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Alex Bierk

Articles

Council's Advocacy Required for Peterborough Community Health Centre Application

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In a presentation to Councillors on October 2nd, 2023, Jonathan Bennett, chair of Peterborough Community Health Centre, discussed the widespread community support for the development of a Peterborough CHC has been growing since Bennett and his partners put forward an application in June of this year following the Ontario budget’s inclusion of $30M for the development of new health teams across the province. Decisions on funding are expected later this year.

Plan to Construct 28,000 New Housing Units in Eastern Ontario over the next Seven Years Presented to Council

Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay

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Representatives of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (EOWC) Peterborough County Warden, Bonnie Clark and former Chief Administrative Officer of Hastings County, Jim Pine, brought forward their plan to quickly build new housing units in the region over the next seven years, known as the Seven and Seven Regional Housing Plan. The plan, as Pine explained it during General Committee on October 2nd, is to build 7,000 new units of social housing over the next seven years in addition to 21,000 market-rate rental units in that same timeframe.

Bierk and Riel Hopeful for Wolfe Street Housing Strategy

Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay

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Coming out of a closed session on September 5th, Peterborough City Council voted unanimously to temporarily amend the Parks and Facilities bylaw 19-074 and Trespass bylaw 19-075.

Peterborough Council Ratifies Amended Procedure By-law

David King

February 3, 2026

Cost of Encampment Evictions Still Unclear Despite Report's Approval by City Council

David King

September 23, 2025

Issue 6

March 22, 2023

Arthur is back in action for March and after a brual month full of all kinds of horrible slights and baseless attacks from the far reaches of campus we get to keep our funding for at least another year! This issue features everything from the profane to the profound and everything in between. In short, everything people have come to love (or despise) about Arthur is here within these pages. We talk about the most moving moments of the 47th annual Elders and Traditional People's Gathering to the academic ramifications for discovering you are indeed a cat. You'll also find the latest on what City Council has been up to and a review of some pertinent films.

Volume 57, Issue 6

March 22, 2023

Podcast

Peterborough Politics Podcast Episode 3: Don't Have a CAO, Man

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Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay

Danny Taro

We're back at it again like clockwork for Episode 2 of the Peterborough Politics Podcast. This week we delved into the latest city council meeting, specifically the deferral to add stronger language surrounding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to the community safety and well-being plan and exciting Waste Management changes.

Independent Journalism—Now More Than Ever.

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Alex Bierk