Will Pearson

Why the GE demolition plan could hurt Peterborough's tax base | Peterborough Currents With fewer buildings on it, the GE property will likely be taxed less. That would mean higher bills for everyone else.

New from me! The GE property at 107 Park Street generates more than $500,000 in property taxes for the city each year. That number stands to decrease if a proposal to demolish many of the buildings on the 50-acre site goes ahead.

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A dog with a rainbow bandana walks in the Peterborough/Nogojiwanong Pride Parade on September 27. 2025.

A dog sits watching the 2025 Peterborough/Nogojiwanong Pride Parade on September 27, 2025.

A dog walks in the 2025 Peterborough/Nogojiwanong Pride Parade on September 27, 2025.

A dog walks in the 2025 Peterborough/Nogojiwanong Pride Parade on September 27, 2025.

It's time for my second annual DOGS OF PRIDE roundup. Here are the top four. Happy Pride, PTBO/NOGO!

Walbran Valley logging blockade escalates with injunction | The Narwhal Four years after Fairy Creek, a new battle over B.C.’s old-growth forests looms in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island

A B.C. court has granted an injunction against a group of people blocking a logging road on southern Vancouver Island. The decision paves the way for the RCMP to move in, stirring memories of the Fairy Creek conflict 4 years ago thenarwhal.ca/walbran-vall... #bcpoli

The uncertain future of Wasaga Beach | The Narwhal The Ontario government is handing part of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the town, leaving many wondering what will be left to protect it

The Ontario government is giving a portion of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to the town to boost the local economy. @fatimabsyed.bsky.social visited on a late August weekend to understand the precedent this sets and how the piping plover and its summer home might fare.

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Oh and totally agree there are other holes crying out for development more than this one was! If I could pick this building up and put it at Hunter and Water, I would.

A lot of people certainly hate it! I have no idea what the general consensus is, though. Maybe there isn't one.

They're not "wrong." They just don't like how it might change the neighbourhood; fair enough. As for other matters such as how it'll impact the housing market and municipal finances, I think it's a good thing. But these are complicated topics so I've appreciated hearing the opposing viewpoints.

It's not perfect. But I'm relieved to see this got approved last night. More please.

amazing, thank you! 🙏

Cool! That's one of the names that caught my eye, too. A bunch of other local names on it. There's a Northumberland News article that suggests the artist, Michael Behnan, lived in Gore's Landing and died in 1982, just a couple of years after this record was released.

Found this at Bluestreak today. From 1980. Never heard of the artist but it seems to have a bunch of Peterborough connections. Anyone know anything?

Cost to accommodate Peterborough Police in two renovated buildings goes over budget by $25.4 million Cost of planned $65.5 million projects has surged to $91.9 million.

Cost to accommodate Peterborough Police in two renovated buildings goes over budget by $25.4 million

Yea I follow her work!

Thanks!

Meet Will Pearson, assistant editor for The Narwhal Will Pearson, co-founder of Peterborough Currents, brings his keen eye for storytelling to The Narwhal's reporting on the natural world

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It's us! Happy @thenarwhal.ca debutante day, @quillpearson.bsky.social 🐋

Thanks! :)

Thx!

This is great ... hope it works out!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thx! Me too :)

Thx!

Thanks Rob!

Thank you!

We're hiring an editor. This is an opportunity to shape the future of non-profit news in Peterborough. Apply by August 19.

We're hiring! As our newsroom's founding members depart to pursue new opportunities, we're seeking someone to take up the mantle and continue our work of delivering in-depth and community-centred local news to our audience.

Details here:

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We're hiring an editor. This is an opportunity to shape the future of non-profit news in Peterborough. Apply by August 19.

I'm staying in Ptbo and I'm staying involved with Currents! I'll join its board of directors and maybe volunteer as a writer after I settle into my new gig.

But we need someone to lead our production of in-depth and community-centred news.

Please share!!

peterboroughcurrents.ca/announcement...

We're hiring an editor. This is an opportunity to shape the future of non-profit news in Peterborough. Apply by August 19.

News! After five years leading Peterborough Currents, I'm moving on and now I work at @thenarwhal.ca!

That means Currents needs a new editor. So we're hiring! This is an opportunity to shape the future of non-profit news in Peterborough.

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'The Queen is dead': Pollinator Parade buzzes downtown Peterborough Pollinator Parade brings attention to bee populations.

'The Queen is dead': Pollinator Parade buzzes downtown Peterborough

On the Hunt for Nightcrawlers in the Worm-Picking Capital of the World | The Local Nearly all bait worms sold in North America are hand-plucked from farmland in this part of Canada. But with labour shortages and climate change, some worry we’re witnessing the final wiggles of a once...

@royinori.bsky.social spent a night worm picking and came back with so many mind-boggling facts. Nearly all bait worms are harvested in one small corner of southern Ontario? Today's worms aren't even native to North America?? #longreads thelocal.to/ontario-nigh...