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…
Dr. Michael Eamon, former Principal of Trent University’s Catherine Parr Traill College, is the mayor-elect of Peterborough. Eamon was elected to the office of mayor on Monday, October 26th with 10,867 votes, or 36.5% of the votes cast. To complement Peterborough’s new mayor, city council will see a radical shake up in this session. More…
Less than a month after officially launching his campaign, Peterborough municipal candidate Rob Hailman has announced he’s stepping back from his mayoral bid. On October 4th Hailman posted an announcement to his campaign page saying that running for office while working two jobs meant “compromising [his] ability to campaign…existing commitments to [his] employers and…community, and…
One final candidate is running to be Peterborough’s next mayor. Rob Hailman submitted his paperwork to run on August 21st, and officially launched his mayoral campaign on September 14th at Sadleir House. Hailman emphasizes progressive solutions to the problems facing the city of Peterborough, and is advocating for a human-rights, housing-first-based approached to the homelessness…
The City of Peterborough approved an Economic Development Update report at the Monday, August 10th meeting of Peterborough City Council. The report is the first produced since the city moved the Economic Development portfolio in-house at the beginning of 2025. One of the strategic focuses of Peterborough’s economic development plan highlighted in the report is…
The City of Peterborough is looking to join a joint investment board of Ontario municipalities managed by ONE Investing in order to diversify its investment portfolio. A report from city staff cites a hope to reduce the city’s long-term reliance on the residential tax base by improving investment returns as reasons to adopt ONE’s Prudent…
Peterborough city council could let businesses remain open on statutory holidays starting sometime in 2027. The change was proposed by mayor Jeff Leal, who submitted a Notice of Motion at general committee on Tuesday, August 4th. Listen to hear what Leal had to say about the motion at the Tuesday night meeting.
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…
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…
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…
