Community

Read the latest articles about grassroots organizing and community news in Peterborough.

Local farmers reflect on a growing season like no other

2020 brought challenges; but it also brought a surge in demand for local food

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Hub for free clothing and items closes its doors, shifts to a new model

OPIRG Peterborough recruiting volunteers to operate The Free Market Working Group

Pandemic puts the squeeze on parents and childcare facilities

Access to childcare identified as a key to economic reopening

The Khera family inside their small grocery store.
A taste of home for Indian international students

An Indian food shop on Simcoe Street has become a home away from home for many Indian students studying in Peterborough

Rural residents struggle with slow internet during pandemic
Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre sees 50% jump in crisis line usage during pandemic

New funding will allow the Centre to expand its texting crisis line

COVID-19 slowing the resettlement process for newly-arrived refugees

Refugee resettlement has been suspended worldwide, but two Syrian families arrived in Peterborough just before the borders closed.

Gardeners welcome spring despite COVID-19

But with community gardens ordered closed, the season looks uncertain for some green thumbs

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