In-depth

In-depth articles are the result of investigative reporting and include research, expert opinions, multiple perspectives, and/or historical context.

After a year under an Ontario-appointed supervisor, Peterborough’s Children’s Aid Society won’t say if its budget is balanced

The Ford government appointed a supervisor last year to “reinstate good governance and fiscal sustainability” at the society

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Two short stories about strong mayor powers in Peterborough

A legal challenge against the City of Peterborough is dropped and “the mayor’s budget” is passed

What happened to the social service workers at the Peterborough Public Library?

Former CEO's reports suggest the idea was a qualified success

Peterborough’s police budget has grown almost 50 per cent in four years. Does that make sense?

What goes into a police budget? And is it the best way to improve public safety?

Uncovering the history of the Curve Lake Day School

New book reveals a pattern of abuse, cultural erasure, and systemic neglect by the Canadian government

Families fight to find housing for their loved ones with disabilities

As supportive housing waitlists grow, some local families are creating their own solutions. But advocates say the housing challenges for people with disabilities are too big for a handful of dedicated parents to fix on their own.

Photo shows a couple in winter coats standing in a park in the late afternoon on a December day.
Peterborough, like the rest of Ontario, has a dire need for foster parents. Why are fewer people signing up?

The number of local foster homes has dropped by more than half since 2020, according to the Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society

Child welfare agencies eliminate funding for children’s mental health program

Therapeutic Family Care provides mental health services to children in care and their foster parents. But child welfare agencies facing budget pressures have opted to defund it.

Peterborough children’s aid society places kids in hotel rooms, office, amid province-wide shortage of foster and group homes

It’s the result of the provincial government “chronically underfunding” child welfare and other social services, union representing child protection workers says

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

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