CCGSD Community Consultation: The Empty “New Space”
The new National 2SLGBTQ+ Museum (a.k.a ‘New Space’) project is currently in its first step towards becoming reality. Consultations like the one that just passed are ongoing throughout all of …
Politics
What is a University Now?
It’s a commonplace, but an important one, that what the university is is always contested and complicated, and what any university is in any particular time and place is a …
CNSC Comes to Peterborough for BWXT License Renewal Hearings
Over the course of a few days, city residents in Toronto and Peterborough went in front of BWXT Canada Ltd. representatives and Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) staff and Commissioners …
Trent Students Walk Out in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
On Wednesday March 4, students across Canada walked out of classes to stand in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs in their opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline and the presence …
Good2Talk and Good Enough?
Content Warning: mentions of suicide. It’s no myth that university students can struggle with their mental health. School is a lot of pressure on a student, from the pressures of …
City Council Hears Delegations on BWXT, Arena Closure, Centennial Fountain
At Monday January 27’s City Council meeting there were six and a half hours of delegations. 56 people registered to speak in front of the council. Most of Monday’s delegations …
Exclusive: Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien Discusses Potential BWXT Canada Developments
Arthur: The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) says that BWXT is insured, and that the information about the insurance is “proprietary”. Do the people of Peterborough have a right to …
CARN Co-Founder Jane Scott Talks BWXT, Uranium Pellets, City Council
Interview with Citizens Against Radioactive Neighbourhoods (CARN) Co-founder Jane Scott Arthur: Can you describe the political landscape of BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada’s 10-year license renewal, and their plans to cook …
If Tories Want To Win, Poilievre Is Their Best Bet
Where does Conservative politics belong in 2020? It seems that the return to the Harper years are almost upon us. The Conservative leadership is up in the air once again, …
Citizens Oppose BWXT’s Radioactive Risks
There are two questions about BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada’s operations that nobody seems able to answer. The first being, are they insured? According to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), …