Gabe Pollock is the co-editor of Peterborough Currents. He’s a writer, editor, and arts administrator based in ...

David Tough is the co-editor of Peterborough Currents. He is a historian and musician, and is the author of The Terrific ...

Peterborough Currents is published by the Peterborough Association for Local News, a non-profit organization with a mission to deliver in-depth and community-centred local news to the people of ...

Protestors gathered outside of Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith’s office on Chemong Street to protest the Ford government’s Bill 5 on Monday. (Photo: Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay) This article ...

This article was originally published as the cover story for the Spring 2025 issue of the Peterborough Currents Magazine, which Currents released on May 12, 2025. The magazine is free or ...

When blind playwright, composer and Dora Award nominated performer Vivian Chong brought her one-woman show “Blind Dates” to Market Hall with the help of Public Energy last month, she and her team ...

Peterborough musician Charlie Glasspool with four recent local records — and his dog Myrtle. (Photo: Will Pearson) A glowing smile crosses Charlie Glasspool’s face as he looks at the striking, ...

Which city councillors voted to hire more bus drivers in 2025? Who supported the plan to eliminate staff positions at the Peterborough Public Library? And who voted to restore grant funding to arts ...

“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 ...

Last year, when city councillors approved the 2024 city budget with a 7 percent tax hike, they called the budget a “course correction.” Mayor Jeff Leal explained that additional investments were ...

An archaeological crew is excavating the site of a 19th-century church that once stood on George Street. (Photo: Brett Throop) Archaeologists have unearthed a stone foundation belonging to one of ...

How did the City of Peterborough evolve from a small town plot in the 1820s to the much bigger city that we know today? Through a series of incremental boundary expansions that, one by one, added to ...