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Ontario’s challenges with building new homes to support a rapidly expanding population are not getting better anytime soon, according to a report by the Smart Prosperity Institute.

Global News learned that in 2023 federal officials planned to pay up to $20 million to each bid group for their 'compliant' high-frequency electric railway proposals - win or lose.

Shirley Turner, a retired teacher and now a Realtor, says she has seen first-hand the impact United Way-funded programs can have on families living in the Peterborough area.

Peterborough Public Health closed Rogers Cove beach on Little Lake on Wednesday following the results of water samples with suspected blue-green algae blooms.

Peterborough police, their drone and OPP divers are in the area of Lock 19 on the Otonabee River on Thursday morning.

Peterborough County OPP say a vehicle fled from an officer crashed into a hydro pole on Belmont 6th Line in the Havelock area. The SIU has invoked its mandate to investigate.

A report from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario calls for more action from the province to tackle the opioid crisis that saw 2,300 people die in 2023 alone.

The community kitchen at Right to Heal was broken into overnight Monday. The kitchen is dubbed as a "place of gathering to nourish the mind, body and soul."

Emergency crews initially responded to a report of gunshots at the Brock Towers apartment building on Saturday night. A man was later arrested on two counts of attempted murder.

A search was launched Monday evening following reports of an individual who was unaccounted for in the Otonabee River. A body was recovered on Tuesday.

Among the 83 appointments to the Order of Canada in 2024 will include individuals with ties to the Peterborough area including Rosemary Ganley, William A. Fox and Mark Cameron.

The hospital foundation says the campaign had a "quiet" launch in 2020 and that to date $45.5 million has been raised, supporting a number of hospital services and infrastructure.

Peterborough Public Health urges residents to review their immunization records and get up to date with pertussis immunizations.

A woman with gunshot wounds arrived at hospital on Saturday. A shooting suspect was located in the Bancroft area Wednesday. Another man was arrested for accessory after the fact.

In 2023 overall there was a 12.8 per cent increase in reported crimes with 7,394, up from 6,554 reported in 2022. However, the service's clearance rate improved by 23 per cent.

The Our Healthbox machine in Brantford, Ont. offers a wide range of harm reduction supplies such as condoms, naloxone kits, pipes and HIV testing kits.

Police say two people suffered serious injuries following a reported assault. One person was airlifted to a local hospital and another to a Toronto hospital.

The Ontario government will end its wastewater surveillance program for COVID-19 on July 31. However, officials in Peterborough have expanded the program to test for other viruses.

Approximately 86 per cent of individuals reported using less or no fentanyl after 12 months in the safe supply program based on data from May 2022 to December 2023.

Police say victims responded to an ad on Facebook Marketplace for an apartment for rent in the area of Brock and Reid streets. They each paid money but never received access.