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This article is part of our Creek Week series — an exploration of our local creeks and subwatersheds.In previous articles, we profiled Bears Creek and Harper Creek, mostly from an environmental ...
Meanwhile, Chief of Police Stuart Betts makes the case for a $4.6 million boost to the police budget. Foster a more connected Peterborough. Support our work. The team at Peterborough Currents works ...
The story of The Greatest Show’s unlikely 1988 production at Peterborough’s Del Crary Park is worthy of a small book. In composer/author R. Murray Schafer’s notes to the performers describing his ...
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 ...
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 ...
The former Kaye Funeral Home at 539 George Street North sits empty and condemned as a safety hazard as developer Simon Zhang delays his plans to replace it with a 95-unit apartment building. (Photo: ...
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 ...
Should a 700-home subdivision be built here, at Peterborough’s southernmost limit? The city must decide in the coming weeks. (Photo: Will Pearson) The Ford government’s reversal of its amendments to ...
There’s a divide among mental health inpatients at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC). It’s between those who have access to the outdoors and those who don’t. Most mental health units at ...
On Monday, a public health official told Peterborough Currents that, despite the announced service reductions, the staff redeployment has not had a “significant” impact on opioid overdose monitoring ...
Kairos Non-Profit Housing has provided homes to women-led families fleeing abuse for almost 40 years. (Illustration: Brooklin Stormie) In 1985, Sister Joyce Murray was looking for a way to give back ...
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 ...