The Alto high-speed rail corridor will eventually connect Toronto and Quebec City, and one of the seven planned stops along the line is marked for Peterborough, bringing rail service back to the city ...

Peterborough kicked off 2026 with the investigation and subsequent arrest of Peterborough Police officer Ethan Mamers, charged with careless discharge of a firearm.

In a resolution passed by Alderville First Nation’s band council, Rice Lake has been granted legal personhood status. This move asserts the lake’s right to exist, to flow, and even to sue would-be ...

Participants discuss ideas for meeting people’s needs in a future disaster (Photo by David Tough) It’s freezing cold, on the second last Saturday in January, and Peterborough, still reeling from its ...

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society (KHCAS) won’t say whether it has balanced its budget, more than a year after the Doug Ford government put in place a supervisor to “reinstate good ...

A recent crop of vinyl releases demonstrates the health of Peterborough’s music scene — and artists’ commitment to their craft Readers like you power Peterborough Currents. Sign up now to help us ...

On her first day of school, Valorie (Val) Whetung was “terrified. I was a wimp.” Born in 1948, she was one of five siblings who attended the Curve Lake Day School, which was operated at the time by ...

As the owner of Bijoux Bar, Shannon Mak is continuing a family legacy in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Brett Throop) When Shannon Mak opened Le Petit Bar (now called Bijoux Bar) on Water Street in ...

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This article was originally published as the cover story for the Spring 2025 issue of the Peterborough Currents Magazine, which Currents released on May 12, 2025. The magazine is free or ...

The foundation was buried under a parking lot, but the frame structure of the church that once stood there was preserved in the 1990s Readers like you power Peterborough Currents. Sign up now to help ...