Local teens vow to hold city to its climate commitments
Young people were loud proponents of Peterborough's new climate plan this spring. With the plan approved, they now say they'll keep fighting to ensure it gets implemented.
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“We need these protections in place”: Peterborough residents warn against loss of environmental protections in wake of Bill 5
Ontario's Bill 5 aims to speed up development and resource extraction by weakening environmental protections
Reframe program invites reflection on our fraught relationship with logging
Logging has caused immense damage in North America. But could it also help our forests heal?
The soft power of the monarch butterfly
The Monarch Ultra introduces viewers to the epic monarch migration — and the local runner who followed the butterflies all the way to Mexico
This contaminated site is ready to be cleaned up. Will it happen?
Documents obtained by Peterborough Currents offer the fullest account yet to be made public of contamination at the former Outboard Marine property
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
City withholds environmental assessments of contaminated Canoe Museum property, citing interests of unnamed “third parties”
“There is public interest in having this information disseminated,” says local environmental lawyer
Rabbits seem to be everywhere. Are there really more than usual?
Peterborough gardeners have a new foe to contend with: hungry rabbits decimating their plants.
Wildfire smoke intensifies young people’s climate dread
Lilian Dart tried to be hopeful as her nephew blew out his birthday candles last week, she writes, but she couldn’t shake her niggling fear for the future
Old public works yard “most likely” one source of Jackson Creek fuel spill, City says
City also investigated a fuel leak in the area last fall, emails reveal
“We need these protections in place”: Peterborough residents warn against loss of environmental protections in wake of Bill 5
Ontario's Bill 5 aims to speed up development and resource extraction by weakening environmental protections
Reframe program invites reflection on our fraught relationship with logging
Logging has caused immense damage in North America. But could it also help our forests heal?
The soft power of the monarch butterfly
The Monarch Ultra introduces viewers to the epic monarch migration — and the local runner who followed the butterflies all the way to Mexico
This contaminated site is ready to be cleaned up. Will it happen?
Documents obtained by Peterborough Currents offer the fullest account yet to be made public of contamination at the former Outboard Marine property
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
City withholds environmental assessments of contaminated Canoe Museum property, citing interests of unnamed “third parties”
“There is public interest in having this information disseminated,” says local environmental lawyer
Rabbits seem to be everywhere. Are there really more than usual?
Peterborough gardeners have a new foe to contend with: hungry rabbits decimating their plants.
Wildfire smoke intensifies young people’s climate dread
Lilian Dart tried to be hopeful as her nephew blew out his birthday candles last week, she writes, but she couldn’t shake her niggling fear for the future
Old public works yard “most likely” one source of Jackson Creek fuel spill, City says
City also investigated a fuel leak in the area last fall, emails reveal
