No small cheese
Festival becoming the focal point for artisanal food and drink producers They came from Vancouver Island and Newfoundland—and seemingly everywhere in between. In its third year, the The Great Canadian Cheese Festival has truly earned its name—for it was both great and truly Canadian. There was cheese from Quebec, beer from Vancouver, buffalo from Ontario […]
One way or another
Council takes reverses course on Lakeside Drive Spend enough time around Shire Hall and it will soon appear there are only a very small number of issues in Prince Edward County. Even when these seem to be resolved and decided—they aren’t. They simply go into the Council hopper to pop up again on some future […]
Too little, too late
Province to give municipalities more say over industrial wind turbines—but only after thousands more are erected on Ontario’s skyline Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is scrapping the Ontario government’s third renewable energy purchasing scheme in a decade—specifically those for large projects such as wind turbines proposed in South Marysburgh and multi-hectare solar projects like the pair […]
Exodus begins
Young doctors leaving the County due to cuts to Picton hospital It was not unexpected. Most knew this was coming—that faced with declining services and resources at Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital, doctors would leave this community. Still the news that two young and energetic physicians have concluded that their future isn’t in The County […]
Coming up for air
Ostrander Point appeal nears the end of the appellants witnesses It is an ominous contrivance in a process already laden with Orwellian overtones. Each of the witnesses reporting the damage industrial wind turbines have wrought upon their health and well being has now been reduced to a number at the Environmental Review Tribunal examining the […]
Celebrating County wine
Terroir lures hundreds in search of fine taste At least six busloads and more than 900 wine lovers converged upon the Crystal Palace in Picton on Saturday. Buses came from Ottawa, Cornwall, Kingston and several from Toronto. For the price of admission each County Terroir participant received a large wine glass and was let loose […]
In the beginning
Macdonald as a young man unveiled Without Macdonald there is no Canada.” Richard Gwyn is emphatic in his declaration of Sir John A. Macdonald’s pivotal role in forming this nation. That we are not Americans today is a debt we owe to Sir John A. Macdonald, according to Gwyn. Gwyn joined a gathering at the […]
One alarm fire
Council butts heads over where to put new fire hall Municipal politics—like all politics, one presumes—often involves spending money on things you didn’t know you needed until a bureaucrat said you did. Such as 42 police officers. New garbage dumps . Or new fire halls. Shire Hall was thrust into an exercise three years ago […]
Ends of the earth
Ameliasburgh teen seeks to learn and lend a hand Kelli Miller wants to help. The bright and attractive 18 year old wants to use her skills and abilities to help others. While many her age immerse themselves in images of glamour and the yearning for more lavish lifestyles than they already enjoy, Kelli is occupied […]
Up the creek
Plans unveiled at public meeting next Wednesday Where shall the creek flow? Lane Creek drains farmland northeast of Wellington as it meanders into the village under several buildings before it empties into Lake Ontario. In the spring of each year, large mature trout battle the runoff current to lay and fertilize their eggs. In the […]