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As a part of our On The Campaign Trail '26 coverage of the Peterborough municipal election, we present Arthur Votes, a podcast series where each Arthur editor sits down with a mayoral candidate to explore their platform and discuss the issues that matter most to our readers.

This episode features David King's conversation with Keith Riel, councilor for Ashburnham ward, and former business owner and employee of GE, who is running to be the mayor of Peterborough.

Online voting for Peterborough's municipal election begins October 5, 2026 and closes at 8:00PM EST on October 26, 2026. To vote online, you can access the site through your voter card or ⁠register electronically⁠.

The City of Peterborough will be on Trent's Symons campus on Friday, October 9, 2026 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the Student Centre to assist students with registering to vote and advance voting.

Advanced in-person voting will take place on Wednesday, October 14 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM. In-person voting will be available on Election Day (October 26) from 10:00AM to 8:00PM at ⁠your Ward⁠-based voting location or as listed on your voter card.

As a part of our On The Campaign Trail '26 coverage of the Peterborough municipal election, we present Arthur Votes, a podcast series where each Arthur editor sits down with a mayoral candidate to explore their platform and discuss the issues that matter most to our readers.

This episode features Ian Vansegbrook's conversation with Neil Morton, the cofounder of news site PTBOCanada.com, 3D concrete printer startup Cormor, alongside a number of other businesses, as well as a candidate for the position of Mayor of Peterborough.

*Correction: In this episode, Ian Vansegbrook mistakenly refers to a leaked letter sent to Councillor and current Mayoral Candidate Keith Riel by Peterborough Police Chief Stu Betts as an "open letter." Arthur apologizes for this oversight.

Online voting for Peterborough's municipal election begins October 5, 2026 and closes at 8:00PM EST on October 26, 2026. To vote online, you can access the site through your voter card or register electronically.

The City of Peterborough will be on Trent's Symons campus on Friday, October 9, 2026 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the Student Centre to assist students with registering to vote and advance voting.

Advanced in-person voting will take place on Wednesday, October 14 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM. In-person voting will be available on Election Day (October 26) from 10:00AM to 8:00PM at your Ward-based voting location or as listed on your voter card.

As a part of our On The Campaign Trail '26 coverage of the Peterborough municipal election, we present Arthur Votes, a podcast series where each Arthur editor sits down with a mayoral candidate to explore their platform and discuss the issues that matter most to our readers.

In this episode, Louanne Morin speaks to Brian Lumsden, a candidate for the position of Mayor of Peterborough who also ran against incumbent Jeff Leal in 2022.

Online voting for Peterborough's municipal election begins October 5, 2026 and closes at 8:00PM EST on October 26, 2026. To vote online, you can access the site through your voter card or register electronically.

The City of Peterborough will be on Trent's Symons campus on Friday, October 9, 2026 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the Student Centre to assist students with registering to vote and advance voting.

Advanced in-person voting will take place on Wednesday, October 14 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM. In-person voting will be available on Election Day (October 26) from 10:00AM to 8:00PM at your Ward-based voting location or as listed on your voter card.

As a part of our On The Campaign Trail '26 coverage of the Peterborough municipal election, we present Arthur Votes, a podcast series where each Arthur editor sits down with a mayoral candidate to explore their platform and discuss the issues that matter most to our readers.

This episode features Louanne Morin's conversation with Jacob Méthot, a Trent student in the English program. He says he’s running for mayor because he “saw a lot of issues” at council, like “transparency, transportation, housing issues” and failure to communicate with the public and figured he “could either sit back and complain from a distance or jump right in.”

Online voting for Peterborough's municipal election begins October 5, 2026 and closes at 8:00PM EST on October 26, 2026. To vote online, you can access the site through your voter card or ⁠⁠⁠register electronically⁠⁠⁠.

The City of Peterborough will be on Trent's Symons campus on Friday, October 9, 2026 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the Student Centre to assist students with registering to vote and advance voting.

Advanced in-person voting will take place on Wednesday, October 14 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM. In-person voting will be available on Election Day (October 26) from 10:00AM to 8:00PM at ⁠⁠⁠your Ward⁠⁠⁠-based voting location or as listed on your voter card.

As a part of our On The Campaign Trail '26 coverage of the Peterborough municipal election, we present Arthur Votes, a podcast series where each Arthur editor sits down with a mayoral candidate to explore their platform and discuss the issues that matter most to our readers.

This episode features Ian Vansegbrook's conversation with Rebecca Schillemat, the former Executive Officer of the Peterborough & Kawarthas Home Builders Association, and has been involved in a variety of other not-for-profits, like Peterborough’s Chamber of Commerce and the Peterborough Folk Festival, as well as being on the Stakeholder Committee for the Community Planning Permit System. While she had originally planned to run for city council in 2018, a family move to B.C delayed her, and now she wants to bring a “broader and more collaborative mindset” to City Hall. 

Online voting for Peterborough's municipal election begins October 5, 2026 and closes at 8:00PM EST on October 26, 2026. To vote online, you can access the site through your voter card or ⁠⁠register electronically⁠⁠.

The City of Peterborough will be on Trent's Symons campus on Friday, October 9, 2026 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the Student Centre to assist students with registering to vote and advance voting.

Advanced in-person voting will take place on Wednesday, October 14 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM. In-person voting will be available on Election Day (October 26) from 10:00AM to 8:00PM at ⁠⁠your Ward⁠⁠-based voting location or as listed on your voter card.

As of Sunday, October 4th, Hailman has paused all campaign activities aside from precommitments. You can read his statement on his website here.

As a part of our On The Campaign Trail '26 coverage of the Peterborough municipal election, we present Arthur Votes, a podcast series where each Arthur editor sits down with a mayoral candidate to explore their platform and discuss the issues that matter most to our readers.

This episode features Louanne Morin's conversation with Rob Hailman, the Director of Operations at Trent Radio as well as Arthur’s Business Manager. Having lived in Peterborough for 23 years, he says he came into municipal politics around 2011, in a movement opposed to large-scale public transit cuts. He was the last to sign up to run, citing a sense of disappointment over the absence of any candidate who shared his values and ideology.

Hailman’s employment with Arthur does not constitute an endorsement of his campaign.

Online voting for Peterborough's municipal election begins October 5, 2026 and closes at 8:00PM EST on October 26, 2026. To vote online, you can access the site through your voter card or ⁠register electronically⁠.

The City of Peterborough will be on Trent's Symons campus on Friday, October 9, 2026 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the Student Centre to assist students with registering to vote and advance voting.

Advanced in-person voting will take place on Wednesday, October 14 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM. In-person voting will be available on Election Day (October 26) from 10:00AM to 8:00PM at ⁠your Ward⁠-based voting location or as listed on your voter card.

As a part of our On The Campaign Trail '26 coverage of the Peterborough municipal election, we present Arthur Votes, a podcast series where each Arthur editor sits down with a mayoral candidate to explore their platform and discuss the issues that matter most to our readers.

This episode features Ian Vansegbrook's conversation with Michael Eamon, the former president of Trent’s Catherine Parr Traill College, and a long time member of the public sector. He says one of the defining moments that pushed him to run was when in the span of one week, three different people---a “hardcore” Liberal, Conservative, and NDPer---all urged Eamon to run as mayor.

Online voting for Peterborough's municipal election begins October 5, 2026 and closes at 8:00PM EST on October 26, 2026. To vote online, you can access the site through your voter card or register electronically.

The City of Peterborough will be on Trent's Symons campus on Friday, October 9, 2026 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the Student Centre to assist students with registering to vote and advance voting.

Advanced in-person voting will take place on Wednesday, October 14 from 10:00AM to 8:00PM. In-person voting will be available on Election Day (October 26) from 10:00AM to 8:00PM at your Ward-based voting location or as listed on your voter card.

For the inaugural episode of Arthur's new "Out of Office" podcast series, Allen Barnier invites his editors into the strange world of Crumbl Cookie: a Utah-based baked goods company that recently opened its doors in Peterborough and offers flavour arrangements that could only have been dreamt up by a toddler or a very early version of ChatGPT.

Also on the menu: David, Ian and Louanne do a blind ranking of Peterborough hot spots, and Louanne finds out about that one time an otter got maimed inside the Peterborough zoo.

Take a peak behind the curtain: Arthur Presents is a highlight series where an Arthur staffer sits down to discuss their article and what the behind-the-scenes was like.

Editors David King and Louanne Morin talk about what went down during this year's TCSA spring elections. For the full article from Louanne and V60 staffer Cirilla Bowman, click here.

Produced and mixed by David King in the Sadleir House Media Lab. Music by Drake Stillie.

All things Arthur for the week of May 15, 2026.

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Recorded, produced and mixed by David King in the Sadleir House Media Lab. Theme by David King. Audio via the City of Peterborough, David King, and Allen Barnier.

Graphic by David King, with photo by Valeria Reverdo via Unsplash.