This article was originally published on The Conversation. One hundred years ago this November, the governments of Canada and Ontario signed treaties with First Nations of the Chippewa of Lake Simcoe ...

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.

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?

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 Public Health issued a drug poisoning alert on Tuesday due to a “consistently high” number of suspected overdoses in recent days. It comes days after the health unit announced that it was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Learn how Curtis Creek was diverted from its natural route — and how the City has restored its ecology in some places.