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…
Clean Streets Peterborough aims to make Peterborough’s waste collection rules more permissive and less opaque in an effort to curtail dumping in parks and other public property in the city. The pilot project was approved in June of 2025, and came back before council on May 25, 2026 at general committee to consider additional changes…
At the end of a Peterborough city council general committee meeting on June 8th, Mayor Jeff Leal introduced a motion during Other Business to reduce the city’s development charges by 50%. The motion intends to take advantage of a new Development Charge Reduction Program announced by the province of Ontario on June 1st, which will…
On Monday, June 1st, Rob Hailman accused Peterborough city council of systemic neglect for the lives of Peterborough’s homeless population, which he called “social murder.” This week on SWITCHBOARD, he explains his rationale to LJI Reporter Evan Robins, and responds to whether or not he thinks such rhetoric was justified. SWITCHBOARD is a live news recap…
Culture X, an annual showcase of art created by students in Cultural Studies at Trent, opens to the public on June 5th in the Sadleir House Senior Common Room. This year is the first time the event is located at Sadleir House. Previous iterations of Culture X have been held at Artspace in downtown Peterborough….
Peterborough’s 2026-27 emergency winter shelter plan passed at a city council meeting on June 1st, despite a proposed deferral from Mayor Jeff Leal at general committee the week before. For the second week in a row the gallery was full as council waded into their consent agenda, with both members of the Northcrest Ward neighbourhood…
The City of Peterborough recently launched a new parking survey to receive feedback from residents about their experience parking downtown. The survey covers a number of topics, including on-street parking, signage, parking meter charges and maintenance, the HotSpot parking app and a potential city-wide switch to cashless parking payment. However, the survey takes for granted…
