Go fast
Speed trials on the Landslide Les Eboulements translates to landslide in English. It seems that it might be tempting fate to conduct an extreme downhill gravity speed trial on a hillside named for falling rocks. But it was here that the land speed record for a gravity propelled street luge was set on the weekend. […]
Water ways
Remapping Wellington’s flood risk Paris has the Seine. London the Thames. Cairo the Nile. Wellington has Lane Creek. Though less majestic and perhaps shaped by less recorded history, Lane Creek has had its share of controversy and drama. In March 1936, snow runoff met with piles of ice dammed in the village near the mouth […]
Farm life
South Bay farmers earn place on agricultural wall of fame George Emlaw has farming in his blood. He grew up on a farm in South Marysburgh. One of eight children, he helped his twice-widowed mother, milk cows to sell dairy to the Black River cheese factory, and collect eggs so she could trade them for groceries. […]
Talk about it
As more powerful opiates hit the streets, recovering addict urges discussion Mike started using drugs when he was 13 years old. By the time he was 17, he had already been arrested and was hospitalized with an overdose. It wasn’t the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last. He was addicted. “You don’t even realize […]
Reimagining Picton Harbour
Draft Vision released for public input The committee investigating opportunities for the future of Picton Harbour has approached its task with a measure of humility and optimism. The finger-like protrusion of Picton Bay into the core of the town was developed primarily as a place of work and of commerce. Goods and services flowed in and […]
In deep
Waterworks committee burrows into broken business model The committee peering into the County waterworks systems has now begun to wade into the thick weeds. How fast is the County growing? How many new homes are expected over the next five, 10 and 20 years? How much water do we use? Will water usage per household continue to […]
Reluctant compromise
Storeowner seeks to undo Heritage Conservation District plan All had agreed, more or less, with the compromise. All that was left was for council to ratify the deal. But the owner of the Beach Bum in the County store in Picton wanted council to defer its decision. A petition was circulating among businesses in Picton […]
No fun
Committee of council approves tighter noise restrictions around outdoor music Barry Turpin saved his best line until the end of the debate. “I knew when we opened the noise bylaw, we would get a lot of noise,” quipped the Bloomfield councillor at the end of an hour-long and at times testy debate about setting new limits on […]
Roblin Lake
Council reaffirms decision to bar water taking by livestock farmers from Roblin’s Lake Update: Until water restrictions are lifted, the municipality is attempting to install a temporary bulk water dispensing station on the Consecon and Carrying Place system to serve the northwest part of the County. It is expected to be operational soon. Another dispensing unit is […]
Forever Hip
Fans flock to Wellington park for final concert People began arriving around 5:30 on Saturday evening. Folding chairs, situated with good sightlines to the screen, dotted the park. Half an hour before the scheduled 7 o’- clock start time, there were an estimated 200 people present. Lineups formed at the various food vendors, and the butterflies […]