Going to market
New play examines family ties set against backdrop of a livestock exchange Conrad Beaubien has never been to Hoard’s Station—yet the playwright and Times columnist has long felt the rhythms of this agricultural community and its traditions—particularly the way it has shaped this community and its rituals. Going to market on Tuesday remains an enduring […]
Entrepreneurial ecosystem
Success of PEC Innovation Centre proves concept and may point to a path to an economic rebirth in rural Ontario Israel, with a population of just 7.1 million people, has more hightech start-ups and more venture capital financing per capita than any other country in the world according to the Economist—more than the U.S. Japan, […]
New realities
PELA CFDC seeking to lever success achieved at PEC Innovation Centre Entreprenuerial ecosystems. Craig Desjardins realizes he is slipping into economic- development speak as soon as he utters the words, so he steps back and attempts to explain it in simpler terms. “Our economy is changing,” says Desjardins. “It is no longer about big machines […]
Driver injured in collision
(Prince Edward County, ON)—On March 27, 2014 at 7:26 a.m. officers from the Ontario Provincial Police Prince Edward County detachment responded to a two vehicle, motor vehicle collision that occurred at the intersection of County Road 28 and Massassauga Road, in the Ward of Ameliasburgh. Prince Edward County Fire department and Paramedics assisted. One driver […]
Small victory
OMB grants 12-year-old appeal In the summer of 2002, Mayor James Taylor signed a bylaw that would mark the beginning of a conflict that continues to churn through this community 12 years later. It wasn’t exactly the County’s first brush with industrial wind turbines. Council had rejected an earlier project, by just a single vote, […]
Making it easy
County officials aim for 60 per cent participation in October vote You don’t want to vote at the poll in your ward? That’s okay. You can vote at any of 10 polls around the County. You don’t wish to leave your home to vote? No problem. Internet voting is back and has been extended to […]
One more challenge
Field Naturalists contend the issues at stake are too important A desperate race is afoot. On one side, Gilead Power Corporation vows it will begin the levelling of Ostrander Point as soon as conditions on the site permit. On the other side, the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists are headed back to court seeking to […]
Safe community
But the cost to keep it that way, will continue to rise The handful of residents who came out Thursday night had their choice of dozens of chairs arrayed in the Highline Hall in Wellington. In fact, at times, there were more uniformed folks than civilians in the large banquet hall. Fewer still had come […]
Close to home
Family Health Team launches Hospital@Home Ontario has just 2.4 beds per 1,000 citizens—about half of the average of European countries. Far fewer than nearly all western nations. Only Mexico, India and Indonesia have fewer hospital beds relative to their population. Yet with health care costs rising unabated, and just the single solution in response, the […]
The Design Process Of Creating A Corporate Identity For A Beer Label: Part 2
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators. To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words. If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages. The […]