Solidarity
POOCH lends its support to Our TMH in fight to preserve hospital services in the community Supporters of Trenton Memorial Hospital are worried. All summer, long rumour and speculation have swirled about the future of the hospital. Many fear the hospital’s surgery may be on the chopping block as QHC struggles to keep its head above water, […]
‘Bring them down’
Neighbouring property owner urges council to tear down the now-vacant buildings on Wellington main intersection Ted Aman wants the former convenience store and pizza shop on Wellington main intersection flattened and gone. He wants it gone now. Aman owns the property that borders the now empty buildings on two sides. He spoke to a committee of council last […]
Fallout
What to expect next It’s hard to gauge what the fallout will be from the Environmental Review Tribunal, which was put on hold over a week ago while managers and technical support at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) dig through their paperwork to find any documents related to the proposed wind project […]
Smith Challenges Minister’s Double Standard
Two weeks after a Ministry of Natural Resources expert’s testimony made waves at the ERT hearing in Demorestville, the ripples finally made it to Queen’s Park.
Redesigner
County man finds diamonds in the ruins Alexandre Fida learned to read English using The Settler’s Dream. In his family, it became a common joke to call his tattered copy—now missing a dust jacket, its pages tattered and spine torn—Alex’s bible. It makes sense. When his family moved to the County from Switzerland, his parents bought […]
Accidental whistleblower
Ministry expert warned that Ostrander Point wind project posed a high risk to Blanding’s turtles before it issued permit to developer to “harm, harass and kill” the endangered species It was three days into eye-wateringly dull expert testimony, technical language and lawyer-speak. Three days in a hot, humid room with three ineffectual fans lazily turning above a wilting crowd, with […]
Chain divas
An evening of opera… and bicycles Bicycles and operas are an unlikely match. Which is just as well, since everything about the Bicycle Opera Project seems unlikely. The company of musicians, opera singers and a stage designer filled the Baxter Centre with beautiful operatic music on Sunday evening, along with a cacophony of bicycle bells. This […]
Not looking away
Public meeting to consider sponsorship of Syrian refugee families to the County More than half the population has either died, been displaced from their homes or fled their country in the past four and half years. About four million, about the population of Toronto, have fled as refugees. With no place to go, and few welcoming nations […]
Gas leak
Update: The Loyalist Parkway was reopened at the east of Wellington at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. OPP have determined that the gas leak has been controlled and the area deemed safe. 11:50 Wednesday morning: Workers hit and ruptured a gas line in Wellington this morning a little after 9 a.m. in the vicinity of a new […]
Making waves
Fall music festival grows When Ryan Noth first came across the amphitheatre at Sandbanks provincial park, he could imagine what a great venue it would be for a music festival. When he discovered how seldom the space was used, that festival became a mission. “First year, the idea was just to try and make use […]