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Will Pearson

Will Pearson co-founded the local news website Peterborough Currents in 2020. For five years, he led Currents as publisher and editor until transitioning out of those roles in the summer of 2025. He continues to support the work of Peterborough Currents as a member of its board of directors. For his day job, Will now works as an assistant editor at The Narwhal.

Will's Latest Articles

The Khera family inside their small grocery store.
A taste of home for Indian international students

An Indian food shop on Simcoe Street has become a home away from home for many Indian students studying in Peterborough

Rural residents struggle with slow internet during pandemic
A sign outside Queen Mary Public School says "At Queen Mary Kindness Matters"
Schools are closed. So what’s replacing student nutrition programs?

Principals are mobilizing to get food to families in need

COVID-19 slowing the resettlement process for newly-arrived refugees

Refugee resettlement has been suspended worldwide, but two Syrian families arrived in Peterborough just before the borders closed.

“Gallons and gallons of disinfectant”

How the coronavirus pandemic changed the job descriptions of three local workers

Gardeners welcome spring despite COVID-19

But with community gardens ordered closed, the season looks uncertain for some green thumbs

Rent is due tomorrow — can local businesses afford it?

Local entrepreneurs are worried about rent payments. Some Peterborough landlords are giving them a break.

Harm reduction in a pandemic

COVID-19 is putting drug users at risk; here’s what local agencies are doing to help protect them

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