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Breaking News from Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 27, 2025
Act Fast: $100,000 Giving Tuesday Match Doubles Your Donation to Support Local Healthcare
Haliburton, ON – The Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation (HHHS Foundation) is thrilled to announce a
$100,000 Giving Tuesday match from Scott Pollard and Suzannah Patmios. Every donation made from Giving Tuesday,
December 2nd through December 23rd will be matched dollar-for-dollar, doubling your support for essential
healthcare in our community.
Scott Pollard and Suzannah Patmios, understand the importance of supporting Haliburton County, say, “We believe it is
the right thing to do and we are proud to support the health of this community.”
Giving Tuesday is a global day of generosity that encourages people everywhere to support causes they care about. It
reminds us that when communities come together, we can achieve remarkable things — and in the Haliburton
Highlands, that means stronger local healthcare for everyone.
This is a limited-time opportunity to make your gift go twice as far. Your support ensures that local residents continue
to have access to quality healthcare close to home — but the match won’t last forever.
Act now: visit hhhs.ca/foundation
Donate directly at http://bit.ly/2jGnCNZ
Call to learn more and to donate over the phone: 705-457-1580
There are many ways to give this holiday season, and now, this match offers one more meaningful way to make a
lasting impact.

About Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation
The HHHS Foundation raises funds to support the equipment and facility needs of Haliburton Highlands Health
Services, ensuring high-quality healthcare for residents and visitors across Haliburton County.

Double Your Impact

MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NOV 26. 2025
A Decade of Determination: Central Food Network Launches Matching Campaign to Support Local Families
HALIBURTON COUNTY (NOV. 26) – As temperatures drop, seasonal work slows, and the holidays approach, many Haliburton County families are once again feeling the strain of rising food and heating costs. For the Central Food Network (CFN), this is the busiest year in its 10-year history — and community support is needed now more than ever.
To mark a decade of service, CFN is launching its year-end campaign with a matching gift made by a generous local supporter: all donations made before midnight on December 2nd will be doubled, up to $20,000. This support will help CFN reach its goal of raising $109,000 by the end of this year to sustain its essential food, heat and hydro programs into 2026.
Growing Needs Across the Highlands
Demand for CFN’s programs has surged over the past several years.
● By the end of 2025, CFN’s Highlands East Food Banks are projected to be supporting an average of 264 individuals each month—a 67.1% increase since 2021.
● Calls to Heat Bank Haliburton County for heat and hydro support continue to rise. By July alone, CFN had already received 322 calls, nearly 100 more calls than we received in all of 2024. Through Heat Bank, CFN provides practical, emergency support, including delivering fi rewood and other heating fuels. Help doesn’t end there. We also assist with hydro grant applications, advocacy,
and personalized support for households in crisis.
● Recognizing that access to stable income is central to food and housing security, CFN offers a free Community Volunteer Income Tax program. In 2024, volunteers fi led 341 tax returns, unlocking $881,749 in benefi ts (like the Canada Child Benefi t) that families can use to cover essential needs like food, housing and childcare.
Behind this work is a dedicated team of more than 70 volunteers and a small number of staff, all stepping into new roles and taking on additional responsibilities to meet rising community needs.
Fuelled by Neighbours Helping Neighbours
CFN receives no ongoing government funding—its programs are entirely powered by local generosity.
“When we say we are neighbours helping neighbours, that’s true across every corner of our organization,” CFN notes. “From volunteers delivering fi rewood and food hampers in mid-winter to donors helping keep the lights on, this work is only possible because our community shows up for one another.”
Every dollar donated to CFN generates $5.88 in impact through food, heat, hydro, and tax support services. In 2024, under $300,000 in cash donations transformed into over $1.7 million of impact in Haliburton County. Community donations this holiday season support us in continuing to meet the need in 2026 and beyond.
Looking Forward
“One day, we hope our services won’t be needed because every person in Haliburton County will have access to the basics they need to thrive,” says CFN. “But today, ten years into this journey, that day is still far away.”
With the matching campaign underway, there is no better time than now to donate.
Donations made before December 2nd will be matched dollar for dollar, doubling your impact. Together, we make sure no neighbour is left hungry or cold.
Donations can be made through CanadaHelps, the CFN Website or directly through the following link. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/139681
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Tina Jackson
Central Food Network
705-464-2422 (personal cell, please do not publish)
tina@centralfoodnetwork.org

FESTIVE R.I.D.E is here

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FROM/DE: Huntsville Detachment                                 DATE: November 20, 2025

FESTIVE R.I.D.E 2025 IS HERE. 

HUNTSVILLE O.P.P. WILL BE TARGETTING IMPAIRED AND ALCOHOL DRIVING OFFENSES 

(HUNTSVILLE, ON) - Members of the Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be participating in the Festive RIDE campaign, from November 20, 2025, to January 1, 2026. R.I.D.E. Checkpoints will be conducted in Huntsville and the Township of Lake of Bays.

 

Between November 20, 2025 and January 1, 2026, officers will be out conducting RIDE checks to help keep our roads safe and to remind drivers that impaired driving whether by alcohol or drugs is never worth the risk and can cause unnecessary loss of life.

As you celebrate with family and friends, please plan ahead and choose a safe way home. No amount of impaired driving is safe or acceptable. We want every person in our communities to have a safe and happy holiday season.

If you observe a suspected impaired or distracted driver, please dial 911 or contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122.

You can also provide information anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800-8477 (TIPS) or submit your information online at www.crimestopperssdm.com. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display, and you will remain anonymous. You will not testify in court and your information may lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000.00.

EMS Awards

For Immediate Release – November 19, 2025
49 Ontario paramedics recognized for 30+ years of exemplary service
Toronto – Today, 49 Ontario paramedics received their Governor General Emergency Medical Services
Exemplary Service Medal bars for providing exemplary emergency medical services for 30, 40 and 50 years.
On behalf of Her Excellency The Right Honourable Mary Simon, Colonel Shane Elder, Deputy Commandant of
the Canadian Forces College, presented the First, Second or Third Bars to these long serving and deserving
paramedics at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.
On July 7 th , 1994, as part of the Canadian Honours System, the late Governor General of Canada, Romeo
LeBlanc, created the Medal. This award recognizes paramedics who have provided the highest standard of care
and conduct. To qualify, at least ten years of service must have been in the field, on duty, involving potential
risk.
Each Bar to the Exemplary Service Medal represents an additional award for the Medal. Paramedics who have
served for at least thirty years receive their First Bar, forty years their Second Bar, and for fifty years, their
Third Bar.
Please see the attached backgrounder for list of recipients.

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For further information, please contact:
Paul J. Charbonneau, Executive Director
Email: x.d@oapc.ca
Telephone: 1 (613) 305-0092
About the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs
The Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs (OAPC) is the voice of paramedic leadership in Ontario.  Our
organization promotes a culture of change surrounding paramedicine that is guided by evidence-based decision-
making and seeks best practices in the provision of paramedic services.  The OAPC represents the Paramedic
Services leadership in 56 Designated Delivery Agents (DDA), consisting of regional, county and municipal
governments, and District Social Services Administration Boards (DSSABs) across Ontario.  Our members also
include Ornge and the seven First Nations Emergency Medical Services.  OAPC members oversee the work of
14,500 primary, advanced and critical care paramedics across the province.

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BACKGROUNDER

The 2025 Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal Bar recipients are:
Algoma
Bruce W. Martin – First Bar

Kawartha
Darcy C. Caffin – First Bar

Bruce
Darryl Hopcraft - First Bar

Kenora
Jeffery Wetendorf – First Bar

Chatham-Kent
Kevin Langlois - Second Bar
Thomas Millard – Second Bar
Anthony Steadman – Second Bar
David Desmarais – First Bar
Michael Manery – First Bar
David Mireault – First Bar
Carolyn Ross – First Bar

Lambton
Josef Emilio – First Bar
Todd Martin – First Bar
William Blake Smith – First Bar

Essex-Windsor
Daniel Pickle – Second Bar
Grace Morneau - First Bar
Kim Schroeder – First Bar

Middlesex-London
Michael Hurst – Second Bar
Bruce Wight – Second Bar
Kelli Matous – First Bar
Daniel Griffiths – First Bar

Frontenac
Gale Chevalier – First Bar

Niagara
Giovanni Prioriello - First Bar
Lynne Redman – First Bar

Greater Sudbury
Sylvie Michaud (Health Sciences North) - Second Bar
Garry Lauzon – First Bar
Corey Petrie (Health Sciences North) – First Bar

Nipissing
Daniel Raymond - First Bar

Grey
Leonard Verschuren – Second Bar

Norfolk
Carolyn Dostal – First Bar

Haliburton
Timothy Waite – Second Bar

Ottawa
Pierre Prud’Homme - First Bar
Brian Volker – First Bar

Halton
Donald Goldrup – Second Bar

Peel
Bill Bernath - First Bar
Patrick John Forgie – First Bar

Hamilton Renfrew

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Kevin Bullen - First Bar
Beverley Dunn - First Bar

Robert Blackwell - First Bar
Sean Plunkett – First Bar

Hastings
Michael Slatter - First Bar

Toronto
James Burgin – First Bar
Gerrard McLeish – First Bar
Rich Rangel-Bron – First Bar
Claude Sylvain – First Bar

Huron
Gary Renaud – Third Bar
Karen Rollins-Beneteau – First Bar
Phillip Smith – First Bar

York
Karen Banks – First Bar

Boating Accident on Cameron Lake

FROM/DE:   City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment               DATE: October 17, 2025

A BOATING ACCIDENT RESULTED IN TWO RESCUED FROM FRIGID WATERS

 (CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) - Members from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a capsized canoe on Cameron Lake.

City of Kawartha Lakes OPP along with fire and EMS were dispatched to a boat that had capsized on Cameron Lake at approximately 10:42 am on October 15, 2025. The canoe was carrying two males, both of which were able to hold the capsized boat until rescued by a nearby boat. Life jackets were not present in the boat. Due to lowering temperatures in the water this could have resulted in a much worse outcome.

The OPP is committed to boater education, marine patrol/law enforcement and saving lives on more than 110,000 square kilometres of Ontario waterways. With capsized vessels and falling overboard the top contributing factors in boating deaths every year, a significant number of lives stand to be saved if boaters, personal watercraft users and paddlers wore a lifejacket or personal floatation device.

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Haliburton County Foodbank Toy Drive

This Christmas, Canoe FM is proud to partner with the Minden Food Centre, the Haliburton Food Bank, and the Central East Food Bank to make the season brighter for our local children and teens.

We all know that food is essential—but so is joy.
For many families in our community, the holidays can be a real struggle. While parents worry about putting meals on the table, gifts often fall to the bottom of the list. But imagine the sparkle in a child’s eyes when they receive something special—something just for them.

This is where you can help.
Canoe FM will be collecting new, unwrapped toys and gift cards for kids and teens up to 18 years old. Your gift will go directly to local families through our community food banks.

Let’s come together to share the true spirit of Christmas—bringing smiles, laughter, and hope to local families.
In Haliburton County, we take care of one another, especially at this time of year.
The Food Banks will pick up the toys on November 30th—so let’s fill the halls of Canoe FM with generosity and joy!