You get your meat at the grocery store. Where does it really come from? Next time you buy local beef from your butcher, be sure to get the name of the farmer who raised it. And when you arrive at the grocery store to purchase a locally raised steak, don’t forget to ask your grocer [...]
Late and messy, PC party handpicks candidate for Prince Edward-Hastings With just 133 days until a provincial election, the Progressive Conservatives have finally named their candidate for Prince Edward-Hastings. He is Todd Smith, the news voice at CJBQ in Belleville. In a process that has raised many eyebrows in the riding, Smith was handpicked last [...]
After all the ink spilled over Dominique Strauss- Kahn, I wonder if there can possibly be anything left to say that hasn’t already been subjected to comment, speculation or ‘expert’ analysis. And yet, so much of what has been said is so deeply infuriating, it would appear that I cannot help myself. I am so, [...]
Last week Dalton McGuinty announced he had managed to wrestle a two-year wage freeze from the OPP across the province. But not before he had handed over an immediate five per cent wage increase. And not before he promised another 8.5 per cent ‘catch up’ pay raise when the freeze ends in 2014. For those [...]
Fairer than expected weather on the weekend great for blossom festival Emma Roth, Hanna Pringle and Caitlin Harris marvel at the apple blossoms while on a hayride at Louis Creasy’s orchard in Waupoos on Sunday. The good weather held out for most of the long weekend. Tweet
This year’s version of the Memorial Cup is winding down in Mississauga. Last night, Jonathan Huberdeau scored at the 17:35 mark of the first overtime period to propel the Saint John Sea Dogs into the final on Sunday. The victory over the Owen Sound Attack was a heartbreaker, especially for Belleville’s Andrew Shaw. Andrew has [...]
In the 11th century, the grapevine was brought to North America, where it thrived, as in many other new world continents, and the grapes were harvested by its indigenous people. Norse explorer Leif Erikson was so impressed by the quantity and size of the vines in northern Newfoundland that he promptly named it Vinland (wine-land). [...]
The Rapture. I may have missed it on Saturday. You know how it goes, a couple of the kids were visiting and we had cider to buy and enjoy, we had to find a good home for coffees and treats, and art to ogle and tempt us. Perhaps I just didn’t have time for The [...]
Wind developer seeks permission to “kill, harm and harass” endangered species in the County What is the point of identifying an endangered species if the province is willing to grant an industrial wind developer permission to “kill, harm or harass” a species at risk? That is the question many folks were asking on Sunday at [...]
About 100 residents protested along Main Street in Picton this morning objecting to industrial wind turbine factories being erected in the County. The marchers made their way from a grocery store on Main Street 550 metres (the distance of the setback between a wind turbine and a residence prescribed by the province’s Green Energy Act) [...]