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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

Province commits to community health centre for Peterborough

$3 million announcement falls short of what local health leaders requested, but MPP Smith says more money is on the way

The case for climate optimism (January 25 Newsletter)

The Peterborough Currents email newsletter for January 25, 2024

Audio City councillors approve 2024 budget — and hike transit fares

Listen to the final episode of our podcast series on the 2024 municipal budget deliberations

Development freeze for lands on Peterborough’s outskirts to remain

Peterborough Currents email newsletter for December 14, 2023

New public health initiative will track homeless deaths in Peterborough

Peterborough Currents email newsletter for December 7, 2023

Photo shows a woman walking on the gravel shoulder of Sherbrooke Street West, on a snowy day.
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

Moms decorate Christmas trees to honour loved ones lost to drug poisonings

Peterborough Currents email newsletter for November 30, 2023

Audio Social assistance cuts. A money-losing airport. An empty research park. Here are some key stories from the 2024 budget deliberations.

Episode three of our 2024 budget podcast covers the November 20, 21, and 22 finance committee meetings

Encampment residents will soon move into sleeping cabin community

But the city needs more funding from higher levels of government for permanent housing solutions, councillor says

Audio Non-profits plead with councillors to reverse proposed cut to municipal grants. The cost to taxpayers? Less than $1 each.

Meanwhile, Chief of Police Stuart Betts makes the case for a $4.6 million boost to the police budget.

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