Expect Big Changes to the Regulation of Natural Health Products in Canada
Health Canada is overhauling the way it regulates natural health products (NHP). Health Canada defines NHP’s as a substance or a combination of substances that provide pharmacological activity and reduce the risk/presence of a given disease. The problem with this definition is that the vast majority of NHP (or any supplement for that matter)…
Tick Talk: Lyme Disease is Everyone’s Business
With climate change influencing the spread of insects like ticks and mosquitoes into areas that were previously too cold, people living in the Peterborough area will need to adapt to a new reality that includes living with the threat of Lyme Disease. About 400 Ontarians contracted the disease in 2015, with indications that these…
Schedule of Events for Outdoor Painting Festival This Weekend
With over 55 artists from across Ontario competing for $3000 in prizes, expect to see a lot of painting going on in and around the township this weekend. You can participate by nominating your favourite piece in the People’s Choice Award. The actual painting begins on Saturday at 10 am in the location that…
Mill Update
The Save the Mill group expect the local icon to be moved to its new site between October 3rd and 6th. The process will take three days, and the schedule is tentative due to the commitments of the moving company, which has been tied up relocating school portables over the past few weeks. Once…
EQAO Results Confirm Need to Focus on Math
According to the 2015/16 Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) and the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) results issued last week for Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board students in grades 3, 6 and 9, students have largely maintained the improvements they have made in provincial testing over time in the areas of…