Cuts defeated last year, but transit’s future still unclear
In one of Peterborough’s biggest news stories of 2011, more than 200 people attended a city budget meeting last January to oppose a proposed cut to transit funding which would …
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Break and enters “skyrocketing” north of downtown
On snowy mornings, Peterborough Lakefield Police officer Steve Cox says you can see footprints trailing beside parked cars for blocks at a time. People walk up and down streets and …
Del Mastro comments on crime
Statistics Canada released a new study last Thursday that found that 93 per cent of people surveyed in 2009 said they were satisfied with their personal safety from crime. According …
Peterborough’s average hourly wage the lowest
In 2010, Peterborough had the lowest average hourly wage among 34 major centres in Canada. In a study released last month by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Peterborough …
Ex-page DePape calls for democracy beyond the ballot box
“We live in exciting times and we need to seize the moment.” – Brigette Depape On June 3 of this year, parliamentary page Brigitte DePape stood up on the senate …
[Resist!] Trans Day of Remembrance
Co-written with Karolyn Givogue. On November 28, 1998, Rita Hester, an out transgender African-American woman, was found dead in her apartment, having sustained multiple stab wounds. Her life and death …
Funding, not just Lower Enrolment, Closing Schools Across Ontario, Critics Say
Along with a declining birth rate, critics say an out-of-date funding model is closing the doors at hundreds of schools across Ontario, like PCVS. When the Ontario advocacy group People …
Brett Throop Interviews Peterborough Green-Up’s Brianna Salmon
Buoyed by federal cash, two pilot projects are under way in Peterborough to promote active and efficient transportation—walking, cycling and riding transit—as alternatives to pollution-causing automobile use. The federal government’s …
Sam’s Place: “It’s just the best [little deli you ever did see]”
It is with considerable excitement that I sit to write this column for it should be noted before I terry any further I have a serious proclivity for sandwiches. Sandwiches …