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Peterborough Public Health inspected 25 food premises in Peterborough this week. Fourteen locations received infractions: nine had at least one critical infraction and five had non-critical infractions only. Eleven inspections came back completely clean.

Here's what was found...

🔴 Wee Wok Express, 337 George Street South, Peterborough Central South

Required inspection, October 22 · 2 critical, 4 non-critical

This is the location's 5th critical infraction on record since September 2024.

Critical: food not protected from contamination, and food in storage not protected from contamination (racks, shelves or pallets not clean or designed to protect against it).

Non-critical: equipment not arranged in a clean and sanitary condition, ventilation not properly maintained, the floor not tight/smooth/non-absorbent where food is handled, and floors not kept clean and in good repair.

Food was destroyed and education was provided; no follow-up has been recorded yet.

🔴 The Original Spaghetti House Pizzeria (Pizzaboro), C-597 Monaghan Rd, Peterborough South

Complaint-triggered inspection, October 20 · 2 critical, 4 non-critical

This is the location's 3rd critical infraction on record since September 2024.

Critical: no records kept of food purchased (food must come from an inspected source with purchase records maintained), and food in storage not protected from contamination.

Non-critical: equipment/utensils not kept clean and sanitized, garbage and waste not collected as needed, pest control records not maintained, and floors/walls/ceilings not kept clean and in good repair.

Education was provided; no follow-up has been recorded yet.

🔴 Castle John's Pub and Restaurant, 1550 Lansdowne St W, Peterborough West

Required inspection, October 21 · 2 critical, 1 non-critical

This is the location's 7th critical infraction on record since September 2024.

Critical: potentially hazardous food not held at or above 60°C, and food in storage not protected from contamination.

Non-critical: equipment/utensils not properly constructed and maintained.

No follow-up has been recorded yet.

🔴 Saigon Boys, 3-1524 Lansdowne St W, Peterborough West

Required inspection October 20, Follow-up October 21 · 2 critical, then 0 critical

This is the location's 9th critical infraction on record since September 2024.

Critical: food in storage not protected from contamination, and the premises not properly equipped and maintained as required. The portal doesn't specify further what was found lacking on the second item.

A follow-up the next day found the location fully clean.

🔴 Saigon Wrap & Roll, 427 George St, Peterborough Central North

Required inspection October 21, re-inspection October 23 · 2 critical/1 non-critical, then 0 critical/0 non-critical

This is the location's 3rd critical infraction on record since September 2024.

Critical: utensils not sanitized by the dishwasher as required, and food in storage not protected from contamination.

Non-critical: equipment not arranged in a clean and sanitary condition.

A second inspection two days later (October 23) found the location fully clean.

🔴 Subway - 107 Hunter St. E, Peterborough East

Complaint-triggered inspection, October 20 · 1 critical, 1 non-critical

First critical infraction on record for this location.

Critical: an inadequate number of conveniently located, maintained hand-washing stations.

Non-critical: inspection results not posted as the inspector requested.

Education was provided. Closed out with no further action required.

🔴 Ashburnham Ale House, 128 Hunter St. E, Peterborough East

Required inspection, October 20 · 1 critical

This is the location's 2nd critical infraction on record since September 2024.

Critical: utensils not sanitized by hand at the required chlorine concentration and contact time.

Education was provided. Closed out with no further action required.

🔴 Tim Hortons - Crawford Drive, 1420 Crawford Drive, Peterborough South

Required inspection, October 22 · 1 critical

First critical infraction on record for this location.

Critical: potentially hazardous food not held at or above 60°C.

Education was provided. Closed out with no further action required.

🔴 Kawartha Buttertart Factory - 1135 Lansdowne St W, Peterborough South

Required inspection, October 21 · 1 critical

First critical infraction on record for this location.

Critical: food in storage not protected from contamination.

Education was provided; no follow-up has been recorded yet.

🟡 Sticks Sports Pub, 500 George St Unit 1, Peterborough Central South

Required inspection, October 20 · 0 critical, 3 non-critical

Non-critical: ventilation not properly maintained, pest control records not maintained, and floors not kept clean and in good repair.

Education was provided.

🟡 The Social, 295 George Street North, Peterborough Central South

Required inspection, October 22 · 0 critical, 1 non-critical

Non-critical: ventilation not properly maintained.

Education was provided.

🟡 Berc's Steakhouse, 186 Lansdowne St E, Peterborough East

Required inspection, October 21 · 0 critical, 1 non-critical

Non-critical: floors/walls/ceilings not kept clean and in good repair.

Education was provided.

🟡 Curry Village, 306 George St N, Peterborough Central South

Required inspection, October 20 · 0 critical, 1 non-critical

Non-critical: no sanitizer test reagent on hand.

Education was provided.

🟡 Oasis Mediterranean Grill, 460 George Street North, Peterborough Central North

Required inspection, October 20 · 0 critical, 1 non-critical

Non-critical: equipment not arranged in a clean and sanitary condition.

Education was provided.

🟢 Dreams of Beans Cafe, 141 Charlotte St, Peterborough Central South

Follow-up inspection, October 20 · Clean, no infractions.

Good-news update: this is the follow-up to the critical infraction reported here on Sept 29. Fully resolved.

🟢 Ghost Taco Peterborough, 110 Chandler Cres, Peterborough North

Required inspection, October 23 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 Happy Palace Chinese Canadian Food, 1789 Stenson Blvd Unit 10, Peterborough South

Required inspection, October 20 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 Dragon Yan, 422 Braidwood Ave, Peterborough South

Required inspection, October 20 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 One Eyed Jack's Pub and Grill, 116 E Lansdowne, Peterborough East

Required inspection, October 20 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 Burger King, 750 Lansdowne St W, Peterborough West

Required inspection, October 20 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 McDonald's - Willowcreek, 400 Lansdowne St E, Peterborough East

Required inspection, October 19 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 241 Pizza, 1840 Lansdowne St W, Peterborough West

Required inspection, October 19 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 Pizza Hut - 705 GSN, 705 George St N, Peterborough Central North

Required inspection, October 19 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 Papa's Pizzaland, 2695 Marsdale Dr, Peterborough East

Required inspection, October 19 · Clean, no infractions.

🟢 Mr. Sub 351 GSN, 351 George St N, Peterborough Central North

Required inspection, October 19 · Clean, no infractions.

This uses Ontario’s inspection categories: 🔴 means at least one critical food safety issue, 🟡 means non-critical issues only, and 🟢 means no infractions. Non-critical issues, like maintenance or paperwork, still need fixing but don’t by themselves mean food is unsafe. This report covers Peterborough restaurants, cafés and food retailers, excluding retirement homes, shelters, treatment centres, child care facilities, schools, campuses, hotels, seniors’ and community centres, and event halls. Results reflect the inspection date; check the disclosure portal for current status.

Source: Peterborough Public Health Environmental Health Portal. No premises were ordered closed this period. Food was destroyed at Wee Wok Express during its inspection.

Results are expected to begin to be available 30 to 60 minutes after polls close at 8 p.m. on October 26

Are you ready to vote?

Here is a run-down of local voting information and news coverage as the Peterborough municipal election approaches ~ from Peterborough Currents

Peterborough Currents Election Special zines

We’ll start with Currents’ own contribution to the election conversation, the Peterborough Currents Election Special zines. Instead of delving into the candidates and their positions (see below for lots of ways to find out about that), we decided to focus on an exploration of the most important issues of the day. 

These five one-page zines focus on five topics that are shaping the conversation this election season: homelessness, addictions, downtown vitality, democracy & council culture, and climate change. What’s the situation on the ground? What have we been doing over the past four years? What are the challenges and opportunities that face the next council?

These zines are intended as tools to help voters make sense of the conversations and platforms that have taken shape throughout this election season.

Print copies of all five zines are available as a bundle in an envelope for FREE from Sadleir House, The Food Shop, Dreams of Beans, and Take Cover Books, or you can download digital copies of the zines from our website.

How and where to vote

Election Day for the City of Peterborough Municipal and School Board Election is Monday, October 26, 2026. In-person voting is available from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

In-person voting locations are based the Ward you reside in:

Ward 1 – Otonabee: Healthy Planet Arena, 911 Monaghan Rd.
Ward 2 – Monaghan: Westdale United Church, 1509 Sherbrooke St.
Ward 3 – Town: McDonnel Street Community Centre, 577 McDonnel St.
Ward 4 – Ashburnham: Peterborough Lions Community Centre, 347 Burnham St.
Ward 5 – Northcrest: Northview Community Church, 1000 Fairbairn St. 

Those who need additional support or accessible voting equipment to place their vote can do so at City Hall, 500 George St. N., through Friday, October 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or on Election Day, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The City Hall location is available to eligible voters from all wards.

Free transit is available to and from in-person voting locations with a valid voter notification card. 

If you prefer to stay home, online voting is available now until polls close on election day.

For more information about how to vote, visit the Peterborough Votes website.

The candidates and their positions

The Peterborough Votes website includes a full list of the candidates running for mayor, councillor, and school board trustee, with links to their websites and social media pages, where you can hear more from them.

KawarthaNOW’s Vote Tracker is a useful tool for exploring the candidates’ priorities and how they line up with your own.

Candidates meetings and surveys

There have been a number of all-candidates meetings during this election cycle. Only two of them are still available to watch – the yourVote City of Peterborough Mayoral Debate broadcast by Cogeco and the climate change debate hosted by For Our Grandchildren (4RG). You can also listen to the audio of the ArtsVote Peterborough meeting about arts and culture issues.

There is also a written report based on the social issues debate, which was hosted by a group of local organizations, led by United Way Peterborough.

Several local organizations have also sent out surveys to the mayoral and council candidates about the issues. Read the responses to the DBIA’s survey about downtown, Heads Up for Inclusion’s survey about inclusion and disability issues, Reimagine Peterborough’s survey about environment, planning, and Indigenous relations, and For Our Grandchildren’s survey about climate change.

Other media coverage

The Peterborough Examiner has interviews with pretty much all the candidates for mayor and council.

KawarthaNOW has been interviewing and profiling candidates, not only in Peterborough but also across the county. You can find links to all their coverage here. We particularly recommend their breakdown of the school board trustee race, which is too often overlooked during election season.

Trent Arthur presents a collection of longform audio interviews with each of the mayoral candidates in their Arthur Votes 2026 series, and we also recommend their ongoing coverage of the election and municipal politics.

Trent Radio has posted a series of audio interviews with most of the ward candidates.

Global News produced a series of videos profiling the municipal election race across each of Peterborough’s five wards: Otonabee, Monaghan, Town, Ashburnham, and Northcrest.

Thanks for reading -- and for getting out to vote!

Hey all. So today I bit the bullet/finally didn’t have a gnarly flu/family crisis/etc. after months of planning to address with my NP that I’m… well, whether a binary or non-binary trans man is sort of academic, when it changes functionally nothing about the medical approach or how I prefer to be referred to. I’m 36, bounced this around multiple times as far back as 5-6 years old(yeah, that got beat out of me, and it’s part of why this took so long to crystallize).

NP was great, told me that at my age all she saw as necessary for the gender dysphoria diagnosis that has to precede HRT was that I’d expressed that I had it. She did have to refer me to another NP who apparently specialises, though I’ve been warned she may only work with adolescents. My current GP NP works with a FHT physician at The Medical Centre. I didn’t really ask about the process that might ensue or the timeline on this referral, although she seemed possibly open to the idea of consulting with the NP I was referred to to get me started if I wasn’t within that person’s scope.

Has anybody else done this in proper adulthood with an FHT practitioner based out of The Medical Centre? If so, who am I likely to see, and what did your timeline look like? I’m both a ruminator and a planner, so I’ve been sitting on this while certain of it for about a year and a half now, talking it out with close trusted people. Figuring out how to handle the more delicate comings out I was going to have. This has had the effect that if I wind up on a waitlist of meaningful length I will likely go covered telehealth or private, because I’m realizing now I ought to have raised this as soon as I was sure, not necessarily when I’d figured out everything.

So yeah… Timeline? Anyone know who gender RN is? Anything helpful I ought to know in terms of clinics/services for trans people in the city? I had a therapist about a decade ago who very strongly expressed the opinion I ought to do Gender Journeys when it was a thing, but nope, I didn’t need that (🙄), and now our lovely provincial government has defunded it. My husband’s doctor is Lokanathan and he’s of the opinion he ought to start lobbying her to take me, but I’m happy with my relationship with my current NP, am living so close to The Medical Centre you could wave at me from the certain windows of the building, and am not sure I want to lose access to the resources that come with being rostered with my current provider.

Listen here to Arthur's full interviews with each Mayoral candidate!

Ptbo chess players: Our group continues to meet at The Only Cafe (216 Hunter St W.) every Monday at 6:30pm. We're a casual group, all skill levels are welcome. We hope to see some new faces. Bring your own board.

just wondering how much candy people typically buy for Halloween? I’m not trynna have an overload of extra at the end of the night lol but won’t want to run out toooo fast! Not sure how busy it gets with it being a saturday? curious how much other people typically get?

We are log home owners looking for a reputable and professional company to address a mouse infestation in our small attic. The particular services we are interested in include locating and sealing entry points with rodent proof materials, and removing and replacing batt insulation.

Any recommendations from the Peterborough/Kawartha Lakes area would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Redpath, public funding and the million-dollar Douro farm — where is the accountability?
Peterborough is facing a housing crisis, homelessness and a toxic drug supply crisis. Yet Redpath/Right to Heal has pursued public funding while questions remain about its rural farm property in Douro-Dummer, reportedly purchased for just over $1 million.
In February 2026, City Council approved a $150,000 grant for planning an affordable housing project at 271 Brock Street. That grant was designated for Brock Street, not the farm.
Meanwhile, questions deserve answers about the farm’s intended use, its connection to Redpath, and reports of moon circles and activities associated with Liz Shaunessy’s Witchy Ways business.
How do these activities relate to Redpath’s recovery work? What public funding has been requested for each project? What services will actually be delivered, and what accountability exists?
These are legitimate public-interest questions, not personal drama. People experiencing homelessness and addiction deserve transparency about organizations seeking public support.
Peterborough residents and local media should keep asking questions and examining the records.
Sources:
Trent Arthur: City to Grant Redpath $150k⁠
Official City Council announcement⁠
kawarthaNOW: Redpath transitional housing plans⁠

What are the best spots for tick r treating? When I was a kid the streets were full and we were getting pillowcases full of candy but now I find we are lucky to find even a strip of houses near each other to hit up.

Hi! Me and my wife are new to Peterborough and know basically nobody, how would we find some people to hang with? Lol

Hi there, was wondering if anybody has had any experience with CSN Pete's on the queensway? Need work done to a body of a truck.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Hi! I’m looking for photographers that are inexpensive or new to the trade to do my engagement photos! Let me know any leads!

It has been awhile since I stopped in. I ordered fresh spaghetti and a bag of sauce. Added ground beef and made garlic bread. This meal was delicious!

I’m just wondering if someone knows if there’s somewhere in town with a sewing machine I could use as I don’t have my own and I have something I’d like to make

I have to prepare for a regulatory exam, I'd like a quiet space to study, are there spots on campus I can study? If so, how and where do I park?

Also open to quiet public libraries if they have study spaces.

is there a consignment shop in town? thanks.

Looking for a mechanic to install remote starter at reasonable price. I have the starter.

Can anyone recommend a local private investigator?

TIA.

Kieth Riel leading (polymarket) - hope we don’t have a Cuck Leal Situation again.

Attn Runner: found off McDonnell at Water, dm me with model and I’d love to get it back to you.

Non-hockey family so looking for advice for my 5 year old. Took him to CDN tire and neither the bauer or CCM adjustable youth helmets fit him properly (big head). Where should I be going for help with someone that can fit him and has more than just 2 options?