Bloomfield Centre for Creativity taking shape It is an odd building—a rather squat and elongated cinder block structure perched high on its foundation at the base of the ridge that runs down Main Street in Bloomfield. The Don Baxter Memorial Building, as it has come to be known, was constructed as a cafeteria for cannery [...]
Hospital foundation launches campaign to keep mammography screening in Picton The 17-year-old mammography unit in Picton is at the end of its useful life. Until recently it wasn’t clear the equipment would be replaced. Resources are scarce throughout Quinte Health Care (QHC). New digital technology is expensive. But the County’s Family Health Team felt a [...]
Dukes winners in five of last six games Peterborough was an important test. Vaughan was an even bigger one. When this season is done fans may well look back at the second-last weekend in October as the point the Dukes really began to forge a winning team. The Stars are mired in last place in [...]
County couple provides home and shelter for children in need. Jenny Slade (left) and her husband, Mike (right) admire their granddaughter, Jorja Dybuk-Foster. In addition to babysitting duties and raising their own kids, the Slades have fostered more than 250 children in their home over the past 35 years. Tweet
It’s one of the worst—and best—scams I have come across. Increasingly sophisticated technology, and its widespread availability, has forced the average consumer to become a lot more scamsavvy. Nearly everyone these days is heir to a large fortune in Nigeria; just confirm the bank account where they can wire your millions. More sophisticated fraudsters go [...]
Friday was a cold, blustery day on Lake Ontario. The kind of day to be expected in late October. All day long the wind blew and a low pressure system roiled heavy waves across the lake. It was tough work for the lakers steaming across the horizon for ports east and west. It was not [...]
As far back as 400 B.C., there is evidence of extensive wine cultivation in Ukraine, around the south coast of Crimea. Initially, there was trade with the civilizations surrounding the Black Sea and later on with the Greek and Roman Empires. Around 1780, Crimea became part of the Russian Empire making it a significant supplier [...]
Terry Fox lit a flame in this country in 1980 that still burns brightly today. In 1985, another resident of British Columbia decided that he would also lead the nation by embarking on a journey across Canada. He started his trip in B. C. and headed east. Rick Hansen had been paralyzed in a truck [...]
Have you ever been on the wrong side of one of those “hey, I know you!” moments? I have, and it was one of my worst. I was walking on a woodland trail just outside Sault Ste Marie. A fellow came along in the other direction. I instantly recognized his face. So I stopped him, [...]
My already frizzy, stickieout hair stands on end whenever I hear the words, “Oh, you know me, I can’t lie.” Guess I don’t know people as well as they think I know them. How interesting would this world be if people really and truly couldn’t tell lies? What I like most about the folks who [...]