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Council Receives Integrity Commissioner’s Report about Leal’s Racial Slur Use
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Louanne Morin
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“If a comment is inappropriate and merits a recommendation that such a slur be spelled out as forbidden on a Council Code of Conduct, how could that use of a slur not meet the threshold?”
Integrity Commissioner: Coun. Riel Did Not Breach Council Code of Conduct in Staff Communications
By
Louanne Morin
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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
By
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 Receives Integrity Commissioner’s Report about Leal’s Racial Slur UseCouncil Receives Integrity Commissioner’s Report about Leal’s Racial Slur Use
Council Receives Integrity Commissioner’s Report about Leal’s Racial Slur Use
Louanne Morin
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January 13, 2026
Integrity Commissioner: Coun. Riel Did Not Breach Council Code of Conduct in Staff CommunicationsIntegrity Commissioner: Coun. Riel Did Not Breach Council Code of Conduct in Staff Communications
Integrity Commissioner: Coun. Riel Did Not Breach Council Code of Conduct in Staff Communications
Louanne Morin
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January 8, 2026
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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.
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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.
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Volume 60, Issue 3
December 1, 2025
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Radio Free Arthur
Radio Free ArthurS2E19: Fear & Loathing at the Budget Meeting ft. Rob Hailman
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Abbigale Kernya
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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
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