Tag: Peterborough Currents
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Introducing the Budget Week podcast
Introducing a new podcast from Peterborough Currents all about the 2021 municipal budget deliberations. On Monday November 16, 2020, citizens will have one of their last opportunities to publicly address city council regarding the 2021 draft budget. The following week, city council will sit as the finance committee to deliberate and make any changes to…
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Hub for free clothing and items closes its doors, shifts to a new model
OPIRG Peterborough recruiting volunteers to operate The Free Market Working Group.
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The science and ethics of mandatory masks
In July, when Peterborough was operating under stage two of the province’s reopening plan, Karen Taylor, director of programs at the Canadian Canoe Museum, was in the midst of planning the museum’s reopening. “There was a lot of work that went into how to interpret the protocols that we received from Peterborough Public Health and…
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Pandemic puts the squeeze on parents and childcare facilities
It’s been almost five months since public schools and childcare centres were first closed in Ontario, forcing parents to find alternatives to look after their children. Now, childcare centres are gradually reopening along with the rest of the province, but it’s still unclear what the school year will look like in September. The personal and…
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The bands play on!
With venues closed and many summer festivals cancelling their 2020 editions, many musicians are finding themselves without work and without a way to share their art. Peterborough Currents caught up with four local musicians to see how they are adapting to life without gigs. Benj Rowland Benj Rowland is a folk musician and one half…
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Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre sees 50% jump in crisis line usage during pandemic
The Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre has seen a 50% increase in usage of its crisis line during the pandemic, according to the Centre’s administration and volunteer supervisor Lindsay Haacke. This comes as a new report from the United Nations warns that coronavirus lockdown measures are causing a surge in violence against women and girls worldwide,…
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Ending gender-based violence, one man at a time
The MENDing program at the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre works with men in the Peterborough area to educate and prevent gender-based violence. The program approaches ideas of gender expression and how violence factors into how society constructs masculinity – then attempts to break down those rigid ideas. Listen to the interview with Ted Lohrenz, MENding…
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Operation Catnip helps feral cats and you can too
If you drive North of downtown Peterborough, after about a half hour you will pass through the village of Burleigh Falls. There’s a roadside inn, a gas station, a restaurant, a boat launch — and if you stop at this little pit stop and keep a sharp eye you might spot the darting tails of…
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Meet Peterborough's first black City Councillors
The election on October 28, 2018 wound up being an historic event – because this newly inaugurated City Council is the first in Peterborough’s history that has representation of Black Canadians. And we elected not just one black City Councillor – but two! Kemi Akapo and Stephen Wright will represent Town Ward and Northcrest Ward…
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Gender Journeys program supports trans people and their loved ones
Gender Journeys is a program offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association — and it’s a program I’ve heard about a lot over the last few years from friends of mine. It’s a support program for trans people, their friends, family, partners and other loved ones. For the trans community in Peterborough, it seems like…