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Entitled "The Gap: Income (In)Adequacy," the report reviews the past 34 years and shows how Ontario's minimum wage rate and social safety net have both changed.

Led by campaign cabinet chair Jim Hendry, the 2023 Community Campaign raised $1.4 million, up eight per cent of last year's efforts. The United Way supports 20 community agencies.

The health unit did not state where the case was confirmed within its jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.

Police say a housing unit takeover occurred at an apartment unit on Fairbairn Street. A man was initially found with a gunshot wound and three were arrested.

Three people are facing charges, including two teenage boys, after police found a man leaving his apartment with a gunshot wound to his leg.

As part of an ongoing investigation, officers executed search warrants at residences on Stewart and McDonnel streets on May 2. Three people were arrested.

The Otonabee River Bridge on Highway 115 will be dedicated to Const. Norman F. Maker, who was fatally shot in 1928 while serving with the Peterborough OPP.

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.

Police say a shooting occurred at Sunshine Homes on Crystal Drive around 5 a.m. on Friday. A man was taken to hospital with gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased.

Police say during a well-being check at a Fairbairn Street apartment unit, a man exited with a gunshot wound to his leg. A man and two youths were eventually arrested.

Durham police allege a Peterborough man was using the messaging app Snapchat to request sexually explicit photos from a boy.

Peterborough Public Health reported there were five drug poisonings on April 3 that led to paramedics callsand visits to an emergency department.

As of April, there are 3,700 children in Peterborough city and county on a wait-list for a child-care service.

Eighteen tenants have been displaced following a fire that broke out on Tuesday evening. No injuries were reported and one man has been arrested for arson.

One City Peterborough says it has an area at the Trinity Community Centre where it allows individuals to use drugs, but says overdoses have declined in the last several months.

CIty of Kawartha Lakes Coun. Pat Warren says 30 tenants in 16 apartment units have been displaced following a large fire late Thursday afternoon.

Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit alerted community partners and first responders about a spike in suspected opioid drug poisonings.

With 431 new housing units, the City of Kawartha Lakes achieved 90 per cent of its housing target in 2023. The municipality has been tasked with 6,500 home builds in eight years.

The Town of Cobourg says it has passed motions to preclude it from participating in a review of policing services throughout Northumberland County.

OPSEU says the proposed closures would close labs in Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie, Orillia, Hamilton, Kingston, and Peterborough.