The Peterborough-Kawartha NDP provincial nomination meeting held on January 25th was a hopeful one. Alongside provincial candidate nominee Jen Deck, special guests Laura Walton, President of the Ontario Federation of Labour, and Marit Stiles, the Leader of the Ontario NDP, spoke to supporters about their vision for Ontario's future.

On Wednesday, July 17th, CUPE Ontario kicked off a series of Province-wide days of action for the "Support Our Care" petition, which aims to combat the Progressive Conservative government's increases privatization of Ontario's healthcare. Co-Editor Evan Robins spoke to members of the Healthcare Workers Co-ordinating Committee about the campaign and the current state of healthcare in the province.

Arthur staff were there on the ground during the seven hours of budget presentations in order to ensure we could bring to our readers the highlights and implications of Council’s decision to move on a budget guideline and what it could mean for you and the future of this City.