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 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…
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…
At a General Committee meeting on May 25th, Peterborough City Council was met with heated debate as they considered a motion to fund an emergency winter shelter in the coming year. Mayor Jeff Leal moved to defer the approval of the winter plan until the next session of council in August, a move which city…
At the Peterborough Police Service (PPS) Board meeting on May 19th, Police Chief Stu Bett’s contract was officially extended until December 31st, 2032, which had been announced in a press release the week before. Betts and Staff Inspector Peter Sejrup also outlined new initiatives by the police to “crowd-source” information on suspected criminals in ongoing…
Trent University student Jacob Méthot is the youngest of the five candidates currently registered to run for mayor of Peterborough. While other nominees have already rolled out big launch parties and lawn signs, Méthot is employing an unconventional strategy: he intends to spend no money in service of his mayoral campaign. Méthot’s spending strategy is…
Nominations for the 2026 Peterborough municipal election opened on Friday, May 1st at 8:30 AM. Trent Radio’s Evan Robins was there, along with a handful of other reporters from local media outlets. In this panel, CFFF Local Journalism Initiative reporter Evan Robins speaks to the Peterborough Examiner‘s Politics and City Hall Reporter, Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay, and…
Campaigning for the 2026 municipal election is in full swing in Peterborough. Two of the five uncertified candidates for mayor held campaign launches this week, with many candidates for both the mayor and council positions announcing their own events to follow. Listen to hear clips from Rebecca Schillemat and Keith Riel’s respective campaign launches, and…
Nominations for the 2026 Peterborough Municipal elections officially opened at 8:30 a.m. on May 1st. Three candidates submitted their paperwork to run for mayor on Friday, followed by another on Monday morning. CFFF spent Friday at Peterborough City Council talking to candidates. Listen to hear mayoral and council hopefuls speak about their platforms, experience, and…
