Author: Ayesha Lye
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Election Focus: Industry and Jobs in the Downtown Core
The second of a five part series on the 2014 municipal election in Peterborough, ON. Like many of Ontario’s small cities, Peterborough struggles with high unemployment and underemployment rates–city council candidates gave their strategies for dealing with this issue.
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Trent’s college system is on life support
Trent’s college system may be becoming obsolete… but I still like it.
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Election Focus: Industry and Jobs in the Downtown Core
The new ‘help wanted’ signs emerging in local business windows are a friendly wave to passers-by. Literally, it is a sign of a job vacancy, but more figuratively, it is a hopeful sign of an improving job market.
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Election Focus: The Parkway Expansion
The first of a five part series leading up to the 2014 municipal election in Peterborough. Covers the issue of the Parkway development project that has been facing opposition since the 1960s.
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New year brings restructuring of Trent’s college system
A news brief on the restructuring of the college model at Trent University.
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Trent’s highest honour
Each year, Trent University gives honorary degrees to those individuals who have contributed to the life of the university, the Peterborough area, or to society as a whole. This year’s convocations featured a diverse range of individuals who represent many of the university’s core values. In the 2014 Convocation, Trent University bestowed honorary degrees on…
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Immigration and Multiculturalism in Peterborough: An overview of a student’s research with the New Canadians Centre
Integration into a new culture can be stressful experience, one that is mitigated by the support provided by many actors including friends, family, government agencies and fellow immigrants. Fellow immigrants can provide an environment that is perceived as more forgiving of mistakes.
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In Response to #SochiProblems
I’ve been keeping tabs on the #SochiProblems tag on Twitter and have been noting with some amusement the issues that athletes, journalists, and others have been having with the Olympics facilities in Sochi, Russia. Still, something was causing me some consternation.
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City budget: Parkway, participatory politics, and police spending
The City of Peterborough is set to finalize its 2015 budget on February 2. The budget was first proposed in early December and has since finished its reviews by individual council members and the Budget Committee. This past Wednesday January 21, there was a public meeting that saw interested citizens address the city council with…