In 2025 the City of Peterborough quietly dissolved its youth council, a committee which consulted on youth services and helped organize all-ages events. Now a former member of that board is striking out on her own to give a voice to the youth that city hall has left behind. Avery Trenholm is the founder and…
The mayor of Peterborough had strong words for vandals who defaced the Citizen’s War Memorial in Peterborough’s Confederation Park. Graffiti was discovered on the base of the cenotaph across from Peterborough’s city hall on Wednesday, October 28th. The vandalism, which appears to be done with black permanent marker, includes multiple tags, drawings of penises, and…
Peterborough—Kawartha MPP Dave Smith’s “Action Centre” constituency office will be moving, a decision the Progressive Conservative MPP attributes to eleven weeks of constant protest outside his current Chemong Road office. Smith said that the repeated demonstrations had a negative effect on neighbouring businesses in the Chemong Rd. plaza, and that when the constituency office’s lease…
The Peterborough Police Service will receive more than $500,000 of additional funding through two Provincial funding programs, Peterborough–Kawartha MPP Dave Smith announced at a press conference on Monday, October 26th. Smith made the announcement Monday, October 26th, at a press conference with mayor Jeff Leal and Peterborough Police Chief Stu Betts. The funding comes in…
Peterborough Police Service Chief Stu Betts lauded the work of service officers responding to property crimes and policing the 2026 Head of the Trent Regatta at the service’s board meeting on Tuesday, October 20th. Betts said this year’s event went “smoothly,” in his opening remarks discussing the police response to Trent students’ unsanctioned parties on…
The City of Peterborough is opening applications to a pilot program designed to help residents who are unable to clear their driveways and walkways themselves. The program offers a subsidy to eligible low-income seniors and disabled residents to cover the cost of private snow removal. Applications for the city’s Snow Removal Subsidy program open on…
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…
On the morning of Saturday, August 29th, members of the Peterborough community gathered outside of city hall to demonstrate against the Dominion Society of Canada, a far-right, anti-immigration and ethno-nationalist organization. The organization drew attention recently for a spate of posters promoting “remigration,” a policy advocating the force deportation of Canadians not descended from French,…
The City of Peterborough is running a pilot program to make public transit free to use for youth between the ages of 13 and 18. The Youth Transit Pass is available to students enrolled in Peterborough secondary schools and in grades 7 & 8. Students enrolled in the Youth Transit Pass program can take the…
Peterborough Humane Society are in the middle of their month-long “Dogust” campaign. Over the last month of the summer, they cut adoption costs for dogs from $600 to $300 to encourage adoptions during their slow season when the kennels tend to fill up. I spoke to PHS Development and Communications Coordinator, Désirée Kretschmar about the…
