Eating the weeds
Wild herbalist sees food and medicine around us The first impression you’ll get of Tamara Segal is that she is a true flower child, a product of the wilderness. She’s a small, slender woman with a warm smile and a gentle voice. In her 30s she has long, healthy grey tresses halfway down her back. […]
Mayor’s Breakfast
Mayor, councillors take questions over coffee In the cozy back room of Miss Lily’s café in Picton, a handful of residents and councillors gathered Friday morning for the first Breakfast with the Mayor. Mayor Robert Quaiff had promised during his election campaign last fall to hold the breakfasts at least quarterly, and he’s finally found […]
Cultivating
Council considers community gardens Veronica Catry says people like community gardens. She, and the agency she works for, would like to see more develop across the region. She made her pitch to a receptive audience at Shire Hall last week. “Sixty seven percent of people in Prince Edward County support community gardens,” Catry reports. “They like […]
New growth
The state of the County wine sector in 2015 One of the tastiest rites of spring in the County arrives this weekend as Terroir welcomes thousands of wine and food lovers to celebrate a new growing season at the majestic Crystal Palace in Picton. The hills have been pushed away, the canes delicately coaxed back to […]
Gas station with a view
Council considers gas station, donut and convenience store in Wellington Council approved a site plan agreement for a gas station, convenience store and Tim Horton’s restaurant in Wellington at Tuesday night’s council meeting at Shire Hall. The plan features a long-anticipated gas filling station. If approved and built, it will be the only retail gas pumps between […]
Missing beds
County asks for the return of 78 long-term care beds It has been three years since the Picton Manor was closed and its residents relocated— many outside the County. At the time, Paul Huras, head of the South East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), said it was a temporary solution. He said his organization was working […]
Don’t fence me in
Developer proposes gates, training to protect Blanding’s turtle Within days of learning that its Renewable Energy Approval (REA) had been revoked, Gilead Power Corporation and its lawyers met to calculate their next steps. They would, of course, appeal the Environmental Review Tribunal (Tribunal) ruling, but they also decided they had better beef up protection for the […]
Turtle victory
Appeal court stops Ostrander Point wind project The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled on Monday that the Environmental Review Tribunal (Tribunal) that examined an industrial wind turbine development at Ostrander Point was reasonable and justified in its deliberations, and has restored the Tribunal’s decision to revoke the developer’s permit. The Court upheld the Tribunal’s decision […]
Delayed start
Council defers size of council issue so it can develop its own proposal It was meant to be a starting point, according to Mayor Robert Quaiff, a way for this new term of council to begin to talk about reducing their number. For an issue that has bruised and battered three previous terms and ended in […]