The public health authority for Peterborough and the surrounding region is warning residents to avoid contact with floodwaters and exercise caution in response to flood conditions. Several days of heavy rainfall have many parts of Lakelands Public Health’s service area under flood warning. Lakelands Public Health warns that floodwaters may contain detritus and bacteria, and…
Peterborough City Council will consider recommendations from the City’s DEI Progress Update at their next meeting on Monday April 20th. The report includes proposed outlines for new DEI and anti-racism training for councilors, and an amendment which would ban the use of racial slurs, including the n-word, under the council Code of Conduct, regardless of…
Trent Radio met with Marc Rico Ludwig to discuss Butcher The Pig, an original play that will soon be adapted for film. Filming is scheduled to begin in October, and their fundraising campaign will start with a staged reading on April 24th at the Theatre on King. More information regarding the project, fundraising, and how…
Peterborough local Tristan Konkle is the latest musician to be named the Emerging Artist of the Year by Peterborough Folk Festival. With experience producing music for the band VANCAMP, as well as fronting the band Tapes In Motion, Tristan has recently begun a new solo venture. For more info on Tristan’s released music, as well…
Trent Radio met with Samuel Hall, director, producer, composer, and playwright of the brand new musical, “Years With You”. The world premiere of this production is happening on April 2nd, 2026, at The Theatre On King. Because of funding received from the Trent IMPACT Microgrant Program, tickets to the show are free (currently sold out)….
Trent University alumni and former student-athlete Dillon Muldoon recently won the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Women’s Curling Coach of the Year award. Trent Radio spoke with Dillon about his coaching experience and what curling is like at Trent. You can find more information about curling at Trent on their Instagram, @trent_curls.
Trent Radio met with Riverview Park and Zoo’s Matt Dixon, Operational Support Manager for Animal Care, to discuss their new Sulawesi Forest Turtle hatchling. The turtle, named Indy, hatched February 9th. The Sulawesi Forest Turtle is critically endangered and the Riverview Park and Zoo is the only zoo in Canada working to maintain this species….
In February and March, Trent Radio’s Eddy Sweeney conducted a series of workshops with Ms. Tye’s Media Arts class at Crestwood Secondary School. The Grade 11 and 12 learned about radio and broadcast journalism. During the final session, the class produced their own school news broadcast. Listen to the full broadcast to learn about the…
With student submissions complete, the team behind Cultural Studies (CUST) Week, Kathleen Clysdale, Cohen Arndt-Perris, and Anabelle Craig, prepare to showcase student works. Trent Radio sat down with Anabelle to get a better idea of what makes the event valuable to students. CUST Week will include 3 events during the week of March 8-14. You…
During our Spring 2026 season, Trent Radio visited Queen Mary Public School to conduct a series of workshops about broadcasting and journalism with seventh and eighth grade students. For the final workshop, Jill Staveley (Director of Programming) and Eddy Sweeney (Programming and Volunteer Support Coordinator) transformed Queen Mary’s Library into a pop-up recording studio. The…
