Online media, per Peter Porta’s feature The Click Trap, is the domain of the second largest digital economy since the dawn of the usable Internet: Digital advertising—the framework that enables large tech corporations to monetize content creation. What the film showcases is a clandestine industry worth nearly $400 billion, and a complex web of deceitful practices sponsoring democratic upheaval and misleading content on an international scale.

Peterborough’s City Hall returned from the holiday break on the evening of January 6th to convene for General Committee. Hot on the agenda was the approval of up to 16 additional modular housing units located at 210 Wolfe Street following the recent December 13th announcement of two new funding programs from Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) aiming to support municipal housing initiatives.