Sheetal Rawal

WHAT?! This man better be issuing a public apology. Keep up the good work Joelle and Sebastian!!!

I'm sorry for your loss. She was such a force -- sharp, warm, and such a leader.

Sad news. My thoughts are with her friends and family. She was kind, sharp & had a fabulous sense of humour. I'm thankful for her many contributions to our community.

They couldn't even be bothered to pretend to consider City Council's ask.

You deserve thanks as well -- this is an invaluable public service! 👏🏻

That motion - for the police services board to be asked to rethink their request for operating money - carries 6-5. Voting in favour of this motion were @joylachica.bsky.social, @alexbierk.bsky.social, @mattcrowley.bsky.social , Coun. Don Vassiliadis, Coun. Dave Haacke and Coun. Keith Riel.

Thank you for catching that.

Was he suggesting that Peterborough would be attractive to AI data centres as a positive thing?

I hope this man's political career is over because this is the most disqualifying thing I have heard in a long time.

WHAT?

Laurie is fabulous -- I hope they listen to her!

Aka privatization

Yet the library fights for scraps while Mayor Jeff Leal hands the police carte blanche.

A 2023 report found that for every $1 invested in Canada’s urban libraries, $6 is generated in community economic impact (a 600%+ return). These are direct economic benefits to the community in addition to the social value the library provides, especially our downtown branch.

The fact that the library has to make cuts at all is unfortunate. The underfunding of our library system by City Council is shortsighted when study after study shows the (quantifiable) return on investment to be significantly high, let alone the intangible benefits of investing in public libraries.

Yet the library fights for scraps while Mayor Jeff Leal hands the police carte blanche.

A 2023 report found that for every $1 invested in Canada’s urban libraries, $6 is generated in community economic impact (a 600%+ return). These are direct economic benefits to the community in addition to the social value the library provides, especially our downtown branch.

Yet the library fights for scraps while Mayor Jeff Leal hands the police carte blanche.

The fact that the library has to make cuts at all is unfortunate. The underfunding of our library system by City Council is shortsighted when study after study shows the (quantifiable) return on investment to be significantly high, let alone the intangible benefits of investing in public libraries.

Oh I am genuinely asking for a heads up about anything we should be concerned about with the draft budget

Hopefully just an anomaly. At the public meeting in June when people raised concerns about the outrageous amount the 'strong mayor' had directed go to the police, they were essentially told nothing could be done about it. Are there other things in this budget you would flag for folks to tune into?

Wow twenty years

At city hall in Peterborough, Ontario, ready to live-post the details of a general committee meeting (where council will receive the 2026 draft budget document) plus a city council meeting (where council will ratify plans such as moving forward toward a Community Planning Permit System).

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

This Fidelity Investments ad is killing me -- I hope Paula Cole is getting paid!

Canada's team got an Electric Circus after party

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Nice Gulf of Mexico tee, too!

Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96 She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.

Pour one out for a real one.

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