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Who rides the bus? Meet five Peterborough Transit users.
Visiting friends. Getting to work. Going to the doctor. These five transit riders rely on the bus almost every day of their lives.
Prince of Wales, Queen Mary families fundraise to replace ageing school playgrounds torn down last year
Parents say the need to rely on fundraising for things like playgrounds creates inequities between schools in wealthy and low-income neighbourhoods.
“You mattered”: Deaths of people without housing are not tracked in Peterborough. Advocates want that to change.
The lack of data is “one of the many ways we communicate we don’t care as a society,” says Trent professor.
“We need to show up for our people”: Photo series celebrates Peterborough’s growing Black community
Black History Month project aims to “normalize Black folks being out and about in this city… without fear of discrimination or stereotypes.”
The curious history of 219½ Hunter, Peterborough’s itsy bitsy storefront
How did an old hotel stairwell become downtown’s most winsome — and affordable — retail space?
Peterborough Cricket Association back on the pitch after pandemic hiatus
“Before coming to Canada, you play cricket because everyone is playing cricket,” says club secretary Pradeep Naik. “But here, you play it because you love it.”
Enthusiasm for Electric City Football Club is growing — and not just among soccer fans
ECFC is “bigger than sport,” believes club president Rob Jenkins, and fans say the team is a reason for optimism after years of pandemic hardship
Accessibility should not be optional
“Accessibility and inclusivity are dignities that should be the standard requirement and never merely optional.”
