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 ...

Home construction has slowed dramatically despite Peterborough’s urgent need for housing. What’s holding it up?

In the 1980s, Peterborough residents came together to create housing for women fleeing intimate-partner violence and their children. Their non-profit still gives families the chance to begin again.

Last updated: October 6, 2022 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 ...

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.

Chris Lawson and Emily Minthorn said they were blindsinded when they received an eviction notice this spring. Their landlords said their daughter needed to move into Lawson’s and Minthorn’s East City ...

Peterborough’s oldest housing co-op is an oasis of affordability. Could more like it help solve the housing crisis?

Jackson Pind is a mixed Settler-Anishinaabe Historian of Indigenous education who focuses on the history of Indian Day Schools in Ontario. He is currently an Assistant Professor, Indigenous ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peterborough Currents had a busy year in 2023. We posted more than 60 articles to our website. We released 10 podcast episodes. And we sent 30 email newsletters to our audience of 4,900 subscribers.