In a resolution passed by Alderville First Nation’s band council, Rice Lake has been granted legal personhood status. This ...

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“People are driving way too fast these days,” says Patti Watson. “Something has to be done to try to slow them down.” (Photo: Brett Throop) Taking Buddy the dog for a walk on High Street is no longer ...

There are five candidates running to be the next mayor of Peterborough. Read through who they are and what they’re promising in our round-up below. The Peterborough Currents team has prepared a short ...

Chris Lawson and Emily Minthorn said they were blindsinded when they received an eviction notice this spring. Their landlords said their daughter needed to move into Lawson’s and Minthorn’s East City ...

East of the City of Peterborough, the landscape is carved into hundreds of gentle hills — the Peterborough Drumlin Field. These hills were created thousands of years ago by the last glacier to cover ...

City workers, accompanied by Peterborough police, forced the dismantling of an encampment in an East City park on Tuesday. Aaron Parker said city workers woke him and his partner Jackie in their tent ...

Last year, when city councillors approved the 2024 city budget with a 7 percent tax hike, they called the budget a “course correction.” Mayor Jeff Leal explained that additional investments were ...

Peterborough’s average rent for a two-bedroom unit with new tenants hit $1,791 in 2023, according to the CMHC. (Photo: Will Pearson) Peterborough’s apartment vacancy rate dropped to 1.0 percent in ...

In November, world leaders, climate activists, lobbyists and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) went to Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. The stated aim was to unite ...