Category: Writing
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Safer supply pilot project will study viability for small cities and rural communities
The Peterborough 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic is leading a research project that explores how communities like Peterborough can provide a legal and regulated supply of opioids to people who use drugs
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Health unit’s vaccine transparency report discloses when doses are given to ineligible recipients
We took a look through the health unit’s vaccine transparency report and here’s what we found.
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Newsletter: The City says it wants dialogue with citizens. How should that work in practice?
Good morning,This is the Peterborough Currents News and Updates newsletter, where we bring you local stories straight to your email inbox. As a journalist, a fair amount of my time is spent tracking down information: the whats, the whens, the whos of notable current events – a lot of that information is available publicly if…
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How one media outlet raised funds with a satirical telethon
Originally published: https://indiegraf.com/indie-publisher/arthur-newspaper-satirical-telethon/ It’s a Thursday night in late March 2021, but you would be forgiven for mistaking Arthur Newspaper’s online fundraiser as an archived broadcast from 1999. The video is riddled with nostalgic blasts from the past, from vintage local advertisements to old school public service announcements. The event’s bread and butter is the…
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Transgender patrons of the Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre reflect on proposed gender-neutral change rooms
The new design for an inclusive universal locker room at PSWC proposes to replace gendered change rooms. Here’s what four transgender patrons of the gym think of the proposed plan.
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New road salting system hits the streets with goal of reducing salt runoff
About half of municipal snow plows equipped with new technology that uses salt more efficiently
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City council votes to approve the 2021 municipal budget
On Monday, Peterborough’s city council sat for the last meeting of 2020 and voted to approve the budget documents drafted by city staff with amendments. Peterborough Currents has been covering these deliberations for the past month and in this episode, co-publishers Ayesha Barmania and Will Pearson go over the highlights of this meeting so you…
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City council went through each page of the 2021 municipal budget – here are the highlights
Last week, Peterborough city councillors sat as the finance committee to review each page of the 2021 draft municipal budget highlights book. This year, it was three evenings of deliberations and discussion, which gave councillors an opportunity to ask questions about city operations and propose amendments to the draft budget put forward by staff. Co-publishers…
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The climate change action plan and the municipal budget: interview with Michael Papadacos
For our fourth episode of the Budget Week podcast, Peterborough Currents called up Michael Papadacos, head of the City’s infrastructure management division to talk about how the City approaches climate change action. The interview in this episode is an edited version of our conversation; to listen to the unedited version click here. Read an article rounding…
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Care about climate change? Here’s what we know about the City’s action plan for 2021
A detailed look at the draft budget’s proposed contributions towards climate change.