Peterborough cohousing community moves closer to construction, despite delays and rising costs
Kawartha Commons has purchased a 1.4 acre property in the west end, and plans to build a 40-unit cohousing community there
Community
Read the latest articles about grassroots organizing and community news in Peterborough.
Latest in Community
Volunteers discuss access and inclusion at third annual Capable Con event
“The biggest barrier that I find with disabilities are people’s mindsets,” said event emcee Leslie Yee
Linnagond adventurers bring “a nerdy good time” to local parks
Local LARPers devise and enact medieval fantasy adventures at Jackson and Inverlea parks
Water walkers complete three-day trek around Pigeon Lake to advocate for clean water
“Water is not going to be here if we don't look after it,” said Elder Shirley Williams, who founded the annual Water Awareness Walks in 2010
Peterborough farmers’ markets move outside for the season
The downtown and Morrow Park markets will be outside from May to October — rain or shine
Three ideas to make Peterborough’s streets safer
Including an urban planning lesson from Peterborough’s past and a proposal to help cyclists dodge Lansdowne Street
Saying goodbye to Glebe House, where several hundred refugees spent their first nights in Peterborough
The New Canadians Centre will no longer use Glebe House on Brock Street as a welcome home for newcomers. Before the lease expired, people gathered in the empty house to say goodbye and share memories.
Non-profit that serves people with disabilities to close membership, limiting community control of its governance
Community Living Trent Highlands plans to restrict its corporate membership at upcoming AGM. It's part of a trend as civic engagement declines, one expert says.
Social assistance rates deemed “wildly insufficient” as United Way releases income inadequacy report
Living wage for Peterborough now pegged at $20.60 an hour
Council doubles down on plan to add 16 pickleball courts to Bonnerworth Park after testy debate
Pickleballers and skateboarders are excited for proposed Bonnerworth facilities, but neighbours decry loss of greenspace and fear excessive noise
Volunteers discuss access and inclusion at third annual Capable Con event
“The biggest barrier that I find with disabilities are people’s mindsets,” said event emcee Leslie Yee
Linnagond adventurers bring “a nerdy good time” to local parks
Local LARPers devise and enact medieval fantasy adventures at Jackson and Inverlea parks
Water walkers complete three-day trek around Pigeon Lake to advocate for clean water
“Water is not going to be here if we don't look after it,” said Elder Shirley Williams, who founded the annual Water Awareness Walks in 2010
Peterborough farmers’ markets move outside for the season
The downtown and Morrow Park markets will be outside from May to October — rain or shine
Three ideas to make Peterborough’s streets safer
Including an urban planning lesson from Peterborough’s past and a proposal to help cyclists dodge Lansdowne Street
Saying goodbye to Glebe House, where several hundred refugees spent their first nights in Peterborough
The New Canadians Centre will no longer use Glebe House on Brock Street as a welcome home for newcomers. Before the lease expired, people gathered in the empty house to say goodbye and share memories.
Non-profit that serves people with disabilities to close membership, limiting community control of its governance
Community Living Trent Highlands plans to restrict its corporate membership at upcoming AGM. It's part of a trend as civic engagement declines, one expert says.
Social assistance rates deemed “wildly insufficient” as United Way releases income inadequacy report
Living wage for Peterborough now pegged at $20.60 an hour
Council doubles down on plan to add 16 pickleball courts to Bonnerworth Park after testy debate
Pickleballers and skateboarders are excited for proposed Bonnerworth facilities, but neighbours decry loss of greenspace and fear excessive noise
