Special
Council takes second run at events bylaw On the surface, it seemed a simple thing to do. Yet drafting a special events bylaw governing what landowners can and cannot do with their property has cast Shire Hall onto the shoals of public discontent. It remains unclear whether they will ever pry loose from its grip. […]
End of the road
County won’t pursue claim for Outlet River lane The County is walking away from a fight over what was once a public lane at the Outlet River at the south end of Sandbanks Provincial Park. On Thursday last week, Council quietly agreed to extinguish any residual rights the County has, or may have had, to […]
Builder
Maurice Rollins says the County is attractive, but fees way too high When he was young, Maurice Rollins wanted to become a pharmacist. But mental health issues in his late teens disrupted his studies, and after grade 13, he left school behind, taking up a job with the H. J. Mc- Farland construction company. After […]
Nearly there
Sandbanks Summer Village to sell its last cottages this year A decade ago, the prospect of hundreds of cottages on East Lake was, for some, the ruination of the County. Now as the development nears completion, Sandbanks Summer Village has proven to be an attractive addition and contributor to the East Lake community, a welcome […]
Ticked
Help for Lyme disease not good enough, says County sufferer The warm sun beckons skin that has been too long tucked inside coats, behind gloves and boots. Spring is in full swing now, with temperatures in the double digits, and—especially in the County, where people work and play outdoors—that means many are spending as much […]
Failing grade
With the ARC process nearing its end, members aren’t satisfied The working group meetings are over. The time to reflect on hundreds of pages of documents—information on the will and needs of the community, available funds, school profiles, needs of children, academic programs—is over. Many on the accommodation review committees (ARC) say it wasn’t enough […]
Water flowing
Boil water advisory lifted for Picton and Bloomfield The pumps began to turn again last week at Picton’s water plant. Earlier in the week, the barge that had partially sunk—spilling fuel into Picton Bay—had been refloated and towed away. Water testing by the municipality and the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change indicated the […]
Water rescue
On Tuesday afternoon, a 17 year old found himself adrift in a rubber raft a kilometre and a half from Point Traverse near Timber Island. A County fire department crew retrieved the young man from the pitching waves using an inflatable boat transporting him to Timber Island. There, a Search and Rescue crew from CFB […]
Mending bridges
Keeping delays short could mean half a decade reconstructing the Skyway bridge. High above the Bay of Quinte, with a stunning view of the water (if you have time to glance at it), cars and trucks zoom by at speeds comparable to the freeway. The Skyway Bridge connects County Road 49 to Highway 49 in […]