You’re reading the February 13, 2026 edition of the Peterborough Currents email newsletter. To receive our email newsletters straight to your inbox, sign up here. Hi, I’m Currents co-editor David ...

In a resolution passed by Alderville First Nation’s band council, Rice Lake has been granted legal personhood status. This move asserts the lake’s right to exist, to flow, and even to sue would-be ...

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Chris Lawson and Emily Minthorn said they were blindsinded when they received an eviction notice this spring. Their landlords said their daughter needed to move into Lawson’s and Minthorn’s East City ...

“People are driving way too fast these days,” says Patti Watson. “Something has to be done to try to slow them down.” (Photo: Brett Throop) Taking Buddy the dog for a walk on High Street is no longer ...

Hussein Alkhalil is experiencing his first Canadian winter this year. But he’s embracing the cold by commuting by bicycle with support from B!KE’s Winter Wheels program. (Photo: Brett Throop) Hussein ...

East of the City of Peterborough, the landscape is carved into hundreds of gentle hills — the Peterborough Drumlin Field. These hills were created thousands of years ago by the last glacier to cover ...

GE Vernova is proposing to demolish most of the buildings on its historic GE campus. Some buildings, such as 2A, seen here on the left, will remain. (Photo: Will Pearson) City council voted not to ...

City workers, accompanied by Peterborough police, forced the dismantling of an encampment in an East City park on Tuesday. Aaron Parker said city workers woke him and his partner Jackie in their tent ...

Peterborough’s average rent for a two-bedroom unit with new tenants hit $1,791 in 2023, according to the CMHC. (Photo: Will Pearson) Peterborough’s apartment vacancy rate dropped to 1.0 percent in ...

There are five candidates running to be the next mayor of Peterborough. Read through who they are and what they’re promising in our round-up below. The Peterborough Currents team has prepared a short ...

The Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society says it is laying off 25 staff as a result of rising costs and inadequate provincial funding. (Photo: Brett Throop) Peterborough’s local child welfare ...