The Peterborough Currents podcast dives into the 2025 municipal budget in its latest episode. (Photo: Will Pearson) Last year, when city councillors approved the 2024 city budget with a 7 percent tax ...

Learn how Curtis Creek was diverted from its natural route — and how the City has restored its ecology in some places.

Peterborough’s oldest housing co-op is an oasis of affordability. Could more like it help solve the housing crisis?

Will Pearson grew up in Peterborough, moved away for a few years and then returned. He co-founded Peterborough Currents as a way to connect with the city more deeply. He’s written for local, regional, ...

This summer, the Peterborough Currents team produced our first print publication: a series of three walking guides to help you explore local creeks. And now you can purchase all three of them for $16 ...

Last updated: October 6, 2022 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 ...

Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is co-editor of Arthur Newspaper, Trent University’s and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong’s independent student press. He is passionate about local arts and culture in Peterborough ...

Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter with the Peterborough Examiner. His work is funded by the Government of Canada.

Residents opposed to the Bonnerworth Park redevelopment gathered in front of city hall before Tuesday’s general committee meeting. (Photo: Brett Throop) City council voted against reconsidering a plan ...

Climate change will bring more flood waters downtown. How much will the $52 million Jackson Creek diversion help?

Currents reporters Brett Throop (left) and Alex Karn (centre) with publisher-editor Will Pearson. This is it. The make-or-break year for Peterborough Currents. For four years now, we’ve been serving ...

The story of The Greatest Show’s unlikely 1988 production at Peterborough’s Del Crary Park is worthy of a small book. In composer/author R. Murray Schafer’s notes to the performers describing his ...