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plumbing on top of the floor because it's a concrete floor into a shower base, and it was a lip about six, eight inches that you had to basically jump into to get in. So what we wanted to do, obviously, is to accomplish is get the plumbing inside the, you know, so break up the concrete floor, do the plumbing properly, vent it properly. And actually we made a huge shower in here which worked out well. Obviously the floor came out with a concrete was all the plumbing got replaced and updated as well in the floor. So now we have ourselves a really nice bathroom. Toilet didn't really change too much vanity obviously. We updated it, painted the bathroom. When you're dealing with a shower and you have an outside wall, well, obviously you can't put plumbing on there. A lot of people will build out the wall and then, you know, then it's inside. But what we did here is this is an interior wall. This is an interior wall. And we couldn't put the plumbing on this wall because it has a pocket door. So obviously there's no room in the wall. So what we did is we ran the plumbing over to the left hand side. So our valve where we turn it on and off is on the left hand side. And we put the outlet on the left hand side of the back wall as well, which allowed us to keep it on an interior wall. And then we just attached our slide bar to the outside wall. So no plumbing on the outside wall at all. Everything's interior, but we accomplish what we were trying to do, which was have the actual slide bar on the outside wall. >> Renovation time is brought to you by arndon kitchen and bath center. Visit their showroom at 1985 lansdowne street, west, just west of brealey drive. >> We have more local news just ahead right here on "global" news morning. Peterborough. I'm very good at solving murder cases. ANNOUNCER:Elsbeth, season finale tonightat 9 eastern on Global. What's up with dave music Hi I'm dave Smith member of provincial parliament for peterborough kawartha and today is our very first episode of what's up with dave over the next few weeks I'll be giving you some insight into what I do what my office can do for you and some of the things we're working on to make life better in the riding I'll start things off by introducing you to the staff who work in my office here in peterborough Sally's my executive assistant and she looks after my schedule for me while I'm here in the riding she's been with me for a number of years and as an interesting fact she's a huge elvis fan and and can often be found at elvis festivals and elvis impersonator concerts next up is andrea I first met andrea through toastmasters long before I was ever in politics andrea is our resident expert on everything odsp and Ontario works but don't let that wheelchair fool ya Andrea has been a key player with the electic city maroon and white hockey team ever since it started her nickman Sniper because she has Ovechkin-like goal socring prowess now you might know mary from peterborough this week or from her time with oldies and freak radio Mary joined us this year just after Christmas because she wanted to help more people in peterborough, Last defintely not least we have jody, jody's a former teacher and former pricinple with the kawartha pine ride district high school board she brings a wealth of education knowledge to our office and keeps us well organized I also have 3 student interns cj, jonah and jimmy, now that you know who's in the office and who can help you please do not be afraid to reach out to us until next time I'm dave smith and this is what's up with dave what's up with dave is rbought to you by Dave Smith member of provincial parliament peterborough kawartha music Right from the start,it's you >> From global peterborough. This is "global news" morning. >> Good morning, and thank you for joining us. I'm keri ferguson teresa kaszuba is off today. One of ontario's largest trade unions is lobbying the provincial government for more support in the public service. Ofsaa held its first of three rallies planned for our region this week outside mpp dave smith's office, robert lothian reports. We're we're done. >> We're ready to say enough is enough. Government needs to step up. >> Dozens of public service workers line a busy chemong road. Their goal to send a message to the ford government

that current social services funding levels fall short. Services are underfunded and that, in our case, children are at risk. >> And I know that for myself and my coworkers, we are not prepared to walk away from a child in need to balance an inadequate budget. >> On wednesday, union members representing the kawartha, haliburton children's aid society delivering a letter to mpp dave smith's office. >> We want to just be able to drop our letter off asking for support and what they call a chronically underfunded system. Children can't stay in their homes and then when they need to be removed from their homes, they can't stay in their community and they end up being hours out of the area. >> We're either addressing it through funding children's aid societies and children's mental health, or we're addressing it in emergency room departments, or we're addressing it in shelters. So at some point we are going to have to fund it. >> A spokesperson for smith's office says the mpp was not in the riding on wednesday or available for an interview before a deadline. And while children's services took the focus of wednesday's rally, representation came from several unions. The concern, labelle says, is a growing theme of funding shortfalls impacting many public services. >> Clean water agency you know, the cuts to public health labs, like all of those things, are going to impact people in peterborough, and they should care about those issues, because if they don't have access to those services in their community, where are they going to get them? >> Apsley will continue to hold rallies on thursday at mpp david pacini office in port hope and on friday at lindsay at mpp laurie scott's office. The goal is to maintain pressure. While these elected officials are at home. Robert lothian "global news" the city of kawartha lakes council is calling on the provincial and federal governments to step in to address program cuts at fleming college. >> At its meeting tuesday, council voted in favor of a recommendation that the municipality encouraged both levels of government to invest in and provide support legislation that promotes colleges, specifically fleming's frost campus, which is heavily impacted by the cuts. Last month, the college announced it would cut 29 programs due to low projected domestic enrollment, as well as the federal cap on international students in ontario. The ford government is now facing calls to reverse a pandemic policy that critics say gives suspected drunk drivers a slap on the wrist as we first told you tuesday, ontario prosecutors are allowed to downgrade non drinking and driving charges as a way to reduce the backlog in the court system. Queen's park bureau chief colin d'mello has the latest on this "global news" exclusive. >> It's a government directive designed to loosen up a log jammed court system, alleged drunk drivers in less serious cases could be offered the chance to plead guilty to a lesser charge of careless driving, sparing them a criminal record. The policy has been in effect since 2021, but during all of those years, the ford government never kept track of how many drivers received the plea bargain. Critics say that makes it problematic. >> Yes, we know it probably reduces time. How much time you actually reducing? They can't say how often are people re-offending. >> Government can't say so I so I can't say none of us can say is it effective. >> Well the ford government never kept track. "global news" has learned that the option to downgrade charges was used so often that crown prosecutors even had a pre-prepared script to read aloud in court that this was a time limited measure, intended only to reduce the court backlog. How often would you say you heard that? >> Pretty much every time a plea bargain was done after for a little while, there wasn't as fulsome an explanation and perhaps not a script, but ultimately every every, every prosecutor was essentially saying that to the court. >> The attorney general claims the policy remains in effect in order to clear courtrooms for more serious cases like sexual assault and gun crimes. But critics are casting doubt. The ndp recently uncovered 1300 sexual assault cases that were tossed out of court in 2022 as a result of backlogs. >> So by reducing criminal charges when it comes to impaired driving and claiming that this is because they want the system to run efficiently, well, it hasn't happened. >> Now, some are calling on the government to eliminate the option altogether. >> The policy should be revoked because it was introduced during a covid pandemic time. Clearly we are we are not in that time anymore. >> The attorney general says for now, his office is not reconsidering the policy at queen's park, colin d'mello "global news" >> Food insecurity continues to be a growing issue in the region. The haliburton, kawartha, pine ridge district health unit has released a new report detailing the impact locally, as many families fall

short of making ends meet. Tricia mason has the story. >> Haliburton. Kawartha. Pine ridge district health unit is reporting that 12.9% of households in the county of haliburton, 10.2% in the city of kawartha lakes, and 8.7% in northumberland county, are now considered low income. >> Food banks would love to go out of business, and that is not the trend that we are headed towards. At this moment. >> As a result, northumberland fair share food bank says the increase in need has become more prevalent throughout the region as time goes on. >> So in 2023, at our services, we had 668 new food bank users. People that have never used a food bank before, whereas in 2022 was 271. This year already in 2024, we've seen more than 400. >> The hkpr district health unit estimates a family of four to adults and two children would have spent an average of $1,184 per month towards eating healthy in 2023, and this household income scenario within the report, if the family earns minimum wage, they would have spent 28% of their income on food. That meets canada's food guide. After paying for rent. That would leave them with merely a few hundred dollars to pay for other basic living expenses. The trends that we're seeing now don't tend to be going away, so we've had unprecedented years, year over year. So even our costs have risen as well. The costs of transportation has risen. Gas, housing, obviously, the report also found only 20% of households experiencing food insecurity are using food banks. >> Lindell crediting that to people being overwhelmed with their new reality and the whole reason that we're here and that we're community supported is to be there for the people that are facing food insecurity and are making these really difficult decisions. She goes on to say. Luckilly local donations have not gone down. "global news" reached out to the health unit multiple times, but did not receive a reply by deadline. According to the report itself, the living wage in the health unit's jurisdiction is $20.60 per hour, but the current minimum wage in ontario is 1655. And while it's set to increase to 1720 an hour in october, officials say that still falls short. Tricia mason "global news" >> Good morning. What was an active day yesterday? Some strong storms, especially north of peterborough, moving across lake simcoe towards the east. And this is the evidence right here. Very large hail, this is from kevin smith. And yeah, there was some well obviously some lightning, some heavy downpours too. Even some tornado warned storms. A quieter day today. There has been the passage of a cold front. You'll feel that when it comes to the humidex values, although it still is a relatively warm start and we've still got a few residual showers, especially kingston up through ottawa and portions of eastern ontario. But that should start to clear as we move through this morning and taking a look at the winds. They are still out of the west. Southwest will be a little breezy at times. I know it was breezy yesterday and you can see temperatures are still holding on to the low to mid teens depending on where you are more towards the mid teens even 20s as you head farther east. But again, it's not going to be quite as as warm and humid today. Not the high 20s where we've been of late, but more towards the mid 20s. Around peterborough there will be some sunny breaks and we'll see that develop as well around kingston after some morning showers. Let's take a look at your future cast. You can see plenty of sunshine today. Pretty quiet weather conditions that will be the case once again on friday. More comfortable sleeping weather as well. And then we are looking out for the chance of showers and the risk of thunderstorms on saturday afternoon. And then we should dry out by saturday evening and sunday. So 21 a little cooler tomorrow. That chance of some afternoon late morning, afternoon showers on saturday and it could be a thunderstorm back to the mid 20s on sunday with a sun cloud mix and some wet weather into early next week. And that's a look at your forecast. >> Thank you ross. Your national and international headlines are next. This portion of Global Morning News is brought to you by Goldfinger Injury Lawyers Get Goldfinger today Garry's Garden Gallery has been bringing excitement and beauty to your gardens for over 43 years! Visit today and see their large selection of nursery stock, annuals, and perennials! Plus, garden décor, fountains, hot tubs, pools, patio furniture and more, with new stock arriving daily! See why it's worth the drive to Lindsay Garry's Garden Gallery, 5 commerce Road, Lindsay! Enjoy Maintenance free living in the Charming village of Lakefield, Triple t holdings is now offering luxury town house condominiums in the Sought After Lilacs community

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