Breakthrough
Barbara Ashbee hadn’t thought much about wind turbines until 22 of them suddenly sprouted around her Amaranth home in 2007—six kilometres from Shelburne. One was planted a mere 750 metres from her front window—another just 457 meters behind her home. When she first saw the wind factory site plans and complained about how close they […]
Demand answers
The accusations against a man now convicted of sexually abusing two children in his care were made to police and the Children’s Aid Society in 2005— seven years ago. A then-11 year old told police and her Children’s Aid Society caseworkers that the man being paid to care for her was having sex with her […]
Duty
Children are our future. It is a tired cliché, but one we continue to drag out because it reminds us that, as our strength and usefulness fade, someone younger who looks a bit like us will soon take our place. It brings comfort—that the things our generation built and cultivated may endure. It also conjures […]
On edge
This week I boldly skip right over the County’s shoreline, over the Atlantic to Europe where the ongoing meltdown of financial and commodity markets is threatening to push the world into the abyss. A short recap of the past seven decades. Europe emerges from a brutal and devastating war—aided by western nations but mostly driven […]
Looping road
Should Union Road be closed to through traffic? The fate of a half-kilometre connecting road between County Road 2 and Highway 62 is once again contorting council into illogical knots. The issues are, however, pretty straightforward. The road is crumbling. It doesn’t come close to meeting current safety standards and will cost a small fortune […]
See no evil
The facts, at least those that have surfaced, are deeply unsettling. Last fall, foster parents Joe and Janet Holm were convicted of sex crimes related to children in their care. Last week, an unnamed 71-year-old man was convicted of sexually assaulting children entrusted to his care. Later this month another man will stand before a […]
Overkill
A Wellington resident slipped and fell stepping out of her garage on Saturday afternoon— managing to knock herself unconscious. Her husband called 9-1-1. Within minutes members of the Wellington detachment of the Prince Edward Fire Department were on the scene to assist the resident and prepare her to be transported to the hospital by ambulance. […]
Open hearts
Milford always offers a warm and gracious greeting whatever the season or event. On Saturday afternoon, under blue skies and caressed by a warm May breeze, Milford was the ideal host once again—this time to celebrate the County’s remaining glorious days free from industrial wind factories. It was an event billed as a community rally […]
Speak now…
This is it. This is likely the last best opportunity for this community to voice its opinion about wind energy before massive steel, fibreglass and concrete structures begin rising in our midst. This Saturday, the County Coalition for Safe and Appropriate Green Energy (CCSAGE) is holding one last rally in Milford. If ever there was […]
The tide turns
Is the ground shifting below Ontario’s wind turbines? Last week an Ontario judge ruled that Dr. Arlene King, the province’s chief medical officer of health, will have to testify about the known noise and health risks of industrial wind turbines. It was a small but potentially game-changing decision. The province fought hard to prevent this […]