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City of Peterborough

Articles

Integrity Commissioner: Coun. Riel Did Not Breach Council Code of Conduct in Staff Communications

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Complainants alleged that Riel's remarks during a July 2024 meeting and email correspondence with City staff violated Council Code of Conduct and Staff Relations Policy.

Mayor Jeff Leal's Use of Racial Slur Did Not Breach Council Code of Conduct

David King

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Integrity Commissioner Guy Giorno finds Leal's use of an "odious, vile, dehumanizing racial slur" in a Trent lecture to not be within the purview of the Code.

Council Adopts 2026 Budget with 6.56% Tax Increase

Louanne Morin

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With the adoption of the 2026 budget, democracy dies. Allegedly.

Integrity Commissioner: Coun. Riel Did Not Breach Council Code of Conduct in Staff Communications

Louanne Morin

January 8, 2026

Mayor Jeff Leal's Use of Racial Slur Did Not Breach Council Code of Conduct

David King

January 8, 2026

Issue 3

December 1, 2025

This issue, we bring you in from the cold with crosswords, celebrations, pets, and film reviews from our staff and contributors.

Issue 1

September 29, 2025

As seasons change, other transformations across Trent's campus and downtown Peterborough bring some back, drive others out, and threaten to utterly transform the Peterborough as Arthur knows it. This issue features changes to Traill College's foodservice deployment, aggressive encampment evictions, and the rechalking of the Alareer Bridge memorial, among the things you love.

Volume 60, Issue 3

December 1, 2025

This issue, we bring you in from the cold with crosswords, celebrations, pets, and film reviews from our staff and contributors.

Podcast

Radio Free Arthur S2E19: Fear & Loathing at the Budget Meeting ft. Rob Hailman

Produced by

Abbigale Kernya

Evan Robins

Following a six-hour city council meeting for the ages, the editors invite man of many hats, Arthur hate reader, business manager, policy wonk, and professional "Just Some Guy," Rob Hailman to talk about Monday night's budget-related debate, and coun. Alex Bierk and Keith Riel's Notice of Motion to establish a second emergency shelter sp

Independent Journalism—Now More Than Ever.

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City of Peterborough