Examining The Examiner
“”we’re all two or three bad decisions away From becoming the ones that we fear and pity” – AJJ, “People II: Still Peoplin’?” One week ago, The Peterborough Examiner published …
Zoe Easton
Tokyo Police Club: A New Chapter
In 2006, Tokyo Police Club released their debut EP: A Lesson In Crime. The EP lasted just over 16 minutes, was released when the band members were all between 19 …
Talkin’ Trash with Garbageface
Karol Orzechowski doesn’t want to be famous. He describes himself as “a lifer” and the Peterborough arts scene as his workplace. This analogy isn’t inaccurate. Orzechowski — better known by …
The Leading Women of Trent Radio
Women are often described as the pillars of our communities, and Peterborough is no exception. And women’s work is often only seen as being women’s work when it is explicitly …
Pride & Prejudice: Learning from the Bruce McArthur Case
Content warning: This article discusses graphic physical violence (sexual assault and murder) against marginalized communities – particularly LGBTQIA2S+ people, people of colour, homeless people, sex workers, and those who live …
Creativity, Disruption, Investigation: 12th Annual Community Movements Conference Invites Action
Josh Lamers, keynote speaker of this year’s Community Movements Conference, spoke to a full house at the Peterborough Public Library on Friday February 1. The opening night of the conference …
The Circle Game: Campus Politics Then and Now
Peter Gould, or Otis as he’s known to friends, is a semi-retired public servant and artist living in Vanier, Ottawa. He’s got an easy-going kind of attitude and he’s known …
The Fruit Machine
In the 1950s and 1960s, an academic named Frank Robert Wake created an invention designed to test for homosexuality, with the end goal of identifying and filtering out all gay …
Peterborough Waterfront Condo Development a Slap in the Face for Those Touched by Housing Crisis
As the weather gets colder many are preparing to spend the night in Confederation or Victoria Park, respectively. These parks are located in the heart of Peterborough’s downtown core and …
Recent Spike in “House Shows” Fills Void Left by The Spill’s Closing
There has been a resurgence of “house shows” in Peterborough over the last few years. If you’ve never been to a house show, fear not. The concept is simple: find …