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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