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- Peterborough pharmacy staff suspect prescription fraudulent January 26, 2021City police have arrested a woman after staff at a Chemong Road pharmacy suspected a prescription for a narcotic had been altered.Police were called to the business at about 10:30 a.m. Monday.A woman, 35, was arrested and charged with using, dealing and acting on a forged document. She was released and will appear in court […]
- Mount Community Centre housing a model in innovation: Clarke January 26, 2021Council voted a final time at a virtual meeting on Monday to help fund 10 new apartments for people experiencing homelessness. About $682,000 in waived fees and taxes will be offered to the two projects combined, as well as about $1.1 million social service money the city received from the provincial government.Eight of the apartments […]
- City to stay flexible on spending new $10M in transit funding January 26, 2021City council voted a final time at a virtual council meeting Monday night to sign an agreement to receive $10 million in federal and provincial grants for transit buses.But councillors want details from city staff about the process of applying to reallocate the grant money to other transit projects — perhaps building a new bus […]
- Inverlea Park removed from site list for new Peterborough fire hall, but Sunset Park remains in play January 26, 2021City council voted a final time on Monday to remove Inverlea Park from the short list of sites being considered for the city’s new north-end fire hall.A vote from earlier this month to remove the park from the short list was preliminary; on Monday it was ratified before council with no debate.Evan Bates, speaking on […]
- Fatal fire shocks Gillespie Avenue neighbours January 26, 2021Neighbours of a Gillespie Avenue house where a fire claimed the lives of two people in their 60s over the weekend say they didn’t hear or smell anything that night before the house went up in flames. Adam Hayes and his girlfriend Tasha Aubin were awakened early Saturday morning and discovered their neighbour’s house fully […]