On the issues
Candidates’ views on nine County issues Where do candidates stand on the issues that matter most to you? With 35 candidates vying for 16 council seats, it is more important than ever for County residents to know what those candidates intend to do once they are elected. This week, the Times is presenting the first […]
Expanding park
Sandbanks unveils plans to develop new RV camping facility Ontario Parks is proposing to develop a new RV-only park at Sandbanks provincial park. Engineering consultant Mark Routhier, speaking for park officials, outlined plans to develop a new, fully-serviced campsite across from the Dunes beach entrance to the park. The plans call for the creation of 75 […]
Breakout
Dukes score seven to end scoring slump It was just their second win in seven games in September—a month the Wellington Dukes will be happy to see fade into the past. Buffalo isn’t a particularly strong team, nor is there a longsteeped rivalry between the Dukes and the Junior Sabres. Yet it was an important symbolic […]
OPP investigating sexual assault
(Prince Edward County, ON)— On September 29, 2014 at 12:56pm the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Prince Edward County detachment received information of a sexual assault that occurred on the afternoon of September 26, 2014 at a conservation area located on County Road 8, Picton, ON. The information received indicated that this incident was interrupted by […]
Shovels turned
The heavy equipment stopped momentarily for the official sod turning ceremony to mark the official start of construction for a new Consecon fire station. The station will replace firehalls currently used in Hillier and Consecon, both in poor and declining condition. The tender price of the new station is just under $1.3 million. The new […]
A positive sign
Planning committee approves rezoning for Hillier Creek Estates In the end it wasn’t even close. Though many council members on the planning committee used their time with the microphone to scold the applicant for failing to placate neighbours in the intervening months since the application was last on the Shire Hall agenda, all but two of […]
Out of tune
Dukes continue to search for goal scoring The parts look fine. Abbott Girduckis has picked up where he left off last year—playing smartly and opportunistically around the net. Taylor Welsh has been strong in net. Andrew Coupland is leading a fast and balanced defence corps. Newcomers Nick Devito, Brandon Kosik, and Blake Peavey look like solid […]
All quiet
Dukes struggle to score in opening two games It was a tough start to the season. Two games. Two losses. Two goals. At this pace, the Dukes’ total goal production this season might approach Darcy Murphy’s 52 goals in 2011-12. No one, least of all the 2014-15 Dukes expect this trend to continue. They know they […]
Finest fleece
Livestock farming without the moral dilemma The essential tension in livestock farming is that one day it becomes necessary to kill the animals you’ve cared for, fed and protected for months, perhaps years. Most farmers don’t actually do the killing anymore—but there is no escaping the fate of your animals once the door closes on the […]
A culvert too far
Feds step in to regulate Lane Creek redirection Plans to divert and reroute the creek that runs underneath Wellington’s commercial core have been set back again. Work was expected to begin after Thanksgiving to install a concrete culvert underneath Wharf Street. The culvert would pick up the creek flow just north of the lights and carry […]