This is the inaugural East City Emergency Preparedness Meeting, the first in a series of meetings to be held in the next few ...

This past year, I had a chance to volunteer with the Programming Advisory Committee for the ReFrame Film Festival, Peterborough’s annual festival of social and cultural documentaries. The festival ...

You’re reading the January 23, 2026 edition of the Peterborough Currents email newsletter. To receive our email newsletters straight to your inbox, sign up here. Hi, I’m Peterborough Currents ...

Councillors representing areas outside downtown tend to treat the city as a business. They try to keep taxes down, they balk at expensive solutions to problems that don’t directly affect their ...

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society (KHCAS) won’t say whether it has balanced its budget, more than a year after the Doug Ford government put in place a supervisor to “reinstate good ...

This week saw two examples of the impacts of strong mayor powers in the city of Peterborough. First was the news that Northcrest Neighbours for Fair Process is dropping their legal challenge against ...

As part of this year’s budget proceedings, Peterborough Police Chief Stuart Betts and the Peterborough Police Services Board are requesting a 9.22 per cent increase to the city’s contribution to their ...

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 ...

Gabe Pollock and David Tough ran an alt-monthly print magazine in Peterborough from 2016 to 2018. Now, they’re the new co-editors of Peterborough Currents. Hello! We’re Gabe Pollock and David Tough, ...

This article was originally published as the cover story for the Spring 2025 issue of the Peterborough Currents Magazine, which Currents released on May 12, 2025. The magazine is free or ...

One of the biggest privately owned lots and development opportunities in downtown Peterborough is expected to be listed for sale soon. The owner of 375 Aylmer Street — site of the former Baskin ...