Ontario’s snap winter election: On the icy campaign trail in Peterborough-Kawartha
We hit the streets with the Liberals, NDP and the Greens to see how they’re trying to sway voters in this rare winter election
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Meet four community members running to be Peterborough-Kawartha’s next MPP
Peterborough Currents interviewed four of the candidates running in the 2025 Ontario election
“Disappointing”: Peterborough moves away from traffic calming, despite data showing pilot projects led to reduced speeds
Councillors vote to study lowering speed limit to 40 km/hr city-wide instead
In line for a shelter bed on a cold night
The Trinity Community Centre's overnight shelter has reached capacity nearly every night this winter and had to turn people away
Peterborough, like the rest of Ontario, has a dire need for foster parents. Why are fewer people signing up?
The number of local foster homes has dropped by more than half since 2020, according to the Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society
A deep dive into Peterborough’s 2025 budget
Peterborough Currents is back with our annual podcast coverage of the municipal budget process.
Council hikes transit fares, ignores request to hire more bus drivers
Transit union president says revenue from fare hike should be used to boost service and attract more riders
Child welfare agencies eliminate funding for children’s mental health program
Therapeutic Family Care provides mental health services to children in care and their foster parents. But child welfare agencies facing budget pressures have opted to defund it.
Province gives little explanation for installing supervisor to run Peterborough’s children’s aid society
The provincial takeover comes after the Ford government rejected the Kawartha Haliburton Children's Aid Society's plan to get back to a balanced budget
Archaeologists unearth foundation of 19th century church on George Street
The foundation was buried under a parking lot, but the frame structure of the church that once stood there was preserved in the 1990s
