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…
The City of Peterborough’s Tourism Strategy and Community Safety Plan were back on the agenda at a June 15th meeting of city council, alongside a motion introduced last week by mayor Jeff Leal to cut the city’s development charges in half for the next three years. Debate of the Community Safety Plan became somewhat mired…
At the end of June Dr. Stephen Stohn will officially end his term as Chancellor of Trent University. The television producer and Trent Radio alum joined LJI Broadcast journalist Evan Robins in studio this week to reflect on his pivotal role in student culture in the early days of Trent University, and the seven years…
