board members pitched it as a way to get students more on the job experience.
A decision has been made and the new roof on the Douro-Dummer library located at 435 Douro 4th Line will receive a steel roof rather than the shingles originally suggested.
A report was brought forth at the June 18 regular council meeting by then acting CAO Martina Chait-Hartwig. The report outlined the issues with the roof at the library and steps taken to lessen the impact. A request for quotes was sent out for a shingle roof and three roofers inspected the job with two submitting quotes which ranged from $14,500 to $14,650.
Councillor Ray Johnston asked if they had considered a steel roof over shingles as it would last longer.
Deputy mayor Harold Nelson tabled a motion suggesting the township put out a tender on a steel roof rather than shingles and councillor Adam Vervoort added that they garner all the information as soon as possible and hold a special council meeting so that they can make a decision.
This short documentary is a portrait of a tiny town, Lakefield, Ontario, and its independent weekly, the Herald. Across North America, newspapers are dying, but in Lakefield, Terry McQuitty, the town paper’s publisher, carries on a rich, 150-year-old tradition. Set to the pace of small-town life, Unheralded is a testament to the vital role newspapers can still play, and the close bond between reporter and reader.
