Building expectations
County tells developers and investors it is open for business One thing was crystal clear—the County doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It will have to work harder, be more creative and demonstrate more flexibity if it wants builders and developers to invest in Prince Edward County again. Because they aren’t now—and they won’t come back […]
Water torture
Rates must rise nearly 50 per cent over next five years: consultant It is a grim story. So grim that several councillors pleaded with the consultant to write a different ending. One councillor wanted to know if the consultant had a “purple cow” —a magical way to avoid the pain and suffering that was sure to […]
Armed robbery in Picton
The Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is currently investigating a robbery that took place at a convenience store on Paul Street in the Town of Picton. On November 27, 2015, at 2:11 a.m. officers responded to the store after receiving a report of an armed suspect entering the store and demanding […]
Easing tension
Interim hospice head departs after smoothing things out When Hospice Prince Edward (HPE) held its community meeting last Wednesday, it looked like smooth sailing for the organization. Good news, because when Stephanie MacLaren, executive director of the Prince Edward Family Health Team, stepped up as interim director HPE five months ago, the organization was navigating some […]
Cramming
Industrial wind turbine hearings piling on top of each other Colliding schedules brought out a series of sharp exchanges at the appeal hearing of the White Pines industrial wind project on Friday. On Monday, in a dramatic twist, the appellant, the Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County (APPEC) asked the Tribunal members to step down from […]
Cutting bone
More jobs to be eliminated at PECMH Five people working at Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital (PECMH) will see their positions eliminated in April. The cuts, announced late last week, include two nurses (one full-time team leader and another part-time nurse) as well as a physiotherapist and a hospitality service worker. A part-time patient registration clerk […]
Better than knuckle-cracking
As I pondered what to write about this week, I realized that I had been whistling. And then I realized that the habit of whistling is not as common as it once was. In the same way, you don’t hear much about recreational knuckle- cracking either. At least, that’s my observation: someone has probably already […]
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Connective tissue
For filmmaker Ryan Noth, everything is connected Ryan Noth is on a mission. He’s finding places in the County he refers to as “criminally underused,” and bringing music to them. And that mission seems to be connecting itself to everything else in his life. It’s how he got started with Sandbanks: New Waves, a sophomore music […]
Wishing for trees
County will review tree replacement policy Around the County, where trees once stood, there are now empty spaces. Every year this happens: County staff identify trees that must be removed because of their condition or location. And while a tree removal policy, written more than a decade ago, encourages planting new trees in their place, it […]