Food Not Bombs defies city to continue giving out free meals without permit
Group says it has provided free community meals without a permit since 2005
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Neighbourhood rinks in two city parks close over liability concerns
Rink volunteers quit after learning they could be sued in the event of an injury
Upcoming talk will discuss link between Black liberation and herbalism (February 22 Newsletter)
Also in this week's newsletter: Why Ontario's chief medical officer of health says provincial "austerity" could lead to health unit layoffs.
“There are no houses for the students”: Local reactions to new international student cap
City council, Fleming and Trent all oppose new federal rules. But views among international students are more mixed.
City-funded program at B!KE keeps cyclists riding all winter long
One newcomer has been cycling through his very first winter in Canada, thanks to the Winter Wheels program
School board shuffles students to address overcrowding at Kaawaate East City Public School
The school opened in 2021 but is already overcapacity, leading parents to criticize "short-sighted" enrolment planning
PRHC sues architecture firm for $30 million over leaky roof
The Peterborough Currents email newsletter for January 18, 2024
A great grandmother’s secret recordings inspire new play about antisemitism
In Bubie’s Tapes, playwright Jon Hedderwick grapples with how to tell his daughter about a history his great grandmother kept secret.
“We look after the whole person”: Non-profit offers housing – and much more – to women and their children fleeing abuse
Volunteers converted old houses in downtown Peterborough into apartments for women and their children escaping intimate-partner violence starting in the 1980s.
Audio Why don’t these pedestrians have a sidewalk? Peterborough faces infrastructure backlog due to “funding challenges.”
Episode four of our budget podcast examines what's in — and not in — the city's 2024 capital budget
