This week saw two examples of the impacts of strong mayor powers in the city of Peterborough.

The Strong Mayor, Building Homes Act was originally pitched as a way to help municipalities expedite housing projects, but the act also grants mayors additional authority over matters such as hiring ...

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Social service workers were assigned to work in the downtown location of the Peterborough Public Library (PPL) in the spring of 2022. Intended to help overburdened library staff meet the needs of ...

In our sixth episode of the Budget Week podcast, co-publishers Ayesha Barmania and Will Pearson go over how the draft 2021 municipal budget addresses the issue of affordable housing and homelessness.

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This past spring, the Peterborough chapter of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) shuttered the doors to its popular Free Market program, which offered a space at Sadleir House where ...

GE Vernova is proposing to demolish most of the buildings on its historic GE campus. Some buildings, such as 2A, seen here on the left, will remain. (Photo: Will Pearson) City council voted not to ...

There are five candidates running to be the next mayor of Peterborough. Read through who they are and what they’re promising in our round-up below. The Peterborough Currents team has prepared a short ...

Peterborough’s children’s aid society has operated at a deficit in recent years as core provincial funding has decreased. (Photo: Will Pearson) Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social ...

Alderville First Nation elder Kathy McLeod Beaver opens the Peterborough Community Health Centre in the Peterborough Square mall. (Photo: David Tough) The Peterborough Community Health Centre was ...

Located in a small George Street storefront between Brock and Simcoe, a simple orange sign out front welcomes you to the Bhojan Hindu Temple Society. Inside, the space is hung with orange and yellow ...