Constable Gord KLINGSPOHN #9592 Media Relations/Community Services Officer Peterborough County Ontario Provincial  Police

phone: (705) 742-0401 pager: (416) 945-9878 gordon.klingspohn@jus.gov.on.ca

On Sunday evening, May 18, there was a gathering of teens at a cottage located on Bluebird Lane, Chandos Lake in North Kawartha Township. Around 3 a.m.,  three of the teens decided to leave the party and canoe to a nearby island. In the canoe were  Adam Ryan,  Jennifer Robichaud and Catherine Jaster.  About 500 metres into their journey, two of the occupants of the canoe were switching positions when the canoe capsized into the lake. While lifejackets were in the canoe, none of the persons were wearing them. Their calls for help alerted a cottager, 52 year old Paul Rooney. He attended their location and pulled the exhausted trio to safety. All three were treated for hypothermia at Rooney's cottage. 

 This investigation is continuing. Alcohol consumption was a contributing factor in what  nearly became a drowning investigation. Investigators learned that perhaps had another minute elapsed, one of the three teens, Adam Smith would have been lost to depths of the lake. The worst case scenario, perhaps all three might have drowned. 
 

After being away from her home throughout Wednesday, an Apsley woman returned to her home on Jacks Lake Road on Wednesday evening, June 11 around 9 p.m., to find the interior of the home and its contents had sustained fire damage. The North Kawartha Fire Department have notified the Fire Marshall's office, as arson is suspected. Peterborough County OPP is investigating the circumstances surrounding the fire as well, including a forcible entry to the home reported by the woman. There has been no damage estimate.