New direction
Putting the pieces back together again Mark Kartusch has a tough job. And it just got a whole lot tougher. Kartusch was handpicked to bring together the operations of the newly amalgamated Children’s Aid Societies of Hastings and Northumberland. With the merged agency, Highland Shores, not yet a year old, and the kinks still being […]
Hard points
Crafting policy proves harder than seat-of-the-pants decision making Once again council has become mired in developing a policy that will govern how, and to whom, it will grant its two priority points—points it can choose to award to developers of renewable energy projects in this community. As part of recent changes to the Ontario government’s […]
Don’t fade away
Proud history needs innovative adaptation For sale: well-used and productive barn that time has passed by. For more than century, this Morrison Point barn has provided income for several generations. It has offered shelter for its animals and storage for its feed, without which the animals could not survive the long North Marysburgh winter. The […]
Home at last
Hospice Prince Edward gains strong support and achieves key milestone Grant Reynolds understands better than most the importance of a community- based residential hospice. Nine years ago his wife was diagnosed with brain cancer. She had little more than a year to live. She defied the prognosis—for a while. The disease went into remission. Karen […]
Movin’ on up
Dukes surge past Kingston to take over second place November can be a tough month for a hockey club. It is the doldrums of the season—no longer fresh and new, yet still a long road to the playoffs. Spirits sag and energy is in short supply in this dark month. Not so for the Dukes—not […]
Winning ways
Dukes roll along despite depleted lineup It might have been a tough weekend for the Wellington Dukes—four of their brightest prospects were in Nova Scotia participating in tournaments in Yarmouth and Digby. Mike Soucier was with Team Canada East in the World Junior Challenge—where his team lost the bronze medal game badly to the Swiss. […]
Mortality threshold
How ministry bureaucracy tasked with protecting Ontario’s natural heritage is clearing the way for industrial wind development What is an Important Bird Area? Does it have any specific meaning or legal weight? Not much, it seems, when it comes to industrial wind factories or solar energy generating facilities, according to the province’s Ministry of Natural […]
Failing children
Three more foster parents charged with sexual crimes against children in their care Ron Slatter professed innocence. He said he had been the target of vindictive Children’s Aid Society officials who were getting back at him for complaining about a lack of funding for foster families. Earlier this year Slatter was charged with sexual assault, […]
Boards merge
County CAS takes first step toward amalgamating with Highland Shores Children’s Aid The Children’s Aid Society of Prince Edward County has made it official—it will merge its operations with those of Highland Shores Children’s Aid. Highland Shores is itself the merged creation of the former Hastings Children’s Aid and Northumberland Children’s Aid. The County CAS […]
Dazzlebug
“They don’t write songs like that anymore” this Saturday at the Wellington Library Fraser Hardman grew up in the north of England and went to school there and in Scotland. He has played in a variety of bands on both sides of the Atlantic, from folk to jazz to rock and roll, and even a […]