Planner/educator/farmer urges innovative thinking about land and food What we eat and how we produce our food is changing. While this has likely always been true, current trends toward larger, more industrialized farms and increasing demand for greater choices of food for an ever-more diverse palate can’t help but have a profound impact the land [...]
Faster than a speeding bullet. Able to leap tall snow mounds in a single jump. Hunter Reynolds, a mild-mannered kindergarten student by day at St. Gregory’s School, assumes his alter ego as he swoops down the hills at Delhi Park in Picton on Saturday. He was there to test out his new sled—and fight crime, [...]
County Road 3 needs fixing, but how remains an open question With the snow cleared, it’s easy to see the cracked asphalt stretching along each lane of Rednersville Road. Long, thin lines that have been filled with tar, but are separating again from the frost heave, and potholes big enough to cause damage are appearing. [...]
When duty called last Saturday night at the Germain Arena in Fort Myers, Florida, Ryan Donald answered the bell. The native of St. Albert, Alberta circled in his own end of the rink in anticipation of the referee’s whistle to participate in the shootout. Donald buried his chance. Not a soul had left the arena, [...]
Crows have long been considered magical. Often when I walk a quiet path I feel like I am in Sherwood Forest and the crows perched high in the treetops signal Robin and his followers that a stranger nears. At other times I see the crows as messengers calling to us about the creation and magic [...]
Champagne gained its initial following in England, because it was transported in casks and bottled after arrival. The English manufactured bottles in coal-fired ovens, resulting in a stronger construction; they also reintroduced cork as the stopper of preference. When Champagne underwent a secondary fermentation in this improved container, it didn’t explode or leak. And the [...]
I see from last week’s paper that new County manager Merlin Dewing has said that the County is doing more than it can afford to do and must either stop something or find new sources of funding. Our publisher says it is “likely to be the most painful exercise this young council has yet to [...]
When I was a kid, about seven years old, my Mom gave me two choices, regarding my after-school entertainment. “Music lessons or a swim coach?” Without hesitation (as I remember it), I asked for music lessons. My thinking was, a person can’t breathe under water, which is where I spent most of my time at [...]
A lot of people commented on my column last week. Not because they liked it—though some kindly remarked that they did—but because it had a rather familiar ring. In fact, it ran twice. In a publishing glitch, the same column on happiness was mistakenly printed two weeks in a row. I’m feeling rather like Jacob [...]
Did you know that if you live on a couple acres on Gilead, Royal or Doxsee Roads you can’t raise a chicken? Or a pig? Or a goat? You may not want to do any of these things—but does it make sense to bar folks from growing food in rural Prince Edward County? Growing up [...]