Principled plan
Council refuses to discuss proposal because it came too late Pierre Klein wasn’t happy with any of the options presented at a size-ofcouncil public meeting he attended in Cherry Valley last month. He believes each of them violates a fundamental principle of the law, history and equity that define electoral boundary making in this country. So […]
Majority
Ellis paints the Bay red Local Liberals had a pleasant surprise Monday night when, within minutes of the final polls closing, they could already be projected as the winners. Within an hour, a majority was in sight. Despite mounting indication in the polls, the party had remained cautiously optimistic. Not so for Neil Ellis, who […]
A better mousetrap
Pierre Klein hoped council would consider a plan that addressed the key legal and statutory issues. When they didn’t, he did. “If one of the options [council presented to the public} actually met the tests for such decisions I would not have come forward and would have had to support that option,” said Klein. His […]
Early mass
Restoration underway on historic place of worship It is likely the oldest church in the County. St. Francis of Rome Catholic Church can be made out in the earliest sketches and paintings of Wellington. Much of the early history has been lost, but according to Catholic records, the church was constructed in 1800. Situated on high […]
Chainsaw massacre
County won’t replace, or allow others to replace, trees being cut down on Wellington’s main street The tree-lined streets of Wellington give the village the feel of a place to come home to. Dense maples, over a century, provide shade and clean the air. Because of Wellington’s position on the lakeshore, the trees protect from heavy […]
One hospital, three emergency departments
Latest QHC budget solution will downgrade PECMH and TMH Even as it slashed services at Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital (PECMH) and Trenton Memorial (TMH) over the past decade and a half, officials at Quinte Health Care (QHC) consistently held to the mythology that it was one integrated hospital operating across four sites. Now that […]
A twisted lane
Weller’s Lane resident wants the County to take ownership of his road. The County doesn’t want it Prince Edward County council may be about to make a decision that will affect the County’s already burdensome road responsibilities. In the 1970s, before Prince Edward County was a single municipality, a developer in Ameliasburgh arranged with the township council […]
Pushing back
Milford rally an expression of community resolve The fight to resist the invasion of industrial wind development in Prince Edward County and the reckless oppression of the Green Energy Act is typically conducted around kitchen tables by ones and twos. On occasion, the action moves to a meeting hall where we sit in a huddled mass […]
Next steps
PECSyria agrees to sponsor a 15-member family living in a refugee camp for the past five years. What happens next? It took about 10 minutes for a group of County residents to decide they wanted to help, in a big way. About 100 people crowded into the town hall in Bloomfield last Tuesday night, more than the room […]
Fixing a bad law
Legal minds collaborate to restore rights and safeguards diminished by the Green Energy Act The Green Energy Act (GEA) is the target of a proposed judicial review to be launched this fall. CCSAGE Naturally Green, a not-for-profit public interest corporation led by its directors Anne Dumbrille, Alison Walker and Garth Manning, believe the GEA is a fundamentally […]