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Podcast episodes from Peterborough Currents.

A deep dive into Peterborough’s 2025 budget

Peterborough Currents is back with our annual podcast coverage of the municipal budget process.

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Audio Lessons learned from Peterborough’s latest homelessness initiatives

Highlights from a panel discussion at the 2024 Community Symposium on Housing and Homelessness

Audio City councillors approve 2024 budget — and hike transit fares

Listen to the final episode of our podcast series on the 2024 municipal budget deliberations

Photo shows a woman walking on the gravel shoulder of Sherbrooke Street West, on a snowy day.
Audio Why don’t these pedestrians have a sidewalk? Peterborough faces infrastructure backlog due to “funding challenges.”

Episode four of our budget podcast examines what's in — and not in — the city's 2024 capital budget

Audio Social assistance cuts. A money-losing airport. An empty research park. Here are some key stories from the 2024 budget deliberations.

Episode three of our 2024 budget podcast covers the November 20, 21, and 22 finance committee meetings

Audio Non-profits plead with councillors to reverse proposed cut to municipal grants. The cost to taxpayers? Less than $1 each.

Meanwhile, Chief of Police Stuart Betts makes the case for a $4.6 million boost to the police budget.

Audio Councillors to debate spending and service levels during budget talks this month

Peterborough Currents is teaming up with Arthur Newspaper to bring you a podcast about the 2024 budget process.

Audio PODCAST: Peterborough Police to crackdown on public drug use

Chief Stuart Betts announces a "no-tolerance" approach to policing public drug use and one local harm reduction worker reacts to the policy shift

Audio “So much to be gained from a painful loss”: Lessons for today’s teenagers from two PCVS alumni

A new play portrays the final year at PCVS. Ahead of the play's opening, two generations of young people sat down with Peterborough Currents to discuss the role of youth activism in growing up.

Audio Peterborough Area Roller Derby competes this weekend with world ranking points on the line

Peterborough won its first ever WFTDA-sanctioned bout last month, and the team skates against Guelph's Royal City Roller Derby on July 22

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