Rock Camp 4 Girls* returns to Peterborough from July 6th and 10th at Sadleir House this summer. The annual week-long music camp helps girls and gender non-conforming youth aged 9-13 who are aspiring musicians make friends, form bands, and learn to play drums, bass, or electric guitar. Listen to hear LJI reporter Evan Robins’ interviews…
At the last meeting of Peterborough City Council before their summer recess, North-end residents expressed concerns over a cell phone tower which is planned to be built at 95 Marina Blvd. Northcrest Ward resident, Andrea Lac, delegated to council about the Tower Concurrence report which indicated that applicant Spectra Point Inc. had completed its mandatory…
Patricia Wilson is trying to break down barriers which dictate who can access Peterborough and the Kawarthas’ outdoors. The Peterborough local is the founder of the Diverse Nature Collective, an organization which hosts nature hikes and outdoor-skills workshops for Black and racialized nature lovers. This year the group is expanding their programming with a a…
The Service ended their financial year with a surplus of $826,943, which a report presented to council on June 22nd recommended should be given entirely back to the Peterborough Police Service (PPS). Typically, any surplus the PPS run at the end of their budget year is divided equally between the Service and the City. A…
In the last several months you might have seen posters around town for a thing called SWARM. It’s a project of local musician Charlie Watson, who is aiming to create an all-ages space for young musicians to be able to play to a crowd. Despite being busy with high school, Watson has already managed to…
A recent $57 million provincial investment will not spare Trent University from a projected deficit in the coming year, reports from the university’s June Board of Governors meeting indicate. The budget was publicly presented at the June 19th meeting of Trent’s Board of Governors, having been previously embargoed until the announcement of a $57 million…
On the night of June 22nd, Peterborough City Council were presented with a report on the city’s new stormwater management fee. Approved in January 2025, the Stormwater Utility Program is designed to shift the funding stream for stormwater management in the city of Peterborough from the city’s general tax levy to a dedicated user fee….
The Peterborough Police Service released enforcement statistics for their first quarter at their board meeting on Tuesday June 16th. The numbers were part of series of reports from the Q1 snapshot presented to the board at the Police Service Board meeting, which included details of the Community Focused Investigation Response Support Team, or “FIRST,” program’s…
For ten years Bennett Bedoukian has been producing letterpress posters, broadsheets, and books through his one-man operation as O, Underworld Press. Bedoukian, who is based out of Havelock, ON, assembles his publications by hand on manual relief presses and using hand-placed lead type. I had the opportunity to visit Bedoukian’s Havelock workshop with my friend…
Trent University will receive an additional $57 million in provincial funding over the next four years, Peterborough MPP, Dave Smith announced at a press conference on the university’s Symons campus on June 17th. The investment is a part of a new, province-wide funding model which will distribute $6.4 billion to Ontario post-secondary institutions. The announcement…
