Rock solid
Sturdy netminding propelling Dukes’ winning streak Where was Matt Larose last February? It would have been a different story for the Dukes’ playoff run had Larose been tending net for the Dukes last season. The 20 year old brings so much more than sure-footed puck stopping ability to this team—he puts a period at the […]
Lasting choices
Councillors want their decision to be forever Can and should a council of the day limit the choices of future governments? Even if it were acting out of the best of intentions, does the current council have the tools and authority to forever foreclose a future council’s ability to make a different decision? These were […]
Council prayer spared
Uneasy debate resurfaces about the role of religion in politics The Lord’s Prayer will remain part of County council meetings. The sometimes bitter and emotional debate arose again last week in a review of the procedures and rules by which council holds meetings, hears deputations and generally conducts itself. Lawyers for Hastings County recently recommended […]
Widget efficiency
What the new funding formula means Currently QHC runs on about $190 million each year. Under the new hospital funding mechanism, QHC administrators figure they will lose about $10 to $15 million—or about seven per cent of their provincial funding. But this is just an estimate. Part of the formula is so poorly understood, even […]
Cutting deeply
More health care services to migrate to the community Quinte Health Care is getting smaller— and once more it will be Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital that will take the biggest (proportional) hit. Nine beds are slated to be eliminated from the Picton hospital, reducing the total to just 12. Maternity care is being cut […]
Back on track
Campbell sets things right It didn’t take long for Craig Campbell to get back into the swing things. The veteran playmaker was sidelined early in December after he was blindsided by a nasty check along the boards in Whitby. With Campbell out of the lineup, the Dukes lost seven and won three. Since his return […]
Moving heaven and earth
Developer has soil reclassified to enable project to proceed Council is becoming accustomed to being ignored when it comes to renewable energy development in this community. But even long experienced councillors were surprised to learn in November that even when the County’s expertise is a necessary part of a developer’s application, it can be ignored. […]
Those who would be Premier
The candidates on the Ostrander Point decision Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty, set the wheels in motion that will see the development of nine industrial wind turbines on pristine Crown Land at Ostrander Point. He will be gone as leader, however, before the first turbine is erected. Seven former cabinet ministers in his government are campaigning […]
No one’s listening
County council won’t appeal Ostrander Point decision County council concluded in a special meeting last week that it won’t appeal a Ministry of Environment decision to approve an industrial wind project at Ostrander Point. But it will consider financial assistance to the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists’ appeal. “We’ve been at this three years,” said […]
Unpredictable
Dukes in battle for playoff spot It is truly a different Wellington Dukes season. The team and its fans are used to coming back from the Christmas break with their team locked in a fight for the top spot in their division. This season, however, the new year anxiety isn’t about holding onto first place— […]