PHOTOS: Hundreds celebrate at the 2023 Peterborough-Nogojiwanong Pride Parade
Revelers took over George Street to show their pride
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“People never thought they’d see it happen in Peterborough”: Peterborough-Nogojiwanong Pride celebrates 20 years
“We danced, we sang, we shouted out loud. We did the best that we could to tell people that we were here,” one organizer of the city’s first Pride Day remembers.
Audio“So much to be gained from a painful loss”: Lessons for today’s teenagers from two PCVS alumni
A new play portrays the final year at PCVS. Ahead of the play’s opening, two generations of young people sat down with Peterborough Currents to discuss the role of youth activism in growing up.
Six junior rowers from Spain join Peterborough Rowing Club for the summer
Their visit will culminate with participation in the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St. Catharines next month
Volunteers crucial to resettlement efforts as Peterborough’s refugee numbers increase
Peterborough’s refugee resettlement target has nearly doubled, from 75 to 144 people per year, according to the New Canadians Centre
PODCAST: Downtown café Dreams of Beans becomes a social enterprise
Owners eliminate tipping, commit to a living wage of $25 per hour instead
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.”
