Evan Robins

Peterborough

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Listening to City Councillors Listening to City Councillors Talk to Themselves

1 month ago | trentarthur.ca | Evan Robins

Independent student press since 1966. Councillors Alex Bierk, Matt Crowley, and Joy Lachica at a January 20th meeting of Peterborough City Council. Crowley presented a Notice of Motion on March 10 to reduce the city’s activities on the social media and microblogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Photo: Evan RobinsCouncillors Alex Bierk, Matt Crowley, and Joy Lachica at a January 20th meeting of Peterborough City Council.
On-Campus Polling Plagued by Misinformation from Trent, TCSA

2 months ago | trentarthur.ca | David King |Evan Robins

Independent student press since 1966. Despite the promise of an on-campus polling station operated by Elections Ontario, many Trent students are unclear whether they are even eligible to use it. Photo: Rishabh JoshiDespite the promise of an on-campus polling station operated by Elections Ontario, many Trent students are unclear whether they are even eligible to use it.
Arthur Book Club Imagines Dragons

2 months ago | trentarthur.ca | Evan Robins |Abbigale Kernya

Independent student press since 1966. Arthur Book Club embarks on an epic adventure to read a (modest) sampling of recent fantasy novels about the logistical employment of dragons. Graphic by Evan RobinsArthur Book Club embarks on an epic adventure to read a (modest) sampling of recent fantasy novels about the logistical employment of dragons. Graphic by Evan RobinsOn Thursday, February 6th, 2025, while sitting in the office (as they are wont to do) the editors of Arthur had a revelation.
Council Talks Tariffs, Housing, Take Shots at Dave Smith After Hours in Closed Session

2 months ago | trentarthur.ca | Evan Robins

Independent student press since 1966. Mayor Jeff Leal at Peterborough City Council's general committee meeting on the night of February 18th. Photo: David KingMayor Jeff Leal at Peterborough City Council's general committee meeting on the night of February 18th. Photo: David KingGeneral Committee started fourty-five minutes late on Tuesday, February 18th, after the mayor and Peterborough City Council spent an extended period in closed session past the posted 6:00 PM starting time.
Dual-use incitement

Feb 14, 2025 | vashtimedia.com | Francesca Newton |Evan Robins |Annabel Cohen

The Pickle — 4 min read Earlier this week, Israel’s police arrested Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna – the owner and his nephew, respectively, of the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem – and raided two of their shops. (Mahmoud is the co-editor of Daybreak in Gaza, from which Vashti published an excerpt last October). The police confiscated dozens of the shop’s Arabic and English books, looking for anything with the word Palestine or the Palestinian flag.
Same old strange new world

Feb 7, 2025 | vashtimedia.com | Evan Robins |Annabel Cohen |Matthew Gordon

The Pickle — 3 min read Once, during the Boris Johnson years, I asked my dad if politics had ever felt as weird to him as it did then. He came of age in the 1980s, with Thatcher and Heseltine and Foot and Scargill. Whatever you think of their respective politics, these were big characters, at times almost self-satirising.
Council Kills Motion to Provide Emergency Shelter for More Than 60 Unhoused; “We’ve done as much as we can”

Feb 4, 2025 | trentarthur.ca | Evan Robins

Independent student press since 1966. Town Ward Councilor Alex Bierk listens as Peterborough City Council debates a notice of motion brought forward by him and co-chair of the city's Homelessness portfolio, Keith Riel on Monday night. Photo: Evan RobinsTown Ward Councilor Alex Bierk listens as Peterborough City Council debates a notice of motion brought forward by him and co-chair of the city's Homelessness portfolio, Keith Riel on Monday night.
ReFrame Review: No Other Land‍

Jan 24, 2025 | trentarthur.ca | Evan Robins

It feels impossible to talk about No Other Land in any way which doesn’t short-change the thing that it actually is. Don’t get it twisted, that isn’t a bad thing. This is a film that evades conventional notions of promotion and summary. It is largely a thing in itself. Simply put, this isn’t the kind of movie it would lead you to believe it is.
New Ethel Cain is Important

Jan 16, 2025 | trentarthur.ca | Evan Robins

Independent student press since 1966. Graphic by Evan Robins, with photos from Daughters of Cain and Stanley DonwoodGraphic by Evan Robins, with photos from Daughters of Cain and Stanley DonwoodOn May 21st, 1997, English rock band Radiohead released their third studio album, OK Computer, widely regarded as one of the single greatest LPs of all time.
“Put plainly, the 2025 Draft Budget is a shameful document”: Council Receives Public Delegations on Draft Budget Report

Nov 13, 2024 | trentarthur.ca | Evan Robins

Independent student press since 1966. When I phoned Ashburnham Ward City Councilor, Keith Riel, earlier in the day on November 12th, he advised me that the Special Council Meeting that night was going to be rather packed with public speakers. “37 delegations,” Riel told me. “five minutes each. You do the math on that.”I did the math sitting in Council Chambers for the General Committee at 3:00 PM that afternoon. Thirty-seven, times five, divided by sixty. One-hundred-and-eighty. Divided by sixty.