Top Results For: Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith

Rob Flack, Ontario's associate minister of housing, and Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith announced $377,641 in funding for the two units at The Mount Community Centre.

As part of expansion plans, the rifle manufacturer in Lakefield is rolling out two new product lines : lever-action rimfire rifles and centrefire hunting rifles.

The Hammer Family Nature Preserve features 1,400 acres of forests, wetlands, fields and natural shoreline along Pigeon Lake. It is the largest land purchase by Kawartha Land Trust.

The provincial grant of $167,000 in proceeds of crime will help Peterborough police launch new responses and strategies to better address hate crimes and hate bias.

Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith said over $492,000 will support the Peterborough area police and Rama First Nations police to tackle the rise in auto thefts.

According to Peterborough Public Health's, the month of December 2023 saw nine reported deaths from drug poisonings, putting the final year-end total at 78 — up from 59 in 2022.

The Ontario government had assigned a target of 345 housing starts in 2023 for the city which has pledged to build 4,700 new units by 2031.

Mayor Jeff Leal says the city is willing to consider extending municipal services to neighbouring townships if it were to result in serviced lands where manufacturers could locate.

It has been more than 50 years since there was an appointee to the council from the Peterborough-Kawartha riding. Missy Knott is the first ever from Curve Lake First Nation.

Funding will support the Five Counties Children's Centre, which provides services such as speech, physio and occupational therapies. The centre has sites throughout the region.

A mobile crisis response team consists of police officers and crisis workers working together to respond to complex situations where mental health or addictions may be a factor.

Federal and provincial funding will support several major housing projects in Peterborough, including the construction of two apartment buildings.

Funding via the Land Ambulance Service Grant (LASG) will see the paramedic service receive $9,490,038 in funding for 2023 — an addition of $914,328 to $8.7 million in 2022.

According to public health officials, the Peterborough region is on track to record more than 70 fatal overdoses in 2023. There were 59 suspected drug fatalities in 2022.

Construction on the new facility is expected to start by the end of this month with a goal of an opening 2025, developer AON Inc. says.

Carbonix has worked with Trent University in Peterborough to develop a process to convert mining waste into high-energy-density graphite used in anode and cathode production.

According to the Ontario and federal governments, $2,457,000 will support the six-storey building at 555 Bonaccord St. (Hunt Terraces), which has 85 units in total.

The new Extendicare Care Peterborough in the city's north end will include 84 new beds and 172 upgraded beds by the fall of 2025. 

Of 9,445 votes cast in Peterborough city and county, 9,345 individuals (or 99 per cent) voted 'no' when asked if they are in favour of health-care privatization.

Dr. Lynn Mikula, president and CEO of Peterborough Regional Health Centre says new funding for doctors will support after-hours care and allow for more stable after-hours coverage.