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 […]
Mopping up
The barge is gone, but there’s still work to do On Sunday, after it was righted, temporarily patched and emptied of fuel, a tugboat pulled the 28- metre-long, 58-year-old Pitts Carillon, a small barge owned by Galcon Marine, out of Picton Bay and to its home port in Toronto. The majority of the oily liquid […]
OP ED
Collective bargaining is a race to nowhere when its role is misunderstood By Bill Roberts Ifeel it is important to respond to Ryan Williams’ letter, Fast Does Not Mean Far, in last week’s edition of The Intelligencer— not only to correct a great deal of misinformation, but to speak directly to our neighbours, regional partners […]
On alert
Barge sinking frays nerves around Picton Bay In the late hours of Thursday evening, a barge pulled into the port at Picton Terminals. Then it began to take on water. The crew of the tug boat pulling the barge noticed the boat listing to one side, and began pumping water from vessel. To no avail. […]
Precautionary Boil Water Advisory
Picton/Bloomfield Drinking Water System As a result of the discovery of a foul odor in the Picton raw water sampling line (an early warning system), the County has taken the additional step of stopping water production at the Picton Drinking Water Plant. The County will begin shuttling treated water from other potable water sources today; […]
How to grow
Developer’s forum lays out plan to kickstart new homebuilding It has been 16 months since Mayor Robert Quaiff stood before a group of developers and builders gathered in Wellington and declared the County open for business. Last week, the product of many months of study and negotiation was presented to the County’s Community and Economic […]
Now we’re cooking
Food to Share looking to expand, and a find a permanent home to put down their ladle They are the drought’s unseen casualties. County food banks rely on excess produce from local farmers to support their clients. But when these growers’ harvests are stressed by adverse conditions such as the drought experienced last summer, that […]
The return of size of council
OMB hearing dates set for July Just when you thought it was safe to step outside the County’s historical ward boundaries, the size of council issue has returned. Likely too late for the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to change the course for the next municipal election in 2018—but just in time to ruin some summer […]