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Peterborough City Council Presented With 2025 Draft Budget
By
Evan Robins
and
Despite Council's August directive to plan a budget at a 5% tax rate, the Draft Budget presented by Richard Freymond at Monday night's meeting sported a 7.8% tax rate inflated by unexpected operating costs and increased Police budget asks.
Sporting Sketches of a Pickleball Town
By
James Cullingham
and
Humorist Stephen Leacock would find no shortage of fodder in the City of Peterborough's devotion to Pickleball, writes community member James Cullingham.
Save Bonnerworth Park Group Gathers Again Following Release of Lawyer's Letter to City
By
Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay
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Citizens gathered for another rally in protest of the Bonnerworth Redevelopment project before a Peterborough City Council meeting on June 24th. 
“Inexcusable and Wrong”: Trent Students Respond to Racial Slur Used by Peterborough Mayor in Business Lecture“Inexcusable and Wrong”: Trent Students Respond to Racial Slur Used by Peterborough Mayor in Business Lecture
“Inexcusable and Wrong”: Trent Students Respond to Racial Slur Used by Peterborough Mayor in Business Lecture
Evan Robins
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April 9, 2025
Council Kills Motion to Provide Emergency Shelter for More Than 60 Unhoused; “We’ve done as much as we can”Council Kills Motion to Provide Emergency Shelter for More Than 60 Unhoused; “We’ve done as much as we can”
Council Kills Motion to Provide Emergency Shelter for More Than 60 Unhoused; “We’ve done as much as we can”
Evan Robins
·
February 4, 2025
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Issue 7
April 15, 2024
With Issue 7 we bring an end to the 58th volume of this fair publication and what a year it was! This edition includes the culmination of a month's long investigation into the working conditions of dons at Trent alongside local news, arts, and events coverage. In addition, we mark the hallowed return of Alfred for the second year running. Newsflash: We've gotten worse. Reader discretion is strongly advised!
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April 15, 2024
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Podcast
Radio Free Arthur
Radio Free ArthurS2E25: A Farewell to Arthur
Produced by
Abbigale Kernya
 &
Evan Robins
THE LAST ONE: Abbigale and Evan had hoped to end this show on a more somber and hopeful note. That is until the mayor of Peterborough, Jeff Leal, dropped a racial slur during a guest lecture at Trent University. The news, so they say, stops for no one.
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