Concerned Residents Meet to Discuss Wind Turbine Solicitation
Over 80 residents and landowners including a representative from Brookfield Properties met at Galerie Q on June 16th to discuss the arrival of companies seeking to lease land on behalf of industrial wind turbine operators for new turbine development. The meeting was very informal and was designed to gage interest in developing an effective…
Comment – It’s Complicated
There are some troubling signs in the world these days. People are turning inward, focussed on their own well-being, shrugging off perceived burdens that are holding them back. Brexit is threatening to unravel the entire European Union, Trump is proposing walls, and closer to home there is evidence that political views are becoming more…
Local Bat Tests Positive for Rabies
Residents Reminded to Avoid Contact with Animals That Can Carry Rabies Peterborough Public Health is confirming that a local bat found in early June within the City of Peterborough has tested positive for rabies, and is reminding residents to steer clear of wild animals commonly known to carry the disease. “This positive animal case…
10% Water Conservation Urged throughout Otonabee Region Watershed
Despite a brief rainfall on Sunday evening, water users throughout the Otonabee Region watershed continue to be urged to reduce their consumption by 10 per cent because of the unusually dry conditions experienced this year. Analysis of the data, including temperature, precipitation, and stream flow for the first 5 months of 2016, indicate that…
Peterborough Humane Society Presents Ambitious New Animal Welfare Project
A delegation from the Peterborough Humane Society and the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) presented their ambitious plans for the development of a joint, state-of-the-art facility to Council at the June 20th meeting. Geoff McPhee of the Peterborough Humane Society’s Board of Directors led the presentation, and was accompanied…
Progress on the Millbrook Dam Project
At their meeting last week, ORCA’s Board of Directors approved a recommendation to award Hatch engineering firm a contract for the design and the procurement of construction services for the reconstruction of the Millbrook dam. Hatch has been involved with the project since last fall when the firm was retained by ORCA to provide…