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.”
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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.”
“The people’s game”: Giving fans a voice on how Peterborough’s new soccer club operates
Modeled after similar groups in the UK, the newly formed Electric City Supporters’ Trust will represent the interests of fans to the team’s leadership
Inside the New Canadians Centre’s welcome for refugees fleeing the Taliban
With only four days’ notice, the NCC helped them start their new lives in Canada.
Newsletter: Stories of Jackson Park
Four stories of Peterborough’s newest heritage site.
Trans Peer Outreach program aims to bridge a gap in local healthcare, advocacy, and community
Advocates say there is a severe lack of access to gender-affirming healthcare services in Peterborough.
Fighting stigma and finding community: storytellers share their experiences with poverty, illness and domestic violence
Our Stories Our Voices program trains those who have experienced poverty, racialization, criminalization, disability or substance use to advocate through oral storytelling.
Election Day is here, and Peterborough’s new Canadians are excited
Housing and pandemic recovery are top of mind for this group of new voters
