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More than 80 Peterborough residents gathered to voice their opposition to Ontario's Bill 5, which aims to speed up development and resource extraction by weakening environmental protection rules.
As supportive housing waitlists grow, some local families are creating their own solutions. But advocates say the housing challenges for people with disabilities are too big for a handful of dedicated ...
High Street has a new pedestrian walkway and is now one-way for vehicles. (Photo: Brett Throop) Many other Peterborough residents want something done about speeding in their neighbourhoods, too. The ...
The Peterborough Currents podcast dives into the 2025 municipal budget in its latest episode. (Photo: Will Pearson) Last year, when city councillors approved the 2024 city budget with a 7 percent tax ...
How did the City of Peterborough evolve from a small town plot in the 1820s to the much bigger city that we know today? Through a series of incremental boundary expansions that, one by one, added to ...
This year’s IOAD event in Peterborough featured music and poems performed in front of a backdrop of white crosses. (Photo: Alex Karn) Families gathered at Millennium Park on Friday, August 30 to ...
The Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society says it is laying off 25 staff as a result of rising costs and inadequate provincial funding. (Photo: Brett Throop) Peterborough’s local child welfare ...
The PRHC Foundation has announced a campaign to raise $60 million to improve care at the Peterborough hospital. But why do communities have to fundraise for healthcare in the first place?
Angela Wallwork offers tobacco on the shore of Pigeon Lake. (Photo: Ayesha Lye) Community members gathered in Michi Saagiig territory this weekend for the annual Water Awareness Walk, which saw ...
Residents opposed to the Bonnerworth Park redevelopment gathered in front of city hall before Tuesday’s general committee meeting. (Photo: Brett Throop) City council voted against reconsidering a plan ...
Peterborough’s average rent for a two-bedroom unit with new tenants hit $1,791 in 2023, according to the CMHC. (Photo: Will Pearson) Peterborough’s apartment vacancy rate dropped to 1.0 percent in ...