City Council Taken to Task Over Climate Change Budgeting
Back in September of 2019, Peterborough declared a state of climate emergency, highlighting how important it is to take immediate action in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate …
Politics
Peterborough Daycares Off Chopping Block
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 126 members demonstrated outside of Peterborough’s City Hall ahead of the City Council budget meeting on Monday, January 13. This was in response …
The Climate Crisis and Strategic Voting
If we look at our day to day lives, we have to be aware of how the climate crisis relates to politics. The term “politics” sparks many mixed feelings from …
Province Planning Changes to Environmental Law
Environmental law could change significantly next week. On Friday November 22, the General Government Committee came to Peterborough to listen to registered speakers regarding an omnibus bill (excessively large) known …
Fast Facts on the Student Choice Initiative Legal Challenge Win
On Thursday November 21, the Canadian Federation of Students Ontario (CFS-O) announced that it won its legal challenge against the provincial government’s implementation of the postsecondary non-tuition fee directives and …
Say Cheese.
Many of us had to read George Orwell’s novel 1984 in high school. We studied it as a prediction of the future which we were told would never came to …
Letter to the Editors, Volume 54 Issue 9: Anonymity
Dear Leina and Lubna, In two of your three latest editions, you have withheld the names of people expressing their opinions about federal politics — once in a letter, then …
Building Pipelines: Why It’s Not Okay
The Climate Emergency is in progress, all around the world, including Canada. If you need some understanding and context of the Climate Emergency, search my name up online on Arthur …
Jane Fonda and the Spectacle of Resistance
On Sunday, October 27, I tweeted about Jane Fonda’s arrest. She’s all over Twitter, Facebook, and even Tumblr. She is smiling alongside her partner in crime, Ted Danson, who is …
The Post-Election Impression in Ottawa
The night of the Federal Election, October 21, 2019, posited a great deal of tension and uncertainty for many Canadians across the country. For the students and young adults who …