Will Pearson

Publisher-Editor @PTBO_Currents
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[Will Pearson @quillpearson]

Hello. The moral injury I experience as a result of remaining on this platform has become too high. Please join me on Blue Sky! Same handle. Bye 👋

[Tyler Olsen 🍁 @ty_olsen]

This is fascinating for a whole host of reasons.

[Will Pearson @quillpearson]

@wiredwoman @alexbierk Amazing! I'll find you there and respond .... when the site is back up lol

[Will Pearson @quillpearson]

@wiredwoman @alexbierk Anyway, @wiredwoman and @alexbierk why don't you come over to Blue Sky so we can continue this conversation on a platform that isn't deprioritizing news and isn't owned by a megalomaniac?

[Will Pearson @quillpearson]

@wiredwoman @alexbierk 1.2% of the 7.8% is for capital financing. Could bring that down? Sure, but we gotta choose which big capital projects to keep deferring.

[Will Pearson @quillpearson]

Good morning,

The local children's aid society, facing budget pressures after years of reductions to its core provincial funding, has opted to defund a program that provides mental health services to kids who've experienced abuse.

https://t.co/takld6XHLh

[Peterborough Currents @PTBO_Currents]

A program that provides mental health services to kids and teens in the child welfare system in Peterborough is facing closure, and advocates say its loss will put children at risk.

https://t.co/bKJNf41JBV

[Peterborough Currents @PTBO_Currents]

Today, MPP Dave Smith announced provincial funding for the Peterborough Street Medicine team, which provides primary health care to people experiencing homelessness.

https://t.co/tKzsMv06VZ

[Peterborough Currents @PTBO_Currents]

Here's your arts and community newsletter for this week! Featuring:

📚 Friends of @ptbolibrary book sale
🎻 Folk music at Sadleir House
🍳 @onecityptbo gets its commercial kitchen
➕ And more!

https://t.co/iLZz7auCcl

[Will Pearson @quillpearson]

If I could make one little change to the local media landscape, it would be for outlets to stop running these OLG marketing press releases about people winning the lottery.

Or, at the very least, to run an equal amount of articles about people losing their savings to gambling.

[PeterboroughExaminer @PtboExaminer]

Peterborough artist and self-described dog mom Lisa Martini-Dunk can realize her dreams after winning a $500,000 Maxmillions prize in the Oct. 15 Lotto Max draw
https://t.co/rf1llwQihZ

[Will Pearson @quillpearson]

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It's time for my annual check-in on the Crawford Trail! To me, this is a no-brainer priority for improving transportation in Peterborough.

Anyway, no surprises here, but it ain't in the 2025 budget. Fingers crossed for 2026!

[Will Pearson @quillpearson]

Every budget, the first thing I turn to is the Crawford Trail project. This trail would run from Lansdowne to downtown along an old rail path. In 2019, two blocks (Lake to Romaine) were built. Then the $$$ ran out. 🧵

[PeterboroughExaminer @PtboExaminer]

Peterborough mayor wants to adjust tax ratio so residential property taxpayers get about $3 million in relief, but a local MPP wants to see city council control its spending first.
https://t.co/Q2x6RyOniK

[Peterborough Currents @PTBO_Currents]

The city has released its draft budget for 2025. Staff made over $1 million in spending cuts to bring the tax increase down to 7.8 percent, the budget states.

Among the cuts: Grants to local non-profits and health benefits for people on social assistance.
https://t.co/X5g5a5xtDX

[Peterborough Currents @PTBO_Currents]

For years, the Khera family's restaurants and grocery stores have offered a taste of home to South Asian international students in Peterborough.

Now, the family has opened a worship space so their customers have a place to pray, as well.

https://t.co/ASxPTOWZLA

[Peterborough Currents @PTBO_Currents]

Premier Doug Ford said that his government "never cut" funding to @KHChildrensAid when asked about the agency's deficit on Tuesday.

The agency's financial statements show decreasing annual funding from the province, plus some one-time boosts.

Read: https://t.co/PiEJ9hwH5T

[Elaine Anselmi @elaineanselmi]

There was a lot of talk on social media about illegal salmon fishing on the Ganaraska River in Port Hope this fall. The province responded with a ban, but is it really in the best interest of the fish?
https://t.co/s8rZZi7etR

[Peterborough Currents @PTBO_Currents]

We just sent our email newsletter to 7,828 local readers. It covered:

🥘 60 years of Meals on Wheels
💲 Doug Ford said the PCs have "poured money" into children's aid — is that true?
⚕️ Doctor recruitment update
➕ And more!

Read it here: https://t.co/rHdccsgcuM