Peterborough Currents

Peterborough Currents

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  • This enduring musical friendship was "reshaped by recovery"

    1 week ago | peterboroughcurrents.ca | Alex Karn

    This article was originally published in the Spring 2025 issue of the Peterborough Currents Magazine, which Currents released on May 12, 2025. The magazine is free or pay-what-you-can, so if you prefer to read long, in-depth stories such as this one in print, feel free to grab a copy. More information here. Like many in Peterborough, Michael Cloud Duguay remembers the first time he heard Cormac Culkeen sing.

  • Descendents of early Peterborough Chinese restaurateurs are carrying on their families' "legacy of entrepreneurship"

    1 week ago | peterboroughcurrents.ca | Brett Throop

    When Shannon Mak opened Le Petit Bar (now called Bijoux Bar) on Water Street in 2012, it was the continuation of a long family history in downtown Peterborough. Starting in the early 1900s, Mak’s great grandfather Jim Hum owned a popular Chinese restaurant just three blocks from where Bijoux Bar is located today.

  • "We need these protections in place": Peterborough residents warn against loss of environmental protections in wake of Bill 5

    1 week ago | peterboroughcurrents.ca | Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay

    This article originally appeared in the Peterborough Examiner on May 27, 2025 and is reprinted here through a creative commons license. More than 80 Peterborough residents gathered for the second time in a week outside of the area MPP’s office to voice their opposition to Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act. This comes as a parliamentary committee at Queen’s Park continues to get feedback on the bill.

  • School board issues lay-off notices to teachers, but many are expected to be rehired before September

    1 week ago | peterboroughcurrents.ca | Brett Throop

    The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has issued lay-off notices to 71 elementary teachers as it deals with declining enrolment and a multi-million-dollar deficit, according to a union representative. David Berger, president of the Kawartha Pine Ridge local of the Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario, said he hopes the board will be able to recall most of those teachers over the summer as the board’s financial situation becomes clearer.

  • Self-esteem coach. TV camera operator. Blacksmith. Volunteer fair showcases some unexpected ways to give back.

    2 weeks ago | peterboroughcurrents.ca | Alex Karn

    Matthew Stewart says volunteering with the Council for Persons with Disabilities (CPD) for the last year and a half has been “the most rewarding time” of his life. Stewart takes photos of the non-profit’s events around Peterborough and helps spread awareness of the work it does in the community. “It’s just amazing,” he said. Stewart, who has a disability, said he’s learned a lot from lending his time to the organization, calling it an “empowering” experience.

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