Pitching in
County pledges its share for a new hospital The hospital in Picton has served the County well over the years. Since it opened its doors in 1959, the County’s second hospital has been home to memories both happy and sad. It has seen the birth and death of its residents. But the time to retire is […]
Great beginnings
County to celebrate Sir John A Macdonald’s time in Picton on Canada Day The countdown has begun. There are just 34 days until the veil is pulled back on a major new County landmark. At 2 p.m. on Canada Day, the Ruth Abernethy sculpture of Sir John A. Macdonald will at last be revealed on Picton’s […]
Cold night
Winegrowers battled through the night, but frost took a toll Frost bit deeply into the County overnight on Friday as temperatures dipped a couple of degrees below freezing. Coming so late in the year—surprisingly after the May long weekend—many growers and gardeners were caught off-guard. This week they begin to assess the damage. Field crop grower […]
Flawed process
Mutual frustration for the planning process for a proposed new LCBO store The council chamber at Shire Hall was so full on Friday night, visitors had to be accommodated with chairs normally reserved for commissioners. Residents gathered to discuss the planned LCBO. They had much to say, but as planner James Bar made clear at the meeting’s […]
Art of the County
Marc Keelan-Bishop continues his humorous poster series If you live in Wellington, you may have been feeling a little snubbed by Marc Keelan- Bishop’s travel poster series, which premiered in last year’s Art in the County. The colourful series, reminiscent of travel posters from the ‘50s, depicts, among other places, Picton, Bloomfield and Point Petre. But […]
Becoming king
Dutch embrace Canadian veterans By April 1945, the Germans were in retreat throughout much of Europe, but clung ferociously to certain patches of land— even though they knew defeat was at hand. After they had landed on Juno Beach the previous summer, the Allied advanced was bogged down on the east side of the Rhine. […]
Nothing in front
LCBO plans big changes to Picton Main Street On the south west corner of Main and Lake Streets in Picton, surrounded by a sea of aging asphalt, sits the dowdy old LCBO building that has sold alcohol to residents and tourists alike for decades. This past Saturday, it sold its last bottle and closed its doors […]
Cheese central
More than 70 exhibitors expected at Cheese Festival on June 6 and 7 Growing up near Cornwall, there was no reason to visit St. Albert except for the cheese. One hundred and twenty years after the first factory was built, St. Albert remains little more than a collection of modest homes clustered around the intersection of […]
Transplants
For whom does the Chamber of tourism and commerce speak? Prince Edward County Chamber of Tourism and Commerce (PECCTAC) manager Mike McLeod is distancing his organization from remarks made by a Chamber spokesperson that appeared in the Toronto Star on Monday. In the story, Toronto venues popping up in Prince Edward County—ostensibly about the opening of […]
Where the ambulance roams
Paramedics in the County go west Last summer, a man suffered heart failure at the golf course in Wellington. As his friends and colleagues provided what help they could, a contingent of emergency vehicles screamed through the County. As the seconds ticked past, cars swung out of the way in Bloomfield, making tourists leaving Sandbanks […]