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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW's managing editor, events editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. Outside of work, he enjoys songwriting, playing guitar, and spending time with Cait the border collie.
Peterborough resident Margie Sumadh shouts at councillors during a debate on a winter shelter response plan for homelessness at city council's general committee meeting on May 25, 2026. She was irate with the way unhoused people are being treated in the city. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council endorses deferring winter shelter response plan until August

Councillors vote 6-4 to support Mayor Leal's deferral motion, asking staff to report back with an alternate location to former fire station.
BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada manufactures nuclear fuel bundles at its Peterborough facility, using ceramic pellets made at its Toronto facility from natural uranium dioxide powder received from Cameco Corporation in Port Hope and zirconium tubes manufactured at BWXT's Arnprior facility. Around 50,000 BWXT-made fuel bundles are used in Ontario Power Generation's CANDU nuclear reactors at any one time, producing around 25 per cent of Ontario's electricity. (Photo: BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada)

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission holding May 27 and 28 public meeting in Peterborough on...

Federal nuclear regulator to hear from Indigenous communities, organizations, and residents during mid-term licence review meeting at the Holiday Inn and livestreamed.
Peterborough City Hall. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

What’s on the Peterborough city council agenda for May 25

Items for Monday night's general committee meeting include clean streets initiative, winter shelter response plan, windrow removal subsidy pilot program, and more.
Begonia (aka Alexa Dirks) and Bahamas (aka Afie Jurvanen), who shared the 2026 Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year, will both be performing at the 37th annual Peterborough Folk Festival, which takes place from August 13 to 16, 2026. (Supplied photo)

Bahamas and Begonia among the headliners performing at the 2026 Peterborough Folk Festival

Other announced performers for the August 13-16 festival include The Pairs, Kelly McMichael, The Young Novelists, The Lucky Ones, and more.
The Peterborough Memorial Centre at 151 Lansdowne Street West. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

Council commits $57 million for proposed downtown event centre to replace Peterborough Memorial Centre

Councillors vote 8-3 in favour of city's share of $170-million project amid repeated warnings Petes could leave without a new arena.
Simple Investor Real Estate Group (SIREG) Management Inc. owns the property at 700 Parkhill Road West, which consists of 10 two-storey residential townhomes with 128 three-bedroom rental units. SIREG wants to convert the rental units to condominiums. (Photo: Google Maps)

No hearing date yet for appeal to Ontario Land Tribunal of Peterborough condo conversion...

May 7 case management conference on 700 Parkhill Road finds disagreement between SIREG and City of Peterborough on list of issues for hearing
Souvankham Thammavongsa won the Giller Prize on November 17, 2025 for her debut novel "Pick a Colour." She previously won in 2020 for her short story collection "How to Pronounce Knife." (Photo: The Canadian Press / Chris Young)

Two-time Giller Prize winner Souvankham Thammavongsa one of seven authors participating in this year’s...

July 17 and 18 event also features Kate Cayley, Plum Johnson, Merilyn Simonds, Loretta Garbutt, Marcus Cutler, Terry Fallis, and Rod Carley.
At Peterborough city council's general committee meeting on May 4, 2026, a motion to defer Mayor Leal's motion to commit the city to financing $57 million of the cost of a proposed $170-million sport and event centre in downtown Peterborough failed 6-4, with councillor Alex Bierk absent from the meeting. Councillors later approved the mayor's motion. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council endorses $57 million for $170-million downtown sport and event centre

Four of 10 members of council voted to defer Mayor Jeff Leal's motion, citing lack of due diligence and impact of debt financing on other future capital projects.
Peterborough mayor Jeff Leal, Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Brenda Whitehead, Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) board chair Deanna Guttman, and Paul Harris-Lowe of the city's economic development working group during a media conference at the Chamber's office on May 4, 2026 where the mayor advocated for a new event centre in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Mayor advocates for $170-million event centre in downtown Peterborough just hours before council debates...

Proposed 5,800-seat venue is backed by business leaders, but how the city would pay for it is still unresolved.
Rising Canadian country music artist Tyler Joe Miller performs a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 15, 2026. (Photo: Matthew Miller)

Rising Canadian country music artist Tyler Joe Miller makes his Peterborough Musicfest debut on...

In 2019, the B.C. native was the first independent artist whose debut single reached number one on the Billboard Canada Country chart.

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