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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.
A collaboration between the City of Peterborough, One City Peterborough, the United Way Peterborough and District, and the Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network (PPRN), the Trinity Community Centre opened in November 2023 and provides services for people who are marginalized, unsheltered, or both, offering a daytime drop-in program with meals as well as an overnight program. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough police to arrest illicit drug users in Trinity Community Centre neighbourhood

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Police are suspending their 'Safer Public Spaces' approach in the area due to a dramatic increase in calls for service.
A lone skate on the Trent-Severn Waterway canal below the Peterborough Lift Lock in January 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

No skating on Trent Canal among budget reductions recommended by Peterborough city council

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After 2 days of budget deliberations, proposed property tax hike has increased to 8% but council is aiming to reduce that to 7%.
During its budget deliberations on November 19, 2024, Peterborough city council meeting as general committee voted against the 25 per cent funding cut to 75 arts and social services organizations proposed in the 2025 draft budget. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Peterborough city council votes against 25% funding cut to 75 arts and social services...

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After a week of strong opposition, council decided it wasn't worth it to save less than 1% of 1% in draft 2025 budget.
Representatives of the Peterborough Humane Society and Peterborough-based creative agency Unmanned were in New Orleans at the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement's annual conference on November 18, 2024 to receive the People's Choice Wagsies Award and $20,000 for animals in need for the 2023 "Never Too Late" video. The annual Wagsies Animal Welfare Video Awards are presented by the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and the Hill's Food, Shelter & Love program. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Humane Society)

Peterborough Humane Society’s video wins People’s Choice Wagsies Award and $20,000 for animals in...

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Created and donated in 2023 by Peterborough-based creative agency Unmanned, 'Never Too Late' was the only Canadian entry in online competition.
Upset residents confronted workers at Bonnerworth Park in Peterborough on November 6, 2024 as heavy machinery began preparatory work for the city's $4.4 million redevelopment of the greenspace, which would see the installation of an expanded skateboard park, a new bike pump track, and 14 pickleball courts. Since then, construction work at the park has continued, despite efforts by the Friends of Bonnerworth Park citizen group to get a hearing in court for a stop-work injunction. (Photo: Taras Pater)

Two major setbacks for citizen group fighting City of Peterborough’s Bonnerworth Park redevelopment

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Friends of Bonnerworth Park has learned its legal counsel is withdrawing from the case and a court hearing won't happen on November 25.
New Stages Theatre's artistic director Mark Wallace was one of 33 delegations to Peterborough city council on November 12, 2024 during a public meeting on the city's 2025 draft budget, which proposes a 25 per cent across-the-board cut to city funding for 75 community organizations. The cuts would save $286,000, which is less than one per cent of one per cent of the city's $411 million operating budget. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

‘These cuts will be more damaging to the city’s economic future than any dollars...

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Peterborough city council hears from 33 public delegations on draft budget, including 17 community organizations that would be affected by proposed 25% cuts.
A rally is taking place on November 12, 2024 at Peterborough city hall to protest a proposed 25 per cent reduction in funding to arts and social services organizations in the city's 2025 draft budget. The rally will take place at 4 p.m., prior to a public meeting at 6 p.m. where where city council's general committee will hear from members of the community about the draft 2025 budget. (Graphic: Community Race Relations Committee of Peterborough)

Rally planned for Peterborough city hall Tuesday afternoon to protest proposed cuts to community...

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The city's draft 2025 budget proposes a 25% across-the-board funding cut affecting 75 arts and social services organizations.
Trent Valley Archives Theatre's second history play is a fictionalized account of the perilous six-week journey of the John Barry, the last of the nine Peter Robinson emigrant transport ships to leave Ireland for Canada in 1825. Written by Ed Schroeter and Gerry McBride based on the journals of the ship's surgeon, "Crossing Over" will be performed from May 29 to 31, 2025, at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. Tickets are available now for the production, which is a fundraiser for Trent Valley Archives. (AI-generated image via Freepik)

Trent Valley Archives Theatre’s new play depicts the John Barry’s perilous six-week voyage from...

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Running from May 29 to 31, 2025, 'Crossing Over' commemorates the 200th anniversary of Irish settlers arrival in the Peterborough area.
Peterborough City Hall is located at 500 George Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

City of Peterborough’s draft 2025 budget includes 25% cut to community organizations and elimination...

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Elimination of Art Gallery of Peterborough funding among 'discretionary' reductions to reduce proposed property tax hike from 7.8% to 5%.
Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal announced 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)

‘Build, build, build’: Peterborough mayor Jeff Leal releases task force on housing creation report

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Report includes 15 recommendations to speed up development, cut building costs, and foster partnerships.
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