Students stranded after major water main break at Trent University

Less than two weeks after classes started at Trent university many students living on campus have found themselves without a place to stay. On Tuesday, September 22nd, a watermain at the Trent’s Symons Campus burst, prompting the university to close most of its Peterborough facilities until Monday, September 28th. All residence buildings on Symons campus…

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Peterborough Inn & Suites plays hosts to movie shoot

An independent film from Toronto has made Peterborough’s historic downtown the backdrop for their production. Who Killed Darcy Dozen, a murder-mystery set in a sleepy Canadian town, spent a week shooting at Peterborough’s Inn and Suites, as well as downtown locations like the Bike Community Bike Shop between September 8th and 11th. Director Andy Lewis…

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Rob Hailman launches campaign for eleventh-hour mayoral bid

One final candidate is running to be Peterborough’s next mayor. Rob Hailman submitted his paperwork to run on August 21st, and officially launched his mayoral campaign on September 14th at Sadleir House. Hailman emphasizes progressive solutions to the problems facing the city of Peterborough, and is advocating for a human-rights, housing-first-based approached to the homelessness…

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Council debates heritage designations as provincial deadline looms

The night of Tuesday, September 8th at City Hall saw Peterborough City Council’s general committee presented with five properties to be considered for heritage designation. With Ontario’s January 2027 deadline to designate properties currently on the City’s heritage list looming, there is pressure on council to consider as many properties as possible in the coming…

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Two of three housing motions from Crowley pass at August 31st council meeting

Two of three Notices of Motion moved by Monaghan Ward Councilor Matt Crowley at the general committee meeting of Peterborough City Council on Monday, August 24th were officially ratified at the August 31st meeting of city council. Crowley described the motions as an effort to address three distinct but overlapping issues in the city. Respectively…

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One City Community Stewardship program passes at council despite sole delegate’s objections

A new pilot program for cleanup and community outreach in the neighbourhood around the Trinity Community Hub administered by social enterprise One City Peterborough was formally approved at City Council on the night of August 31st. The motion sparked heated debate at general committee the week before but was ultimately recommended 10-1 with the sole…

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