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Brett Throop
Brett Throop is a reporter based in Peterborough. He previously worked as a radio producer for CBC Ottawa. His writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Edmonton Journal, the Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Architect and the Peterborough Examiner.
Brett's Latest Articles
City eyeing $908 million for transportation infrastructure over next 30 years. What will it buy?
The bulk of spending will go to street widening and other road projects, despite City’s goal to reduce car dependence. Part two of our three-part look at Peterborough’s transportation master plan.
Build sidewalks, drop speed limits and boost school zone safety: how transportation plan aims to make city more walkable
Part one of a three-part series about how Peterborough’s new transportation master plan will transform how people get around the city for decades to come.
YES shelter one of three Peterborough homeless shelters with COVID-19 outbreak
Outbreak expected to be declared over by end of week, according to executive director, Aimée Le Lagadec
Peterborough’s new opioid response hub opens, as pressure mounts on province to fund supervised drug consumption site
More site renovations are scheduled for the coming weeks.
Newsletter: Stories of Jackson Park
Four stories of Peterborough's newest heritage site.
Peterborough Public Health issues drug poisoning alert
Health unit assures public it continues to monitor overdoses, despite service reductions due to wave of COVID-19 cases








