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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.
Brad Appleby, the City of Peterborough's director of planning, development and urban design, responds to a councillor's question about the proposed Strategic Land Acquisition and Conveyance Program during a city council meeting on January 27, 2025. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough video)

Peterborough city council votes against program to expropriate land on behalf of private developers

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Proposed 'Strategic Land Acquisition and Conveyance Program' would have applied to housing developments in the city's expanded central area.
At Showplace Performance Centre on January 27, 2025, Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith announced the Ontario government is investing $6.2 million in a Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub in Peterborough, one of 27 approved across Ontario. (Photo courtesy of MPP Dave Smith's office)

Ontario government announces new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub in Peterborough

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Province is investing $6.2 million in hub that will bring together service delivery partners to provide a continuum of services for people with complex needs.
Peterborough City Hall in 2017. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Proposed program would allow City of Peterborough to expropriate land on behalf of private...

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'Strategic Land Acquisition and Conveyance Program' would apply to housing developments in the city's expanded central area.
Central Smith Creamery in Selwyn Township is receiving up to $200,000 in federal and provincial funding for new equipment and technology through the Ontario government's Dairy Processing Modernization Initiative, part of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a $3.5-billion five-year program involving the federal and provincial and territorial governments. (Photo: Central Smith Creamery / Facebook)

Selwyn’s Central Smith Creamery to receive up to $200,000 in federal and provincial funding

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Family-owned dairy will use funding to acquire new equipment and technology to enhance processing efficiency and food safety.
A slide from a presentation on economic development and tourism in Peterborough County given by economic development general manager Rhonda Keenan and tourism and communications manager Tracie Bertrand to county council on January 22, 2025. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Peterborough County moving forward with economic development and tourism plan

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County council approves presentation and recommendations presented by economic development manager Rhonda Keenan.
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.
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