On June 10th, the residents of Sandy Lake First Nation, located in Northwestern Ontario near the Manitoba border, were evacuated due to the out-of-control Red Lake 12 Fire. The evacuees are being housed in locations across the province, and around 300 Sandy Lake residents have arrived at Trent University. The First Peoples House of Learning…
An Ontario measles outbreak is causing the highest number of reported cases in recent years but so far, Peterborough appears to be measles free. Public health nurse with Peterborough Public Health (PPH), Jessica Andrews, told CFFF there are no confirmed active cases of measles in the region. Andrews calls the MMR vaccine the “best defense”…
Peterborough-based charity and bicycle workshop, B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop, is looking for donations of used children’s bicycles for their Kids Bike Build in April. “[Kids Bike Build] is a program to collect used bikes from the community, refurbish them, and then provide them back to organizations working with children, and families, for them…
The Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) is being held in a new location in 2025, which will allow for the inclusion of Indigenous visual art. NIFF, like all Fringe festivals, is primarily performance art. In previous years, NIFF was held at Trent University in the Nozhem: First Peoples Performance Space. This year, the Peterborough Theatre Guild (PTG)…
On February 11, independent news outlet Peterborough Currents launched a project that tracks the votes of Peterborough city councillors. Will Pearson, co-founder and editor at Peterborough Currents, designed the project. “It all started during the 2022 municipal election,” says Pearson. “I got curious about the voting records of the incumbent councillors in my ward […]…
From Feb. 27th to March 2nd, Peterborough-based independent bookstore, Take Cover Books, is hosting the Highly Likely festival – a series of music and literature performances. Take Cover owners, Andrew and Sean Fitzpatrick, have partnered with Michael Duguay’s Miracle Territory project to organize the lineup of 18 different performers. Each performance will take place in the…
On February 3rd, Peterborough City Council voted against a motion to open a temporary, emergency, shelter in response to extreme cold. The motion, led by Councillors Keith Riel and Alex Bierk, would allocate $150,000 from the Social Services Reserve to support the creation and operation of an additional shelter during winter months. Riel and Bierk,…
Multiple days of extreme cold weather have prompted Peterborough’s Housing and Homelessness Portfolio co-chairs, Councillors Keith Riel and Alex Bierk, to issue a public statement asking for Mayor Jeff Leal to use Strong Mayor powers to open temporary emergency shelter space. Strong Mayor Powers was legislation introduced by the Ontario government in 2022 to give…
