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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal chairing a city council meeting in 2023. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council reverses decision to defund Electric City Culture Council in 2025 budget

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Mayor Leal's motion during budget meeting, as amended by councillor Alex Bierk, would see arts council receive $150,000.
Peterborough City Hall is located at 500 George Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough city staff propose reducing 2025 property tax hike by implementing user fee for...

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Almost 77% of proposed $5.7 million reduction in 2025 budget would come from shifting stormwater funding out of municipal tax base.
The Ontario government is exploring the potential of building a nuclear power plant at Ontario Power Generation's Wesleyville site west of the Town of Port Hope. Construction of an oil-fired power generation plant in the 1970s was never completed. (Photo: Ontario Power Generation)

Ontario government exploring potential for nuclear power plant in Port Hope

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Should a project at Ontario Power Generation's Wesleyville site be approved, it would be operational by early to mid 2040s.
Some community members have been clearing snow from sections of the Trent Canal below the Peterborough Lift Lock so people can skate on the canal. Due to proposed cost-saving measures in the City of Peterborough's 2025 draft budget, city staff have not been maintaining the ice surface this winter. (Photo: Victoria Yeh)

City of Peterborough issues statement about skating on the Trent Canal below the Peterborough...

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Community members have been maintaining the ice surface after city council decided to remove canal ice maintenance from 2025 draft budget.
Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal announcing the release of the 15-recommendation report of the Mayor's Task Force for Housing Creation at a media event on November 5, 2024 in front of of Ashburnham Realty's six-storey building currently under construction along the Rotary Greenway Trail just north of Robinson Street in Peterborough's East City. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

City of Peterborough exceeds provincial target for housing starts for second year in a...

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Exceeding the 392 target for 2024 by 31% qualifies the city to receive additional funding under the Ontario government's Building Faster Fund.
The new Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough is one of the destinations along the Trent-Severn Waterway mentioned in the "52 Places to Go in 2025" list published by the New York Times. (Photo: Justen Soule)

Trent-Severn Waterway featured in New York Times ’52 Places to Go in 2025′

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Peterborough's Canadian Canoe Museum, Le Boat, 100 Acre Brewing Co., and Taste of the TSW all receive special mentions.
At Peterborough city council's general committee meeting on January 6, 2025, councillor Kevin Duguay (right) asks a question of city staff while councillors Keith Riel and Gary Baldwin look on during a discussion of a staff report recommending the city expand the modular bridge housing community at Wolfe Street by up to 16 cabins, if the city is successful in its application for $1.3 million in funding from two new provincial programs. The councillors were three of the six who voted in favour of the staff report, with five voting against. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council approves expansion of Wolfe St. modular housing community

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Addition of up to 16 more cabins would be contingent on city receiving $1.3 million in capital funding from two new provincial programs.
Carl Oake, founder of Century 21 United Realty Inc. Brokerage and the annual Carl Oake swimathon, passed away on January 2, 2025 at the age of 79. Since 1987, the annual swimathon has raised more than $1.4 million to support Easter Seals Ontario and local Rotary projects, including Camp Kawartha, Habitat for Humanity, the Rotary Greenway Trail, and community food programs. (Photo: Rotary Club of Peterborough)

Peterborough community mourns the passing of businessman and dedicated volunteer Carl Oake

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Oake passed away at age of 79 on Thursday, days before the media launch for the 39th annual Carl Oake Rotary Swim.
In 2025, the Peterborough Field Naturalists is celebrating 85 years of bringing people closer to nature. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Field Naturalists)

Peterborough Field Naturalists celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2025

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The volunteer-run charity was originally formed as the Peterborough Nature Club on May 18, 1940.
Within six months in 2023, the City of Peterborough constructed 50 modular homes, along with shared washroom facilities and a central service hub, to help end a tent encampment at the same location by providing people experiencing homelessness with the option to stay in the homes. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

City of Peterborough staff to seek council approval on January 6 to expand Wolfe...

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Proposal to add up to 16 more cabins would be contingent on city receiving $1.3 million from two newly announced provincial funding programs.
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