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1 month ago | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |deeply. He’s written
One of the biggest privately owned lots and development opportunities in downtown Peterborough is expected to be listed for sale soon. The owner of 375 Aylmer Street — site of the former Baskin Robbins factory — told Peterborough Currents last week that he intends to put the property up for sale any day now. Owner Don MacPherson didn’t say what the listing price will be, but the property last sold for $1.15 million in 2012, according to land transfer records obtained by Currents.
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2 months ago | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |deeply. He’s written
There’s a lot at stake for Peterborough as Ontario heads to the polls for a snap election on February 27, 2025. The Peterborough Currents team has been following the campaigns and prepared this guide to some of the pressing issues facing our community. This is not a comprehensive list of issues and promises. We chose issues that we had experience reporting on, as well as issues that had come up in the community recently.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |Brett Throop |deeply. He’s written
Ontario is headed to the polls on February 27, 2025, after Premier Doug Ford called a snap election 16 months earlier than scheduled. During the week of February 3, Peterborough Currents interviewed three of the four community members who had put their names forward to become Peterborough-Kawartha’s next MPP: Jen Deck, Lucas Graham, and Adam Hopkins.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |deeply. He’s written
You’re reading the January 28, 2025, edition of the Peterborough Currents email newsletter. To receive our email newsletters straight to your inbox, sign up here. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Peterborough Currents newsletter. As homelessness surges across Ontario, Peterborough’s shelters are at or near capacity most nights this winter and an estimated 50 to 70 people are sleeping outside.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |deeply. He’s written
The Catholic church hall in Downeyville, Ont., comes alive with song and dance on St. Patrick’s Day as residents gather to celebrate the rich musical heritage of their Irish ancestors, who settled in the region in the early 19th century. At one recent concert, community members sang “The Backwoodsman,” a colonial folk song that tells the tale of a wayward lumberman who neglects his work and travels from Omemee, Ont., to Downeyville for a dance.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |deeply. He’s written
You’re reading the January 21, 2025, edition of the Peterborough Currents email newsletter. To receive our email newsletters straight to your inbox, sign up here. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Peterborough Currents newsletter. City councillors continued hammering out the details of the 2025 municipal budget yesterday. I watched the meeting and I’ve got updates for you.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |deeply. He’s written
As Peterborough residents brace for another higher-than-average property tax increase, Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith is blaming the City of Peterborough for not reining in its spending. To make his point, Smith has been comparing Peterborough to other Ontario municipalities and claiming other cities offer similar services for less money.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |Brett Throop |deeply. He’s written
Last year, when city councillors approved the 2024 city budget with a 7 percent tax hike, they called the budget a “course correction.” Mayor Jeff Leal explained that additional investments were needed in the short-term to ensure that Peterborough residents didn’t face double-digit tax increases down the road. Now, a year later, city councillors are debating the 2025 budget and citizens are once again facing a big tax hike.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Alex Karn |Will Pearson |Peterborough Possibilities |deeply. He’s written
Around 250 people packed onto the lawn outside City Hall on Tuesday, November 12, to raise their voices against proposed cutbacks to municipal funding for local arts and community service organizations. Peterborough’s 2025 draft budget proposes making a 25 percent cut to the city’s community grant programs, a reduction that will impact as many as 75 local non-profit groups ranging from the Peterborough Folk Festival to the New Canadians Centre.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
peterboroughcurrents.ca | Will Pearson |deeply. He’s written
Back in September, an attendee of a town hall on policing costs asked Peterborough’s Police Chief Stu Betts a question. “You’re looking for how many millions of dollars next year as an increase?” he said. Betts responded that the police would likely ask for somewhere between $2.5 million and $3.4 million more in 2025, compared to 2024.
