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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a sunny October day, a woman in her early thirties packed up her belongings after a night sleeping on the ground, near the London Street footbridge in downtown Peterborough. Rebecca carefully ...

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 ...

Last year, when city councillors approved the 2024 city budget with a 7 percent tax hike, they called the budget a “course correction.” Mayor Jeff Leal explained that additional investments were ...