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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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Premier Doug Ford went off on gas prices on Thursday, mentioning concerns about price gouging and comparisons to gas prices south of the border.

A city report says the modular cabins project cost $2.4 million for construction and setup costs and will cost $1.9 million yearly to operate.

Peterborough Public Health says the substance that led to multiple drug overdoes on March 3 is not yet known.

Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit advise residents to review immunization records and get updated with the measles vaccine.

The SIU say a Kawartha Lakes OPP shooting in 2020 claimed the life of 18-month old Jameson Shapiro and his dad, William Shapiro. OPP were responding to a reported abduction.

Peterborough police drug unit officers on Thursday executed a search warrant at a George Street North residence where they seized drugs and cash.

Northumberland OPP say on Feb. 21, an individual alleged a sexual assault that occurred between October and November 2023. The investigation led to an arrest on March 5.

Peterborough County OPP spent Thursday morning investigating a home invasion on Fife's Bay Road. Police say the occupant was bound by three suspects.

Ontario's Ministry of Health has offered to provide one-time transition funding and three-year merger support for public health units that combined resources by Jan. 1, 2025.

Festival registration opens on Feb. 25. In 2023, the festival surpassed $4 million raised to improve cancer care services and supports at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre.