The road back
McFarland nursing homes takes first steps in a five-year journey The challenges remain. The H.J. McFarland Memorial Home continues to grapple with an array of issues including alleged abuse, inadequate reporting and low staff morale. Eighteen months after the issues at the nursing home came to a dramatic climax with the dismissal of the administrator and director […]
Visitor
Working in Hillier to provide employment and opportunity at home in the Yucatan Carlos Vasquez Torres isn’t wild about the cold mornings in Hillier. He knows hot. He understands it. He can work in the heat. Cold is different. Home is in Dzilam Gonzalez, a town of about 6,000 on the northern edge of the Yucatan Peninsula—a […]
Silenced
Promising investigation into health impacts of industrial wind turbines halted after Medical Officer of Health was dismissed Huron County hugs the shoreline of Lake Huron between Amberley and Grand Bend. At its centre is Goderich. The county reaches inland across mostly flat farmland about 75 kilometres. It is home to about 270 industrial wind turbines. Twice […]
Champs
The PECI Panthers played an impressive day of baseball on Tuesday at the Field of Dreams in Wellington. They opened against St. Peter’s from Peterborough. St. Peter’s is the number one ranked team in the Kawartha District and they came out swinging taking a 5-0 lead over PECI. The Panthers then clawed their way back […]
Far from home
When work is thousands of miles, and months away from family This week The Times begins a series of stories featuring conversations with some of the migrant workers who toil in the vineyards and fields of Prince Edward County. It is hard to be so far from home. Angel Tomas Yescas lives in the pretty […]
Bashing trash
Navigating the murky waters of municipal liability It was a bit awkward. A committee of council listened politely as staff from Belleville, Quinte West and Tyendinaga outlined the successful trash bash project in their communities. Becky McWhirter (Belleville) and Eldon Burchart (Quinte West) described the way volunteers and municipal staff work together to clean up […]
Flourishing
County wine sector fuelling economic vitality Around the world, demand for rural experiences is on the rise. From the tablelands of Maharashtra, India to the verdant hillsides of the Arno Valley of Tuscany or the Cape Winelands of South Africa, agri-tourism has taken root and is flourishing. Though not well-researched yet, some speculate that as urban […]
Community garden springs up
If you build it, they will grow The first phase of the Picton community garden got underway last weekend as enthusiastic volunteers gathered to break ground early Saturday morning. The community garden is an offshoot of the County Community Foundation’s Vital Signs report. The report identified three areas of concern in the County: transportation, education […]
Saving words
Finding hope amid the darkness It began with a violent crash. Roger Whittaker was cycling along The Donway West in Don Mills on a July day in 1973. He was struck by a car and thrown brutally to the pavement. Six long weeks would go by before he was well enough to leave St. Michael’s […]
Living streets
Learning to improve County’s main streets as attractive public spaces It is a cliché that one must plan on at least 30 minutes or more to walk 100 metres to retrieve the mail from any Post Office in Prince Edward County. Longer if it is a sunny day. This is surely true on Main Streets in Wellington, […]