Any person, man or woman, that comes
forward and admits they have been a victim of violence is brave beyond
words. "But when that victim is Belleville's police ...
Federal funding
announced Friday was aimed at helping women in Peterborough. MP Dean Del
Mastro announced $135,550 for programs aimed at improving the ...
One of the
city's oldest businesses celebrated its birthday Monday. The
CIBC on the corner of George and Hunter streets turned 140.
Staff at the downtown branch ...
Lynn Zimmer, the local YWCA executive director, is nothing if
not persistent. Zimmer came so often to county council, seeking
funding and support for the new ...
When Doug
Kirk was preparing for his first hip replacement, one of the
things on his to-do list was to make a donation to the YWCA
Crossroads Safe Haven ...
After David and Mary Timms got married, the bottle of bubbly
that popped following the wedding in 1969 was later transformed
into a lamp. Forty-one years later, ...
Their faces grim, their expressions determined, they marched down
George Street in three inch heels. One hundred and sixty men, with
burning calf muscles, their ...
A celebration recognizing more than 280 volunteers from communities
across the Peterborough area was held at the Trentwinds International
Centre on Friday ...
George St. is going to be
overrun with pedestrians on Friday morning. It's not for a street fair,
or a protest. It'll be men, hundreds of them, teetering, marching and
...
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On May 7 the local YWCA is
holding its annual Walk-A-Mile In Her Shoes event where men will strut
their stuff down George Street to raise awareness and funds to ...
Dressed in colourful pyjamas, Nancy "Freeda the Freedom Walker" Thomson
said she feels blessed to have lived a life free of violence and abuse.
That's why she ...
The YWCA JustFood Program is one secret recipe that Christine is
anxious to share - she publicizes the valuable food resource to everyone
and everywhere: the bus ...
City police Staff Sgt. John Lyons squared his shoulders. He
concentrated on his feet.
He took a few tentative steps forward, making sure to walk heel to toe
in his red ... _________________________________________________________________
Thanks to donations from
across the community, the Peterborough Victoria and Haliburton YWCA is
opening a new Peterborough facility, this summer, to shelter ...
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Even though the bulk of the campaign was in the midst of a global
recession, the local YWCA surpassed its fundraising goal for its new
shelter by raising an ...
This community and area are simply amazing when it comes to
fundraising. If people see a need and purpose behind something, they get
behind it to make sure it ...
The YWCA surpassed its goal by raising more than $4 million towards its
new shelter for abused women. Representatives announced Tuesday, at
Lansdowne ...
Three months remain until the 10,000 square-foot YWCA Crossroads Shelter
opens to the devastating number of women and children experiencing
domestic violence ...
Women with full-time jobs often do the lion's share of the work at
home too: running the household finances and caring for the family. So
Karen Basciano said ...
Surrounded by many of her nursing colleagues from Peterborough Regional
Health Centre, Maureen Bates said it was a reunion of sorts for an event
that keeps ...
Soroptimist International of Peterborough is dedicated to improving the
lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world.
It has served...
The following interview was given by Joëlle
Favreau, Community Development and Compass Training Supervisor YWCA of
Peterborough, Victoria & Haliburton, a ...
It might not have been the largest fundraiser that Haliburton County
has ever seen, however, the first-ever YWCA Banish the Blues event
undoubtedly did raise ...
For more than 118 years, the YWCA of Peterborough, Victoria and
Haliburton has been a leading agency for women who are at a turning
point in their lives ...
I have some wonderful news from Keene United Church. On Jan. 28
the church presented the YWCA with a cheque in the amount of $3,774.55
for the Crossroads ...
It was another year of daredevils and parking jams, but this year's
Polar Plunge raised a record $42,900 and more donations are still
expected to come in, ...
No woman should have to fear for their life or for the safety of
their children. The sad truth, however, is that more than 50 per cent of
Canadian women will experience ...
Rick Fines is "Good to Go" on Feb. 13 at Pinestone Resort when he
appears with Suzie Vinnick for the YWCA Banish Your February Blues Event
in an acoustic ...
We had a wonderful turnout of 74 people on a snowy evening in Minden
at our first annual YWCA Guardian Angel Awards held at the Beaver
Theatre on December 6 ...
Twenty-one years ago Joyce Watson was shot by her husband with a
legal hunting rifle. She was murdered while trying to move her children
and their belongings ...
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Re "Support for gun registry is missing the target" (Editorial,Nov.
25) - The YWCA supports the registration of guns as a tool to
protect the safety of women and ...
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The Peterborough and District YWCA is asking Peterborough County for
a $50,000 grant. Lynn Zimmer, executive director of the local YWCA, told
yesterday's county... _________________________________________________________________
For families struggling to get by on low income, eating healthy,
locally produced fruits and vegetables often take a back seat to food
that is fast, inexpensive and often ...
An Ottawa native, fresh out of Carleton University with a Bachelor of
Commerce degree, young Erica Cohen worked in her family's furniture
business for three ...
Women who flee domestic violence face an "incredible" amount of red
tape and barriers navigating through the system, especially if they're
of low income, ...
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The cost of nutritious food is becoming a burden for families and
single people living on low-income budgets, a study by the Peterborough
County-City Health Unit ...
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About 13,000 women and children have used local YWCA shelter
services. That's a figure familiar with the YWCA's executive director
Lynn Zimmer ...
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With a smile on her face, YWCA executive director Lynn Zimmer dug her
shovel into the ground, marking the next stage in the construction of
the Cross Roads shelter...
Ready to build shelter
September 4, 2009 / Peterborough Examiner
The YWCA of Peterborough, Victoria and Haliburton moved closer to the
construction of its new women's shelter with the demolition of one of
its old facilities yesterday ...
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Abused and alone with children in tow. Ashamed and embarrassed.
Angry. Devastated. No family to call on. As I walked through the YWCA's
Crossroads II ...
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