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The provincial government announced a four-percent funding increase for KPRDSB last week. But that amount might change as next year’s enrolment numbers are finalized. (Photos: Will Pearson) The ...
Volunteer Kim Meekin stands by as Royal Gardens Retirement Residence resident Bozena strokes Marjorie the therapy dog during a recent visit. (Photo: Alex Karn) Every time Kim Meekin walks in the front ...
MP candidates debated housing and homelessness issues at All Saints Anglican Church on April 9. (Photo: Alex Karn) Janet and Greg Hayes had never been to a political debate before. But faced with “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 ...
Diane Robnik graduated with a degree in History from Trent and thoroughly enjoyed her time in Peterborough as an archivist. She now lives in Thunder Bay with her husband and daughter and works at ...
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 ...
Elizabeth Popham exhibited photos at the Food Shop on Water Street as part of the 2024 Spark Photo Festival. (Photo courtesy of Spark) The Spark Photo Festival will not return in 2025, the festival ...
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?
Nurse practitioner Kathy Hardill prescribes safer supply opioids at the 360 Clinic in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Will Pearson) Participants of a safer supply program in downtown Peterborough have ...
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.
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 ...