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Trent Board of Governors Receives Report on Sexual Assault, Opens New AI Bachelors Program

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June 24, 2025

Formal complaints and reports to Trent's sexual violence prevention and response office increased from 17 in the 2023-2024 school year to 33 in 2024-2025.

Trent Breaks Ground on Gidigaa Migizi College, Otonabee College Expansion

Ian Vansegbrook

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June 20, 2025

Trent hopes to accommodate 1,300 new residential units by the project's completion in 2028.

Arthur Meets the Candidates for the TCSA Spring Elections

Louanne Morin

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March 18, 2025

Arthur attended the Trent Central Student Association's Meet the Candidates event for the Association's Spring General Election on March 12th, where candidates debated parking, food security, and the possibility of alternate venues for the upcoming convocation ceremony.

Traill Cabinet Claims TCSA Treats Traillites as "second-rate students" Amid Fallout of Election Misinformation

Louanne Morin

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March 10, 2025

Traill Cabinet representatives criticized the TCSA's promotion of an on-campus polling station from which Traill students were later barred from voting on February 27th as making Trail, Annex, and off-campus students feel like "an afterthought" to the Association. Graphic by Louanne Morin.

Local

City Council Discontinues Trinity Program Funding Despite Community Outcry

Louanne Morin

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July 3, 2025

“When these services disappear, the people using them don't. They move into parks, doorways, alleys and emergency rooms,” says One City's Auden Palmer.

Peterborough City Council Recommends Against Homelessness Programming; Student Rental Zoning Amendment at General Committee

David King

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June 24, 2025

The June 23rd meeting of Peterborough City Council’s general committee saw discussions over a meeting package of over 900 pages of reports, consultations, and site plans for endorsement. Over the course of a seven-hour meeting, council discussed 14 items of note—only one of which passed on the consent agenda.

No Love Lost Between Residents and City Council at Community Budget Consultation

David King

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June 20, 2025

Members of Peterborough City Council and City staff presented the preliminary direction of the 2026 Draft Budget to residents while weathering feedback from concerned citizens. Naturally, chaos ensued.

National & International

Confederate Republicans

J.A. Forrester

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March 21, 2025

Let’s face it: the United States of America is now dominated by Confederate Republican politicians.

Married to the Mob: The Joker is Wild!

J.A. Forrester

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March 13, 2025

Community contributor J.A. Forrester takes a deep dive into the family history, oligarchy, and tactics of the current American president to ask the question, "Who created Donald Trump?"

Robinson Superior Treaty Annuity Case to Return to Court After Six Months of Negotiations

Kiki Paterson

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February 7, 2025

Twelve Anishinaabe First Nations north of Lake Superior will seek an honourable court- imposed resolution after rejecting a $3.6 billion offer from the Crown as compensation for their failure to uphold treaty promises.

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